Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	c Joyce b Finn	4	9	8	1	0	44.44
Grant Flower	c Strauss b Williams	157	270	390	23	0	58.14
Tom Westley	c Kartik b Williams	29	63	67	4	0	46.03
Tim Phillips	b Williams	7	15	23	1	0	46.66
Mark Pettini (c)	c Smith b Williams	6	23	25	1	0	26.08
James Foster †	run out	96	121	140	18	0	79.33
James Middlebrook	b Finn	21	30	31	3	0	70.00
Graham Napier	lbw b Williams	6	15	20	1	0	40.00
Alex Tudor	c †Scott b Finn	11	25	48	1	0	44.00
Tony Palladino	c Kartik b Finn	5	7	7	1	0	71.42
Jahid Ahmed	not out	0	0	3	0	0	-
Extras	(b 6, lb 5, nb 8, w 4)	23
Total	95.4 Ov (RR: 3.81)	365
Fall of wickets 1-7 (Varun Chopra), 2-54 (Tom Westley), 3-72 (Tim Phillips), 4-86 (Mark Pettini), 5-267 (James Foster), 6-310 (James Middlebrook), 7-326 (Graham Napier), 8-349 (Alex Tudor), 9-361 (Tony Palladino), 10-365 (Grant Flower)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Steven Finn	22	5	61	4	2.77	-	0	0
Robbie Williams	28.4	4	112	5	3.90	-	3	0
Danny Evans	16	4	51	0	3.18	-	1	0
Murali Kartik	20	2	79	0	3.95	-	0	4
Jamie Dalrymple	5	0	25	0	5.00	-	0	0
Ed Joyce	4	0	26	0	6.50	-	0	0

Middlesex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Strauss	c Chopra b Palladino	11	28	24	1	0	39.28
Billy Godleman	c Flower b Tudor	0	5	10	0	0	0.00
Ed Smith (c)	c Chopra b Napier	24	43	75	5	0	55.81
Eoin Morgan	b Palladino	7	20	21	1	0	35.00
Ed Joyce	lbw b Ahmed	9	17	24	1	0	52.94
Jamie Dalrymple	c Pettini b Napier	0	26	35	0	0	0.00
Ben Scott †	not out	61	79	123	12	0	77.21
Murali Kartik	c Chopra b Tudor	30	28	46	6	0	107.14
Robbie Williams	c Middlebrook b Tudor	15	10	21	3	0	150.00
Steven Finn	lbw b Palladino	0	7	10	0	0	0.00
Danny Evans	c Westley b Palladino	7	13	17	1	0	53.84
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 2)	7
Total	45.5 Ov (RR: 3.73)	171
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Billy Godleman), 2-11 (Andrew Strauss), 3-27 (Eoin Morgan), 4-47 (Ed Joyce), 5-51 (Ed Smith), 6-64 (Jamie Dalrymple), 7-128 (Murali Kartik), 8-148 (Robbie Williams), 9-155 (Steven Finn), 10-171 (Danny Evans)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Alex Tudor	13	3	48	3	3.69	-	0
Tony Palladino	15.5	5	44	4	2.77	-	0
Graham Napier	10	4	44	2	4.40	-	0
Jahid Ahmed	7	2	30	1	4.28	-	1

Middlesex 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Strauss	c Chopra b Palladino	7	18	19	1	0	38.88
Billy Godleman	lbw b Ahmed	17	59	128	2	0	28.81
Ed Smith (c)	b Ahmed	13	41	92	2	0	31.70
Ed Joyce	lbw b Palladino	38	54	88	6	0	70.37
Eoin Morgan	c †Foster b Middlebrook	71	113	182	13	0	62.83
Jamie Dalrymple	b Napier	21	47	47	4	0	44.68
Ben Scott †	c Westley b Middlebrook	31	32	47	7	0	96.87
Murali Kartik	not out	11	26	41	1	0	42.30
Robbie Williams	c Flower b Tudor	6	12	9	1	0	50.00
Steven Finn	c Chopra b Tudor	3	19	15	0	0	15.78
Danny Evans	st †Foster b Middlebrook	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 14, w 2)	28
Total	69.5 Ov (RR: 3.52)	246
Fall of wickets 1-9 (Andrew Strauss), 2-45 (Ed Smith), 3-52 (Billy Godleman), 4-117 (Ed Joyce), 5-170 (Jamie Dalrymple), 6-225 (Ben Scott), 7-230 (Eoin Morgan), 8-239 (Robbie Williams), 9-245 (Steven Finn), 10-246 (Danny Evans)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Alex Tudor	18	5	56	2	3.11	-	0	1
Tony Palladino	19	6	53	2	2.78	-	0	1
Graham Napier	16	3	71	1	4.43	-	0	1
Jahid Ahmed	10	2	41	2	4.10	-	2	2
James Middlebrook	6.5	1	13	3	1.90	-	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 53 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	not out	24	61	60	3	0	39.34
Grant Flower	not out	20	42	60	3	0	47.61
Extras	(lb 7, w 2)	9
Total	17.1 Ov (RR: 3.08)	53/0
Did not bat Tom Westley, Tim Phillips, Mark Pettini (c), James Foster †, James Middlebrook, Graham Napier, Alex Tudor, Tony Palladino, Jahid Ahmed

Bowling	O	M	R	ECON	0s	WD
Steven Finn	6	0	19	3.16	-	2
Robbie Williams	6	3	14	2.33	-	0
Danny Evans	3	1	9	3.00	-	0
Eoin Morgan	2.1	0	4	1.84	-	0

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Close of Play

Wed, 19 Sep

day 1 - Essex 1st innings 345/7 (Grant Flower 145*, Alex Tudor 8*, 91 ov)

Thu, 20 Sep

day 2 - Middlesex 2nd innings 104/3 (Ed Joyce 29*, Eoin Morgan 26*, 32 ov)

Fri, 21 Sep

day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 53/0 (17.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Essex 1st innings

GW Flower 100 in 266 mins off 187 balls, 15x4

Essex were docked 1.5 points for a slow-over rate

Match Details

GroundCounty Ground, Chelmsford

TossMiddlesex, elected to field first

Series

County Championship Division Two

Season2007

Hours of play (local time)10.30am start, Lunch 12.45-3.15, Tea (usually) 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00<br>Final day: Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30.

Match days19,20,21 September 2007 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Graham Burgess

Jeremy Lloyds

PointsEssex 19.5, Middlesex 3

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