f50775 cc20407	Essex v Northamptonshire
	LV County Championship 2008 (Division 2)
Venue	The Ford County Ground, Chelmsford on 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th April 2008 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 9 wickets
Points	Essex 22 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Northamptonshire 3 (Batting 2, Bowling 1)
Umpires	GI Burgess, IJ Gould
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), AC Kingston (Northamptonshire)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 4/0 (Chopra 1*, Gallian 1*; 3 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 323/2 (Gallian 146*, Bopara 137*; 99 overs)
Close of play day 3	Northamptonshire (2) 42/4 (Wakely 13*, Klusener 3*; 29 overs)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SD Peters	b Nel	18	76	90	1	-
AG Wakely	b Nel	0	16	18	-	-
RA White	b Bopara	60	116	168	8	-
DJG Sales	lbw b Bopara	19	29	28	3	-
MH Wessels	lbw b Bopara	25	74	93	3	-
L Klusener	not out	72	102	165	11	-
+NJ O'Brien	lbw b Wright	28	42	56	4	-
SP Crook	c Foster b Middlebrook	35	64	52	5	-
DH Wigley	c Chopra b Middlebrook	0	5	2	-	-
SP Bailey	c Wright b Masters	3	9	7	-	-
JF Brown	c Foster b Nel	10	15	12	2	-
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 91 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Wakely), 2-43 (Peters), 3-76 (Sales), 4-123 (White), 5-146 (Wessels), 6-203 (O'Brien), 7-255 (Crook), 8-255 (Wigley), 9-259 (Bailey), 10-280 (Brown, 91 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nel	24	5	64	3	-	-
Masters	25	9	55	1	-	-
Wright	17	2	74	1	-	1
Bopara	11	3	39	3	-	1
Middlebrook	7	2	10	2	-	-
ten Doeschate	7	1	32	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	c Bailey b Wigley	1	20	19	-	-
JER Gallian	c Sales b Bailey	171	342	452	23	-
T Westley	c Wakely b Wigley	14	65	93	1	-
RS Bopara	c O'Brien b Klusener	150	241	285	19	1
*ML Pettini	not out	80	101	125	12	-
RN ten Doeschate	lbw b Bailey	28	27	24	4	1
+JS Foster	not out	25	40	61	1	-
JD Middlebrook	did not bat
CJC Wright	did not bat
DD Masters	did not bat
A Nel	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 10 lb, 16 nb, 5 w)	34
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 138 overs)	503
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Chopra), 2-57 (Westley), 3-351 (Bopara), 4-368 (Gallian), 5-402 (ten Doeschate)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wigley	32	7	105	2	-	-
Crook	27	9	94	0	-	1
Klusener	25	8	74	1	-	1
Bailey	25	2	119	2	5	6
Brown	28	5	94	0	-	-
Wakely	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SD Peters	b Masters	21	44	50	2	-
AG Wakely	c Gallian b Bopara	53	145	291	8	-
RA White	b Masters	0	3	4	-	-
MH Wessels	lbw b Masters	0	9	8	-	-
DJG Sales	lbw b Bopara	5	22	26	-	-
L Klusener	c Gallian b Masters	92	153	341	10	-
+NJ O'Brien	c Bopara b Wright	12	37	36	1	-
SP Crook	lbw b ten Doeschate	33	49	47	5	-
DH Wigley	lbw b ten Doeschate	0	4	1	-	-
SP Bailey	b ten Doeschate	15	32	26	1	-
JF Brown	not out	1	11	24	-	-
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 84.4 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Peters), 2-25 (White), 3-29 (Wessels), 4-38 (Sales), 5-119 (Wakely), 6-147 (O'Brien), 7-195 (Crook), 8-195 (Wigley), 9-219 (Bailey), 10-237 (Klusener, 84.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nel	21	4	53	0	-	-
Masters	23.4	9	69	4	1	-
Wright	6	0	29	1	-	-
Bopara	12	2	32	2	-	-
Middlebrook	12	1	27	0	-	-
Westley	2	1	2	0	-	-
ten Doeschate	8	1	23	3	-	1

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	not out	7	7	10	-	1
JER Gallian	c Peters b Bailey	4	7	9	1	-
T Westley	not out	0	0	1	-	-
RS Bopara	did not bat
*ML Pettini	did not bat
RN ten Doeschate	did not bat
+JS Foster	did not bat
JD Middlebrook	did not bat
CJC Wright	did not bat
DD Masters	did not bat
A Nel	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb, 2 w)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 2.1 overs)	15
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Gallian)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wigley	1.1	0	7	0	-	-
Bailey	1	0	8	1	2	1

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Notes
--> Essex score at 130 overs in the first innings was 430-5
--> SP Bailey made his debut in first-class matches
--> SP Bailey made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JER Gallian (1) 100 in 220 balls, 295 minutes with 14 fours
--> RS Bopara (1) 100 in 164 balls, 167 minutes with 14 fours and 1 six
--> ML Pettini (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> L Klusener (2) passed 8500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> SP Crook (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 11
--> A Nel reached 350 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed AG Wakely, his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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