| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| RJ Bailey | lbw b Edwards | 26 | | | | |
| *ML Hayden | run out | 119 | | | | |
| MB Loye | lbw b Martin-Jenkins | 9 | | | | |
| RJ Warren | b Peirce | 88 | | | | |
| DJG Sales | c Di Venuto b Rao | 5 | | | | |
| AL Penberthy | c Montgomerie b Martin-Jenkins | 26 | | | | |
| GP Swann | run out | 13 | | | | |
| +D Ripley | not out | 50 | | | | |
| JP Taylor | c Montgomerie b Edwards | 21 | | | | |
| D Follett | not out | 10 | | | | |
| DE Malcolm | did not bat | |
| Extras | (6 b, 8 lb, 4 nb, 6 w) | 24 |
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 116 overs) | 391 |
Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-57, 3-222, 4-235, 5-284, 6-304, 7-304, 8-362 |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| RR Montgomerie | c Ripley b Malcolm | 8 | | | | |
| MTE Peirce | c Ripley b Taylor | 9 | | | | |
| *CJ Adams | b Malcolm | 4 | | | | |
| MJ Di Venuto | c Warren b Malcolm | 0 | | | | |
| PA Cottey | lbw b Malcolm | 10 | | | | |
| RK Rao | not out | 52 | | | | |
| RSC Martin-Jenkins | c Swann b Follett | 15 | | | | |
| AD Edwards | c Ripley b Swann | 0 | | | | |
| +S Humphries | b Malcolm | 1 | | | | |
| RJ Kirtley | c Hayden b Swann | 0 | | | | |
| MA Robinson | b Malcolm | 0 | | | | |
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb) | 5 |
| Total | (all out, 50.2 overs) | 104 |
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-18, 3-18, 4-28, 5-38, 6-72, 7-79, 8-82, 9-87, 10-104 (50.2 ov) |
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