Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	c †Kieswetter b Philander	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Joe Denly	c & b Kirby	73	120	162	12	0	60.83
Chris Rogers	c Dockrell b Meschede	17	52	70	3	0	32.69
Dawid Malan	lbw b Philander	12	38	46	2	0	31.57
Neil Dexter (c)	b Philander	8	12	20	1	0	66.66
John Simpson †	c Dockrell b Philander	15	38	61	2	0	39.47
Gareth Berg	lbw b Philander	7	19	22	1	0	36.84
Ollie Rayner	lbw b Dockrell	14	35	46	2	0	40.00
Tim Murtagh	run out (Compton)	45	44	59	9	0	102.27
Toby Roland-Jones	not out	23	42	48	3	0	54.76
Corey Collymore	lbw b Dockrell	1	16	19	0	0	6.25
Extras	(b 8, lb 9, nb 14)	31
Total	68.4 Ov (RR: 3.58)	246
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sam Robson, 0.3 ov), 2-51 (Chris Rogers, 17.3 ov), 3-90 (Dawid Malan, 30.1 ov), 4-114 (Neil Dexter, 34.3 ov), 5-130 (Joe Denly, 39.4 ov), 6-143 (Gareth Berg, 44.4 ov), 7-150 (John Simpson, 46.5 ov), 8-193 (Ollie Rayner, 56.2 ov), 9-228 (Tim Murtagh, 63.3 ov), 10-246 (Corey Collymore, 68.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	NB
Vernon Philander	20	6	43	5	2.15	86	2	4
Steve Kirby	20	2	79	1	3.95	70	10	3
Craig Meschede	5	1	29	1	5.80	21	6	0
Peter Trego	13	3	43	0	3.30	60	8	0
George Dockrell	10.4	3	35	2	3.28	47	5	0

Somerset 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick (c)	c Dexter b Rayner	47	74	117	9	0	63.51
Arul Suppiah	c †Simpson b Berg	35	49	55	6	0	71.42
Nick Compton	c Rogers b Roland-Jones	99	312	390	12	0	31.73
James Hildreth	b Berg	1	4	4	0	0	25.00
Craig Kieswetter †	c Malan b Collymore	83	158	232	14	0	52.53
Jos Buttler	b Murtagh	14	12	13	3	0	116.66
Peter Trego	b Murtagh	12	18	38	2	0	66.66
Craig Meschede	c Malan b Roland-Jones	37	50	68	7	0	74.00
Vernon Philander	b Collymore	2	10	14	0	0	20.00
George Dockrell	c Rayner b Collymore	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Steve Kirby	not out	0	4	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 11, nb 4)	20
Total	115 Ov (RR: 3.04)	350
Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Arul Suppiah, 12.5 ov), 2-102 (Marcus Trescothick, 26.5 ov), 3-103 (James Hildreth, 27.3 ov), 4-255 (Craig Kieswetter, 87.2 ov), 5-274 (Jos Buttler, 90.6 ov), 6-298 (Peter Trego, 100.1 ov), 7-333 (Nick Compton, 110.1 ov), 8-342 (Vernon Philander, 113.1 ov), 9-342 (George Dockrell, 113.2 ov), 10-350 (Craig Meschede, 114.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	NB
Corey Collymore	23	7	66	3	2.86	111	11	2
Tim Murtagh	27	5	88	2	3.25	130	13	0
Gareth Berg	23	8	60	2	2.60	114	10	0
Toby Roland-Jones	25	4	76	2	3.04	117	13	0
Ollie Rayner	16	5	36	1	2.25	78	5	0
Dawid Malan	1	0	8	0	8.00	2	1	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joe Denly	lbw b Kirby	9	35	47	1	0	25.71
Sam Robson	lbw b Dockrell	43	106	153	5	0	40.56
Chris Rogers	c †Kieswetter b Dockrell	50	108	121	5	1	46.29
Dawid Malan	c †Kieswetter b Philander	23	60	72	4	0	38.33
Neil Dexter (c)	c †Kieswetter b Philander	6	28	28	0	0	21.42
John Simpson †	c Trescothick b Dockrell	2	14	10	0	0	14.28
Gareth Berg	lbw b Dockrell	1	19	30	0	0	5.26
Ollie Rayner	st †Kieswetter b Dockrell	3	20	27	0	0	15.00
Tim Murtagh	c Compton b Kirby	10	23	36	1	0	43.47
Toby Roland-Jones	c Buttler b Dockrell	10	20	26	2	0	50.00
Corey Collymore	not out	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 6)	18
Total	72.1 Ov (RR: 2.42)	175
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Joe Denly, 11.5 ov), 2-105 (Sam Robson, 38.3 ov), 3-118 (Chris Rogers, 42.5 ov), 4-135 (Neil Dexter, 51.5 ov), 5-138 (John Simpson, 54.5 ov), 6-148 (Dawid Malan, 59.2 ov), 7-150 (Gareth Berg, 62.5 ov), 8-157 (Ollie Rayner, 66.1 ov), 9-175 (Tim Murtagh, 71.3 ov), 10-175 (Toby Roland-Jones, 72.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Vernon Philander	18	3	38	2	2.11	89	3	0	3
Steve Kirby	19	4	50	2	2.63	84	5	0	0
Peter Trego	7	2	27	0	3.85	27	4	1	0
Craig Meschede	7	3	20	0	2.85	34	3	0	0
George Dockrell	20.1	8	27	6	1.33	103	3	0	0
Arul Suppiah	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0

Somerset 2nd Innings (T: 72 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick (c)	c Rayner b Berg	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
Arul Suppiah	c †Simpson b Berg	12	20	20	2	0	60.00
Nick Compton	c Malan b Denly	8	32	36	1	0	25.00
James Hildreth	not out	37	23	33	6	0	160.86
Craig Kieswetter †	b Berg	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Jos Buttler	not out	16	14	12	4	0	114.28
Extras		0
Total	16 Ov (RR: 4.56)	73/4
Did not bat: Peter Trego, Craig Meschede, Vernon Philander, George Dockrell, Steve Kirby
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Marcus Trescothick, 0.3 ov), 2-13 (Arul Suppiah, 6.5 ov), 3-43 (Nick Compton, 11.4 ov), 4-44 (Craig Kieswetter, 12.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s
Gareth Berg	8	3	25	3	3.12	40	5
Ollie Rayner	5	0	30	0	6.00	18	5
Joe Denly	3	0	18	1	6.00	11	3

Close of Play

Thu, 05 Apr - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 118/4 (Joe Denly 64*, John Simpson 2*, 36 ov)

Fri, 06 Apr - day 2 - Somerset 1st innings 202/3 (Nick Compton 58*, Craig Kieswetter 50*, 63 ov)

Sat, 07 Apr - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 38/1 (Sam Robson 24*, Chris Rogers 5*, 18.1 ov)

Sun, 08 Apr - day 4 - Somerset 2nd innings 73/4 (16 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Taunton
Toss	Somerset, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2012
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	5,6,7,8 April 2012 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Martin Bodenham Rob Bailey
Points	Somerset 22, Middlesex 3

Match Coverage

Dockrell's six steals the plaudits

Compton's 99 fails to lick Middlesex

Somerset rollercoaster up and running

Philander shows his class

Instant answers to T20 questions

Somerset Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GK Berg	8	3	25	3	3.12
OP Rayner	5	0	30	0	6
JL Denly	3	0	18	1	6

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