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f50853 cc20458	Middlesex v Essex
	LV County Championship 2008 (Division 2)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th June 2008 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 38 runs
Points	Middlesex 22 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Essex 1 (Bowling 1)
Umpires	NGC Cowley, MJ Harris
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), DK Shelley (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 75/1 (Godleman 23, Shah 6; 29 overs)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 442/4 (Morgan 62, Scott 46; 125 overs)
Close of play day 3	Essex (2) 200/4 (Pettini 63, ten Doeschate 38; 59 overs)

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JER Gallian	c Scott b Finn	30	64	89	2	-
T Westley	c Scott b Murtagh	9	10	16	2	-
GW Flower	c Morgan b Murtagh	4	11	13	-	-
RS Bopara	c Scott b Berg	43	85	138	6	-
*ML Pettini	c Scott b Murtagh	32	43	74	4	1
RN ten Doeschate	c Berg b Murtagh	0	1	1	-	-
+JS Foster	c sub (DJ Malan) b Berg	3	11	19	-	-
JD Middlebrook	c Shah b Berg	9	29	34	1	-
AJ Tudor	c Scott b Murtagh	4	14	22	-	-
DD Masters	not out	4	6	12	-	-
Danish Kaneria	c Morgan b Murtagh	10	7	6	2	-
Extras	(6 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 46.2 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Westley), 2-29 (Flower), 3-77 (Gallian), 4-131 (Pettini), 5-131 (ten Doeschate), 6-131 (Bopara), 7-136 (Foster), 8-147 (Middlebrook), 9-147 (Tudor), 10-161 (Danish Kaneria, 46.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Murtagh	16.2	6	44	6	-	-
Finn	10	1	41	1	-	1
Nannes	5	0	25	0	1	2
Berg	14	4	38	3	-	-
Udal	1	0	7	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Godleman	c Bopara b Danish Kaneria	56	200	254	6	-
*ET Smith	c Foster b Masters	37	41	79	6	-
OA Shah	lbw b Danish Kaneria	144	251	362	18	1
EC Joyce	b Tudor	63	107	122	8	1
EJG Morgan	b Danish Kaneria	96	160	203	14	1
+BJM Scott	lbw b Danish Kaneria	60	95	101	8	-
GK Berg	c Masters b Danish Kaneria	35	48	53	7	-
TJ Murtagh	c Gallian b Danish Kaneria	1	5	5	-	-
SD Udal	not out	31	32	46	1	2
ST Finn	c Flower b Middlebrook	4	24	24	-	-
DP Nannes	b Danish Kaneria	0	6	5	-	-
Extras	(12 b, 16 lb, 21 nb, 7 w)	56
Total	(all out, 159.5 overs)	583
Fall of wickets:
1-65 (Smith), 2-169 (Godleman), 3-306 (Joyce), 4-356 (Shah), 5-482 (Scott), 6-522 (Morgan), 7-530 (Murtagh), 8-545 (Berg), 9-576 (Finn), 10-583 (Nannes, 159.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Masters	32	8	63	1	-	2
Tudor	26	3	101	1	-	5
Bopara	17	5	58	0	2	1
ten Doeschate	19	3	79	0	1	2
Danish Kaneria	43.5	4	157	7	-	-
Middlebrook	18	0	85	1	-	-
Gallian	4	0	12	0	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Westley	c Scott b Berg	21	50	60	5	-
JER Gallian	c Scott b Nannes	14	46	65	1	-
GW Flower	lbw b Nannes	0	16	30	-	-
RS Bopara	c Scott b Nannes	54	72	94	7	1
*ML Pettini	c Udal b Murtagh	75	142	180	8	-
RN ten Doeschate	b Murtagh	78	127	179	3	1
+JS Foster	lbw b Murtagh	23	55	55	1	-
JD Middlebrook	lbw b Murtagh	8	16	25	-	-
AJ Tudor	not out	47	57	72	8	-
DD Masters	b Nannes	27	25	30	5	-
Danish Kaneria	c sub (DM Housego) b Udal	15	23	23	2	-
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 10 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 104.2 overs)	384
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Westley), 2-35 (Gallian), 3-60 (Flower), 4-119 (Bopara), 5-239 (Pettini), 6-283 (Foster), 7-288 (ten Doeschate), 8-297 (Middlebrook), 9-356 (Masters), 10-384 (Danish Kaneria, 104.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Murtagh	25	5	83	4	-	-
Finn	21	5	71	0	-	-
Berg	15	5	50	1	-	-
Nannes	22	6	75	4	-	3
Udal	18.2	0	66	1	-	-
Shah	3	0	27	0	-	-

Notes
--> Middlesex score at 130 overs in the first innings was 458-4
--> ET Smith made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> ET Smith made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> OA Shah (1) 100 in 179 balls, 248 minutes with 12 fours and 1 six
--> OA Shah (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 55
--> EJG Morgan (1) passed his previous highest score of 76 in County Championship matches
--> BJM Scott (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> GK Berg (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in First-Class matches
--> GK Berg (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in County Championship matches
--> SD Udal (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> RS Bopara (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> Danish Kaneria (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> GK Berg achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JS Foster in the Essex first innings (previous best was 1-52)
--> GK Berg achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed JS Foster in the Essex first innings (previous best was 1-52)
--> Danish Kaneria reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed EJG Morgan, his 4th wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> DP Nannes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed RS Bopara in the Essex second innings (previous best was 2-33)