Essex seal unwanted Division Two title with two-day thrashing of Northamptonshire
Sam Cook claims ten in the match in 96.3-over rout at Chelmsford
21/09Result
Division 2, County Championship at Chelmsford, Sep 21-22 2021
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![Northamptonshire]( "Northamptonshire")
81 & 45 (18.2 ov) -
![Essex]( "Essex")
21/09Result
Division 2, County Championship at Chelmsford, Sep 21-22 2021
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![Northamptonshire]( "Northamptonshire")
81 & 45 (18.2 ov) -
![Essex]( "Essex")
Match Centre
Match Details
Series
Toss
Northamptonshire , elected to bat first
Season
Match days
21,22 September 2021 (4-day match)
Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Essex 19, Northamptonshire 3
Scorecard Summary
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 81 (34.5 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Adam Rossington14 (43)
- Emilio Gay38 (74)
- Jamie Porter4/31 (11.5)
- Sam Cook5/21 (12)
ESSEX 170 (43.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Adam Wheater34 (38)
- Dan Lawrence33 (29)
- Tom Taylor4/67 (13.2)
- Jack White4/40 (14)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 45 (18.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Luke Procter24 (56)
- Tom Taylor8 (6)
- Shane Snater4/7 (3)
- Sam Cook5/20 (8.2)
18.2
W
SJ Cook to Procter, OUT, a flash outside off, snicked to the keeper. All over! Ten for Cook, and humiliation for Northants.
LA Procter c †Wheater b SJ Cook 24 (78m 56b 2x4 0x6) SR: 42.85
18.1
4
SJ Cook to Procter, FOUR, punched past mid-off. Cook's figures take another beating...
END OF OVER:18 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | NHNTS: 41/9
- Jack White0 (1b)
- Luke Procter20 (54b)
- Shane Snater3-0-7-4
- Sam Cook8-4-16-4
17.6
0
Snater to White, no run,
17.5
W
Snater to Taylor, OUT, a step to the pitch, a slap through the line, holed out to mid-off. Woeful
TAI Taylor c Lawrence b Snater 8 (11m 6b 2x4 0x6) SR: 133.33
17.4
0
Snater to Taylor, no run,
17.3
1
Snater to Procter, 1 run,
Match Coverage
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County Championship
| Division 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| NOTTS | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 68 |
| LANCS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 57 |
| WARKS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
| HANTS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| YORKS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 40 |
| SOM | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Division 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| ESSEX | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 77 |
| GLOUC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64 |
| DURH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| NHNTS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| SURR | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| GLAM | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| Division 3 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| KENT | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| MIDDX | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67 |
| WORCS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| LEICS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| DERBS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 42 |
| SUSS | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| Group 1 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| NOTTS | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 151 |
| WARKS | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 145 |
| DURH | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 132 |
| ESSEX | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 129 |
| WORCS | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 109 |
| DERBS | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 72 |
| Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| SOM | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 148 |
| HANTS | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 145 |
| GLOUC | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 131 |
| SURR | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 123 |
| LEICS | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 111 |
| MIDDX | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 84 |
| Group 3 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| LANCS | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 150 |
| YORKS | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 149 |
| GLAM | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 127 |
| NHNTS | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 123 |
| KENT | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 97 |
| SUSS | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 94 |