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| Venue | County Ground, Northampton on 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th May 2005 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Northamptonshire 12 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Essex 6 (Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | B Leadbeater, NJ Llong |
| Scorers | AE Choat (Essex), AC Kingston (Northamptonshire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Northamptonshire (1) 394/5 (Afzaal 88*, Wright 32*; 104 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 156/7 (Foster 9*, Napier 0*; 59 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Essex (2) 282/2 (Cook 131*, Flower 44*; 94 overs) |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ML Love | b Napier | 20 | 46 | 56 | 4 | - | |
| BM Shafayat | c sub b Steyn | 153 | 237 | 281 | 24 | 1 | |
| RA White | lbw b Adams | 21 | 56 | 70 | 3 | - | |
| *DJG Sales | lbw b Phillips | 20 | 33 | 36 | 4 | - | |
| U Afzaal | not out | 168 | 305 | 368 | 19 | 1 | |
| +MH Wessels | lbw b Middlebrook | 26 | 38 | 42 | 4 | - | |
| DG Wright | b Phillips | 55 | 98 | 105 | 9 | - | |
| J Louw | c Cook b Phillips | 15 | 22 | 30 | - | 1 | |
| BJ Phillips | not out | 33 | 51 | 68 | 1 | 1 | |
| PS Jones | did not bat | ||||||
| JF Brown | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 16 lb, 18 nb, 1 w, 5 pen) | 41 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 146.1 overs) | 552 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45 (Love), 2-100 (White), 3-135 (Sales), 4-269 (Shafayat), 5-327 (Wessels), 6-437 (Wright), 7-473 (Louw) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Adams | 33 | 7 | 95 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Steyn | 30 | 2 | 153 | 1 | - | 7 | |
| Napier | 12 | 3 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bopara | 11 | 3 | 33 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Phillips | 43 | 5 | 149 | 3 | - | - | |
| Middlebrook | 17.1 | 1 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WI Jefferson | lbw b Phillips | 38 | 71 | 88 | 5 | - | |
| AN Cook | c Sales b Louw | 16 | 18 | 27 | 3 | - | |
| RS Bopara | c Wessels b Wright | 12 | 42 | 62 | 2 | - | |
| A Flower | c Phillips b Brown | 32 | 71 | 90 | 5 | - | |
| *RC Irani | c Love b Louw | 36 | 92 | 118 | 5 | - | |
| +JS Foster | lbw b Brown | 26 | 72 | 77 | 5 | - | |
| JD Middlebrook | b Louw | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| TJ Phillips | b Louw | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| GR Napier | lbw b Louw | 3 | 21 | 25 | - | - | |
| AR Adams | lbw b Louw | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| DW Steyn | not out | 1 | 9 | 11 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 10 lb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 66.5 overs) | 178 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33 (Cook), 2-67 (Jefferson), 3-67 (Bopara), 4-134 (Flower), 5-152 (Irani), 6-152 (Middlebrook), 7-152 (Phillips), 8-168 (Napier), 9-168 (Adams), 10-178 (Foster, 66.5 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Louw | 14 | 4 | 51 | 6 | - | - | |
| Wright | 14 | 4 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jones | 14 | 4 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Phillips | 10 | 5 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 14.5 | 4 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WI Jefferson | c Wessels b Louw | 11 | 15 | 18 | 2 | - | |
| AN Cook | c Love b Phillips | 195 | 416 | 513 | 27 | - | |
| RS Bopara | lbw b Phillips | 79 | 175 | 195 | 12 | - | |
| A Flower | not out | 142 | 330 | 435 | 16 | - | |
| *RC Irani | b Phillips | 1 | 9 | 8 | - | - | |
| +JS Foster | lbw b Brown | 34 | 74 | 76 | 5 | - | |
| JD Middlebrook | lbw b Brown | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| TJ Phillips | not out | 2 | 38 | 45 | - | - | |
| GR Napier | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Adams | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Steyn | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (21 b, 4 lb, 6 nb) | 31 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 176 overs) | 495 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12 (Jefferson), 2-189 (Bopara), 3-419 (Cook), 4-423 (Irani), 5-482 (Foster), 6-482 (Middlebrook) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Louw | 31 | 7 | 95 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Wright | 20 | 2 | 73 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jones | 28 | 7 | 90 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Brown | 56 | 15 | 110 | 2 | - | - | |
| Phillips | 19 | 6 | 44 | 3 | - | - | |
| Afzaal | 10 | 2 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| White | 10 | 3 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shafayat | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Northamptonshire score at 130 overs in the first innings was 485-7
--> MH Wessels made his debut in County Championship matches
--> BM Shafayat (1) 100 in 192 balls, 228 minutes with 16 fours
--> RA White (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> U Afzaal (1) 100 in 197 balls, 249 minutes with 14 fours
--> U Afzaal (1) passed his previous highest score of 167 in County Championship matches
--> U Afzaal (1) passed his previous highest score of 167 in First-Class matches
--> DG Wright (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in County Championship matches
--> RC Irani (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> AN Cook (2) 100 in 192 balls, 242 minutes with 16 fours
--> AN Cook (2) passed his previous highest score of 126 in First-Class matches
--> AN Cook (2) passed his previous highest score of 126 in County Championship matches
--> RS Bopara (2) passed his previous highest score of 71 in First-Class matches
--> RS Bopara (2) passed his previous highest score of 71 in County Championship matches
--> A Flower (2) 100 in 209 balls, 270 minutes with 13 fours
--> MH Wessels made his debut for Northamptonshire in First-Class matches
--> J Louw achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 6-71)
--> J Louw achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 6-71)
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