28/04Result

County Championship Division One at Chelmsford, Apr 28-May 1 2022

Match drawn

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

Northants unable to capitalise on enforced follow-on as spinners are thwarted

Match Centre

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford

Series

County Championship Division One 2022

Toss

Essex , elected to field first

Season

2022

Match days

28,29,30 April, 1 May 2022 (4-day match)

Umpires

Nigel Llong

Tom Lungley

Match Referee

Steve Davis

Points

Northamptonshire 13, Essex 10

Scorecard Summary

END OF OVER:
145 | (maiden) | ESSEX: 328/9

Adam Wheater33 (174b)
Sam Cook0 (9b)

Saif Zaib7-3-14-1
Rob Keogh33-17-51-4

144.6

Zaib to Wheater, no run,

144.5

Zaib to Wheater, no run,

144.4

Zaib to Wheater, no run,

144.3

Zaib to Wheater, no run,

144.2

Zaib to Wheater, no run,

144.1

Zaib to Wheater, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Essex escape with face-saving draw as Paul Walter's 93 anchors rearguard
Northants unable to capitalise on enforced follow-on as spinners are thwarted
Shane Snater keeps Essex in the game with career-best 79*
Walter, Critchley stage belligerent rearguard following on to frustrate Northamptonshire
Ben Sanderson blasts gaping hole in fragile Essex batting
Four quick wickets allow Northants to capitalise on ninth-wicket stand of 105 between Luke Procter and Gareth Berg
Will Young, Luke Procter dig in as Northants banish memories of 2021 wipeout
Essex attack made to toil six months on from shortest Championship match of modern times

Essex INNINGS		R	B
NLJ Browne	caught	19	80
AN Cook	caught	19	43
T Westley	lbw	9	26
PI Walter	bowled	93	246
MJJ Critchley	caught	47	122
FIN Khushi	caught wk	30	64
AJA Wheater	not out	33	174
SR Harmer	caught	13	46
S Snater	caught	16	42
MT Steketee	bowled	8	23
SJ Cook	not out	0	9
EXTRAS	(b 18, lb 9, w 4, nb 10)
TOTAL	328 (9 wkts; 145 ovs)

Northants BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
BW Sanderson	22.0	7	40	0	1.81	(1w)
GK Berg	20.0	5	52	0	2.60
TAI Taylor	24.0	8	62	3	2.58	(3nb, 2w)
LA Procter	17.0	8	34	1	2.00	(1nb)
M Kelly	22.0	6	48	0	2.18	(1nb)
RI Keogh	33.0	17	51	4	1.54	(1w)
SA Zaib	7.0	3	14	1	2.00

Essex 3rd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	41	AN Cook	NLJ Browne
2nd	15	T Westley	NLJ Browne
3rd	2	NLJ Browne	PI Walter
4th	100	MJJ Critchley	PI Walter
5th	69	FIN Khushi	PI Walter
6th	37	AJA Wheater	PI Walter
7th	20	AJA Wheater	SR Harmer
8th	20	AJA Wheater	S Snater
9th	18	AJA Wheater	MT Steketee
10th	6	AJA Wheater	SJ Cook

County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	1	5	250
LANCS	14	7	1	6	225
HANTS	14	9	4	1	224
ESSEX	14	7	3	4	202
KENT	14	4	5	5	158
NHNTS	14	2	5	7	154
SOM	14	3	6	5	149
WARKS	14	2	6	6	141
YORKS	14	1	6	7	138
GLOUC	14	2	8	4	114

County Ground, Chelmsford

Series

Toss

Season

Match days

Umpires

Match Referee

Points

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 390(141.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

ESSEX 193(79.5 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

ESSEX 328/9 f/o(145 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:145 | (maiden) | ESSEX: 328/9

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

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

Ben Sanderson blasts gaping hole in fragile Essex batting

Will Young, Luke Procter dig in as Northants banish memories of 2021 wipeout

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 390(141.4 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

ESSEX 193(79.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

ESSEX 328/9 f/o(145 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
145 | (maiden) | ESSEX: 328/9