Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Essex score at 130 overs in the first innings was 401-7
--> RS Bopara (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 11
--> ML Love (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 11
--> BM Shafayat (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 52
--> U Afzaal (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 39
--> MS Panesar achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class Matches when he dismissed JD Middlebrook in the Essex first innings (previous best was 5-77)
--> AN Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class Matches when he dismissed U Afzaal in the Northamptonshire second innings (previous best was 0-11)
