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f60193	Middlesex v Sussex
	Bob Willis Trophy 2020 (South Group)
Venue	Brunton Memorial Ground, Radlett on 22nd, 23rd, 24th August 2020 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 5 wickets
Points	Middlesex 20 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Sussex -19 (Batting 2, Bowling 3, disciplinary penalty -24)
Umpires	BJ Debenham, RT Robinson
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 293 all out
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 33/4 (Brown 9, Rawlins 19; 12 overs)

Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
PD Salt	c Cullen b Andersson	42	56	69	5	2	42
TJ Haines	not out	31	101	151	4	-	84
HZ Finch	c Simpson b Cullen	69	159	221	12	-	128
TGR Clark	c Robson b Cullen	8	10	21	2	-	8
*+BC Brown	c White b Murtagh	26	65	89	3	-	51
AD Thomason	lbw b Andersson	10	44	62	2	-	40
DMW Rawlins	c Gubbins b Andersson	46	46	61	5	2	29
OE Robinson	lbw b Cummins	19	18	23	3	-	12
JJ Carson	lbw b Cummins	0	1	2	-	-	1
ME Claydon	c Eskinazi b Andersson	14	18	31	3	-	13
WA Sheffield	b Murtagh	6	15	15	1	-	13
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 12 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 87.5 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-56 (Salt, 16.1 ov), 2-108 (Clark, 36.1 ov), 3-171 (Brown, 57.6 ov), 4-201 (Finch, 69.3 ov), 5-211 (Thomason, 72.4 ov), 6-246 (Robinson, 77.3 ov), 7-246 (Carson, 77.4 ov), 8-284 (Rawlins, 82.2 ov), 9-286 (Claydon, 84.1 ov), 10-293 (Sheffield, 87.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Murtagh	21.5	7	41	2	-	-	112	6	-
Cummins	19	7	62	2	-	-	92	11	1
Cullen	14	2	51	2	-	4	66	6	1
Walallawita	14.2	3	52	0	-	1	66	5	2
Andersson	18	5	77	4	1	1	78	12	-
Gubbins	0.4	0	1	0	-	-	3	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
SD Robson	lbw b Robinson	2	5	4	-	-	4
MDE Holden	c Salt b Sheffield	7	49	70	1	-	45
NRT Gubbins	lbw b Carson	26	79	116	4	-	67
*SS Eskinazi	lbw b Robinson	3	10	9	-	-	8
RG White	lbw b Claydon	7	11	22	1	-	7
MK Andersson	lbw b Carson	17	19	28	3	-	14
+JA Simpson	b Claydon	48	64	94	9	-	46
BC Cullen	lbw b Claydon	34	113	150	1	-	87
ML Cummins	b Carson	25	64	70	3	-	51
TN Walallawita	not out	0	0	6	-	-	0
TJ Murtagh	lbw b Carson	0	2	2	-	-	2
Extras	(10 b, 8 lb, 16 nb)	34
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Robson, 0.5 ov), 2-33 (Holden, 16.2 ov), 3-36 (Eskinazi, 17.6 ov), 4-55 (White, 22.1 ov), 5-63 (Gubbins, 27.1 ov), 6-80 (Andersson, 29.1 ov), 7-150 (Simpson, 50.2 ov), 8-201 (Cullen, 66.6 ov), 9-203 (Cummins, 67.4 ov), 10-203 (Murtagh, 67.6 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Robinson	21	4	56	2	-	6	103	4	-
Claydon	14	6	23	3	-	-	71	3	-
Sheffield	13	0	45	1	-	2	55	5	-
Carson	15	2	46	4	-	-	71	8	-
Rawlins	5	2	15	0	-	-	24	2	-

Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
PD Salt	b Murtagh	1	4	9	-	-	3
AD Thomason	lbw b Cummins	0	14	25	-	-	14
HZ Finch	lbw b Murtagh	2	8	9	-	-	6
TGR Clark	c Eskinazi b Murtagh	0	1	2	-	-	1
*+BC Brown	c Simpson b Andersson	45	78	128	9	-	61
DMW Rawlins	c and b Murtagh	33	40	51	7	-	30
TJ Haines	c Simpson b Murtagh	1	13	26	-	-	12
OE Robinson	c Simpson b Andersson	3	6	7	-	-	4
JJ Carson	c Simpson b Cummins	9	30	47	1	-	25
ME Claydon	not out	3	4	19	-	-	1
WA Sheffield	c Eskinazi b Andersson	1	18	15	-	-	17
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 35.5 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Salt, 2.1 ov), 2-4 (Finch, 4.1 ov), 3-4 (Clark, 4.2 ov), 4-4 (Thomason, 5.1 ov), 5-59 (Rawlins, 16.5 ov), 6-71 (Haines, 22.2 ov), 7-74 (Robinson, 23.2 ov), 8-97 (Brown, 31.3 ov), 9-99 (Carson, 32.3 ov), 10-102 (Sheffield, 35.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Murtagh	13	3	34	5	-	-	65	6	-
Cummins	15	4	45	2	-	1	72	8	-
Andersson	7.5	2	21	3	-	-	36	3	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
MDE Holden	c Brown b Robinson	28	44	64	5	-	32
SD Robson	c Clark b Robinson	15	52	76	2	-	45
NRT Gubbins	c Brown b Robinson	0	1	2	-	-	1
*SS Eskinazi	lbw b Robinson	26	59	103	1	-	41
RG White	lbw b Haines	35	81	89	5	-	62
MK Andersson	not out	27	45	79	4	-	31
+JA Simpson	not out	32	50	74	4	1	37
BC Cullen	did not bat
TJ Murtagh	did not bat
ML Cummins	did not bat
TN Walallawita	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 16 nb)	30
Total	(5 wickets, 54 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-48 (Holden, 14.2 ov), 2-48 (Gubbins, 14.3 ov), 3-57 (Robson, 16.4 ov), 4-130 (White, 37.4 ov), 5-130 (Eskinazi, 38.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Robinson	18	6	54	4	-	6	90	6	-
Carson	12	0	44	0	-	-	48	4	1
Claydon	13	3	41	0	-	1	57	5	-
Sheffield	2	0	9	0	-	1	8	1	-
Haines	8	1	24	1	-	-	36	4	-
Rawlins	1	0	7	0	-	-	3	1	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Each first innings was limited to 120 overs
--> Sussex first innings: 50 in 15.5 overs
--> Sussex first innings: 100 in 34.2 overs
--> Sussex first innings: 150 in 48.1 overs
--> Sussex first innings: 200 in 67.3 overs
--> Sussex first innings: 250 in 77.6 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 50 in 20.3 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 100 in 35.2 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 150 in 49.6 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 200 in 66.1 overs
--> Sussex second innings: 50 in 14.6 overs
--> Sussex second innings: 100 in 32.6 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 50 in 14.4 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 100 in 29.1 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 150 in 45.3 overs
--> WA Sheffield made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BC Cullen made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WA Sheffield made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HZ Finch (1) 50 in 135 balls with 9 fours
--> NRT Gubbins (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> SS Eskinazi (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> JJ Carson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed TJ Murtagh in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-37)
--> OE Robinson reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed SS Eskinazi, his 4th wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> PD Salt (41) and TJ Haines (12) added 50 in 95 balls for the Sussex 1st wicket in the first innings
--> HZ Finch (19) and BC Brown (24) added 50 in 92 balls for the Sussex 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> JA Simpson (36) and BC Cullen (12) added 50 in 90 balls for the Middlesex 7th wicket in the first innings
--> BC Cullen (17) and ML Cummins (22) added 50 in 98 balls for the Middlesex 8th wicket in the first innings
--> BC Brown (21) and DMW Rawlins (29) added 50 in 64 balls for the Sussex 5th wicket in the second innings
--> SS Eskinazi (11) and RG White (27) added 50 in 98 balls for the Middlesex 4th wicket in the second innings
--> MK Andersson (26) and JA Simpson (20) added 50 in 82 balls for the Middlesex 6th wicket in the second innings
--> TJ Haines retired hurt in the Sussex first innings having scored 29 (team score 84/1) - he returned when the score was 284/8

ME Claydon was found guilty of attempting to alter the state of the ball; he was banned for 9 games and Sussex had 24 points deducted