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f58039 cc21816	Somerset v Middlesex
	Specsavers County Championship 2017 (Division 1)
Venue	The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton on 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th September 2017 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 231 runs
Points	Somerset 20 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Middlesex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	M Burns, AG Wharf
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 18/3 (Malan 9, Voges 4; 15 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 159/3 (Hildreth 82, Abell 34; 61 overs)
Close of play day 3	Middlesex (2) 40/3 (Eskinazi 16, Voges 1; 20.1 overs)

Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ME Trescothick	lbw b Patel	37	111	141	4	-
EJ Byrom	c Voges b Stirling	56	90	119	11	-
GA Bartlett	b Patel	25	54	60	3	1
JC Hildreth	lbw b Patel	41	98	119	2	-
*TB Abell	run out (Patel)	25	38	36	5	-
+SM Davies	c Voges b Patel	27	78	91	3	-
RE van der Merwe	c Voges b Patel	0	1	2	-	-
C Overton	c Compton b Patel	1	4	9	-	-
DM Bess	c Finn b Stirling	0	4	5	-	-
MJ Leach	c Finn b Patel	14	26	23	2	-
TD Groenewald	not out	0	4	9	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 84.4 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-93 (Byrom, 30.2 ov), 2-114 (Trescothick, 38.1 ov), 3-139 (Bartlett, 48.4 ov), 4-176 (Abell, 59.1 ov), 5-206 (Hildreth, 72.1 ov), 6-206 (van der Merwe, 72.2 ov), 7-214 (Overton, 74.5 ov), 8-214 (Bess, 75.4 ov), 9-230 (Leach, 82.2 ov), 10-236 (Davies, 84.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Murtagh	7	4	10	0	-	-	39
Finn	12	4	36	0	-	-	55
Harris	12	7	15	0	-	-	65
Patel	29.4	3	81	7	-	-	134
Stirling	20	3	70	2	-	-	83
Malan	3	0	9	0	-	-	12
Voges	1	0	5	0	-	-	4

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SD Robson	c Trescothick b Leach	4	32	26	-	-
NRD Compton	c Davies b Overton	0	7	10	-	-
SS Eskinazi	c Trescothick b Leach	1	3	8	-	-
DJ Malan	lbw b Leach	38	76	93	4	2
*AC Voges	c Abell b Bess	4	30	27	-	-
+JA Simpson	run out (Bess)	0	1	6	-	-
PR Stirling	st Davies b Leach	41	64	65	5	1
JAR Harris	b Overton	19	39	52	1	2
ST Finn	lbw b van der Merwe	1	10	13	-	-
TJ Murtagh	not out	14	36	33	1	-
RH Patel	c van der Merwe b Overton	0	5	9	-	-
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 50.3 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Compton, 2.6 ov), 2-4 (Eskinazi, 5.2 ov), 3-5 (Robson, 7.4 ov), 4-18 (Voges, 16.5 ov), 5-22 (Simpson, 17.4 ov), 6-95 (Malan, 33.4 ov), 7-100 (Stirling, 37.1 ov), 8-117 (Finn, 40.3 ov), 9-128 (Harris, 48.4 ov), 10-142 (Patel, 50.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Overton	5.3	1	7	3	-	-	28
Leach	25	12	54	4	-	-	128
Bess	12	3	43	1	-	-	53
van der Merwe	8	1	18	1	-	-	39

Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ME Trescothick	lbw b Harris	31	65	84	3	-
EJ Byrom	c Harris b Stirling	5	21	29	1	-
GA Bartlett	lbw b Patel	5	9	12	1	-
JC Hildreth	b Harris	109	192	243	12	-
*TB Abell	c Voges b Patel	45	123	163	4	1
+SM Davies	lbw b Patel	8	14	20	1	-
RE van der Merwe	c Finn b Patel	24	19	34	2	1
C Overton	st Simpson b Patel	1	6	7	-	-
DM Bess	lbw b Murtagh	8	4	8	-	-
MJ Leach	not out	10	13	14	-	1
TD Groenewald	not out	1	2	11	-	-
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 78 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Byrom, 7.4 ov), 2-26 (Bartlett, 9.3 ov), 3-59 (Trescothick, 21.6 ov), 4-185 (Abell, 65.1 ov), 5-199 (Davies, 69.1 ov), 6-223 (Hildreth, 72.2 ov), 7-226 (Overton, 73.4 ov), 8-237 (Bess, 74.6 ov), 9-239 (van der Merwe, 75.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Murtagh	9	3	34	1	-	-	39
Stirling	18	4	31	1	-	-	79
Finn	8	0	37	0	-	-	33
Patel	26	3	92	5	-	-	109
Harris	13	1	33	2	-	-	58
Malan	1	0	5	0	-	-	4
Voges	3	0	15	0	-	-	11

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NRD Compton	lbw b Leach	10	46	40	-	-
SD Robson	c Overton b Leach	8	21	23	-	-
SS Eskinazi	c Trescothick b van der Merwe	16	51	51	3	-
DJ Malan	c Davies b Bess	0	5	9	-	-
*AC Voges	c Overton b Leach	13	64	61	2	-
+JA Simpson	lbw b Leach	19	54	53	2	1
PR Stirling	c Overton b van der Merwe	5	12	21	1	-
JAR Harris	c Bartlett b van der Merwe	13	24	25	3	-
ST Finn	lbw b Leach	5	29	39	1	-
TJ Murtagh	b van der Merwe	8	9	10	-	1
RH Patel	not out	7	8	10	-	1
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 53.5 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Robson, 7.5 ov), 2-27 (Compton, 13.3 ov), 3-28 (Malan, 16.2 ov), 4-43 (Eskinazi, 24.5 ov), 5-71 (Voges, 37.2 ov), 6-80 (Simpson, 41.3 ov), 7-80 (Stirling, 42.4 ov), 8-93 (Harris, 48.3 ov), 9-101 (Murtagh, 50.5 ov), 10-113 (Finn, 53.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Overton	3	1	6	0	-	-	14
Leach	26.5	12	57	5	-	-	138
van der Merwe	13	6	22	4	-	-	70
Bess	11	3	19	1	-	-	57

Notes
--> Somerset first innings: 50 in 18.1 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 100 in 33.2 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 150 in 51.1 overs
--> Somerset first innings: 200 in 69.1 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 50 in 24.3 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 100 in 36.2 overs
--> Somerset second innings: 50 in 17.2 overs
--> Somerset second innings: 100 in 40.2 overs
--> Somerset second innings: 150 in 56.1 overs
--> Somerset second innings: 200 in 69.5 overs
--> Somerset second innings: 250 in 78 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 50 in 27.2 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 100 in 50.4 overs
--> NRD Compton made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AC Voges made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> AC Voges made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> EJ Byrom (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in first-class matches
--> EJ Byrom (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in County Championship matches
--> EJ Byrom (1) 50 in 79 balls with 11 fours
--> JC Hildreth (2) 50 in 98 balls with 4 fours
--> JC Hildreth (2) 100 in 181 balls with 11 fours
--> RH Patel achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed MJ Leach in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 5-69)
--> RH Patel achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed C Overton in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 4-42)
--> RH Patel achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings
--> RH Patel reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed TB Abell, his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> JAR Harris reached 400 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed ME Trescothick, his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> MJ Leach reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when he dismissed JA Simpson, his 4th wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> MJ Leach reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when he dismissed NRD Compton, his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> MJ Leach reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed SD Robson, his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> RE van der Merwe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 4-45)
--> RE van der Merwe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 4-45)