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tt12362 engtt2136	Middlesex v Essex
	The Vitality Blast 2023 (South Group)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 18th June 2023 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 22 runs (Duckworth/Lewis method)
Points	Middlesex 0; Essex 2
Umpires	PR Pollard, CM Watts
Referee	PM Such
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), DK Shelley (Middlesex)

Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
DW Lawrence	c Higgins b Andersson	53	30	31	5	3	9	176.67
FIN Khushi	c Higgins b Andersson	7	7	18	1	-	4	100.00
MS Pepper	c Hollman b Andersson	64	34	32	6	4	12	188.24
RJ Das	b de Caires	7	9	21	-	-	2	77.78
PI Walter	c Hollman b Helm	19	15	23	-	2	6	126.67
DR Sams	c and b Fernandes	67	24	28	2	8	4	279.17
MJJ Critchley	not out	3	2	8	-	-	0	150.00
*SR Harmer	not out	2	1	1	-	-	0	200.00
+WEL Buttleman	did not bat
S Snater	did not bat
SJ Cook	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	15
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 84 minutes, 20 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (Khushi, 4.5 ov), 2-83 (Lawrence, 8.1 ov), 3-135 (Pepper, 12.6 ov), 4-143 (Das, 13.4 ov), 5-205 (Walter, 18.1 ov), 6-235 (Sams, 19.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Helm	4	0	37	1	2	1	10	2	2	24.00	9.25
de Caires	3	0	37	1	-	-	5	3	3	18.00	12.33
Fernandes	3	0	45	1	1	-	5	5	3	18.00	15.00
Andersson	4	0	38	3	1	1	7	-	3	8.00	9.50
Hollman	3	0	37	0	-	-	4	2	3	-	12.33
Higgins	3	0	36	0	-	-	4	2	3	-	12.00

Middlesex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
*SS Eskinazi	b Sams	28	20	23	2	2	9	140.00
JB Cracknell	not out	36	33	51	3	-	10	109.09
RF Higgins	c Sams b Lawrence	32	22	22	1	3	9	145.45
MDE Holden	not out	6	2	3	-	1	1	300.00
+JA Simpson	did not bat
JLB Davies	did not bat
LBK Hollman	did not bat
JM de Caires	did not bat
MK Andersson	did not bat
NS Fernandes	did not bat
TG Helm	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 4 nb, 6 w)	14
Total	(2 wickets, 12.3 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (Eskinazi, 5.5 ov), 2-107 (Higgins, 11.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Cook	2	0	17	0	1	-	6	-	2	-	8.50
Sams	2	0	15	1	2	-	5	2	-	12.00	7.50
Snater	2.3	0	19	0	1	1	6	1	-	-	7.60
Walter	2	0	10	0	-	-	3	-	-	-	5.00
Harmer	1	0	18	0	-	1	-	3	-	-	18.00
Critchley	2	0	22	0	1	-	6	-	3	-	11.00
Lawrence	1	0	11	1	1	-	2	-	1	6.00	11.00

Notes
--> When play was halted Middlesex needed to have scored 139 runs to win
--> Essex powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (65/1)
--> Middlesex powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (48/1)
--> Essex innings: 50 in 5.2 overs, 20 minutes
--> Essex innings: 100 in 9.5 overs, 39 minutes
--> Essex innings: 150 in 13.6 overs, 55 minutes
--> Essex innings: 200 in 17.6 overs, 73 minutes
--> Middlesex innings: 50 in 6.4 overs, 28 minutes
--> Middlesex innings: 100 in 10.5 overs, 43 minutes
--> DW Lawrence 50 in 26 balls, 22 minutes with 5 fours and 3 sixes
--> MS Pepper 50 in 26 balls, 24 minutes with 6 fours and 2 sixes
--> MS Pepper passed 1000 runs in Twenty20 Blast matches when he reached 33
--> DR Sams 50 in 20 balls, 24 minutes with 1 four and 6 sixes
--> SR Harmer passed 500 runs in Twenty20 Blast matches when he reached 2
--> MS Pepper (45) and RJ Das (6) added 50 in 28 balls, 17 minutes for the Essex 3rd wicket
--> PI Walter (11) and DR Sams (33) added 50 in 25 balls, 18 minutes for the Essex 5th wicket
--> JB Cracknell (22) and RF Higgins (29) added 50 in 31 balls, 19 minutes for the Middlesex 2nd wicket