Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	lbw b Palladino	110	273	368	9	0	40.29
Nick Compton	c Bopara b Napier	16	22	39	1	0	72.72
Owais Shah	lbw b Napier	8	16	27	1	0	50.00
Eoin Morgan (c)	c †Foster b Napier	4	40	53	0	0	10.00
Dawid Malan	c Cook b Danish Kaneria	73	142	164	11	0	51.40
Ben Scott †	lbw b Danish Kaneria	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
Gareth Berg	lbw b ten Doeschate	66	120	164	11	0	55.00
Murali Kartik	c †Foster b ten Doeschate	22	31	49	2	0	70.96
Tim Murtagh	lbw b Danish Kaneria	20	31	33	5	0	64.51
Steven Finn	st †Foster b Danish Kaneria	7	23	21	1	0	30.43
Alan Richardson	not out	3	14	16	0	0	21.42
Extras	(b 4, lb 17, nb 4, w 2)	27
Total	118.5 Ov (RR: 2.99)	356
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Nick Compton, 9.2 ov), 2-44 (Owais Shah, 15.6 ov), 3-64 (Eoin Morgan, 29.5 ov), 4-207 (Dawid Malan, 73.2 ov), 5-207 (Ben Scott, 73.5 ov), 6-262 (Sam Robson, 90.6 ov), 7-307 (Murali Kartik, 103.2 ov), 8-340 (Tim Murtagh, 112.2 ov), 9-340 (Gareth Berg, 113.2 ov), 10-356 (Steven Finn, 118.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	27	9	61	0	2.25	-	-	-	0	0
Tony Palladino	18	3	64	1	3.55	-	-	-	0	0
Graham Napier	23	8	63	3	2.73	-	-	-	1	0
Ryan ten Doeschate	22	6	51	2	2.31	-	-	-	0	1
Danish Kaneria	23.5	2	74	4	3.10	-	-	-	0	0
Ravi Bopara	5	2	22	0	4.40	-	-	-	1	1

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Maunders	c Morgan b Murtagh	23	35	44	2	0	65.71
Alastair Cook	lbw b Murtagh	4	5	9	1	0	80.00
Ravi Bopara	c Kartik b Murtagh	1	7	9	0	0	14.28
Matt Walker	c Compton b Kartik	150	340	417	19	0	44.11
Mark Pettini (c)	lbw b Murtagh	1	6	4	0	0	16.66
James Foster †	run out (Compton)	72	178	238	9	0	40.44
Ryan ten Doeschate	lbw b Murtagh	18	37	45	2	0	48.64
Graham Napier	lbw b Murtagh	3	5	4	0	0	60.00
David Masters	not out	35	73	100	3	0	47.94
Tony Palladino	c Malan b Kartik	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Danish Kaneria	st †Scott b Kartik	7	5	6	1	0	140.00
Extras	(b 10, lb 10, nb 10, w 1)	31
Total	114.4 Ov (RR: 3.00)	345
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Alastair Cook, 2.2 ov), 2-15 (Ravi Bopara, 4.4 ov), 3-30 (John Maunders, 10.2 ov), 4-32 (Mark Pettini, 12.1 ov), 5-195 (James Foster, 74.4 ov), 6-244 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 86.5 ov), 7-256 (Graham Napier, 88.1 ov), 8-333 (Matt Walker, 112.4 ov), 9-333 (Tony Palladino, 112.6 ov), 10-345 (Danish Kaneria, 114.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	29	11	84	6	2.89	-	-	-	0	0
Steven Finn	24	6	69	0	2.87	-	-	-	0	1
Alan Richardson	19	2	71	0	3.73	-	-	-	0	0
Gareth Berg	16	4	46	0	2.87	-	-	-	1	0
Murali Kartik	26.4	11	55	3	2.06	-	-	-	0	4

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	c Cook b Danish Kaneria	12	41	47	2	0	29.26
Nick Compton	lbw b Danish Kaneria	13	46	57	1	0	28.26
Owais Shah	lbw b Masters	10	40	61	1	0	25.00
Eoin Morgan (c)	lbw b Danish Kaneria	8	15	13	2	0	53.33
Steven Finn	c Walker b Danish Kaneria	9	47	53	1	0	19.14
Dawid Malan	not out	87	127	162	11	0	68.50
Ben Scott †	lbw b Danish Kaneria	44	78	96	6	0	56.41
Gareth Berg	st †Foster b Cook	29	26	40	5	0	111.53
Murali Kartik	not out	5	2	3	1	0	250.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 4, nb 6)	12
Total	69.5 Ov (RR: 3.27)	229/7d
Did not bat: Tim Murtagh, Alan Richardson
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Sam Robson, 12.5 ov), 2-31 (Nick Compton, 14.4 ov), 3-43 (Eoin Morgan, 18.4 ov), 4-55 (Owais Shah, 29.1 ov), 5-59 (Steven Finn, 32.5 ov), 6-157 (Ben Scott, 58.4 ov), 7-205 (Gareth Berg, 68.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
David Masters	16	4	39	1	2.43	-	-	-	0
Graham Napier	11	3	26	0	2.36	-	-	-	0
Danish Kaneria	26	6	76	5	2.92	-	-	-	0
Tony Palladino	8	2	28	0	3.50	-	-	-	0
Ryan ten Doeschate	6	1	21	0	3.50	-	-	-	0
Ravi Bopara	1	0	6	0	6.00	-	-	-	1
Alastair Cook	1	0	3	1	3.00	-	-	-	0
Mark Pettini	0.5	0	24	0	28.80	-	-	-	2

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 241 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Pettini (c)	c †Scott b Murtagh	37	59	78	2	0	62.71
Alastair Cook	b Kartik	66	79	91	10	0	83.54
Ravi Bopara	not out	52	61	86	5	0	85.24
Matt Walker	c Compton b Kartik	12	28	26	0	1	42.85
Ryan ten Doeschate	b Kartik	40	20	29	2	2	200.00
James Foster †	c Berg b Richardson	10	7	7	2	0	142.85
Graham Napier	not out	13	5	3	1	1	260.00
Extras	(lb 7, nb 2, w 2)	11
Total	43 Ov (RR: 5.60)	241/5
Did not bat: John Maunders, David Masters, Tony Palladino, Danish Kaneria
Fall of wickets: 1-100 (Mark Pettini, 21.2 ov), 2-108 (Alastair Cook, 24.5 ov), 3-136 (Matt Walker, 32.3 ov), 4-212 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 40.1 ov), 5-227 (James Foster, 41.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	14	0	71	1	5.07	-	-	-	1	0
Steven Finn	4	0	31	0	7.75	-	-	-	0	0
Murali Kartik	18	4	84	3	4.66	-	-	-	1	0
Alan Richardson	7	0	48	1	6.85	-	-	-	0	1

Close of Play

Tue, 11 Aug - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 280/6 (Gareth Berg 43*, Murali Kartik 5*, 96 ov)

Wed, 12 Aug - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 107/4 (Matt Walker 35*, James Foster 40*, 42 ov)

Thu, 13 Aug - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 47/3 (Owais Shah 9*, Steven Finn 3*, 21 ov)

Fri, 14 Aug - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 241/5 (43 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Match Details

Lord's, London
Toss	Essex, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2009
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	11,12,13,14 August 2009 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Neil Bainton Peter Willey
Points	Essex 19, Middlesex 7

Match Coverage

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Instant answers to T20 questions

Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
TJ Murtagh	14	0	71	1	5.07
ST Finn	4	0	31	0	7.75
M Kartik	18	4	84	3	4.66
A Richardson	7	0	48	1	6.85 (1 nb)

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