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| 3 | 320 | RS Bopara & GW Flower | Essex v Northamptonshire | 2007 | f50103 |
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| 5 | 313 | RC Irani & RN ten Doeschate | Essex v Glamorgan | 2007 | f50037 |
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| 7 | 254 | JS Foster & AJ Bichel | Essex v Nottinghamshire | 2007 | f50125 |
| 8 | 222 | SA Northeast & JC Tredwell | Kent v Essex | 2016 | f57164 |
| 9 | 142 | DA Leatherdale & RK Illingworth | Worcestershire v Essex | 1993 | f40615 |
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