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| Venue | County Ground, Northampton on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 26th August 1996 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets |
| Points | Northamptonshire 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Sussex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | A Clarkson, JW Holder |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 368/7 (Drakes 59*, Phillips 23*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Northamptonshire (1) 160/4 (Curran 79*, Taylor 4*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Northamptonshire (2) 42/3 (Capel 12*, Ripley 8*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NJ Lenham | c Ripley b Penberthy | 145 | 226 | 252 | 22 | - | |
| CWJ Athey | lbw b Taylor | 13 | 39 | 53 | 1 | - | |
| K Greenfield | c Ripley b Penberthy | 22 | 63 | 68 | 2 | - | |
| *AP Wells | b Penberthy | 51 | 122 | 153 | 5 | 1 | |
| MP Speight | c Ambrose b Emburey | 12 | 57 | 65 | 2 | - | |
| DR Law | lbw b Penberthy | 11 | 14 | 16 | 2 | - | |
| +P Moores | b Emburey | 2 | 7 | 9 | - | - | |
| VC Drakes | lbw b Taylor | 59 | 70 | 82 | 8 | - | |
| NC Phillips | not out | 30 | 80 | 110 | 2 | - | |
| JD Lewry | b Emburey | 14 | 22 | 26 | 2 | - | |
| RJ Kirtley | c Ripley b Taylor | 0 | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 b, 13 lb, 10 nb, 1 w) | 30 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 117.1 overs) | 389 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45 (Athey), 2-95 (Greenfield), 3-244 (Lenham), 4-261 (Wells), 5-277 (Law), 6-280 (Moores), 7-289 (Speight), 8-369 (Drakes), 9-388 (Lewry), 10-389 (Kirtley) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ambrose | 20 | 7 | 46 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Taylor | 21.1 | 2 | 104 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Capel | 15 | 1 | 58 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Emburey | 31 | 8 | 77 | 3 | - | - | |
| Snape | 15 | 2 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Penberthy | 15 | 4 | 36 | 4 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RR Montgomerie | b Drakes | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| *A Fordham | c Moores b Lewry | 4 | 10 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| DJ Capel | c Speight b Drakes | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| KM Curran | b Kirtley | 117 | 163 | 282 | 15 | 1 | |
| AL Penberthy | c Moores b Drakes | 42 | 131 | 185 | 3 | - | |
| JP Taylor | b Phillips | 7 | 37 | 46 | - | - | |
| KJ Innes | c and b Phillips | 20 | 45 | 52 | 2 | - | |
| JN Snape | lbw b Kirtley | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| +D Ripley | not out | 66 | 94 | 130 | 11 | - | |
| JE Emburey | c Athey b Law | 30 | 88 | 90 | 4 | - | |
| CEL Ambrose | b Law | 23 | 26 | 27 | 3 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 34 nb, 3 w) | 46 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 97.4 overs) | 361 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Montgomerie), 2-12 (Capel), 3-22 (Fordham), 4-146 (Penberthy), 5-178 (Taylor), 6-226 (Curran), 7-226 (Snape), 8-236 (Innes), 9-319 (Emburey), 10-361 (Ambrose) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Drakes | 24 | 1 | 103 | 3 | - | 15 | |
| Lewry | 17 | 5 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kirtley | 17 | 5 | 63 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Law | 14.4 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Phillips | 22 | 2 | 76 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lenham | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NJ Lenham | c Penberthy b Ambrose | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| CWJ Athey | c Ripley b Taylor | 2 | 21 | 33 | - | - | |
| K Greenfield | c Ripley b Taylor | 9 | 5 | 10 | 2 | - | |
| *AP Wells | b Ambrose | 40 | 52 | 62 | 7 | - | |
| MP Speight | b Capel | 6 | 16 | 18 | 1 | - | |
| DR Law | b Ambrose | 13 | 11 | 18 | 2 | - | |
| +P Moores | b Ambrose | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | - | |
| VC Drakes | run out | 6 | 10 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| NC Phillips | b Ambrose | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| JD Lewry | not out | 11 | 15 | 61 | - | - | |
| RJ Kirtley | c Taylor b Ambrose | 3 | 12 | 49 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb, 4 nb, 2 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 25.5 overs) | 112 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Lenham), 2-12 (Greenfield), 3-32 (Athey), 4-53 (Speight), 5-80 (Law), 6-81 (Wells), 7-88 (Moores), 8-88 (Phillips), 9-100 (Drakes), 10-112 (Kirtley) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ambrose | 10.5 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Taylor | 5 | 1 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Capel | 6 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Curran | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Northamptonshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RR Montgomerie | b Lewry | 14 | 18 | 23 | 2 | - | |
| *A Fordham | lbw b Lewry | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | - | |
| DJ Capel | not out | 39 | 86 | 127 | 4 | - | |
| JP Taylor | b Drakes | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| +D Ripley | c Moores b Drakes | 30 | |||||
| KM Curran | not out | 30 | |||||
| KJ Innes | did not bat | ||||||
| AL Penberthy | did not bat | ||||||
| JE Emburey | did not bat | ||||||
| JN Snape | did not bat | ||||||
| CEL Ambrose | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 4 lb, 12 nb, 1 w) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 31.2 overs) | 142 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Fordham), 2-23 (Montgomerie), 3-24 (Taylor), 4-87 (Ripley) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Drakes | 13 | 2 | 56 | 2 | - | 4 | |
| Lewry | 6 | 0 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Law | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kirtley | 5.2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | - | 1 | |
Notes
--> NJ Lenham (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 50
--> CWJ Athey (1) passed 24500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> VC Drakes (1) equalled his previous highest score of 59 in County Championship matches
--> KM Curran (1) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> AP Wells (2) passed 16000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 30
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