Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Rogers (c)	lbw b Chapple	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
Sam Robson	lbw b Kerrigan	49	85	118	8	0	57.64
Joe Denly	c †Cross b Chapple	4	4	7	1	0	100.00
Dawid Malan	b Shahzad	12	26	37	1	0	46.15
Neil Dexter	c †Cross b Chapple	125	251	339	16	0	49.80
John Simpson †	c †Cross b Hogg	29	48	60	5	0	60.41
Gareth Berg	c †Cross b Hogg	83	123	132	6	0	67.47
Steven Crook	c Horton b Shahzad	66	80	104	8	1	82.50
Toby Roland-Jones	b Chapple	10	19	45	2	0	52.63
Ravi Patel	b Chapple	20	34	39	3	0	58.82
Corey Collymore	not out	4	11	19	0	0	36.36
Extras	(b 10, lb 11, nb 22, w 1)	44
Total	112.5 Ov (RR: 3.95)	446
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Chris Rogers, 0.5 ov), 2-4 (Joe Denly, 2.3 ov), 3-39 (Dawid Malan, 11.2 ov), 4-102 (Sam Robson, 27.6 ov), 5-164 (John Simpson, 42.5 ov), 6-312 (Gareth Berg, 78.6 ov), 7-391 (Neil Dexter, 98.2 ov), 8-417 (Steven Crook, 103.4 ov), 9-427 (Toby Roland-Jones, 108.3 ov), 10-446 (Ravi Patel, 112.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glen Chapple	27.5	5	86	5	3.08	128	12	1	0	0
0.5 to CJL Rogers, . 0/1 2.3 to JL Denly, . 4/2 98.2 to NJ Dexter, . 391/7 108.3 to TS Roland-Jones, . 427/9 112.5 to RH Patel, . 446/10
Kyle Hogg	18	1	81	2	4.50	76	10	0	0	4
42.5 to JA Simpson, . 164/5 78.6 to GK Berg, . 312/6
Ajmal Shahzad	26	5	90	2	3.46	115	10	0	0	1
11.2 to DJ Malan, . 39/3 103.4 to SP Crook, . 417/8
Tom Smith	10	1	41	0	4.10	43	7	0	0	1
Simon Kerrigan	24	2	81	1	3.37	97	7	0	0	0
27.6 to SD Robson, . 102/4
Luke Procter	6	0	38	0	6.33	19	3	0	1	3
Steven Croft	1	0	8	0	8.00	2	1	0	0	0

Lancashire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom Smith	st †Simpson b Patel	55	107	145	8	0	51.40
Luke Procter	c Robson b Crook	30	119	140	1	0	25.21
Paul Horton	c †Simpson b Crook	64	108	141	9	0	59.25
Ashwell Prince	c Malan b Roland-Jones	71	167	222	4	0	42.51
Karl Brown	b Berg	78	175	266	5	0	44.57
Steven Croft	b Roland-Jones	3	14	18	0	0	21.42
Gareth Cross †	c †Simpson b Berg	59	35	55	8	1	168.57
Kyle Hogg	c Malan b Patel	10	17	26	2	0	58.82
Glen Chapple (c)	st †Simpson b Patel	29	52	51	2	1	55.76
Ajmal Shahzad	lbw b Patel	10	15	13	1	0	66.66
Simon Kerrigan	not out	3	11	13	0	0	27.27
Extras	(b 5, lb 14, nb 17)	36
Total	135.2 Ov (RR: 3.31)	448
Fall of wickets: 1-95 (Luke Procter, 36.4 ov), 2-95 (Tom Smith, 37.4 ov), 3-225 (Paul Horton, 70.6 ov), 4-266 (Ashwell Prince, 92.4 ov), 5-270 (Steven Croft, 96.4 ov), 6-347 (Gareth Cross, 109.2 ov), 7-375 (Kyle Hogg, 115.3 ov), 8-426 (Glen Chapple, 128.6 ov), 9-438 (Ajmal Shahzad, 132.2 ov), 10-448 (Karl Brown, 135.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Corey Collymore	29	11	75	0	2.58	142	8	0	0	3
Toby Roland-Jones	27	10	67	2	2.48	128	7	0	0	0
92.4 to AG Prince, . 266/4 96.4 to SJ Croft, . 270/5
Ravi Patel	35	2	126	4	3.60	139	13	0	0	0
37.4 to TC Smith, . 95/2 115.3 to KW Hogg, . 375/7 128.6 to G Chapple, . 426/8 132.2 to A Shahzad, . 438/9
Gareth Berg	18.2	2	57	2	3.10	81	4	1	0	0
109.2 to GD Cross, . 347/6 135.2 to KR Brown, . 448/10
Steven Crook	22	4	88	2	4.00	95	8	0	0	5
36.4 to LA Procter, . 95/1 70.6 to PJ Horton, . 225/3
Neil Dexter	2	0	11	0	5.50	7	0	1	0	0
Dawid Malan	2	0	5	0	2.50	7	0	0	0	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Rogers (c)	c †Cross b Kerrigan	86	146	202	11	0	58.90
Sam Robson	lbw b Chapple	3	8	8	0	0	37.50
Joe Denly	b Shahzad	16	52	59	2	0	30.76
Dawid Malan	c †Cross b Chapple	95	187	246	6	0	50.80
Neil Dexter	c Croft b Smith	9	33	40	0	0	27.27
John Simpson †	b Shahzad	27	82	76	2	0	32.92
Gareth Berg	lbw b Chapple	5	17	29	0	0	29.41
Steven Crook	c Horton b Chapple	12	12	16	2	0	100.00
Toby Roland-Jones	not out	18	17	26	2	1	105.88
Ravi Patel	b Chapple	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Corey Collymore	not out	4	10	11	1	0	40.00
Extras	(b 15, lb 13, nb 2)	30
Total	94 Ov (RR: 3.24)	305/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Sam Robson, 2.2 ov), 2-44 (Joe Denly, 17.4 ov), 3-178 (Chris Rogers, 50.5 ov), 4-207 (Neil Dexter, 61.3 ov), 5-265 (Dawid Malan, 84.2 ov), 6-265 (John Simpson, 85.1 ov), 7-282 (Steven Crook, 88.5 ov), 8-289 (Gareth Berg, 90.1 ov), 9-289 (Ravi Patel, 90.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glen Chapple	19	4	47	5	2.47	85	5	0	0	0
2.2 to SD Robson, . 5/1 84.2 to DJ Malan, . 265/5 88.5 to SP Crook, . 282/7 90.1 to GK Berg, . 289/8 90.2 to RH Patel, . 289/9
Kyle Hogg	11	1	39	0	3.54	48	4	1	0	0
Simon Kerrigan	28	5	82	1	2.92	117	7	0	0	0
50.5 to CJL Rogers, . 178/3
Ajmal Shahzad	17	0	61	2	3.58	70	7	0	0	0
17.4 to JL Denly, . 44/2 85.1 to JA Simpson, . 265/6
Steven Croft	11	2	22	0	2.00	48	0	0	0	0
Tom Smith	8	0	26	1	3.25	34	3	0	0	1
61.3 to NJ Dexter, . 207/4

Lancashire 2nd Innings (T: 304 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ashwell Prince	c Patel b Collymore	20	23	25	2	0	86.95
Tom Smith	st †Simpson b Patel	21	25	41	3	0	84.00
Steven Croft	b Crook	30	28	47	0	1	107.14
Karl Brown	b Crook	33	24	27	4	1	137.50
Paul Horton	b Crook	6	7	15	0	0	85.71
Gareth Cross †	lbw b Crook	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Glen Chapple (c)	b Crook	19	15	24	2	1	126.66
Kyle Hogg	b Patel	2	3	4	0	0	66.66
Luke Procter	lbw b Patel	26	23	33	4	0	113.04
Ajmal Shahzad	not out	26	30	38	5	0	86.66
Simon Kerrigan	c Berg b Patel	0	14	15	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 3, nb 2)	11
Total	32 Ov (RR: 6.06)	194
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Ashwell Prince, 6.2 ov), 2-50 (Tom Smith, 9.1 ov), 3-107 (Karl Brown, 16.1 ov), 4-112 (Steven Croft, 16.5 ov), 5-112 (Gareth Cross, 16.6 ov), 6-125 (Paul Horton, 18.5 ov), 7-134 (Kyle Hogg, 19.5 ov), 8-146 (Glen Chapple, 22.1 ov), 9-178 (Luke Procter, 27.2 ov), 10-194 (Simon Kerrigan, 31.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Corey Collymore	6	0	23	1	3.83	22	1	0	0	1
6.2 to AG Prince, . 30/1
Toby Roland-Jones	4	0	32	0	8.00	11	5	0	0	0
Ravi Patel	12	0	72	4	6.00	42	7	3	0	0
9.1 to TC Smith, . 50/2 19.5 to KW Hogg, . 134/7 27.2 to LA Procter, . 178/9 31.6 to SC Kerrigan, . 194/10
Steven Crook	8	1	48	5	6.00	26	6	0	0	0
16.1 to KR Brown, . 107/3 16.5 to SJ Croft, . 112/4 16.6 to GD Cross, . 112/5 18.5 to PJ Horton, . 125/6 22.1 to G Chapple, . 146/8
Gareth Berg	2	0	10	0	5.00	8	1	0	0	0

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Tue, 04 Sep - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 389/6 (Neil Dexter 123*, Steven Crook 45*, 96 ov)

Wed, 05 Sep - day 2 - Lancashire 1st innings 236/3 (Ashwell Prince 57*, Karl Brown 5*, 77 ov)

Thu, 06 Sep - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 129/2 (Chris Rogers 57*, Dawid Malan 37*, 37 ov)

Fri, 07 Sep - day 4 - Lancashire 2nd innings 194 (32 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Middlesex 1st innings
NJ Dexter 100 off 193 balls in 265 minutes, 14x4

Match Details

Lord's, London
Toss	Lancashire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2012
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	4,5,6,7 September 2012 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Mark Benson Steve O'Shaughnessy
Points	Middlesex 23, Lancashire 7

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Lancashire Innings

Player Name		R	B
AG Prince	caught	20	23
TC Smith	stumped	21	25
SJ Croft	bowled	30	28
KR Brown	bowled	33	24
PJ Horton	bowled	6	7
GD Cross	lbw	0	1
G Chapple	bowled	19	15
KW Hogg	bowled	2	3
LA Procter	lbw	26	23
A Shahzad	not out	26	30
SC Kerrigan	caught	0	14
Extras	(b 6, lb 3, nb 2)
Total	194(10 wkts; 32 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
CD Collymore	6	0	23	1	3.83 (1 nb)
TS Roland-Jones	4	0	32	0	8
RH Patel	12	0	72	4	6
SP Crook	8	1	48	5	6
GK Berg	2	0	10	0	5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	30	Ashwell Prince	Tom Smith
2nd	20	Steven Croft	Tom Smith
3rd	57	Steven Croft	Karl Brown
4th	5	Paul Horton	Steven Croft
5th	0	Paul Horton	Gareth Cross
6th	13	Glen Chapple	Paul Horton
7th	9	Glen Chapple	Kyle Hogg
8th	12	Glen Chapple	Luke Procter
9th	32	Ajmal Shahzad	Luke Procter
10th	16	Ajmal Shahzad	Simon Kerrigan

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County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WAR	16	6	1	9	211
SOM	16	5	1	10	187
MID	16	5	4	7	172
SUS	16	5	5	6	167
NOT	16	4	2	10	163
DUR	16	5	5	5	157
SUR	16	3	4	8	139
LAN	16	1	5	10	106
WOR	16	1	8	7	96
YOR	-	-	-	-	-

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WAR	16	6	1	9	211
SOM	16	5	1	10	187
MID	16	5	4	7	172
SUS	16	5	5	6	167
NOT	16	4	2	10	163
DUR	16	5	5	5	157
SUR	16	3	4	8	139
LAN	16	1	5	10	106
WOR	16	1	8	7	96
YOR	-	-	-	-	-

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WAR	16	6	1	9	211
SOM	16	5	1	10	187
MID	16	5	4	7	172
SUS	16	5	5	6	167
NOT	16	4	2	10	163
DUR	16	5	5	5	157
SUR	16	3	4	8	139
LAN	16	1	5	10	106
WOR	16	1	8	7	96
YOR	-	-	-	-	-

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WAR	16	6	1	9	211
SOM	16	5	1	10	187
MID	16	5	4	7	172
SUS	16	5	5	6	167
NOT	16	4	2	10	163
DUR	16	5	5	5	157
SUR	16	3	4	8	139
LAN	16	1	5	10	106
WOR	16	1	8	7	96
YOR	-	-	-	-	-