f29305	Essex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 23rd, 24th, 25th August 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 164 runs
Points	Essex 2 (Bowling 2); Northamptonshire 18 (Batting 3, Bowling 5)
Umpires	F Jakeman, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 87/2 (East 1*, Wallace 0*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 184/5 (Mushtaq Mohammad 68*, Maltby 1*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c and b Boyce	6
P Willey	st Taylor b Hobbs	68
DS Steele	b Boyce	68
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Saville b Hobbs	3
*PJ Watts	c Taylor b Boyce	69
D Breakwell	c Boyce b Hobbs	13
N Maltby	b Hobbs	6
+G Sharp	c Pont b Hobbs	0
RMH Cottam	c Ward b Boyce	6
BS Bedi	b Lever	1
JCJ Dye	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb, 13 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-151, 3-154, 4-163, 5-213, 6-230, 7-230, 8-251, 9-258, 10-258 (94 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	16	3	28	4	-	-
Lever	9	2	21	1	-	-
Turner	15	3	24	0	-	-
Hobbs	28	6	85	5	-	-
East	18	1	46	0	-	-
Pont	8	0	36	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Bedi	13
GJ Saville	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	19
RE East	c Sharp b Dye	32
KW Wallace	b Dye	5
B Ward	c Cottam b Mushtaq Mohammad	8
KD Boyce	c and b Dye	16
KR Pont	c Sharp b Mushtaq Mohammad	10
*+B Taylor	b Mushtaq Mohammad	18
S Turner	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	10
RNS Hobbs	b Mushtaq Mohammad	0
JK Lever	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 54.5 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-36, 3-73, 4-76, 5-92, 6-107, 7-118, 8-133, 9-133, 10-140 (54.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	15	4	38	0	-	-
Dye	11	3	33	3	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	16.5	5	38	6	-	-
Bedi	12	3	23	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	b Turner	9
P Willey	c Boyce b Lever	25
DS Steele	c Pont b Hobbs	46
Mushtaq Mohammad	not out	68
*PJ Watts	c Lever b Hobbs	2
D Breakwell	c Edmeades b Hobbs	13
N Maltby	not out	1
+G Sharp	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(20 nb)	20
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-51, 3-160, 4-168, 5-182

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	14	1	35	0	-	-
Lever	9	1	31	1	-	-
Turner	16	6	35	1	-	-
Hobbs	7	3	34	3	-	-
East	14	3	29	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Steele b Bedi	16
GJ Saville	c Cottam b Mushtaq Mohammad	19
KW Wallace	c Cottam b Bedi	0
B Ward	c Cook b Bedi	11
KD Boyce	c Cottam b Mushtaq Mohammad	2
RE East	c Sharp b Bedi	46
KR Pont	c Watts b Bedi	14
*+B Taylor	st Sharp b Mushtaq Mohammad	2
S Turner	c Watts b Bedi	16
RNS Hobbs	c Sharp b Bedi	4
JK Lever	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 52.4 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-41, 3-41, 4-44, 5-64, 6-100, 7-113, 8-129, 9-133, 10-138 (52.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	7	2	13	0	-	-
Dye	5	1	19	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	21	5	66	3	-	-
Bedi	19.4	8	34	7	-	-

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Notes
--> DS Steele (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 2
--> PJ Watts (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 4
--> D Breakwell (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 12
--> Mushtaq Mohammad (2) passed 20000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 5
--> S Turner (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 15
--> Mushtaq Mohammad reached 50 wickets in First-Class Matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JCJ Dye reached 450 wickets in First-Class Matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> Mushtaq Mohammad reached 600 wickets in First-Class Matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings

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