f43187 cc18903	Middlesex v Hampshire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th August 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 217 runs
Points	Middlesex 22 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Hampshire 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	TE Jesty, JF Steele
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 212/3 (Ramprakash 99*, Shah 11*)
Close of play day 2	Hampshire (1) 69/2 (White 8*, Renshaw 0*)
Close of play day 3	Middlesex (2) 91/1 (Kallis 49*, Gatting 37*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PN Weekes	c Aymes b Renshaw	7
JH Kallis	c Aymes b Milburn	39
*MR Ramprakash	c Stephenson b Udal	190
MW Gatting	c Smith b Hayden	47
OA Shah	c Keech b Udal	77
+KR Brown	lbw b Stephenson	1
JC Pooley	c Aymes b Milburn	28
KP Dutch	not out	19
RL Johnson	c Aymes b Milburn	2
JP Hewitt	did not bat
ARC Fraser	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 11 lb, 6 nb, 8 w)	32
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 131.3 overs)	442
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-66, 3-194, 4-379, 5-382, 6-390, 7-434, 8-442 (131.3 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Milburn	34.3	6	112	3	-	-
Renshaw	28	8	98	1	-	-
Mascarenhas	19	7	35	0	-	-
Stephenson	25	4	84	1	-	-
Udal	20	1	72	2	-	-
Hayden	4	0	23	1	-	-
Keech	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Laney	c Pooley b Hewitt	23
ML Hayden	lbw b Dutch	36
GW White	c Shah b Dutch	62
SJ Renshaw	c Gatting b Hewitt	14
RA Smith	b Kallis	27
M Keech	not out	78
*JP Stephenson	not out	48
+AN Aymes	did not bat
SD Udal	did not bat
AD Mascarenhas	did not bat
SM Milburn	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 8 nb)	18
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	306
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-69, 3-100, 4-148, 5-206

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	15	2	38	0	-	-
Hewitt	17	2	70	2	-	-
Johnson	13	1	36	0	-	-
Kallis	12	3	22	1	-	-
Dutch	29	6	94	2	-	-
Weekes	16	3	36	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PN Weekes	c White b Renshaw	1
JH Kallis	not out	102
MW Gatting	not out	69
*MR Ramprakash	did not bat
JC Pooley	did not bat
+KR Brown	did not bat
OA Shah	did not bat
KP Dutch	did not bat
RL Johnson	did not bat
JP Hewitt	did not bat
ARC Fraser	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 49 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-5

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Milburn	6	2	16	0	-	-
Renshaw	13	2	55	1	-	-
Stephenson	12	1	35	0	-	-
Udal	13	1	44	0	-	-
Keech	5	0	22	0	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Laney	c Brown b Fraser	4
ML Hayden	c and b Fraser	1
GW White	c Shah b Fraser	8
RA Smith	lbw b Fraser	8
M Keech	c Brown b Fraser	14
*JP Stephenson	c Pooley b Hewitt	35
+AN Aymes	c Kallis b Johnson	11
SD Udal	lbw b Hewitt	0
AD Mascarenhas	c Brown b Hewitt	0
SJ Renshaw	b Johnson	0
SM Milburn	not out	11
Extras	(3 lb, 2 w)	5
Total	(all out, 26.3 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-13, 3-18, 4-21, 5-50, 6-86, 7-86, 8-86, 9-86, 10-97 (26.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	10	1	38	5	-	-
Hewitt	7	1	27	3	-	-
Kallis	6	1	19	0	-	-
Johnson	3.3	1	10	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Middlesex score at 120 overs in the first innings was 390-5
--> MR Ramprakash (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 10
--> OA Shah (1) passed his previous highest score of 75 in first-class matches
--> OA Shah (1) passed his previous highest score of 75 in County Championship matches
--> M Keech (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 45

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