Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Kadeer Ali	b O'Brien	7	10	8	1	0	70.00
Jonathan Batty †	b Evans	49	131	195	7	0	37.40
Chris Dent	c †Simpson b Evans	19	41	49	3	0	46.34
Hamish Marshall	c Robson b O'Brien	72	73	79	12	0	98.63
Alex Gidman (c)	c O'Brien b Udal	16	38	46	1	0	42.10
Chris Taylor	c sub (TS Roland-Jones) b O'Brien	32	35	43	5	0	91.42
James Franklin	not out	44	59	87	3	2	74.57
Steve Snell	c Robson b O'Brien	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Jon Lewis	lbw b O'Brien	11	15	13	2	0	73.33
Gemaal Hussain	c Udal b O'Brien	1	19	16	0	0	5.26
Steve Kirby	c Murtagh b O'Brien	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 7, lb 9, w 1)	17
Total	71.2 Ov (RR: 3.75)	268
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Kadeer Ali, 1.4 ov), 2-46 (Chris Dent, 14.4 ov), 3-145 (Hamish Marshall, 35.5 ov), 4-177 (Alex Gidman, 48.2 ov), 5-177 (Jonathan Batty, 49.3 ov), 6-226 (Chris Taylor, 61.1 ov), 7-226 (Steve Snell, 61.3 ov), 8-250 (Jon Lewis, 65.2 ov), 9-254 (Gemaal Hussain, 69.3 ov), 10-268 (Steve Kirby, 71.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Tim Murtagh	20	3	81	0	4.05	-	-	-	0
Iain O'Brien	21.2	6	48	7	2.25	-	-	-	0
Gareth Berg	7	1	47	0	6.71	-	-	-	0
Danny Evans	12	3	45	2	3.75	-	-	-	1
Shaun Udal	10	1	24	1	2.40	-	-	-	0
Dawid Malan	1	0	7	0	7.00	-	-	-	0

Middlesex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Scott Newman	c †Batty b Franklin	1	17	13	0	0	5.88
Andrew Strauss	c Dent b Kirby	18	52	72	2	0	34.61
Owais Shah	lbw b Kirby	20	22	39	4	0	90.90
Dawid Malan	c †Batty b Lewis	25	63	94	4	0	39.68
Iain O'Brien	c †Batty b Kirby	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Sam Robson	c Dent b Hussain	17	28	30	1	0	60.71
John Simpson †	c Snell b Franklin	43	90	109	6	0	47.77
Gareth Berg	c Snell b Hussain	4	18	23	0	0	22.22
Shaun Udal (c)	c Ali b Kirby	55	77	76	8	1	71.42
Tim Murtagh	not out	10	15	40	2	0	66.66
Danny Evans	c †Batty b Hussain	1	7	6	0	0	14.28
Extras	(lb 6, nb 2, w 1)	9
Total	64.5 Ov (RR: 3.13)	203
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Scott Newman, 3.6 ov), 2-37 (Owais Shah, 13.4 ov), 3-49 (Andrew Strauss, 17.1 ov), 4-49 (Iain O'Brien, 17.2 ov), 5-76 (Sam Robson, 26.1 ov), 6-111 (Dawid Malan, 36.4 ov), 7-124 (Gareth Berg, 43.1 ov), 8-157 (John Simpson, 55.1 ov), 9-202 (Shaun Udal, 63.2 ov), 10-203 (Danny Evans, 64.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jon Lewis	16	4	47	1	2.93	-	-	-	0	0
James Franklin	15	5	42	2	2.80	-	-	-	0	0
Steve Kirby	14	2	50	4	3.57	-	-	-	1	1
Gemaal Hussain	13.5	2	50	3	3.61	-	-	-	0	0
Hamish Marshall	6	3	8	0	1.33	-	-	-	0	0

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jonathan Batty †	c Strauss b Evans	22	45	53	2	0	48.88
Kadeer Ali	b O'Brien	1	16	28	0	0	6.25
Chris Dent	c †Simpson b Evans	42	97	106	7	0	43.29
Hamish Marshall	c Malan b Berg	9	16	30	0	0	56.25
Alex Gidman (c)	lbw b Murtagh	23	44	62	4	0	52.27
Chris Taylor	c sub (KS Toor) b Berg	61	95	135	9	1	64.21
James Franklin	lbw b Murtagh	11	21	18	1	0	52.38
Steve Snell	c Robson b Berg	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Jon Lewis	b Berg	43	51	70	7	0	84.31
Gemaal Hussain	not out	3	32	31	0	0	9.37
Steve Kirby	c sub (KS Toor) b Udal	1	6	7	0	0	16.66
Extras	(b 4, lb 3)	7
Total	70.4 Ov (RR: 3.15)	223
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Kadeer Ali, 7.3 ov), 2-31 (Jonathan Batty, 13.3 ov), 3-58 (Hamish Marshall, 22.1 ov), 4-96 (Chris Dent, 35.3 ov), 5-100 (Alex Gidman, 38.2 ov), 6-118 (James Franklin, 42.6 ov), 7-123 (Steve Snell, 43.5 ov), 8-193 (Jon Lewis, 61.2 ov), 9-222 (Chris Taylor, 67.6 ov), 10-223 (Steve Kirby, 70.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Tim Murtagh	19	6	53	2	2.78	-	-	-
Iain O'Brien	15	3	57	1	3.80	-	-	-
Danny Evans	10	4	22	2	2.20	-	-	-
Gareth Berg	20	3	74	4	3.70	-	-	-
Shaun Udal	6.4	1	10	1	1.50	-	-	-

Middlesex 2nd Innings (T: 289 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Scott Newman	c Gidman b Hussain	42	55	75	7	0	76.36
Andrew Strauss	b Lewis	9	17	27	0	1	52.94
Owais Shah	c Gidman b Hussain	16	19	24	2	1	84.21
Dawid Malan	c †Batty b Hussain	60	105	143	8	0	57.14
Sam Robson	c Dent b Gidman	4	33	52	0	0	12.12
John Simpson †	b Kirby	0	10	10	0	0	0.00
Gareth Berg	c †Batty b Hussain	24	36	38	4	0	66.66
Shaun Udal (c)	not out	12	23	48	2	0	52.17
Tim Murtagh	c sub (AJ Ireland) b Hussain	9	19	17	2	0	47.36
Iain O'Brien	c Snell b Kirby	2	3	2	0	0	66.66
Danny Evans	c sub (AJ Ireland) b Kirby	0	9	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 3, nb 4)	7
Total	54.4 Ov (RR: 3.38)	185
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Andrew Strauss, 6.5 ov), 2-53 (Owais Shah, 12.6 ov), 3-80 (Scott Newman, 18.2 ov), 4-110 (Sam Robson, 30.6 ov), 5-117 (John Simpson, 33.4 ov), 6-157 (Gareth Berg, 43.6 ov), 7-166 (Dawid Malan, 47.2 ov), 8-180 (Tim Murtagh, 51.5 ov), 9-183 (Iain O'Brien, 52.4 ov), 10-185 (Danny Evans, 54.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jon Lewis	14	6	31	1	2.21	-	-	-	2
James Franklin	7	0	34	0	4.85	-	-	-	0
Gemaal Hussain	15	0	46	5	3.06	-	-	-	0
Steve Kirby	11.4	1	36	3	3.08	-	-	-	0
Alex Gidman	4	0	24	1	6.00	-	-	-	0
Hamish Marshall	2	0	9	0	4.50	-	-	-	0
Chris Taylor	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Tue, 27 Apr - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 71/4 (Dawid Malan 10*, Sam Robson 16*, 22 ov)

Wed, 28 Apr - day 2 - Gloucs 2nd innings 139/7 (Chris Taylor 18*, Jon Lewis 12*, 51 ov)

Thu, 29 Apr - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 166/7 (Shaun Udal 4*, Tim Murtagh 1*, 49 ov)

Fri, 30 Apr - day 4 - Middlesex 2nd innings 185 (54.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Match Details

Lord's, London
Toss	Gloucestershire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2010
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	27,28,29,30 April 2010 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	John Steele Richard Kettleborough
Points	Gloucestershire 21, Middlesex 4

Match Coverage

Middlesex slump to fourth straight defeat

Hussain takes Gloucestershire to the brink of victory

Udal keeps Middlesex in contention

O'Brien shines for Middlesex

Instant answers to T20 questions

Middlesex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Lewis	14	6	31	1	2.21 (2 nb)
JEC Franklin	7	0	34	0	4.85
GM Hussain	15	0	46	5	3.06
SP Kirby	11.4	1	36	3	3.08
APR Gidman	4	0	24	1	6
HJH Marshall	2	0	9	0	4.5
CG Taylor	1	0	2	0	2

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