Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Rogers	b Bopara	34	57	65	7	0	59.64
Sam Robson	lbw b Topley	146	317	412	15	0	46.05
Dan Housego	lbw b Napier	15	20	28	2	0	75.00
Dawid Malan	c †Foster b Napier	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Neil Dexter (c)	c Phillips b Napier	0	10	13	0	0	0.00
Jamie Dalrymple	c Walker b Napier	52	81	103	7	1	64.19
John Simpson †	b Napier	65	116	135	8	0	56.03
Anthony Ireland	c Pettini b Bopara	29	46	68	5	0	63.04
Gareth Berg	c Shah b Topley	22	22	35	2	0	100.00
Tim Murtagh	c †Foster b Masters	6	16	17	1	0	37.50
Corey Collymore	not out	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 6, w 1)	16
Total	114.1 Ov (RR: 3.37)	385
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Chris Rogers, 16.6 ov), 2-82 (Dan Housego, 24.4 ov), 3-82 (Dawid Malan, 24.6 ov), 4-90 (Neil Dexter, 28.4 ov), 5-193 (Jamie Dalrymple, 57.6 ov), 6-315 (John Simpson, 93.4 ov), 7-352 (Sam Robson, 106.3 ov), 8-362 (Anthony Ireland, 109.2 ov), 9-385 (Tim Murtagh, 113.5 ov), 10-385 (Gareth Berg, 114.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	31	7	76	1	2.45	-	-	-	0	0
Reece Topley	20.1	1	101	2	5.00	-	-	-	1	0
Graham Napier	26	9	56	5	2.15	-	-	-	0	0
Ravi Bopara	24	2	92	2	3.83	-	-	-	0	3
Tim Phillips	10	0	48	0	4.80	-	-	-	0	0
Matt Walker	3	1	3	0	1.00	-	-	-	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jaik Mickleburgh	b Murtagh	23	49	66	4	0	46.93
Mark Pettini	c †Simpson b Murtagh	13	28	39	1	0	46.42
Owais Shah	c †Simpson b Collymore	96	172	233	14	1	55.81
Ravi Bopara	c Rogers b Berg	1	16	22	0	0	6.25
Matt Walker	lbw b Berg	6	36	45	1	0	16.66
Adam Wheater	lbw b Murtagh	39	62	79	7	0	62.90
James Foster (c)†	lbw b Murtagh	58	103	125	6	0	56.31
Graham Napier	lbw b Collymore	2	6	7	0	0	33.33
Tim Phillips	c †Simpson b Ireland	28	85	100	4	0	32.94
David Masters	c Malan b Murtagh	4	7	8	1	0	57.14
Reece Topley	not out	2	19	29	0	0	10.52
Extras	(b 4, lb 11, nb 4)	19
Total	96.5 Ov (RR: 3.00)	291
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Mark Pettini, 10.2 ov), 2-44 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 16.6 ov), 3-58 (Ravi Bopara, 22.4 ov), 4-85 (Matt Walker, 33.6 ov), 5-150 (Adam Wheater, 54.3 ov), 6-208 (Owais Shah, 67.3 ov), 7-214 (Graham Napier, 69.4 ov), 8-262 (James Foster, 86.1 ov), 9-266 (David Masters, 88.2 ov), 10-291 (Tim Phillips, 96.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Tim Murtagh	26	5	82	5	3.15	-	-	-	0
Corey Collymore	26	8	56	2	2.15	-	-	-	1
Anthony Ireland	18.5	5	57	1	3.02	-	-	-	0
Gareth Berg	17	3	48	2	2.82	-	-	-	0
Neil Dexter	3	0	17	0	5.66	-	-	-	0
Jamie Dalrymple	5	0	13	0	2.60	-	-	-	1
Dawid Malan	1	0	3	0	3.00	-	-	-	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	b Bopara	7	19	26	1	0	36.84
Chris Rogers	lbw b Topley	63	60	94	10	0	105.00
Anthony Ireland	b Masters	1	30	32	0	0	3.33
Dan Housego	c †Foster b Masters	6	12	7	1	0	50.00
Dawid Malan	c Napier b Masters	39	72	84	4	0	54.16
Neil Dexter (c)	not out	73	86	105	8	1	84.88
Jamie Dalrymple	c Shah b Masters	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
John Simpson †	not out	13	23	38	1	0	56.52
Extras	(lb 8, w 1)	9
Total	51 Ov (RR: 4.13)	211/6d
Did not bat: Gareth Berg, Tim Murtagh, Corey Collymore
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Sam Robson, 6.2 ov), 2-58 (Anthony Ireland, 15.2 ov), 3-64 (Dan Housego, 17.3 ov), 4-101 (Chris Rogers, 23.2 ov), 5-160 (Dawid Malan, 39.2 ov), 6-160 (Jamie Dalrymple, 39.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
David Masters	18	2	61	4	3.38	-	-	-	0
Graham Napier	6	0	40	0	6.66	-	-	-	0
Ravi Bopara	10	1	44	1	4.40	-	-	-	1
Reece Topley	7	0	23	1	3.28	-	-	-	0
Tim Phillips	10	1	35	0	3.50	-	-	-	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 306 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jaik Mickleburgh	b Murtagh	11	22	20	2	0	50.00
Mark Pettini	c †Simpson b Murtagh	1	27	43	0	0	3.70
Owais Shah	b Murtagh	0	9	12	0	0	0.00
Ravi Bopara	lbw b Ireland	8	11	18	2	0	72.72
Matt Walker	c Robson b Ireland	31	41	54	6	0	75.60
Adam Wheater	lbw b Malan	76	83	117	13	0	91.56
James Foster (c)†	not out	44	94	116	7	0	46.80
Graham Napier	lbw b Malan	3	17	19	0	0	17.64
Tim Phillips	not out	4	25	22	0	0	16.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 12, nb 2)	18
Total	54.4 Ov (RR: 3.58)	196/7
Did not bat: David Masters, Reece Topley
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 4.5 ov), 2-16 (Owais Shah, 8.2 ov), 3-21 (Mark Pettini, 10.2 ov), 4-28 (Ravi Bopara, 12.4 ov), 5-80 (Matt Walker, 21.6 ov), 6-175 (Adam Wheater, 41.2 ov), 7-183 (Graham Napier, 47.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Tim Murtagh	5.2	2	9	3	1.68	-	-	-	0
Corey Collymore	11	3	33	0	3.00	-	-	-	0
Anthony Ireland	10.4	2	51	2	4.78	-	-	-	0
Gareth Berg	10	1	51	0	5.10	-	-	-	1
Jamie Dalrymple	3.4	0	18	0	4.90	-	-	-	0
Neil Dexter	5	2	8	0	1.60	-	-	-	0
Dawid Malan	9	6	10	2	1.11	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Tue, 24 May - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 316/6 (Sam Robson 136*, Anthony Ireland 0*, 96 ov)

Wed, 25 May - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 235/7 (James Foster 44*, Tim Phillips 1*, 75 ov)

Thu, 26 May - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 39/1 (Chris Rogers 32*, Anthony Ireland 0*, 10 ov)

Fri, 27 May - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 196/7 (54.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Middlesex, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2011
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	24,25,26,27 May 2011 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	John Steele Peter Willey
Points	Middlesex 10, Essex 7

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Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
TJ Murtagh	5.2	2	9	3	1.68
CD Collymore	11	3	33	0	3
AJ Ireland	10.4	2	51	2	4.78
GK Berg	10	1	51	0	5.1 (1 nb)
JWM Dalrymple	3.4	0	18	0	4.9
NJ Dexter	5	2	8	0	1.6
DJ Malan	9	6	10	2	1.11

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