Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Hutton	b van der Wath	6	24	26	1	0	25.00
Nick Compton	b van der Wath	12	32	52	2	0	37.50
Owais Shah	c Peters b Klusener	41	53	67	7	0	77.35
Ed Smith (c)	c Sales b van der Wath	25	44	64	5	0	56.81
Billy Godleman	c †Wessels b van der Wath	77	173	228	11	0	44.50
David Nash †	c Sales b Crook	10	34	43	2	0	29.41
Tim Murtagh	c †Wessels b van der Wath	40	77	87	5	0	51.94
Richard Johnson	c †Wessels b van der Wath	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Murali Kartik	c †Wessels b Brown	25	44	44	4	0	56.81
Chris Silverwood	c Crook b Klusener	4	4	4	1	0	100.00
Alan Richardson	not out	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 6, nb 6, w 1)	18
Total	81.3 Ov (RR: 3.16)	258
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Ben Hutton), 2-39 (Nick Compton), 3-74 (Owais Shah), 4-97 (Ed Smith), 5-127 (David Nash), 6-201 (Tim Murtagh), 7-203 (Richard Johnson), 8-243 (Murali Kartik), 9-254 (Chris Silverwood), 10-258 (Billy Godleman)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Johan van der Wath	18.3	6	49	6	2.64	-	-	-	1	3
Steven Crook	15	2	58	1	3.86	-	-	-	0	0
David Wigley	16	3	52	0	3.25	-	-	-	0	0
Lance Klusener	16	2	59	2	3.68	-	-	-	0	0
Jason Brown	16	6	29	1	1.81	-	-	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c †Nash b Johnson	8	15	12	2	0	53.33
Chris Rogers	c Hutton b Silverwood	12	13	27	1	0	92.30
Riki Wessels †	c †Nash b Murtagh	16	33	46	3	0	48.48
David Sales (c)	c Shah b Richardson	14	15	17	3	0	93.33
Usman Afzaal	c †Nash b Richardson	39	64	100	6	0	60.93
David Wigley	c Godleman b Richardson	23	54	68	4	0	42.59
Rob White	c Compton b Kartik	16	30	38	2	1	53.33
Lance Klusener	not out	44	47	66	8	0	93.61
Johan van der Wath	c Hutton b Richardson	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
Steven Crook	c Godleman b Silverwood	11	26	27	2	0	42.30
Jason Brown	c Shah b Johnson	8	8	10	2	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 13, nb 6, w 1)	20
Total	51.4 Ov (RR: 4.08)	211
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Stephen Peters), 2-30 (Chris Rogers), 3-48 (David Sales), 4-68 (Riki Wessels), 5-123 (David Wigley), 6-132 (Usman Afzaal), 7-162 (Rob White), 8-162 (Johan van der Wath), 9-192 (Steven Crook), 10-211 (Jason Brown)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chris Silverwood	13	1	55	2	4.23	-	-	-	1	0
Richard Johnson	13.4	2	69	2	5.04	-	-	-	0	0
Alan Richardson	13	2	44	4	3.38	-	-	-	0	1
Tim Murtagh	7	2	17	1	2.42	-	-	-	0	0
Murali Kartik	5	2	13	1	2.60	-	-	-	0	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Hutton	c †Wessels b Klusener	37	134	220	3	0	27.61
Nick Compton	lbw b van der Wath	8	13	17	2	0	61.53
Owais Shah	c †Wessels b Wigley	24	25	68	4	0	96.00
Murali Kartik	c Sales b van der Wath	5	5	5	1	0	100.00
Ed Smith (c)	run out	38	43	56	8	0	88.37
Billy Godleman	lbw b Brown	40	132	156	7	0	30.30
David Nash †	not out	103	226	257	12	0	45.57
Tim Murtagh	c †Wessels b van der Wath	34	57	83	5	0	59.64
Richard Johnson	c Klusener b Wigley	9	28	29	2	0	32.14
Chris Silverwood	c Rogers b Brown	30	29	41	5	0	103.44
Alan Richardson	b Wigley	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 18, lb 6, nb 8, w 2)	34
Total	115 Ov (RR: 3.14)	362
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Nick Compton), 2-47 (Owais Shah), 3-58 (Murali Kartik), 4-110 (Ed Smith), 5-138 (Ben Hutton), 6-196 (Billy Godleman), 7-267 (Tim Murtagh), 8-297 (Richard Johnson), 9-350 (Chris Silverwood), 10-362 (Alan Richardson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Johan van der Wath	26	7	102	3	3.92	-	-	-	1	4
Steven Crook	25	5	91	0	3.64	-	-	-	0	0
Lance Klusener	13	5	21	1	1.61	-	-	-	0	0
David Wigley	19	3	65	3	3.42	-	-	-	1	0
Jason Brown	30	12	54	2	1.80	-	-	-	0	0
Usman Afzaal	2	0	5	0	2.50	-	-	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 410 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Rogers	c †Nash b Johnson	20	78	104	2	0	25.64
Stephen Peters	b Richardson	0	18	24	0	0	0.00
Usman Afzaal	c Kartik b Silverwood	16	39	45	1	0	41.02
Riki Wessels †	c Godleman b Kartik	58	90	136	8	0	64.44
David Sales (c)	c Smith b Kartik	81	139	151	10	3	58.27
Rob White	c Hutton b Kartik	8	20	27	1	0	40.00
Lance Klusener	c Godleman b Silverwood	25	57	73	1	0	43.85
Johan van der Wath	c Smith b Richardson	5	48	50	0	0	10.41
Steven Crook	not out	8	19	31	0	0	42.10
David Wigley	lbw b Richardson	4	12	13	1	0	33.33
Jason Brown	c & b Richardson	4	6	9	1	0	66.66
Extras	(b 1, lb 10, nb 8, w 7)	26
Total	87 Ov (RR: 2.93)	255
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Stephen Peters), 2-31 (Usman Afzaal), 3-53 (Chris Rogers), 4-182 (Riki Wessels), 5-196 (Rob White), 6-211 (David Sales), 7-234 (Johan van der Wath), 8-238 (Lance Klusener), 9-247 (David Wigley), 10-255 (Jason Brown)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Alan Richardson	20	4	55	4	2.75	-	-	-	3	0
Chris Silverwood	19	3	55	2	2.89	-	-	-	2	0
Richard Johnson	13	1	45	1	3.46	-	-	-	1	0
Murali Kartik	28	6	76	3	2.71	-	-	-	1	4
Tim Murtagh	7	3	13	0	1.85	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Wed, 25 Apr - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 70/4 (Usman Afzaal 2*, David Wigley 1*, 16 ov)

Thu, 26 Apr - day 2 - Middlesex 2nd innings 81/3 (Ben Hutton 18*, Ed Smith 16*, 19.3 ov)

Fri, 27 Apr - day 3 - Northants 2nd innings 6/1 (Chris Rogers 1*, 6.1 ov)

Sat, 28 Apr - day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 255 (87 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 3

Match Details

Lord's, London
Toss	Middlesex, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2007
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.15-13.55, Tea (usually) 16.10-16.30, Close 18.30<br>Final day: Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00.
Match days	25,26,27,28 April 2007 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Ian Gould Roy Palmer
Points	Middlesex 19, Northamptonshire 4

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Northants Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
A Richardson	20	4	55	4	2.75
CEW Silverwood	19	3	55	2	2.89
RL Johnson	13	1	45	1	3.46
M Kartik	28	6	76	3	2.71 (4 nb)
TJ Murtagh	7	3	13	0	1.85

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