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tt15314 engtt2372	Middlesex v Essex
	The Men's Vitality Blast 2025 (South Group)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 19th June 2025 (20-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Middlesex won by 1 run
Points	Middlesex 4; Essex 0
Umpires	PR Pollard, CM Watts
Referee	JJ Whitaker
Scorers	P Parkinson (Essex), DK Shelley (Middlesex)

Middlesex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
*SS Eskinazi	c Cox b Mohammad Aamer	18	15	20	3	-	7	120.00
KS Williamson	c Allison b Thain	53	31	43	5	3	9	170.97
MDE Holden	c Walter b Harmer	37	30	33	3	2	15	123.33
BBA Geddes	c Allison b Benkenstein	12	5	5	-	1	1	240.00
RF Higgins	b Harmer	3	6	8	-	-	3	50.00
+JLB Davies	c Thain b Benkenstein	10	9	10	1	-	2	111.11
LBK Hollman	b Mohammad Aamer	4	6	8	-	-	2	66.67
Zafar Gohar	run out (Cox)	8	8	16	-	-	2	100.00
TG Helm	c Elgar b Walter	6	4	5	1	-	1	150.00
NB Cornwell	b Mohammad Aamer	1	4	5	-	-	3	25.00
N Sharma	not out	0	1	1	-	-	1	0.00
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 7 w)	9
Total	(all out, 19.5 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (Eskinazi, 4.6 ov), 2-108 (Williamson, 11.2 ov), 3-121 (Geddes, 12.4 ov), 4-129 (Holden, 13.4 ov), 5-134 (Higgins, 15.1 ov), 6-144 (Davies, 16.4 ov), 7-146 (Hollman, 17.1 ov), 8-156 (Helm, 18.2 ov), 9-161 (Cornwell, 19.4 ov), 10-161 (Zafar Gohar, 19.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Snater	3	0	34	0	1	-	8	3	2	-	11.33
Mohammad Aamer	3.5	0	19	3	-	-	10	1	-	7.67	4.96
Harmer	4	0	34	2	-	-	8	4	1	12.00	8.50
Walter	3	0	20	1	1	-	10	2	1	18.00	6.67
Benkenstein	3	0	26	2	-	-	3	1	1	9.00	8.67
Critchley	2	0	17	0	1	-	4	1	1	-	8.50
Thain	1	0	9	1	-	-	3	1	-	6.00	9.00

Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
D Elgar	c Sharma b Helm	20	15	23	3	-	4	133.33
MS Pepper	c Higgins b Zafar Gohar	25	16	21	1	2	5	156.25
+JM Cox	b Zafar Gohar	23	19	30	2	-	4	121.05
PI Walter	c Williamson b Sharma	30	22	25	3	1	8	136.36
LM Benkenstein	c Geddes b Helm	20	21	35	2	-	9	95.24
MJJ Critchley	c Higgins b Cornwell	8	13	13	1	-	8	61.54
CWJ Allison	not out	15	11	20	1	-	2	136.36
NRM Thain	not out	6	3	2	-	-	0	200.00
*SR Harmer	did not bat
S Snater	did not bat
Mohammad Aamer	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 11 w)	13
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-52 (Pepper, 4.6 ov), 2-52 (Elgar, 5.1 ov), 3-106 (Walter, 11.4 ov), 4-110 (Cox, 12.3 ov), 5-128 (Critchley, 16.1 ov), 6-154 (Benkenstein, 19.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Sharma	3	0	30	1	2	-	5	1	2	18.00	10.00
Cornwell	3	0	26	1	2	-	5	2	-	18.00	8.67
Helm	4	0	31	2	1	-	8	1	1	12.00	7.75
Zafar Gohar	4	0	20	2	-	-	9	1	-	12.00	5.00
Higgins	2	0	21	0	2	-	3	3	-	-	10.50
Hollman	4	0	30	0	-	-	10	5	-	-	7.50

Notes
--> Middlesex powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (48/1)
--> Essex powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (62/2)
--> Middlesex innings: 50 in 6.2 overs
--> Middlesex innings: 100 in 10.5 overs
--> Middlesex innings: 150 in 17.5 overs
--> Essex innings: 50 in 4.3 overs
--> Essex innings: 100 in 10.6 overs
--> Essex innings: 150 in 18.6 overs
--> N Sharma made his debut in Twenty20 matches
--> N Sharma made his debut in Twenty20 Blast matches
--> JLB Davies made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> JLB Davies made his last appearance in Twenty20 Blast matches
--> KS Williamson 50 in 30 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes
--> JM Cox passed 1500 runs in Twenty20 Blast matches when he reached 2
--> TG Helm reached 100 wickets in Twenty20 Blast matches when he dismissed LM Benkenstein, his 2nd wicket in the Essex innings
--> KS Williamson (19) and MDE Holden (29) added 50 in 34 balls for the Middlesex 2nd wicket
--> D Elgar (20) and MS Pepper (23) added 50 in 27 balls for the Essex 1st wicket
--> JM Cox (20) and PI Walter (30) added 50 in 35 balls for the Essex 3rd wicket