Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Strauss	c & b Panesar	172	226	361	25	2	76.10
Billy Godleman	st †O'Brien b Panesar	41	68	99	7	0	60.29
Owais Shah	st †O'Brien b Panesar	114	240	366	14	1	47.50
Eoin Morgan	not out	136	173	211	19	2	78.61
Ed Joyce	c Wessels b Boje	1	5	2	0	0	20.00
Ben Scott †	c †O'Brien b Panesar	8	39	26	0	0	20.51
Shaun Udal (c)	b Boje	1	6	3	0	0	16.66
Tim Murtagh	c Lucas b Panesar	19	22	25	1	1	86.36
Steven Finn	not out	20	26	40	3	0	76.92
Extras	(b 13, lb 8, nb 4, w 8)	33
Total	133.5 Ov (RR: 4.07)	545/7d
Did not bat: Alan Richardson, Dirk Nannes
Fall of wickets: 1-101 (Billy Godleman), 2-302 (Andrew Strauss), 3-404 (Owais Shah), 4-407 (Ed Joyce), 5-420 (Ben Scott), 6-423 (Shaun Udal), 7-456 (Tim Murtagh)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Lucas	24	3	95	0	3.95	-	-	-	3	0
David Wigley	16	1	83	0	5.18	-	-	-	2	2
Steven Crook	24.5	4	82	0	3.30	-	-	-	0	0
Monty Panesar	36	5	143	5	3.97	-	-	-	0	0
Mark Nelson	6	0	41	0	6.83	-	-	-	3	0
Nicky Boje	25	4	67	2	2.68	-	-	-	0	0
Riki Wessels	2	0	13	0	6.50	-	-	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	lbw b Murtagh	4	12	11	1	0	33.33
Niall O'Brien †	c & b Finn	30	32	50	2	0	93.75
Rob White	c †Scott b Finn	32	35	56	6	0	91.42
David Sales	b Richardson	45	84	97	6	0	53.57
Riki Wessels	lbw b Udal	78	109	145	12	1	71.55
Mark Nelson	b Udal	9	17	28	0	0	52.94
Nicky Boje (c)	c Finn b Udal	32	73	87	5	0	43.83
Steven Crook	b Udal	22	44	38	2	0	50.00
Monty Panesar	c Shah b Udal	1	15	21	0	0	6.66
David Lucas	b Richardson	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
David Wigley	not out	0	0	1	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 1, nb 2)	3
Total	70.5 Ov (RR: 3.61)	256
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Stephen Peters), 2-59 (Niall O'Brien), 3-86 (Rob White), 4-150 (David Sales), 5-181 (Mark Nelson), 6-210 (Riki Wessels), 7-254 (Steven Crook), 8-255 (Nicky Boje), 9-256 (David Lucas), 10-256 (Monty Panesar)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Tim Murtagh	14	1	69	1	4.92	-	-	-	0
Alan Richardson	21	2	64	2	3.04	-	-	-	0
Steven Finn	13	0	69	2	5.30	-	-	-	0
Shaun Udal	19.5	7	36	5	1.81	-	-	-	0
Owais Shah	3	1	17	0	5.66	-	-	-	1

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Strauss	b Panesar	76	75	84	9	0	101.33
Billy Godleman	b Panesar	55	82	97	4	0	67.07
Owais Shah	not out	11	25	31	1	0	44.00
Eoin Morgan	not out	22	22	18	5	0	100.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 1, w 1)	7
Total	34 Ov (RR: 5.02)	171/2d
Did not bat: Ed Joyce, Ben Scott †, Shaun Udal (c), Tim Murtagh, Alan Richardson, Steven Finn, Dirk Nannes
Fall of wickets: 1-135 (Andrew Strauss), 2-144 (Billy Godleman)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Steven Crook	5	2	26	0	5.20	-	-	-	0
David Lucas	14	0	64	0	4.57	-	-	-	1
Monty Panesar	12	0	52	2	4.33	-	-	-	0
Nicky Boje	3	0	23	0	7.66	-	-	-	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 461 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c Shah b Murtagh	2	10	17	0	0	20.00
Niall O'Brien †	c sub (†JA Simpson) b Richardson	37	85	108	5	0	43.52
Rob White	c Richardson b Nannes	123	125	170	19	2	98.40
David Sales	b Murtagh	13	27	41	2	0	48.14
Riki Wessels	b Nannes	95	79	126	9	5	120.25
Mark Nelson	lbw b Nannes	0	7	9	0	0	0.00
Nicky Boje (c)	c sub (†JA Simpson) b Udal	9	9	10	2	0	100.00
Steven Crook	c Nannes b Udal	59	64	62	8	1	92.18
Monty Panesar	not out	0	9	13	0	0	0.00
David Lucas	c Morgan b Udal	1	7	4	0	0	14.28
David Wigley	lbw b Nannes	5	7	6	1	0	71.42
Extras	(b 11, lb 11, w 1)	23
Total	71.3 Ov (RR: 5.13)	367
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Stephen Peters), 2-122 (Niall O'Brien), 3-169 (David Sales), 4-217 (Rob White), 5-233 (Mark Nelson), 6-248 (Nicky Boje), 7-361 (Steven Crook), 8-361 (Riki Wessels), 9-362 (David Lucas), 10-367 (David Wigley)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Tim Murtagh	16	0	87	2	5.43	-	-	-	1
Alan Richardson	16	2	69	1	4.31	-	-	-	0
Shaun Udal	19	2	96	3	5.05	-	-	-	0
Steven Finn	9	2	51	0	5.66	-	-	-	0
Dirk Nannes	10.3	2	42	4	4.00	-	-	-	0
Owais Shah	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Wed, 24 Sep - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 291/1 (Andrew Strauss 164*, Owais Shah 69*, 68.1 ov)

Thu, 25 Sep - day 2 - Northants 1st innings 128/3 (David Sales 37*, Riki Wessels 24*, 31 ov)

Fri, 26 Sep - day 3 - Northants 2nd innings 84/1 (Niall O'Brien 24*, Rob White 55*, 18 ov)

Sat, 27 Sep - day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 367 (71.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Northamptonshire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2008
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30.
Match days	24,25,26,27 September 2008 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	John Steele Neil Mallender
Points	Middlesex 22, Northamptonshire 4

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Northants Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
TJ Murtagh	16	0	87	2	5.43
A Richardson	16	2	69	1	4.31
SD Udal	19	2	96	3	5.05
ST Finn	9	2	51	0	5.66
DP Nannes	10.3	2	42	4	4
OA Shah	1	1	0	0	0

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