f50099 cc20319	Essex v Northamptonshire
	LV County Championship 2007 (Division 2)
Venue	The Ford County Ground, Chelmsford on 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th June 2007 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 41 runs
Points	Essex 22 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Northamptonshire 1 (Batting 1)
Umpires	NL Bainton, B Leadbeater
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), AC Kingston (Northamptonshire)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 309/2 (Bopara 155*, Flower 71*; 108 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 121/4 (Lucas 0*, White 0*; 37 overs)
Close of play day 3	Northamptonshire (2) 111/2 (Peters 51*, Sales 12*; 35 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	c Peters b Brown	50	178	176	7	-
*ML Pettini	c Sales b Crook	8	28	29	1	-
RS Bopara	lbw b White	229	391	465	27	1
GW Flower	c Klusener b Brown	203	339	437	20	2
+JS Foster	c O'Brien b Dawson	69	64	73	8	1
RN ten Doeschate	not out	62	37	47	7	2
JD Middlebrook	not out	0	1	4	-	-
GR Napier	did not bat
Danish Kaneria	did not bat
MJ Saggers	did not bat
A Nel	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 15 lb, 3 w)	28
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 173 overs)	649
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Pettini), 2-127 (Chopra), 3-447 (Bopara), 4-568 (Foster), 5-632 (Flower)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Klusener	23	9	41	0	-	-
Lucas	29	2	121	0	3	-
Crook	37	6	140	1	-	-
Brown	42	9	148	2	-	-
Dawson	32	1	129	1	-	-
White	10	0	45	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SD Peters	lbw b Saggers	10	36	47	1	-
DJ Jacobs	lbw b Saggers	4	6	6	1	-
U Afzaal	c Flower b Danish Kaneria	73	111	140	12	-
*DJG Sales	c Chopra b Middlebrook	23	60	101	3	-
DS Lucas	c Flower b Middlebrook	12	63	74	1	-
RA White	c Foster b Saggers	6	10	8	1	-
L Klusener	not out	70	122	149	6	-
+NJ O'Brien	c Pettini b Middlebrook	0	3	1	-	-
SP Crook	c Chopra b Danish Kaneria	0	2	2	-	-
RKJ Dawson	b ten Doeschate	26	72	66	2	-
JF Brown	c Flower b Middlebrook	0	8	12	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 82 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Jacobs), 2-51 (Peters), 3-121 (Afzaal), 4-121 (Sales), 5-127 (White), 6-176 (Lucas), 7-176 (O'Brien), 8-177 (Crook), 9-236 (Dawson), 10-241 (Brown, 82 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nel	11	3	39	0	-	-
Saggers	16	3	69	3	-	1
Bopara	5	1	17	0	-	-
Danish Kaneria	26	8	36	2	-	-
Middlebrook	20	4	53	4	-	-
ten Doeschate	4	2	13	1	1	-

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Northamptonshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SD Peters	lbw b Middlebrook	93	229	286	14	-
DJ Jacobs	b Nel	16	17	34	1	1
U Afzaal	c Flower b Danish Kaneria	32	45	66	4	-
*DJG Sales	b Danish Kaneria	67	117	176	9	1
RA White	c Foster b Danish Kaneria	14	44	55	1	-
L Klusener	c Bopara b Middlebrook	25	36	36	3	-
+NJ O'Brien	lbw b Danish Kaneria	20	29	29	3	-
SP Crook	c Flower b Middlebrook	49	68	84	7	-
RKJ Dawson	c Chopra b Nel	7	17	21	-	-
DS Lucas	not out	9	55	63	1	-
JF Brown	c ten Doeschate b Danish Kaneria	7	19	19	-	-
Extras	(14 b, 10 lb, 4 nb)	28
Total	(all out, 112.2 overs)	367
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Jacobs), 2-89 (Afzaal), 3-223 (Sales), 4-223 (Peters), 5-263 (Klusener), 6-273 (White), 7-290 (O'Brien), 8-312 (Dawson), 9-354 (Crook), 10-367 (Brown, 112.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nel	24	3	92	2	-	1
Saggers	16	4	48	0	-	-
Napier	7	2	16	0	-	-
Danish Kaneria	38.2	11	101	5	-	1
Middlebrook	25	0	77	3	-	-
Bopara	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Essex score at 130 overs in the first innings was 401-2
--> DJ Jacobs made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> RS Bopara (1) 100 in 182 balls, 221 minutes with 12 fours and 1 six
--> RS Bopara (1) passed his previous highest score of 159 in County Championship matches
--> RS Bopara (1) passed his previous highest score of 159 in First-Class matches
--> RS Bopara (1) 200 in 357 balls, 432 minutes with 22 fours and 1 six
--> GW Flower (1) 100 in 206 balls, 276 minutes with 12 fours
--> GW Flower (1) passed his previous highest score of 115 in County Championship matches
--> GW Flower (1) 200 in 334 balls, 425 minutes with 20 fours and 2 sixes
--> GW Flower (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 177
--> RKJ Dawson (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> MJ Saggers made his debut for Essex in County Championship matches
--> MJ Saggers made his debut for Essex in First-Class matches
--> RKJ Dawson made his debut for Northamptonshire in County Championship matches
--> DS Lucas made his debut for Northamptonshire in County Championship matches
--> DS Lucas made his debut for Northamptonshire in First-Class matches
--> Danish Kaneria reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed NJ O'Brien, his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> A Nel reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed RKJ Dawson, his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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