f43094 cc18841	Middlesex v Northamptonshire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 29th, 30th, 31st May, 2nd June 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 57 runs
Points	Middlesex 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2)
Umpires	JD Bond, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 400/2 (Ramprakash 109*, Gatting 102*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 165/4 (Curran 57*, Taylor 7*)
Close of play day 3	Northamptonshire (2) 168/6 (Capel 23*, Snape 19*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Kallis	c Snape b Curran	121
PN Weekes	c Snape b Curran	41
*MR Ramprakash	lbw b Follett	111
MW Gatting	b Taylor	108
JC Pooley	lbw b Taylor	2
+KR Brown	not out	61
SP Moffat	lbw b Taylor	0
RL Johnson	run out	29
JP Hewitt	lbw b Penberthy	0
ARC Fraser	c Curran b Taylor	20
PCR Tufnell	c Montgomerie b Follett	0
Extras	(12 lb, 14 nb, 12 w)	38
Total	(all out, 143.3 overs)	531
Fall of wickets:
1-107, 2-219, 3-406, 4-412, 5-412, 6-412, 7-476, 8-477, 9-529, 10-531 (143.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	41	13	99	4	-	-
Follett	24.3	1	123	2	-	-
Capel	9	1	62	0	-	-
Curran	23	5	67	2	-	-
Penberthy	24	3	80	1	-	-
Snape	15	2	60	0	-	-
Bailey	7	0	28	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Roberts	c Moffat b Tufnell	21
RR Montgomerie	lbw b Hewitt	0
*RJ Bailey	c Moffat b Tufnell	44
KM Curran	not out	89
AL Penberthy	c Brown b Hewitt	27
JP Taylor	c Weekes b Hewitt	7
DJ Capel	c Gatting b Hewitt	4
TC Walton	lbw b Hewitt	8
JN Snape	c Gatting b Johnson	2
+D Ripley	lbw b Johnson	0
D Follett	b Johnson	0
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb, 10 w)	14
Total	(all out, 79 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-63, 3-72, 4-146, 5-169, 6-185, 7-195, 8-204, 9-208, 10-216 (79 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	15	6	30	0	-	-
Hewitt	20	5	59	5	-	-
Johnson	22	5	70	3	-	-
Weekes	8	2	33	0	-	-
Tufnell	14	4	22	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Roberts	c Brown b Kallis	42
RR Montgomerie	lbw b Johnson	14
*RJ Bailey	c Weekes b Kallis	23
KM Curran	c Kallis b Tufnell	23
AL Penberthy	c Kallis b Tufnell	8
DJ Capel	c Weekes b Hewitt	42
TC Walton	lbw b Tufnell	4
JN Snape	c Brown b Fraser	24
+D Ripley	not out	51
JP Taylor	c Brown b Johnson	6
D Follett	st Brown b Tufnell	3
Extras	(3 b, 11 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 117.5 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-82, 3-93, 4-121, 5-130, 6-134, 7-186, 8-224, 9-239, 10-258 (117.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	21	6	35	1	-	-
Hewitt	12	3	33	1	-	-
Weekes	16	2	37	0	-	-
Tufnell	39.5	16	64	4	-	-
Johnson	20	8	55	2	-	-
Kallis	9	3	20	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Middlesex score at 120 overs in the first innings was 435-6
--> JH Kallis (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in County Championship matches
--> MR Ramprakash (1) passed 13500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 25
--> MW Gatting (1) passed 24000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 45
--> ARC Fraser (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> KM Curran (2) passed 14000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 7
--> D Ripley (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> JP Hewitt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 4-24)
--> JP Hewitt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 4-24)
--> JH Kallis reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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