Essex innings
BR Hardie             lbw                b Larkins             19
MH Denness                               b Sarfraz Nawaz        4
KS McEwan             lbw                b Sarfraz Nawaz        0
*KWR Fletcher         lbw                b Dye                  6
S Turner              c Virgin           b Larkins              5
KR Pont               c Sharp            b Dye                  4
KD Boyce              lbw                b Larkins              6
RE East                                  b Willey              54
+N Smith              c Mushtaq Mohammad b Hodgson             61
JK Lever              run out                                  11
DL Acfield            not out                                   6
Extras                (b 1, lb 8, nb 2)                        11
Total                 (all out, 54.5 overs)                   187

FoW: 1-4, 2-4, 3-19, 4-30, 5-38,
     6-48, 7-48, 8-157, 9-174, 10-187.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sarfraz Nawaz               10.5    2     31      2
Dye                         11      2     39      2
Larkins                     11      5     13      3
Hodgson                     11      0     59      1
Willey                      11      2     34      1

Northamptonshire innings
RT Virgin                                b Pont                13
P Willey                                 b Lever                3
DS Steele             c East             b Boyce                0
*Mushtaq Mohammad     not out                                  85
W Larkins             not out                                  73
Extras                (b 3, lb 10, w 1)                        14
Total                 (3 wickets, 52.4 overs)                 188

DNB: G Cook, +G Sharp, Sarfraz Nawaz, A Hodgson, TJ Yardley,
     JCJ Dye.

FoW: 1-6, 2-7, 3-23.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                       11      2     17      1
Lever                       11      2     37      1
Turner                       9.4    1     31      0
Pont                        11      2     33      1
East                         5      0     23      0
Acfield                      5      0     33      0