Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Harry Dearden	c Cartwright b Finn	13	23	32	3	0	56.52
Paul Horton (c)	b Murtagh	8	11	19	2	0	72.72
Colin Ackermann	not out	196	350	465	25	2	56.00
Mark Cosgrove	c Malan b Cartwright	16	36	43	3	0	44.44
Neil Dexter	c †Simpson b Murtagh	66	110	141	10	0	60.00
Lewis Hill †	c Robson b Murtagh	3	5	10	0	0	60.00
Ben Raine	c & b Patel	37	49	65	7	0	75.51
Zak Chappell	b Murtagh	16	32	45	2	0	50.00
Callum Parkinson	c †Simpson b Murtagh	1	9	11	0	0	11.11
Gavin Griffiths	c Cartwright b Harris	40	82	103	5	0	48.78
Mohammad Abbas	c Malan b Cartwright	1	18	36	0	0	5.55
Extras	(b 13, lb 10, nb 6, w 1)	30
Total	120.2 Ov (RR: 3.54)	427
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Paul Horton, 4.3 ov), 2-25 (Harry Dearden, 7.1 ov), 3-65 (Mark Cosgrove, 16.5 ov), 4-194 (Neil Dexter, 53.3 ov), 5-198 (Lewis Hill, 55.5 ov), 6-262 (Ben Raine, 71.5 ov), 7-304 (Zak Chappell, 83.2 ov), 8-308 (Callum Parkinson, 85.3 ov), 9-398 (Gavin Griffiths, 111.6 ov), 10-427 (Mohammad Abbas, 120.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	28	11	60	5	2.14	136	8	0	0	0
4.3 to PJ Horton, . 17/1 53.3 to NJ Dexter, . 194/4 55.5 to LJ Hill, . 198/5 83.2 to ZJ Chappell, . 304/7 85.3 to CF Parkinson, . 308/8
Steven Finn	27	5	91	1	3.37	116	14	0	0	0
7.1 to HE Dearden, . 25/2
Hilton Cartwright	17.2	2	61	2	3.51	77	9	0	0	2
16.5 to MJ Cosgrove, . 65/3 120.2 to Mohammad Abbas, . 427/10
James Harris	29	5	107	1	3.68	125	15	0	1	1
111.6 to GT Griffiths, . 398/9
Ravi Patel	19	1	85	1	4.47	73	11	2	0	0
71.5 to BA Raine, . 262/6

Middlesex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	c Dexter b Raine	15	59	70	2	0	25.42
Max Holden	lbw b Mohammad Abbas	16	38	55	4	0	42.10
Stephen Eskinazi	b Chappell	10	21	39	1	0	47.61
Dawid Malan (c)	not out	78	128	215	12	0	60.93
Paul Stirling	c Dearden b Raine	52	56	66	10	0	92.85
Hilton Cartwright	c Cosgrove b Chappell	33	52	72	7	0	63.46
John Simpson †	lbw b Griffiths	2	6	7	0	0	33.33
James Harris	lbw b Chappell	5	15	15	1	0	33.33
Steven Finn	lbw b Chappell	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Ravi Patel	b Griffiths	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Tim Murtagh	b Raine	8	13	26	2	0	61.53
Extras	(b 2, lb 4, nb 8)	14
Total	64.2 Ov (RR: 3.62)	233
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Max Holden, 13.5 ov), 2-40 (Sam Robson, 16.5 ov), 3-60 (Stephen Eskinazi, 21.2 ov), 4-140 (Paul Stirling, 37.3 ov), 5-200 (Hilton Cartwright, 53.2 ov), 6-203 (John Simpson, 54.4 ov), 7-212 (James Harris, 57.5 ov), 8-212 (Steven Finn, 57.6 ov), 9-213 (Ravi Patel, 58.3 ov), 10-233 (Tim Murtagh, 64.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Raine	17.2	4	53	3	3.05	87	10	0	0	0
16.5 to SD Robson, . 40/2 37.3 to PR Stirling, . 140/4 64.2 to TJ Murtagh, . 233/10
Mohammad Abbas	13	4	29	1	2.23	68	4	0	0	3
13.5 to MDE Holden, . 30/1
Gavin Griffiths	15	2	63	2	4.20	64	11	0	0	0
54.4 to JA Simpson, . 203/6 58.3 to RH Patel, . 213/9
Zak Chappell	14	0	65	4	4.64	60	12	0	0	1
21.2 to SS Eskinazi, . 60/3 53.2 to HWR Cartwright, . 200/5 57.5 to JAR Harris, . 212/7 57.6 to ST Finn, . 212/8
Neil Dexter	5	0	17	0	3.40	20	2	0	0	0

Leicestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Harry Dearden	c †Simpson b Murtagh	6	71	86	0	0	8.45
Paul Horton (c)	b Harris	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Colin Ackermann	b Harris	3	15	24	0	0	20.00
Mark Cosgrove	lbw b Holden	23	56	83	2	0	41.07
Neil Dexter	st †Simpson b Murtagh	38	70	121	4	0	54.28
Lewis Hill †	b Harris	4	23	25	0	0	17.39
Ben Raine	c †Simpson b Murtagh	36	34	43	6	0	105.88
Zak Chappell	not out	37	71	108	2	0	52.11
Callum Parkinson	lbw b Finn	2	12	14	0	0	16.66
Gavin Griffiths	c †Simpson b Cartwright	14	30	31	2	0	46.66
Mohammad Abbas	c Harris b Patel	7	32	39	0	0	21.87
Extras	(lb 13, nb 2, w 1)	16
Total	69.4 Ov (RR: 2.66)	186
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Paul Horton, 1.5 ov), 2-8 (Colin Ackermann, 7.5 ov), 3-32 (Harry Dearden, 20.3 ov), 4-51 (Mark Cosgrove, 26.2 ov), 5-65 (Lewis Hill, 32.4 ov), 6-115 (Ben Raine, 42.5 ov), 7-128 (Neil Dexter, 48.4 ov), 8-133 (Callum Parkinson, 51.4 ov), 9-156 (Gavin Griffiths, 58.6 ov), 10-186 (Mohammad Abbas, 69.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	18	6	27	3	1.50	87	1	0	0	0
20.3 to HE Dearden, . 32/3 42.5 to BA Raine, . 115/6 48.4 to NJ Dexter, . 128/7
James Harris	17	2	43	3	2.52	76	4	0	0	0
1.5 to PJ Horton, . 0/1 7.5 to CN Ackermann, . 8/2 32.4 to LJ Hill, . 65/5
Steven Finn	14	2	32	1	2.28	64	3	0	0	1
51.4 to CF Parkinson, . 133/8
Max Holden	5	2	15	1	3.00	22	2	0	0	0
26.2 to MJ Cosgrove, . 51/4
Hilton Cartwright	9	0	38	1	4.22	34	5	0	1	0
58.6 to GT Griffiths, . 156/9
Ravi Patel	6.4	1	18	1	2.70	26	1	0	0	0
69.4 to Mohammad Abbas, . 186/10

Middlesex 2nd Innings (T: 381 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Max Holden	c †Hill b Raine	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Sam Robson	lbw b Griffiths	31	53	67	6	0	58.49
Stephen Eskinazi	run out (Raine)	97	201	281	13	0	48.25
Dawid Malan (c)	c †Hill b Raine	12	32	43	2	0	37.50
Ravi Patel	c †Hill b Mohammad Abbas	20	49	69	3	0	40.81
Paul Stirling	c †Hill b Griffiths	4	12	17	1	0	33.33
Hilton Cartwright	lbw b Raine	80	172	239	11	0	46.51
John Simpson †	lbw b Griffiths	39	65	82	8	0	60.00
James Harris	not out	58	93	112	10	0	62.36
Steven Finn	c †Hill b Mohammad Abbas	9	23	34	1	0	39.13
Tim Murtagh	not out	3	6	14	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 13, lb 8, nb 8, w 1)	30
Total	117.3 Ov (RR: 3.25)	383/9
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Max Holden, 0.3 ov), 2-51 (Sam Robson, 16.2 ov), 3-79 (Dawid Malan, 26.5 ov), 4-134 (Ravi Patel, 43.3 ov), 5-149 (Paul Stirling, 46.6 ov), 6-197 (Stephen Eskinazi, 69.5 ov), 7-284 (John Simpson, 92.4 ov), 8-343 (Hilton Cartwright, 108.1 ov), 9-374 (Steven Finn, 115.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Raine	34	7	89	3	2.61	164	13	0	0	0
0.3 to MDE Holden, . 0/1 26.5 to DJ Malan, . 79/3 108.1 to HWR Cartwright, . 343/8
Mohammad Abbas	31.3	5	99	2	3.14	149	14	0	1	2
43.3 to RH Patel, . 134/4 115.1 to ST Finn, . 374/9
Zak Chappell	16	4	50	0	3.12	78	10	0	0	1
Gavin Griffiths	25	4	81	3	3.24	116	11	0	0	0
16.2 to SD Robson, . 51/2 46.6 to PR Stirling, . 149/5 92.4 to JA Simpson, . 284/7
Neil Dexter	4	0	24	0	6.00	16	4	0	0	1
Callum Parkinson	7	2	19	0	2.71	34	3	0	0	0

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Wed, 20 Jun - day 1 - LEICS 1st innings 353/8 (Colin Ackermann 151*, Gavin Griffiths 18*, 96 ov)

Thu, 21 Jun - day 2 - LEICS 2nd innings 0/1 (Paul Horton 0*, 1.5 ov)

Fri, 22 Jun - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 82/3 (Stephen Eskinazi 35*, Ravi Patel 0*, 28 ov)

Sat, 23 Jun - day 4 - Middlesex 2nd innings 383/9 (117.3 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Grace Road, Leicester
Toss	Leicestershire, elected to bat first
Series	Specsavers County Championship Division Two
Season	2018
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	20,21,22,23 June 2018 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Graham Lloyd Paul Pollard
Points	Middlesex 19, Leicestershire 7

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Middlesex Innings

Player Name		R	B
MDE Holden	caught	0	3
SD Robson	lbw	31	53
SS Eskinazi	run out	97	201
DJ Malan	caught	12	32
RH Patel	caught	20	49
PR Stirling	caught	4	12
HWR Cartwright	lbw	80	172
JA Simpson	lbw	39	65
JAR Harris	not out	58	93
ST Finn	caught	9	23
TJ Murtagh	not out	3	6
Extras	(b 13, lb 8, nb 8, w 1)
Total	383(9 wkts; 117.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
BA Raine	34	7	89	3	2.61
Mohammad Abbas	31.3	5	99	2	3.14 (2 nb)
ZJ Chappell	16	4	50	0	3.12 (1 nb)
GT Griffiths	25	4	81	3	3.24
NJ Dexter	4	0	24	0	6 (1 nb)
CF Parkinson	7	2	19	0	2.71

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	Sam Robson	Max Holden
2nd	51	Sam Robson	Stephen Eskinazi
3rd	28	Dawid Malan	Stephen Eskinazi
4th	55	Ravi Patel	Stephen Eskinazi
5th	15	Paul Stirling	Stephen Eskinazi
6th	48	Hilton Cartwright	Stephen Eskinazi
7th	87	John Simpson	Hilton Cartwright
8th	59	James Harris	Hilton Cartwright
9th	31	Steven Finn	James Harris
10th	9	Tim Murtagh	James Harris

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Specsavers County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WAR	14	9	2	3	242
KEN	14	10	3	1	221
SUS	14	6	4	4	186
MID	14	7	4	3	179
GLO	14	5	4	5	157
LEI	14	5	7	2	149
DER	14	4	7	3	147
DUR	14	4	7	2	130
NOR	14	4	8	1	126
GLA	14	2	10	2	92

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WAR	14	9	2	3	242
KEN	14	10	3	1	221
SUS	14	6	4	4	186
MID	14	7	4	3	179
GLO	14	5	4	5	157
LEI	14	5	7	2	149
DER	14	4	7	3	147
DUR	14	4	7	2	130
NOR	14	4	8	1	126
GLA	14	2	10	2	92

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WAR	14	9	2	3	242
KEN	14	10	3	1	221
SUS	14	6	4	4	186
MID	14	7	4	3	179
GLO	14	5	4	5	157
LEI	14	5	7	2	149
DER	14	4	7	3	147
DUR	14	4	7	2	130
NOR	14	4	8	1	126
GLA	14	2	10	2	92

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WAR	14	9	2	3	242
KEN	14	10	3	1	221
SUS	14	6	4	4	186
MID	14	7	4	3	179
GLO	14	5	4	5	157
LEI	14	5	7	2	149
DER	14	4	7	3	147
DUR	14	4	7	2	130
NOR	14	4	8	1	126
GLA	14	2	10	2	92