f43847 cc19084	Hampshire v Middlesex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1998
Venue	County Ground, Southampton on 31st August, 1st, 2nd, 3rd September 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hampshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Hampshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Hampshire 21 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Middlesex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	B Dudleston, RA White
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 357/5 (Brown 37*, Dutch 16*; 104 overs)
Close of play day 2	Hampshire (1) 291/9 (James 13*, Hartley 0*; 71 overs)
Close of play day 3	Middlesex (2) 105/2 (Kettleborough 31*, Gatting 33*; 27.5 overs)

---

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Goodchild	lbw b James	16
RA Kettleborough	c Aymes b James	60
AJ Strauss	c Kendall b McLean	83
MW Gatting	c Keech b Mascarenhas	77
PN Weekes	c Aymes b Hartley	17
*+KR Brown	c Aymes b James	53
KP Dutch	c Keech b McLean	16
CJ Batt	b Morris	15
JP Hewitt	b Morris	1
RL Johnson	c Smith b Morris	23
PCR Tufnell	not out	7
Extras	(15 b, 18 lb, 34 nb, 2 w)	69
Total	(all out, 131.1 overs)	437
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-155, 3-240, 4-289, 5-311, 6-357, 7-396, 8-401, 9-410, 10-437 (131.1 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McLean	30	6	67	2	-	-
Hartley	21	6	67	1	-	-
James	24	7	64	3	-	-
Morris	24.1	2	106	3	-	-
Mascarenhas	19	5	53	1	-	-
Stephenson	13	3	47	0	-	-

---

Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW White	lbw b Batt	106
JP Stephenson	c Gatting b Batt	0
WS Kendall	c Brown b Johnson	29
*RA Smith	st Brown b Tufnell	7
+AN Aymes	b Batt	16
M Keech	c Brown b Hewitt	11
AD Mascarenhas	c Brown b Johnson	63
KD James	not out	17
AC Morris	c Dutch b Johnson	0
NAM McLean	b Johnson	0
PJ Hartley	c Weekes b Tufnell	8
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb, 30 nb, 9 w)	54
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-64, 3-85, 4-110, 5-124, 6-243, 7-290, 8-290, 9-290, 10-311 (75 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hewitt	18	2	82	1	-	-
Batt	16	1	60	3	-	-
Johnson	17	4	75	4	-	-
Tufnell	24	4	79	2	-	-

---

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Goodchild	b Hartley	5
RA Kettleborough	not out	62
AJ Strauss	c Aymes b Morris	12
MW Gatting	retired hurt	33
PN Weekes	not out	29
*+KR Brown	did not bat
KP Dutch	did not bat
CJ Batt	did not bat
JP Hewitt	did not bat
RL Johnson	did not bat
PCR Tufnell	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 8 w)	32
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 33 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-41

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McLean	9	3	19	0	-	-
Hartley	7	2	19	1	-	-
James	5	1	21	0	-	-
Morris	6	1	31	1	-	-
Stephenson	1	0	3	0	-	-
Smith	3	0	29	0	-	-
Aymes	2	0	31	0	-	-

---

Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW White	c Goodchild b Weekes	47
JP Stephenson	c Strauss b Tufnell	105
WS Kendall	not out	78
NAM McLean	c Johnson b Tufnell	10
*RA Smith	not out	21
+AN Aymes	did not bat
M Keech	did not bat
AD Mascarenhas	did not bat
KD James	did not bat
AC Morris	did not bat
PJ Hartley	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 12 nb, 18 w)	40
Total	(3 wickets, 63.5 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-141, 2-231, 3-259

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hewitt	13	0	79	0	-	-
Batt	5	0	35	0	-	-
Johnson	11	2	42	0	-	-
Tufnell	21	2	80	2	-	-
Weekes	10.5	3	42	1	-	-
Dutch	3	0	13	0	-	-

---

Notes
--> Middlesex score at 120 overs in the first innings was 396-6
--> AJ Strauss made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AJ Strauss made his debut in first-class matches
--> GW White (1) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 89
--> AN Aymes (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> MW Gatting (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 1
--> JP Stephenson (2) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 60
--> AC Morris reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> MW Gatting retired hurt in the Middlesex second innings having scored 33 (team score 105/2) (strained hamstring before play resumed on day 4 )

---