f43200 cc18910	Middlesex v Surrey
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 15th, 16th, 17th August 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 125 runs
Points	Middlesex 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Surrey 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JC Balderstone, G Sharp
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 123/2 (Butcher 56*, AJ Hollioake 14*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 24/1 (Pooley 1*, Johnson 10*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Pooley	c Butcher b BC Hollioake	10
JH Kallis	c Batty b BC Hollioake	23
MW Gatting	c Brown b Amin	54
OA Shah	c Amin b BC Hollioake	44
*MR Ramprakash	c AJ Hollioake b Saqlain Mushtaq	8
+KR Brown	c Bicknell b Saqlain Mushtaq	7
KP Dutch	c Brown b Saqlain Mushtaq	0
RL Johnson	c Amin b Saqlain Mushtaq	0
JP Hewitt	c AJ Hollioake b Saqlain Mushtaq	0
ARC Fraser	not out	30
PCR Tufnell	c Batty b AJ Hollioake	7
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 12 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 68.5 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-38, 3-142, 4-142, 5-159, 6-159, 7-162, 8-162, 9-162, 10-205 (68.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bicknell	11	2	33	0	-	-
Lewis	12	1	44	0	-	-
BC Hollioake	13	4	23	3	-	-
AJ Hollioake	6.5	1	24	1	-	-
Saqlain Mushtaq	14	2	50	5	-	-
Amin	12	4	21	1	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Butcher	c Gatting b Johnson	79
JD Ratcliffe	c Dutch b Fraser	13
GP Thorpe	c Ramprakash b Dutch	32
*AJ Hollioake	c sub b Hewitt	182
AD Brown	c Gatting b Johnson	70
BC Hollioake	lbw b Fraser	76
CC Lewis	c Kallis b Tufnell	15
+JN Batty	not out	23
MP Bicknell	c Pooley b Tufnell	1
Saqlain Mushtaq	c Brown b Johnson	9
RM Amin	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 18 lb, 6 nb, 4 w)	31
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 129.3 overs)	531
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-99, 3-168, 4-318, 5-461, 6-496, 7-502, 8-512, 9-531

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	26	5	106	2	-	-
Hewitt	21	0	126	1	-	-
Kallis	8	0	31	0	-	-
Johnson	22	2	79	3	-	-
Tufnell	36.3	6	106	2	-	-
Dutch	12	0	47	1	-	-
Ramprakash	4	0	15	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Pooley	b Amin	72
JH Kallis	c Batty b Bicknell	9
RL Johnson	run out	27
*MR Ramprakash	c and b Saqlain Mushtaq	0
MW Gatting	c Ratcliffe b Saqlain Mushtaq	7
OA Shah	c Batty b Lewis	25
+KR Brown	c Ratcliffe b Saqlain Mushtaq	35
KP Dutch	c Butcher b Saqlain Mushtaq	6
JP Hewitt	c BC Hollioake b Amin	8
ARC Fraser	st Batty b Saqlain Mushtaq	6
PCR Tufnell	not out	2
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 70.3 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-67, 3-80, 4-96, 5-120, 6-175, 7-184, 8-189, 9-199, 10-201 (70.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lewis	14	2	43	1	-	-
Bicknell	7	3	14	1	-	-
Saqlain Mushtaq	27	6	66	5	-	-
BC Hollioake	3	0	14	0	-	-
Amin	18.3	5	55	2	-	-
Thorpe	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Surrey score at 120 overs in the first innings was 508-7
--> OA Shah (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 37
--> AJ Hollioake (1) passed his previous highest score of 138 in County Championship matches
--> AJ Hollioake (1) passed his previous highest score of 138 in first-class matches
--> AJ Hollioake (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> AD Brown (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 19
--> BC Hollioake (1) passed his previous highest score of 72 in County Championship matches
--> BC Hollioake (1) passed his previous highest score of 72 in first-class matches
--> BC Hollioake (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 48
--> JN Batty (1) equalled his previous highest score of 23 in County Championship matches
--> Saqlain Mushtaq completed a hat-trick in the Middlesex first innings
--> ARC Fraser reached 650 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings

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