f47314 cc19743	Middlesex v Essex
	Frizzell County Championship 2003 (Division 1)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th June 2003 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 11 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Essex 7 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	NGC Cowley, NA Mallender
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 178/4 (Hutton 69*, Abdul Razzaq 15*; 63 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 95/8 (Bopara 15*, Napier 6*; 45 overs)
Close of play day 3	Essex (2) 21/0 (Robinson 13*, Jefferson 3*; 5 overs)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AJ Strauss	lbw b Dakin	11	35	43	1	-
SG Koenig	c Foster b Dakin	0	7	8	-	-
OA Shah	c Jefferson b Dakin	4	2	2	1	-
BL Hutton	c Foster b Dakin	107	236	347	15	-
EC Joyce	c and b Bopara	69	140	157	9	-
Abdul Razzaq	b Dakin	54	134	168	9	-
PN Weekes	not out	51	84	129	5	-
+DC Nash	b Brant	1	16	19	-	-
AA Noffke	lbw b Brant	8	9	11	2	-
SJ Cook	b Napier	20	36	46	3	-
CB Keegan	b Middlebrook	21	29	36	3	1
Extras	(12 lb, 5 w)	17
Total	(all out, 121.1 overs)	363
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Koenig), 2-8 (Shah), 3-23 (Strauss), 4-151 (Joyce), 5-254 (Hutton), 6-261 (Abdul Razzaq), 7-272 (Nash), 8-282 (Noffke), 9-324 (Cook), 10-363 (Keegan, 121.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brant	31	10	67	2	-	-
Dakin	35	10	86	5	-	-
Napier	24	5	74	1	-	-
Bopara	15	1	61	1	2	-
Middlebrook	16.1	1	63	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DDJ Robinson	c Nash b Keegan	7	31	41	1	-
WI Jefferson	c Nash b Noffke	22	21	31	4	-
*AP Grayson	c Nash b Noffke	0	1	1	-	-
A Flower	c Nash b Keegan	11	14	14	2	-
A Habib	b Abdul Razzaq	15	32	45	2	-
+JS Foster	c Shah b Cook	11	32	47	2	-
RS Bopara	run out	48	130	180	7	-
JM Dakin	lbw b Cook	5	16	9	1	-
JD Middlebrook	c Strauss b Cook	1	12	22	-	-
GR Napier	c Keegan b Noffke	44	93	114	3	-
SA Brant	not out	0	9	12	-	-
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 65.1 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Jefferson), 2-29 (Grayson), 3-37 (Robinson), 4-46 (Flower), 5-62 (Habib), 6-70 (Foster), 7-76 (Dakin), 8-78 (Middlebrook), 9-157 (Napier), 10-166 (Bopara, 65.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Noffke	18	6	39	3	-	-
Keegan	16.1	3	56	2	-	-
Cook	16	7	33	3	-	-
Abdul Razzaq	13	0	34	1	-	-
Weekes	2	1	2	0	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DDJ Robinson	b Keegan	13	21		3	-
WI Jefferson	lbw b Abdul Razzaq	30	58		5	-
*AP Grayson	c Nash b Cook	69	128	171	10	-
A Flower	c Nash b Cook	3	7	10	-	-
A Habib	b Abdul Razzaq	2	18	19	-	-
+JS Foster	c Weekes b Noffke	15	56	71	1	-
RS Bopara	not out	40	130	190	6	-
JM Dakin	c Joyce b Cook	24	32	36	4	-
JD Middlebrook	lbw b Cook	52	117	136	7	1
GR Napier	not out	3	5	3	-	-
SA Brant	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(8 wickets, 95 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Robinson), 2-65 (Jefferson), 3-70 (Flower), 4-75 (Habib), 5-129 (Foster), 6-137 (Grayson), 7-165 (Dakin), 8-265 (Middlebrook)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Noffke	25	5	81	1	-	-
Keegan	20	4	52	1	-	-
Abdul Razzaq	20	3	40	2	-	-
Cook	18	4	54	4	-	-
Hutton	3	2	1	0	-	-
Weekes	6	2	14	0	-	-
Joyce	3	0	13	0	-	2

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Notes
--> BL Hutton (1) 100 in 226 balls, 335 minutes with 14 fours
--> RS Bopara (1) equalled his previous highest score of 48 in County Championship matches
--> RS Bopara (1) equalled his previous highest score of 48 in First-Class matches
--> JD Middlebrook (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 42
--> JM Dakin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed Abdul Razzaq in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 4-17)
--> JM Dakin achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings
--> JM Dakin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed Abdul Razzaq in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 4-17)
--> JM Dakin achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Middlesex first innings
--> SJ Cook reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed JM Dakin, his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AA Noffke reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed JS Foster, his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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