| New Zealanders first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| MJ Horne | b Irani | 0 | 6 | 3 | - | - |
| MD Bell | b Law | 24 | 61 | 96 | 2 | - |
| *SP Fleming | lbw b Irani | 8 | 17 | 20 | 1 | - |
| NJ Astle | b Thompson | 54 | 73 | 100 | 10 | - |
| RG Twose | c Phillips b Anderson | 29 | 66 | 116 | 3 | - |
| CD McMillan | b Law | 47 | 94 | 114 | 5 | 1 |
| CL Cairns | c Peters b Thompson | 2 | 10 | 10 | - | - |
| DL Vettori | b Law | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| +MG Croy | c Hyam b Anderson | 15 | 48 | 71 | 1 | - |
| SB O'Connor | lbw b Irani | 1 | 13 | 13 | - | - |
| GI Allott | not out | 13 | 38 | 48 | 1 | - |
| Extras | (22 b, 6 lb, 14 nb, 1 w) | 43 |
| Total | (all out, 71 overs) | 236 |
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Horne), 2-16 (Fleming), 3-94 (Bell), 4-104 (Astle), 5-180 (Twose), 6-191 (Cairns), 7-192 (Vettori), 8-193 (McMillan), 9-197 (O'Connor), 10-236 (Croy) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| PJ Prichard | c Croy b Allott | 11 | 21 | 25 | - | - |
| AP Grayson | c Fleming b Cairns | 0 | 6 | 12 | - | - |
| TJ Phillips | lbw b Allott | 4 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| DDJ Robinson | c Fleming b McMillan | 200 | 495 | 591 | - | - |
| TC Walton | lbw b O'Connor | 9 | 27 | 50 | - | - |
| *RC Irani | lbw b O'Connor | 24 | 52 | 72 | - | - |
| SD Peters | c Vettori b O'Connor | 99 | 266 | 282 | - | - |
| +BJ Hyam | b O'Connor | 37 | 91 | 117 | - | - |
| DR Law | not out | 63 | 68 | 95 | - | - |
| DJJ Thompson | c O'Connor b McMillan | 8 | 15 | 18 | - | - |
| RSG Anderson | c Fleming b O'Connor | 3 | 11 | 13 | - | - |
| Extras | (10 b, 11 lb, 12 nb, 2 w) | 35 |
| Total | (all out, 174.4 overs) | 493 |
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Grayson), 2-14 (Phillips), 3-21 (Prichard), 4-43 (Walton), 5-98 (Irani), 6-302 (Peters), 7-400 (Hyam), 8-454 (Robinson), 9-484 (Thompson), 10-493 (Anderson) |
| New Zealanders second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| MJ Horne | b Anderson | 10 | 48 | 70 | 2 | - |
| MD Bell | c Hyam b Irani | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | - |
| *SP Fleming | c Law b Phillips | 18 | 69 | 84 | 3 | - |
| NJ Astle | lbw b Law | 10 | 26 | 45 | 1 | - |
| RG Twose | c Walton b Anderson | 91 | 166 | 197 | 12 | - |
| +MG Croy | b Thompson | 18 | 71 | 100 | 2 | - |
| CD McMillan | c sub b Phillips | 2 | 9 | 12 | - | - |
| DL Vettori | c Walton b Anderson | 20 | 29 | 37 | 3 | - |
| SB O'Connor | lbw b Anderson | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | - |
| GI Allott | not out | 0 | 3 | 8 | - | - |
| CL Cairns | absent hurt |
| Extras | (15 b, 9 lb, 2 nb, 4 w) | 30 |
| Total | (all out, 72.5 overs) | 217 |
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Bell), 2-36 (Horne), 3-47 (Fleming), 4-65 (Astle), 5-144 (Croy), 6-157 (McMillan), 7-198 (Vettori), 8-212 (O'Connor), 9-217 (Twose) |
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