BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c Procter b Sanderson	49	80	90	10	0	61.25
Alastair Cook	b Taylor	31	47	71	6	0	65.95
Tom Westley (c)	b Taylor	56	145	214	6	0	38.62
Dan Lawrence	b Sanderson	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Matt Critchley	c Gay b White	2	4	13	0	0	50.00
Feroze Khushi	c †Vasconcelos b Taylor	26	58	69	4	0	44.82
Michael Pepper †	c Young b Berg	5	11	12	0	0	45.45
Simon Harmer	c †Vasconcelos b Taylor	1	7	7	0	0	14.28
Shane Snater	b White	1	5	6	0	0	20.00
Ben Allison	not out	69	114	122	10	1	60.52
Sam Cook	b White	9	21	36	2	0	42.85
Extras	(b 6, lb 5, nb 2, w 1)	14
TOTAL	82 Ov (RR: 3.20)	263
Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Alastair Cook, 18.3 ov), 2-85 (Nick Browne, 22.4 ov), 3-85 (Dan Lawrence, 22.5 ov), 4-96 (Matt Critchley, 25.6 ov), 5-143 (Feroze Khushi, 44.4 ov), 6-148 (Michael Pepper, 47.3 ov), 7-149 (Simon Harmer, 48.5 ov), 8-152 (Shane Snater, 49.6 ov), 9-224 (Tom Westley, 72.4 ov), 10-263 (Sam Cook, 81.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Sanderson	19	4	48	2	2.52	94	7	0	0	0
22.4 to NLJ Browne, . 85/2 22.5 to DW Lawrence, . 85/3
Jack White	19	4	60	3	3.15	86	10	0	0	0
25.6 to MJJ Critchley, . 96/4 49.6 to S Snater, . 152/8 81.6 to SJ Cook, . 263/10
Tom Taylor	16	2	59	4	3.68	73	9	0	1	1
18.3 to AN Cook, . 76/1 44.4 to FIN Khushi, . 143/5 48.5 to SR Harmer, . 149/7 72.4 to T Westley, . 224/9
Gareth Berg	21	6	70	1	3.33	98	11	1	0	0
47.3 to MS Pepper, . 148/6
Rob Keogh	6	0	8	0	1.33	28	0	0	0	0
James Sales	1	0	7	0	7.00	2	1	0	0	0

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Emilio Gay	lbw b SJ Cook	2	2	1	0	0	100.00
Will Young (c)	c †Pepper b Allison	37	91	122	6	0	40.65
Ricardo Vasconcelos †	b Allison	6	34	43	1	0	17.64
Luke Procter	c Critchley b Allison	28	82	127	3	0	34.14
Rob Keogh	b Harmer	10	16	21	2	0	62.50
Saif Zaib	c Harmer b Snater	18	77	88	3	0	23.37
James Sales	c AN Cook b Allison	28	74	99	4	0	37.83
Tom Taylor	c †Pepper b Snater	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Gareth Berg	run out (Allison)	8	12	16	1	0	66.66
Ben Sanderson	b Allison	3	15	13	0	0	20.00
Jack White	not out	2	5	7	0	0	40.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 11, nb 2)	21
TOTAL	68.1 Ov (RR: 2.39)	163
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Emilio Gay, 0.2 ov), 2-25 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 11.2 ov), 3-64 (Will Young, 29.2 ov), 4-82 (Rob Keogh, 33.6 ov), 5-102 (Luke Procter, 42.1 ov), 6-147 (Saif Zaib, 58.4 ov), 7-147 (Tom Taylor, 58.6 ov), 8-155 (Gareth Berg, 63.2 ov), 9-160 (Ben Sanderson, 66.5 ov), 10-163 (James Sales, 68.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Sam Cook	16	5	22	1	1.37	82	1	0	0	0
0.2 to EN Gay, . 2/1
Shane Snater	18	3	58	2	3.22	85	11	0	0	0
58.4 to SA Zaib, . 147/6 58.6 to TAI Taylor, . 147/7
Ben Allison	15.1	4	32	5	2.10	77	4	0	0	1
11.2 to R Vasconcelos, . 25/2 29.2 to WA Young, . 64/3 42.1 to LA Procter, . 102/5 66.5 to BW Sanderson, . 160/9 68.1 to JJG Sales, . 163/10
Simon Harmer	19	8	32	1	1.68	99	4	0	0	0
33.6 to RI Keogh, . 82/4

Essex 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	b Taylor	18	63	86	3	0	28.57
Alastair Cook	c Taylor b Sanderson	10	24	32	2	0	41.66
Tom Westley (c)	lbw b Sanderson	1	10	11	0	0	10.00
Dan Lawrence	c Gay b White	12	48	65	2	0	25.00
Matt Critchley	c Gay b White	20	59	100	1	0	33.89
Feroze Khushi	b White	1	6	12	0	0	16.66
Michael Pepper †	c Gay b White	7	21	32	1	0	33.33
Simon Harmer	c †Vasconcelos b White	16	20	23	2	1	80.00
Shane Snater	lbw b White	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Ben Allison	not out	7	21	33	1	0	33.33
Sam Cook	c Sales b Taylor	17	19	26	3	0	89.47
Extras	(b 1)	1
TOTAL	48.5 Ov (RR: 2.25)	110
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Alastair Cook, 8.2 ov), 2-23 (Tom Westley, 10.4 ov), 3-40 (Nick Browne, 22.1 ov), 4-46 (Dan Lawrence, 27.1 ov), 5-52 (Feroze Khushi, 29.4 ov), 6-64 (Michael Pepper, 37.1 ov), 7-84 (Simon Harmer, 41.3 ov), 8-84 (Shane Snater, 41.5 ov), 9-89 (Matt Critchley, 43.1 ov), 10-110 (Sam Cook, 48.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Sanderson	16	7	34	2	2.12	78	4	0	0	0
8.2 to AN Cook, . 21/1 10.4 to T Westley, . 23/2
Jack White	17	6	38	6	2.23	86	5	1	0	0
27.1 to DW Lawrence, . 46/4 29.4 to FIN Khushi, . 52/5 37.1 to MS Pepper, . 64/6 41.3 to SR Harmer, . 84/7 41.5 to S Snater, . 84/8 43.1 to MJJ Critchley, . 89/9
Gareth Berg	7	4	12	0	1.71	36	2	0	0	0
Tom Taylor	7.5	3	19	2	2.42	37	3	0	0	0
22.1 to NLJ Browne, . 40/3 48.5 to SJ Cook, . 110/10
Rob Keogh	1	0	6	0	6.00	3	1	0	0	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 211 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Emilio Gay	c †Pepper b Snater	2	15	23	0	0	13.33
Will Young (c)	b Harmer	30	54	65	5	0	55.55
Ricardo Vasconcelos †	b SJ Cook	30	27	44	7	0	111.11
Luke Procter	c †Pepper b SJ Cook	2	7	15	0	0	28.57
Rob Keogh	lbw b SJ Cook	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Saif Zaib	b Harmer	19	38	37	3	0	50.00
James Sales	lbw b Harmer	1	8	15	0	0	12.50
Tom Taylor	c Browne b Harmer	26	39	47	4	0	66.66
Gareth Berg	c Browne b Harmer	39	46	76	4	1	84.78
Ben Sanderson	not out	13	36	42	3	0	36.11
Jack White	lbw b Harmer	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1)	1
TOTAL	45.3 Ov (RR: 3.58)	163
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Emilio Gay, 5.3 ov), 2-62 (Will Young, 15.5 ov), 3-62 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 16.1 ov), 4-62 (Rob Keogh, 16.2 ov), 5-65 (Luke Procter, 18.4 ov), 6-72 (James Sales, 23.1 ov), 7-91 (Saif Zaib, 25.6 ov), 8-140 (Tom Taylor, 35.2 ov), 9-163 (Gareth Berg, 45.1 ov), 10-163 (Jack White, 45.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Sam Cook	13	2	43	3	3.30	57	7	0	0	0
16.1 to R Vasconcelos, . 62/3 16.2 to RI Keogh, . 62/4 18.4 to LA Procter, . 65/5
Shane Snater	13	1	48	1	3.69	59	8	0	0	0
5.3 to EN Gay, . 5/1
Simon Harmer	15.3	4	49	6	3.16	72	7	1	0	0
15.5 to WA Young, . 62/2 23.1 to JJG Sales, . 72/6 25.6 to SA Zaib, . 91/7 35.2 to TAI Taylor, . 140/8 45.1 to GK Berg, . 163/9 45.3 to CJ White, . 163/10
Ben Allison	4	1	22	0	5.50	15	4	0	0	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Mon, 26 Sep - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 220/8 (Tom Westley 55*, Ben Allison 37*, 70 ov)

Tue, 27 Sep - day 2 - Northants 1st innings 32/2 (Will Young 16*, Luke Procter 2*, 17 ov)

Wed, 28 Sep - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 63/5 (Matt Critchley 14*, Michael Pepper 7*, 35 ov)

Thu, 29 Sep - day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 163 (45.3 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 4

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Northamptonshire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2022
Match days	26,27,28,29 September 2022 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Peter Hartley Steve O'Shaughnessy
Match Referee	Alec Swann
Points	Essex 21, Northamptonshire 3

Match Coverage

Simon Harmer spins Essex to victory over Northamptonshire

Ben Allison's maiden five-for keeps Essex's noses in front

Instant answers to T20 questions

Northants Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
SJ Cook	13	2	43	3	3.3
S Snater	13	1	48	1	3.69
SR Harmer	15.3	4	49	6	3.16
BMJ Allison	4	1	22	0	5.5

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