Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Rogers (c)	c †Buttler b Overton	57	150	191	5	0	38.00
Sam Robson	c Trescothick b Overton	42	69	93	7	0	60.86
Joe Denly	b Leach	55	78	104	11	0	70.51
Dawid Malan	c Trescothick b Overton	2	6	7	0	0	33.33
Neil Dexter	c Thomas b Overton	82	160	192	8	0	51.25
John Simpson †	c Hildreth b Leach	22	60	69	3	0	36.66
Gareth Berg	c Trego b Leach	1	7	16	0	0	14.28
James Harris	c †Buttler b Gregory	0	5	6	0	0	0.00
Toby Roland-Jones	c Hildreth b Overton	21	34	44	2	1	61.76
Tom Smith	not out	17	77	88	2	0	22.07
Tim Murtagh	b Overton	29	24	35	4	0	120.83
Extras	(b 3, lb 6, nb 10)	19
Total	110.5 Ov (RR: 3.13)	347
Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Sam Robson, 23.6 ov), 2-158 (Chris Rogers, 48.4 ov), 3-162 (Joe Denly, 49.6 ov), 4-162 (Dawid Malan, 50.1 ov), 5-211 (John Simpson, 71.5 ov), 6-221 (Gareth Berg, 75.4 ov), 7-222 (James Harris, 76.6 ov), 8-270 (Toby Roland-Jones, 88.1 ov), 9-309 (Neil Dexter, 102.5 ov), 10-347 (Tim Murtagh, 110.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Peter Trego	15	5	35	0	2.33	74	5	0	0	0
Steve Kirby	16	3	70	0	4.37	70	11	0	0	1
Alfonso Thomas	24	1	92	0	3.83	101	12	0	0	0
Jamie Overton	28.5	8	95	6	3.29	136	10	1	0	4
23.6 to SD Robson, . 76/1 48.4 to CJL Rogers, . 158/2 50.1 to DJ Malan, . 162/4 88.1 to TS Roland-Jones, . 270/8 102.5 to NJ Dexter, . 309/9 110.5 to TJ Murtagh, . 347/10
Jack Leach	21	8	36	3	1.71	105	3	0	0	0
49.6 to JL Denly, . 162/3 71.5 to JA Simpson, . 211/5 75.4 to GK Berg, . 221/6
Lewis Gregory	6	2	10	1	1.66	30	1	0	0	0
76.6 to JAR Harris, . 222/7

Somerset 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick (c)	c †Simpson b Murtagh	24	28	27	4	0	85.71
Arul Suppiah	b Harris	19	29	49	4	0	65.51
Alviro Petersen	c †Simpson b Murtagh	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
James Hildreth	c Robson b Murtagh	23	46	65	3	0	50.00
Lewis Gregory	lbw b Murtagh	7	32	37	1	0	21.87
Jos Buttler †	c Malan b Roland-Jones	15	20	27	2	0	75.00
Peter Trego	b Dexter	34	47	86	3	0	72.34
Alfonso Thomas	c Malan b Berg	4	13	17	0	0	30.76
Jack Leach	b Roland-Jones	1	12	13	0	0	8.33
Steve Kirby	c †Simpson b Dexter	10	39	44	1	0	25.64
Jamie Overton	not out	2	7	7	0	0	28.57
Extras	(lb 9, nb 4)	13
Total	45.2 Ov (RR: 3.35)	152
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Marcus Trescothick, 6.4 ov), 2-36 (Alviro Petersen, 6.5 ov), 3-52 (Arul Suppiah, 11.2 ov), 4-71 (Lewis Gregory, 20.6 ov), 5-84 (James Hildreth, 22.5 ov), 6-101 (Jos Buttler, 26.4 ov), 7-114 (Alfonso Thomas, 31.1 ov), 8-121 (Jack Leach, 34.2 ov), 9-149 (Peter Trego, 43.4 ov), 10-152 (Steve Kirby, 45.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	12	5	28	4	2.33	61	5	0	0	0
6.4 to ME Trescothick, . 36/1 6.5 to AN Petersen, . 36/2 20.6 to L Gregory, . 71/4 22.5 to JC Hildreth, . 84/5
Toby Roland-Jones	11	1	35	2	3.18	49	4	0	0	1
26.4 to JC Buttler, . 101/6 34.2 to MJ Leach, . 121/8
James Harris	11	1	47	1	4.27	45	8	0	0	0
11.2 to AV Suppiah, . 52/3
Gareth Berg	8	1	26	1	3.25	33	1	0	0	0
31.1 to AC Thomas, . 114/7
Neil Dexter	3.2	0	7	2	2.10	17	0	0	0	1
43.4 to PD Trego, . 149/9 45.2 to SP Kirby, . 152/10

Somerset 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick (c)	c Berg b Harris	7	17	25	1	0	41.17
Arul Suppiah	lbw b Murtagh	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Alviro Petersen	b Murtagh	4	15	19	0	0	26.66
James Hildreth	c Malan b Murtagh	17	16	26	4	0	106.25
Lewis Gregory	lbw b Murtagh	5	12	13	1	0	41.66
Jos Buttler †	c Rogers b Berg	85	175	267	10	1	48.57
Peter Trego	c Dexter b Murtagh	82	115	141	11	0	71.30
Alfonso Thomas	c Smith b Harris	19	31	32	3	0	61.29
Jack Leach	b Smith	21	71	64	3	0	29.57
Steve Kirby	lbw b Murtagh	7	41	43	1	0	17.07
Jamie Overton	not out	9	16	23	1	0	56.25
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 2, w 1)	9
Total	84.5 Ov (RR: 3.12)	265
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Arul Suppiah, 0.3 ov), 2-11 (Alviro Petersen, 4.6 ov), 3-11 (Marcus Trescothick, 5.3 ov), 4-20 (Lewis Gregory, 8.4 ov), 5-35 (James Hildreth, 10.5 ov), 6-157 (Peter Trego, 46.1 ov), 7-185 (Alfonso Thomas, 54.1 ov), 8-235 (Jack Leach, 72.3 ov), 9-249 (Jos Buttler, 77.3 ov), 10-265 (Steve Kirby, 84.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	21.5	8	49	6	2.24	108	7	0	0	0
0.3 to AV Suppiah, . 1/1 4.6 to AN Petersen, . 11/2 8.4 to L Gregory, . 20/4 10.5 to JC Hildreth, . 35/5 46.1 to PD Trego, . 157/6 84.5 to SP Kirby, . 265/10
James Harris	19	3	71	2	3.73	84	11	0	0	1
5.3 to ME Trescothick, . 11/3 54.1 to AC Thomas, . 185/7
Gareth Berg	12	3	41	1	3.41	57	7	0	0	0
77.3 to JC Buttler, . 249/9
Toby Roland-Jones	8	2	36	0	4.50	32	5	0	0	0
Neil Dexter	7	1	16	0	2.28	33	2	0	0	0
Tom Smith	17	0	46	1	2.70	78	3	1	1	0
72.3 to MJ Leach, . 235/8

Middlesex 2nd Innings (T: 71 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Rogers (c)	b Overton	25	30	31	6	0	83.33
Sam Robson	not out	24	33	55	3	0	72.72
Joe Denly	not out	14	14	24	1	0	100.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 4)	9
Total	12.3 Ov (RR: 5.76, 55 Mins)	72/1
Did not bat: Dawid Malan, Neil Dexter, John Simpson †, Gareth Berg, Tom Smith, James Harris, Tim Murtagh, Toby Roland-Jones
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Chris Rogers, 7.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Peter Trego	4	0	20	0	5.00	17	4	0	0	0
Jamie Overton	6	1	39	1	6.50	23	5	0	0	2
7.3 to CJL Rogers, . 39/1
Steve Kirby	2.3	0	8	0	3.20	11	1	0	0	0

Close of Play

Wed, 15 May - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 293/8 (Neil Dexter 73*, Tom Smith 9*, 96 ov)

Thu, 16 May - day 2 - Somerset 2nd innings 112/5 (Jos Buttler 20*, Peter Trego 58*, 33 ov)

Fri, 17 May - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 72/1 (12.3 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Taunton
Toss	Somerset, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2013
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	15,16,17 May 2013 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Mark Benson Neil Mallender
Points	Middlesex 22, Somerset 3

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Middlesex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
PD Trego	4	0	20	0	5
J Overton	6	1	39	1	6.5 (2 nb)
SP Kirby	2.3	0	8	0	3.2

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	39	Chris Rogers	Sam Robson
2nd	33	Joe Denly	Sam Robson

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