By Paul Hiscock

DAN Lawrence could hardly believe his first experience as stand-in captain of Essex.The 24-year-old, who signed a two-year extension to his contract with the club just a couple of days before the match, took over the role of skipper with Tom Westley missing due the imminent birth of his first child.The game turned out to be the quickest completed County Championship match since four-day cricket commenced lasting just 523 minutes or three sessions and halfan-hour thanks to two abject Northamptonshire innings whose two trips to the middle lasted an overall 239 minute...