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misc48115	Essex v Middlesex
	Other matches in England 2008
Venue	The Ford County Ground, Chelmsford on 3rd, 4th April 2008 (2-day single innings match)
Balls per over	6
Players	12 per side (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 1 wicket
Umpires	NL Bainton, DJ Braulik
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), DK Shelley (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Essex 276/6

Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	lbw b Murtagh	26	64		5	-
JER Gallian	b Richardson	11	21		1	-
T Westley	c Scott b Murtagh	8	32		2	-
GW Flower	c Nash b Murtagh	39	73		7	-
*ML Pettini	c Scott b Murtagh	87	206		11	-
+JS Foster	c Scott b Evans	85	146		11	-
JD Middlebrook	not out	8	24		2	-
TJ Phillips	not out	0	11		-	-
AJ Tudor	did not bat
MS Westfield	did not bat
CJC Wright	did not bat
DD Masters	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb, 6 w)	12
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 96 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Gallian), 2-47 (Westley), 3-72 (Chopra), 4-109 (Flower), 5-251 (Pettini), 6-276 (Foster)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Silverwood	18	6	41	0	-	1
Richardson	7	3	8	1	-	-
Evans	21	6	60	1	1	-
Murtagh	19	5	53	4	-	-
Udal	17	2	55	0	-	-
Finn	9	1	31	0	-	-
Malan	3	0	12	0	-	-
Joyce	2	0	12	0	1	-

Middlesex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EC Joyce	b Middlebrook	61	123		10	-
BA Godleman	b Tudor	7	11		1	-
*ET Smith	c Middlebrook b Tudor	14	27		3	-
EJG Morgan	b Middlebrook	24	91		4	-
DJ Malan	c Middlebrook b Tudor	74	117		12	2
DC Nash	c Foster b Masters	3	15		-	-
+BJM Scott	b Masters	48	104		6	1
TJ Murtagh	lbw b Tudor	0	4		-	-
SD Udal	c and b Masters	19	26		2	1
CEW Silverwood	b Masters	10	14		2	-
D Evans	not out	9	4		2	-
A Richardson	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 88.5 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Godleman), 2-38 (Smith), 3-108 (Morgan), 4-113 (Joyce), 5-116 (Nash), 6-244 (Scott), 7-244 (Malan), 8-247 (Murtagh), 9-270 (Silverwood), 10-285 (Udal, 88.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Masters	18.5	7	40	4	-	-
Tudor	18	1	73	4	-	-
Westfield	12	3	48	0	-	-
Wright	11	3	28	0	-	3
Middlebrook	13	4	31	2	-	-
Phillips	11	2	42	0	-	-
Westley	4	1	12	0	-	-
Chopra	1	0	1	0	-	-

Notes
--> Middlesex batted on after winning
--> Middlesex full substitute: ST Finn for A Richardson

The format agreed by the captains was for 96 overs on each of the two days with neither side having more than 96 overs batting.
During the Essex innings Scott kept wicket for the first session and then again from the start of over 81 (new ball taken) until the end at over 96. Nash kept wicket for the whole of the second session and up to over 80.