County Championship: Luke Procter’s 113 & Ben Sanderson’s 4-24 put Northants in management in opposition to Essex

Luke Procter’s 113 for Northants came off 271 balls and he lasted just three minutes shy of six hours at the crease

LV= County Championship Division One, The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford (day two)

Northamptonshire 390: Procter 113, Berg 75, Young 63; Snater 3-56, Critchley 3-81

Essex 95-8: Westley 25; Sanderson 4-24, Kelly 2-31

Essex (2 pts) trail Northants (2 pts) by 295 runs with two wickets remaining

Scorecard

Ben Sanderson blasted a gaping hole in the fragile Essex batting with four quickfire wickets to capitalise on Luke Procter’s marathon century and put Northamptonshire in total command at Chelmsford.

The pace bowler took his season’s wicket tally to 15 in five County Championship innings as he found the edges of a succession of bats – including Sir Alastair Cook’s – to help reduce Essex to 95-8 at the close in reply to Northamptonshire’s 390.

Essex had no bowlers of similar ilk as Northamptonshire were able to add a further 157 runs to their overnight score in 45 overs, courtesy of…

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