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| Venue | County Ground, Northampton on 31st May, 1st, 2nd, 3rd June 2002 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essex won by 4 wickets |
| Points | Northamptonshire 7 (Batting 5, Bowling 2); Essex 19 (Batting 5, Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | NJ Llong, G Sharp |
| Close of play day 1 | Northamptonshire (1) 451/5 (Penberthy 16*, Bailey 5*; 104 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 186/2 (Middlebrook 55*, Habib 25*; 63 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Northamptonshire (2) 58/2 (Hussey 32*, Warren 6*; 14 overs) |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *MEK Hussey | b Sharif | 140 | 185 | 247 | 23 | - | |
| AS Rollins | lbw b Irani | 89 | 128 | 157 | 13 | 1 | |
| MB Loye | b Irani | 0 | 11 | 13 | - | - | |
| RJ Warren | lbw b Stephenson | 87 | 164 | 211 | 15 | - | |
| JW Cook | lbw b Ilott | 90 | 104 | 109 | 12 | 3 | |
| AL Penberthy | c Flower b Stephenson | 50 | 73 | 92 | 9 | 1 | |
| +TMB Bailey | b Sharif | 64 | 101 | 127 | 7 | - | |
| RSG Anderson | b Sharif | 51 | 64 | 73 | 9 | - | |
| JAR Blain | not out | 17 | 29 | 36 | 2 | - | |
| DM Cousins | lbw b Sharif | 4 | 11 | 6 | - | - | |
| JF Brown | lbw b Stephenson | 12 | 16 | 15 | 2 | - | |
| Extras | (6 lb, 16 nb, 6 w) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 146.2 overs) | 632 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-185 (Rollins), 2-191 (Loye), 3-275 (Hussey), 4-417 (Cook), 5-436 (Warren), 6-507 (Penberthy), 7-596 (Bailey), 8-601 (Anderson), 9-607 (Cousins), 10-632 (Brown) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Irani | 19 | 6 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ilott | 27 | 3 | 100 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Dakin | 23 | 4 | 108 | 0 | 2 | - | |
| Stephenson | 25.2 | 4 | 116 | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Middlebrook | 32 | 4 | 143 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sharif | 20 | 0 | 98 | 4 | - | 5 | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DDJ Robinson | c Warren b Anderson | 68 | 149 | 168 | 8 | 1 | |
| WI Jefferson | c sub b Penberthy | 22 | 45 | 64 | 4 | - | |
| JD Middlebrook | b Brown | 67 | 167 | 185 | 12 | - | |
| A Habib | lbw b Blain | 93 | 156 | 187 | 16 | - | |
| +A Flower | not out | 103 | 225 | 315 | 13 | - | |
| *RC Irani | st Bailey b Brown | 54 | 87 | 104 | 9 | - | |
| RS Bopara | c Rollins b Brown | 2 | 14 | 17 | - | - | |
| JM Dakin | c Hussey b Blain | 1 | 6 | 4 | - | - | |
| JP Stephenson | not out | 37 | 71 | 77 | 5 | - | |
| ZK Sharif | did not bat | ||||||
| MC Ilott | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 7 lb, 30 nb, 4 w) | 50 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 150.5 overs) | 497 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-68 (Jefferson), 2-138 (Robinson), 3-206 (Middlebrook), 4-303 (Habib), 5-401 (Irani), 6-413 (Bopara), 7-414 (Dakin) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cousins | 30 | 6 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Blain | 28 | 4 | 127 | 2 | - | 10 | |
| Anderson | 29 | 8 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Penberthy | 10.5 | 5 | 31 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Brown | 51 | 11 | 130 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cook | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AS Rollins | c Jefferson b Dakin | 1 | 13 | 13 | - | - | |
| *MEK Hussey | c Stephenson b Ilott | 41 | 73 | 98 | 9 | - | |
| MB Loye | c Habib b Middlebrook | 17 | 20 | 29 | 2 | 1 | |
| RJ Warren | c Robinson b Dakin | 6 | 12 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| JW Cook | c Flower b Dakin | 9 | 13 | 15 | 2 | - | |
| AL Penberthy | b Stephenson | 23 | 59 | 121 | 5 | - | |
| +TMB Bailey | lbw b Stephenson | 15 | 19 | 68 | 3 | - | |
| RSG Anderson | b Stephenson | 31 | 36 | 59 | 6 | - | |
| JAR Blain | lbw b Middlebrook | 2 | 7 | 6 | - | - | |
| DM Cousins | c Ilott b Stephenson | 1 | 9 | 9 | - | - | |
| JF Brown | not out | 2 | 7 | 6 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 lb, 4 nb, 2 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 44.2 overs) | 155 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Rollins), 2-43 (Loye), 3-62 (Warren), 4-76 (Cook), 5-76 (Hussey), 6-93 (Bailey), 7-140 (Penberthy), 8-145 (Blain), 9-150 (Cousins), 10-155 (Anderson) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ilott | 13 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Dakin | 18 | 6 | 75 | 3 | - | - | |
| Middlebrook | 6 | 1 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stephenson | 7.2 | 2 | 25 | 4 | - | 2 | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DDJ Robinson | st Bailey b Brown | 31 | 45 | 63 | 4 | - | |
| WI Jefferson | run out | 41 | 49 | 66 | 7 | - | |
| +A Flower | not out | 92 | 91 | 139 | 11 | - | |
| *RC Irani | c Loye b Penberthy | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | - | |
| A Habib | lbw b Brown | 5 | 16 | 11 | - | - | |
| JM Dakin | run out | 57 | 60 | 71 | 5 | 1 | |
| JD Middlebrook | c Hussey b Cousins | 8 | 7 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| JP Stephenson | not out | 25 | 22 | 27 | 2 | 1 | |
| ZK Sharif | did not bat | ||||||
| RS Bopara | did not bat | ||||||
| MC Ilott | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 14 w) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 49.5 overs) | 291 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-85 (Robinson), 2-89 (Jefferson), 3-104 (Irani), 4-114 (Habib), 5-225 (Dakin), 6-245 (Middlebrook) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cousins | 11 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Blain | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Anderson | 7 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Penberthy | 12 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Brown | 16.5 | 2 | 102 | 2 | 1 | - | |
Notes
--> Northamptonshire score at 130 overs in the first innings was 575-6
--> Essex score at 130 overs in the first innings was 422-7
--> RS Bopara made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RS Bopara made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MEK Hussey (1) 100 in 144 balls, 182 minutes with 16 fours
--> JW Cook (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 29
--> AL Penberthy (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> DDJ Robinson (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> A Habib (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> A Flower (1) passed his previous highest score of 91 in County Championship matches
--> A Flower (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> A Flower (1) 100 in 225 balls, 316 minutes with 13 fours
--> ZK Sharif achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed MEK Hussey in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 0-23)
--> ZK Sharif achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed MEK Hussey in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 0-23)
--> JP Stephenson reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed TMB Bailey, his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> MC Ilott reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed MEK Hussey, his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> AL Penberthy reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed RC Irani, his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
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