f50809 cc20428	Essex v Middlesex
	LV County Championship 2008 (Division 2)
Venue	The Ford County Ground, Chelmsford on 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th May 2008 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 2 wickets
Points	Essex 18 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Middlesex 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	B Dudleston, VA Holder
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), DK Shelley (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 263/7 (Philander 23*, Udal 2*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 19/3 (Godleman 7*, Joyce 0*; 10 overs)
Close of play day 3	Essex (2) 123/5 (Chopra 17*, Palladino 0*; 40 overs)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Strauss	c Foster b Middlebrook	88	177	229	10	-
BA Godleman	c Foster b Middlebrook	29	75	109	4	-
*ET Smith	c Gallian b Middlebrook	0	2	4	-	-
EC Joyce	lbw b ten Doeschate	66	146	173	8	-
EJG Morgan	c Foster b ten Doeschate	18	93	100	1	-
+DC Nash	c Chopra b Middlebrook	5	7	9	1	-
VD Philander	lbw b ten Doeschate	30	74	152	4	1
TJ Murtagh	c Pettini b Middlebrook	4	12	10	1	-
SD Udal	c Pettini b Nel	17	29	109	3	-
ST Finn	not out	8	17	3	1	-
D Evans	b ten Doeschate	9	21	2	1	-
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 12 nb, 5 w)	28
Total	(all out, 107.5 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-85 (Godleman), 2-89 (Smith), 3-192 (Strauss), 4-222 (Joyce), 5-229 (Nash), 6-243 (Morgan), 7-255 (Murtagh), 8-285 (Philander), 9-285 (Udal), 10-302 (Evans, 107.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nel	31	7	76	1	-	-
Palladino	13	4	34	0	2	-
Wright	9	2	36	0	1	5
Middlebrook	33	11	69	5	-	-
ten Doeschate	20.5	3	75	4	2	1
Westley	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JER Gallian	c Nash b Evans	56	117	117	8	-
AN Cook	lbw b Philander	25	36	11	6	-
V Chopra	c Nash b Philander	10	5	3	1	1
T Westley	c Strauss b Philander	60	140	176	9	-
*ML Pettini	c Morgan b Evans	0	4	6	-	-
RN ten Doeschate	b Murtagh	23	53	80	2	-
+JS Foster	c Philander b Evans	5	16	24	1	-
JD Middlebrook	b Evans	8	18	22	2	-
CJC Wright	lbw b Evans	4	13	17	1	-
AP Palladino	not out	5	7	18	-	-
A Nel	b Evans	4	11	9	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 69.4 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Cook), 2-53 (Chopra), 3-125 (Gallian), 4-129 (Pettini), 5-180 (Westley), 6-186 (ten Doeschate), 7-194 (Foster), 8-194 (Middlebrook), 9-201 (Wright), 10-207 (Nel, 69.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Murtagh	19	6	53	1	-	-
Finn	12	1	48	0	-	-
Philander	16	3	45	3	-	2
Evans	14.4	6	35	6	-	-
Udal	8	2	23	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Strauss	c Gallian b Nel	12	23	25	2	-
BA Godleman	c Foster b Middlebrook	28	98	138	4	-
SD Udal	c Middlebrook b Nel	0	1	1	-	-
*ET Smith	c Foster b Nel	0	4	6	-	-
EC Joyce	lbw b Palladino	9	38	47	2	-
EJG Morgan	c Wright b Middlebrook	25	42	59	4	-
+DC Nash	not out	50	87	127	7	-
VD Philander	c Palladino b ten Doeschate	20	43	46	3	-
TJ Murtagh	c Foster b Palladino	42	57	65	7	-
ST Finn	c Pettini b Palladino	0	2	1	-	-
D Evans	c Gallian b Palladino	0	2	1	-	-
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 65.5 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Strauss), 2-18 (Udal), 3-18 (Smith), 4-29 (Joyce), 5-79 (Godleman), 6-84 (Morgan), 7-133 (Philander), 8-203 (Murtagh), 9-203 (Finn), 10-203 (Evans, 65.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nel	20	6	38	3	-	-
Palladino	13.5	3	29	4	-	-
ten Doeschate	13	1	53	1	-	2
Wright	2	0	8	0	-	-
Middlebrook	17	2	62	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JER Gallian	c Strauss b Murtagh	40	81	88	5	-
AN Cook	lbw b Philander	31	41	58	5	-
V Chopra	b Evans	38	115	146	4	-
T Westley	c Smith b Udal	1	3	1	-	-
*ML Pettini	c Godleman b Udal	0	3	1	-	-
RN ten Doeschate	c Finn b Udal	18	30	41	2	-
AP Palladino	lbw b Philander	16	45	46	1	-
+JS Foster	c sub (GK Berg) b Finn	16	57	64	1	-
JD Middlebrook	not out	33	97	151	2	1
CJC Wright	not out	71	105	106	12	1
A Nel	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 17 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	37
Total	(8 wickets, 95.5 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-70 (Cook), 2-83 (Gallian), 3-84 (Westley), 4-84 (Pettini), 5-118 (ten Doeschate), 6-159 (Palladino), 7-167 (Chopra), 8-202 (Foster)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Philander	28.5	5	75	2	-	2
Finn	10	4	26	1	1	-
Evans	13	5	46	1	1	-
Udal	30	8	80	3	-	-
Murtagh	14	2	43	1	-	-

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Notes
--> VD Philander made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AJ Strauss (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 15
--> EC Joyce (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> DC Nash (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> CJC Wright (2) passed his previous highest score of 42 in County Championship matches
--> CJC Wright (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 45
--> VD Philander made his debut for Middlesex in First-Class matches
--> VD Philander made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> JD Middlebrook reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed AJ Strauss, his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> D Evans achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed JD Middlebrook in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-31)
--> D Evans achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings
--> D Evans achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JD Middlebrook in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-31)
--> D Evans achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings

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