BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos (c)	c Critchley b SJ Cook	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Will Young	lbw b SJ Cook	63	146	181	7	0	43.15
Emilio Gay	c AN Cook b Snater	35	114	146	4	0	30.70
Luke Procter	c Walter b Critchley	113	271	357	10	0	41.69
Rob Keogh	c & b Critchley	22	53	58	2	0	41.50
Saif Zaib	lbw b Walter	16	33	44	2	0	48.48
Lewis McManus †	c Harmer b Snater	7	38	44	0	0	18.42
Tom Taylor	c Harmer b Steketee	7	26	25	1	0	26.92
Matthew Kelly	c Critchley b Snater	7	25	35	1	0	28.00
Gareth Berg	c Westley b Critchley	75	132	136	8	3	56.81
Ben Sanderson	not out	12	13	18	2	0	92.30
Extras	(b 9, lb 16, nb 8)	33
TOTAL	141.4 Ov (RR: 2.75)	390
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 0.3 ov), 2-100 (Emilio Gay, 38.2 ov), 3-115 (Will Young, 46.5 ov), 4-160 (Rob Keogh, 63.5 ov), 5-199 (Saif Zaib, 76.2 ov), 6-222 (Lewis McManus, 87.5 ov), 7-233 (Tom Taylor, 94.4 ov), 8-250 (Matthew Kelly, 103.3 ov), 9-355 (Luke Procter, 137.3 ov), 10-390 (Gareth Berg, 141.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Sam Cook	30	5	61	2	2.03	148	6	0	0	0
0.3 to R Vasconcelos, . 0/1 46.5 to WA Young, . 115/3
Shane Snater	24	5	56	3	2.33	115	6	0	0	0
38.2 to EN Gay, . 100/2 87.5 to LD McManus, . 222/6 103.3 to M Kelly, . 250/8
Mark Steketee	31	9	67	1	2.16	153	7	0	0	4
94.4 to TAI Taylor, . 233/7
Simon Harmer	33	10	81	0	2.45	156	10	0	0	0
Matt Critchley	16.4	1	81	3	4.86	62	8	3	0	0
63.5 to RI Keogh, . 160/4 137.3 to LA Procter, . 355/9 141.4 to GK Berg, . 390/10
Paul Walter	7	1	19	1	2.71	25	0	0	0	0
76.2 to SA Zaib, . 199/5

Essex 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c Young b Sanderson	12	21	17	2	0	57.14
Alastair Cook	c †McManus b Sanderson	6	48	89	0	0	12.50
Tom Westley (c)	c Young b Taylor	25	50	53	4	0	50.00
Paul Walter	c Gay b Sanderson	2	39	55	0	0	5.12
Matt Critchley	c Young b Sanderson	7	23	25	0	0	30.43
Feroze Khushi	c †McManus b Procter	9	52	74	1	0	17.30
Adam Wheater †	b Kelly	14	24	34	3	0	58.33
Simon Harmer	lbw b Kelly	0	4	8	0	0	0.00
Shane Snater	not out	79	94	153	10	1	84.04
Mark Steketee	b Berg	18	72	88	3	0	25.00
Sam Cook	c Vasconcelos b Keogh	10	53	46	0	0	18.86
Extras	(lb 8, nb 2, w 1)	11
TOTAL	79.5 Ov (RR: 2.41)	193
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Nick Browne, 4.4 ov), 2-45 (Tom Westley, 17.2 ov), 3-45 (Alastair Cook, 22.3 ov), 4-53 (Matt Critchley, 28.5 ov), 5-55 (Paul Walter, 30.6 ov), 6-73 (Adam Wheater, 38.6 ov), 7-75 (Simon Harmer, 40.4 ov), 8-83 (Feroze Khushi, 45.3 ov), 9-152 (Mark Steketee, 66.4 ov), 10-193 (Sam Cook, 79.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Sanderson	19	7	32	4	1.68	97	4	0	1	0
4.4 to NLJ Browne, . 12/1 22.3 to AN Cook, . 45/3 28.5 to MJJ Critchley, . 53/4 30.6 to PI Walter, . 55/5
Gareth Berg	16	7	17	1	1.06	84	1	0	0	0
66.4 to MT Steketee, . 152/9
Tom Taylor	12	4	39	1	3.25	56	7	0	0	0
17.2 to T Westley, . 45/2
Matthew Kelly	14	4	50	2	3.57	65	8	0	0	0
38.6 to AJA Wheater, . 73/6 40.4 to SR Harmer, . 75/7
Luke Procter	12	7	15	1	1.25	66	2	0	0	1
45.3 to FIN Khushi, . 83/8
Rob Keogh	6.5	0	32	1	4.68	23	1	1	0	0
79.5 to SJ Cook, . 193/10

Essex 2nd Innings (Following on)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c Vasconcelos b Keogh	19	80	113	2	0	23.75
Alastair Cook	c Vasconcelos b Taylor	19	43	55	4	0	44.18
Tom Westley (c)	lbw b Procter	9	26	35	1	0	34.61
Paul Walter	b Zaib	93	246	328	13	0	37.80
Matt Critchley	c Berg b Taylor	47	122	156	4	0	38.52
Feroze Khushi	c †McManus b Taylor	30	64	85	5	0	46.87
Adam Wheater †	not out	33	174	200	6	0	18.96
Simon Harmer	c Vasconcelos b Keogh	13	46	56	1	0	28.26
Shane Snater	c Zaib b Keogh	16	42	46	2	0	38.09
Mark Steketee	b Keogh	8	23	23	2	0	34.78
Sam Cook	not out	0	9	11	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 18, lb 9, nb 10, w 4)	41
TOTAL	145 Ov (RR: 2.26)	328/9
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Alastair Cook, 13.6 ov), 2-56 (Tom Westley, 22.2 ov), 3-58 (Nick Browne, 27.2 ov), 4-158 (Matt Critchley, 70.1 ov), 5-227 (Feroze Khushi, 91.1 ov), 6-264 (Paul Walter, 105.6 ov), 7-284 (Simon Harmer, 121.2 ov), 8-304 (Shane Snater, 133.2 ov), 9-322 (Mark Steketee, 141.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Sanderson	22	7	40	0	1.81	110	5	0	1	0
Gareth Berg	20	5	52	0	2.60	95	7	0	0	0
Tom Taylor	24	8	62	3	2.58	124	10	0	2	3
13.6 to AN Cook, . 41/1 70.1 to MJJ Critchley, . 158/4 91.1 to FIN Khushi, . 227/5
Luke Procter	17	8	34	1	2.00	87	3	0	0	1
22.2 to T Westley, . 56/2
Matthew Kelly	22	6	48	0	2.18	105	5	0	0	1
Rob Keogh	33	17	51	4	1.54	172	8	0	1	0
27.2 to NLJ Browne, . 58/3 121.2 to SR Harmer, . 284/7 133.2 to S Snater, . 304/8 141.1 to MT Steketee, . 322/9
Saif Zaib	7	3	14	1	2.00	35	2	0	0	0
105.6 to PI Walter, . 264/6

CLOSE OF PLAY

Thu, 28 Apr - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 233/7 (Luke Procter 60*, Matthew Kelly 0*, 97 ov)

Fri, 29 Apr - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 95/8 (Shane Snater 8*, Mark Steketee 4*, 49 ov)

Sat, 30 Apr - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 149/3 (Paul Walter 40*, Matt Critchley 44*, 65 ov)

Sun, 01 May - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 328/9 (145 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 4

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Essex, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2022
Match days	28,29,30 April, 1 May 2022 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Nigel Llong Tom Lungley
Match Referee	Steve Davis
Points	Northamptonshire 13, Essex 10

Match Coverage

Essex escape with face-saving draw as Paul Walter's 93 anchors rearguard

Shane Snater keeps Essex in the game with career-best 79*

Instant answers to T20 questions

Essex Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
BW Sanderson	22	7	40	0	1.81
GK Berg	20	5	52	0	2.6
TAI Taylor	24	8	62	3	2.58 (3 nb)
LA Procter	17	8	34	1	2 (1 nb)
M Kelly	22	6	48	0	2.18 (1 nb)
RI Keogh	33	17	51	4	1.54
SA Zaib	7	3	14	1	2

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