f46642 cc19589	Northamptonshire v Essex
	Frizzell County Championship 2002 (Division 2)
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 31st May, 1st, 2nd, 3rd June 2002 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 4 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 7 (Batting 5, Bowling 2); Essex 19 (Batting 5, Bowling 2)
Umpires	NJ Llong, G Sharp
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 451/5 (Penberthy 16*, Bailey 5*; 104 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 186/2 (Middlebrook 55*, Habib 25*; 63 overs)
Close of play day 3	Northamptonshire (2) 58/2 (Hussey 32*, Warren 6*; 14 overs)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MEK Hussey	b Sharif	140	185	247	23	-
AS Rollins	lbw b Irani	89	128	157	13	1
MB Loye	b Irani	0	11	13	-	-
RJ Warren	lbw b Stephenson	87	164	211	15	-
JW Cook	lbw b Ilott	90	104	109	12	3
AL Penberthy	c Flower b Stephenson	50	73	92	9	1
+TMB Bailey	b Sharif	64	101	127	7	-
RSG Anderson	b Sharif	51	64	73	9	-
JAR Blain	not out	17	29	36	2	-
DM Cousins	lbw b Sharif	4	11	6	-	-
JF Brown	lbw b Stephenson	12	16	15	2	-
Extras	(6 lb, 16 nb, 6 w)	28
Total	(all out, 146.2 overs)	632
Fall of wickets:
1-185 (Rollins), 2-191 (Loye), 3-275 (Hussey), 4-417 (Cook), 5-436 (Warren), 6-507 (Penberthy), 7-596 (Bailey), 8-601 (Anderson), 9-607 (Cousins), 10-632 (Brown)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Irani	19	6	61	2	-	-
Ilott	27	3	100	1	1	-
Dakin	23	4	108	0	2	-
Stephenson	25.2	4	116	3	-	3
Middlebrook	32	4	143	0	-	-
Sharif	20	0	98	4	-	5

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DDJ Robinson	c Warren b Anderson	68	149	168	8	1
WI Jefferson	c sub b Penberthy	22	45	64	4	-
JD Middlebrook	b Brown	67	167	185	12	-
A Habib	lbw b Blain	93	156	187	16	-
+A Flower	not out	103	225	315	13	-
*RC Irani	st Bailey b Brown	54	87	104	9	-
RS Bopara	c Rollins b Brown	2	14	17	-	-
JM Dakin	c Hussey b Blain	1	6	4	-	-
JP Stephenson	not out	37	71	77	5	-
ZK Sharif	did not bat
MC Ilott	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb, 30 nb, 4 w)	50
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 150.5 overs)	497
Fall of wickets:
1-68 (Jefferson), 2-138 (Robinson), 3-206 (Middlebrook), 4-303 (Habib), 5-401 (Irani), 6-413 (Bopara), 7-414 (Dakin)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cousins	30	6	100	0	1	1
Blain	28	4	127	2	-	10
Anderson	29	8	82	1	1	3
Penberthy	10.5	5	31	1	-	1
Brown	51	11	130	3	-	-
Cook	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AS Rollins	c Jefferson b Dakin	1	13	13	-	-
*MEK Hussey	c Stephenson b Ilott	41	73	98	9	-
MB Loye	c Habib b Middlebrook	17	20	29	2	1
RJ Warren	c Robinson b Dakin	6	12	14	1	-
JW Cook	c Flower b Dakin	9	13	15	2	-
AL Penberthy	b Stephenson	23	59	121	5	-
+TMB Bailey	lbw b Stephenson	15	19	68	3	-
RSG Anderson	b Stephenson	31	36	59	6	-
JAR Blain	lbw b Middlebrook	2	7	6	-	-
DM Cousins	c Ilott b Stephenson	1	9	9	-	-
JF Brown	not out	2	7	6	-	-
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(all out, 44.2 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Rollins), 2-43 (Loye), 3-62 (Warren), 4-76 (Cook), 5-76 (Hussey), 6-93 (Bailey), 7-140 (Penberthy), 8-145 (Blain), 9-150 (Cousins), 10-155 (Anderson)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	13	4	28	1	1	-
Dakin	18	6	75	3	-	-
Middlebrook	6	1	26	2	-	-
Stephenson	7.2	2	25	4	-	2

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DDJ Robinson	st Bailey b Brown	31	45	63	4	-
WI Jefferson	run out	41	49	66	7	-
+A Flower	not out	92	91	139	11	-
*RC Irani	c Loye b Penberthy	7	11	7	1	-
A Habib	lbw b Brown	5	16	11	-	-
JM Dakin	run out	57	60	71	5	1
JD Middlebrook	c Hussey b Cousins	8	7	11	1	-
JP Stephenson	not out	25	22	27	2	1
ZK Sharif	did not bat
RS Bopara	did not bat
MC Ilott	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 14 w)	25
Total	(6 wickets, 49.5 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-85 (Robinson), 2-89 (Jefferson), 3-104 (Irani), 4-114 (Habib), 5-225 (Dakin), 6-245 (Middlebrook)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cousins	11	0	67	1	1	1
Blain	3	1	20	0	-	-
Anderson	7	0	46	0	4	1
Penberthy	12	0	49	1	1	-
Brown	16.5	2	102	2	1	-

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Notes
--> Northamptonshire score at 130 overs in the first innings was 575-6
--> Essex score at 130 overs in the first innings was 422-7
--> RS Bopara made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RS Bopara made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MEK Hussey (1) 100 in 144 balls, 182 minutes with 16 fours
--> JW Cook (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 29
--> AL Penberthy (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> DDJ Robinson (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> A Habib (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> A Flower (1) passed his previous highest score of 91 in County Championship matches
--> A Flower (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> A Flower (1) 100 in 225 balls, 316 minutes with 13 fours
--> ZK Sharif achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed MEK Hussey in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 0-23)
--> ZK Sharif achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed MEK Hussey in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 0-23)
--> JP Stephenson reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed TMB Bailey, his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> MC Ilott reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed MEK Hussey, his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> AL Penberthy reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed RC Irani, his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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