Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Compton	c †Foster b Porter	2	7	16	0	0	28.57
Nick Gubbins	lbw b Mohammad Amir	0	9	12	0	0	0.00
Stephen Eskinazi	c Cook b Porter	66	111	146	11	0	59.45
Dawid Malan (c)	c †Foster b Harmer	60	93	129	11	0	64.51
Paul Stirling	c ten Doeschate b Harmer	77	50	71	8	5	154.00
John Simpson †	lbw b Mohammad Amir	5	9	11	1	0	55.55
Ryan Higgins	c Westley b Harmer	6	28	41	1	0	21.42
Toby Roland-Jones	not out	11	31	37	0	1	35.48
Ollie Rayner	c ten Doeschate b Harmer	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Tim Murtagh	lbw b Harmer	0	6	11	0	0	0.00
Steven Finn	c & b Bopara	1	9	17	0	0	11.11
Extras	(b 5, lb 12, w 1)	18
Total	59.1 Ov (RR: 4.15)	246
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Nick Gubbins, 1.6 ov), 2-2 (Nick Compton, 2.4 ov), 3-126 (Dawid Malan, 35.3 ov), 4-146 (Stephen Eskinazi, 38.1 ov), 5-158 (John Simpson, 40.2 ov), 6-219 (Ryan Higgins, 50.3 ov), 7-225 (Paul Stirling, 52.1 ov), 8-225 (Ollie Rayner, 52.3 ov), 9-231 (Tim Murtagh, 54.6 ov), 10-246 (Steven Finn, 59.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	12	2	58	2	4.83	53	12	0	0	0
2.4 to NRD Compton, . 2/2 38.1 to SS Eskinazi, . 146/4
Mohammad Amir	16	3	53	2	3.31	73	8	0	0	0
1.6 to NRT Gubbins, . 2/1 40.2 to JA Simpson, . 158/5
Paul Walter	6	2	27	0	4.50	28	3	2	0	0
Ravi Bopara	4.1	1	11	1	2.64	21	1	0	1	0
59.1 to ST Finn, . 246/10
Simon Harmer	20	4	77	5	3.85	89	8	4	0	0
35.3 to DJ Malan, . 126/3 50.3 to RF Higgins, . 219/6 52.1 to PR Stirling, . 225/7 52.3 to OP Rayner, . 225/8 54.6 to TJ Murtagh, . 231/9
Dan Lawrence	1	0	3	0	3.00	3	0	0	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c Malan b Rayner	221	384	452	22	1	57.55
Alastair Cook	c Eskinazi b Rayner	193	280	392	26	0	68.92
Varun Chopra	not out	100	75	80	2	6	133.33
Dan Lawrence	b Higgins	2	5	6	0	0	40.00
Ravi Bopara	not out	10	9	14	0	0	111.11
Extras	(b 2, lb 6, nb 6, w 2)	16
Total	125 Ov (RR: 4.33)	542/3d
Did not bat: Ryan ten Doeschate (c), James Foster †, Paul Walter, Simon Harmer, Mohammad Amir, Jamie Porter
Fall of wickets: 1-373 (Alastair Cook, 104.1 ov), 2-502 (Nick Browne, 120.4 ov), 3-508 (Dan Lawrence, 121.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	23	5	69	0	3.00	108	12	0	0	0
Toby Roland-Jones	24	3	91	0	3.79	105	15	0	0	0
Steven Finn	21	3	85	0	4.04	77	9	0	0	1
Ollie Rayner	29	1	152	2	5.24	91	7	6	0	0
104.1 to AN Cook, . 373/1 120.4 to NLJ Browne, . 502/2
Ryan Higgins	16	1	77	1	4.81	53	3	0	2	2
121.5 to DW Lawrence, . 508/3
Paul Stirling	4	1	10	0	2.50	18	1	0	0	0
Dawid Malan	8	0	50	0	6.25	18	3	1	0	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Gubbins	c Cook b Harmer	16	50	56	2	0	32.00
Nick Compton	lbw b Harmer	120	303	381	14	1	39.60
Stephen Eskinazi	c Chopra b Harmer	12	24	25	2	0	50.00
Dawid Malan (c)	b Harmer	1	4	7	0	0	25.00
Paul Stirling	c Bopara b Harmer	55	142	202	5	1	38.73
John Simpson †	c Cook b Harmer	21	44	50	4	0	47.72
Ryan Higgins	c Cook b Harmer	16	59	58	2	0	27.11
Toby Roland-Jones	lbw b Lawrence	1	30	29	0	0	3.33
Ollie Rayner	lbw b Harmer	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Tim Murtagh	not out	1	10	14	0	0	10.00
Steven Finn	lbw b Harmer	0	2	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 12, lb 5, nb 2)	19
Total	111.4 Ov (RR: 2.34)	262
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Nick Gubbins, 13.1 ov), 2-49 (Stephen Eskinazi, 19.5 ov), 3-51 (Dawid Malan, 21.2 ov), 4-204 (Paul Stirling, 76.1 ov), 5-239 (John Simpson, 89.3 ov), 6-252 (Nick Compton, 101.1 ov), 7-261 (Ryan Higgins, 107.2 ov), 8-261 (Ollie Rayner, 107.5 ov), 9-261 (Toby Roland-Jones, 110.5 ov), 10-262 (Steven Finn, 111.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	19	6	38	0	2.00	91	4	0	0	0
Mohammad Amir	20	7	42	0	2.10	100	6	0	0	0
Simon Harmer	46.4	15	95	9	2.03	229	9	1	0	1
13.1 to NRT Gubbins, . 27/1 19.5 to SS Eskinazi, . 49/2 21.2 to DJ Malan, . 51/3 76.1 to PR Stirling, . 204/4 89.3 to JA Simpson, . 239/5 101.1 to NRD Compton, . 252/6 107.2 to RF Higgins, . 261/7 107.5 to OP Rayner, . 261/8 111.4 to ST Finn, . 262/10
Paul Walter	7	2	25	0	3.57	30	4	0	0	0
Dan Lawrence	16	6	39	1	2.43	80	5	1	0	0
110.5 to TS Roland-Jones, . 261/9
Ravi Bopara	2	1	4	0	2.00	11	1	0	0	0
Ryan ten Doeschate	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0	0	0

Close of Play

Mon, 26 Jun - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 106/0 (Nick Browne 40*, Alastair Cook 64*, 36 ov)

Tue, 27 Jun - day 2 - no play

Wed, 28 Jun - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 27/0 (Nick Gubbins 16*, Nick Compton 6*, 13 ov)

Thu, 29 Jun - day 4 - Middlesex 2nd innings 262 (111.4 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Middlesex, elected to bat first
Series	Specsavers County Championship Division One
Season	2017
Hours of play (local time)	14.00 start, Tea 16.00-16.20, Dinner 18.20-19.00, Close 21.00
Match days	26,27,28,29 June 2017 - daynight (4-day match)
ESS Player Replacement	Substitute: Varun Chopra in, Tom Westley out (2nd innings, 36 ov)
Umpires	David Millns Peter Hartley
Points	Essex 24, Middlesex 1

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Middlesex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	19	6	38	0	2
Mohammad Amir	20	7	42	0	2.1
SR Harmer	46.4	15	95	9	2.03 (1 nb)
PI Walter	7	2	25	0	3.57
DW Lawrence	16	6	39	1	2.43
RS Bopara	2	1	4	0	2
RN ten Doeschate	1	0	2	0	2

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