Middlesex vs Gloucester, at London, Aug 22 2007 - Full Scorecard

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Strauss	c Hodnett b Stayt	75	127	463	11	0	59.05
Nick Compton	b Kirby	11	23	33	0	0	47.82
Ed Smith (c)	c Spearman b Stayt	69	137	494	10	0	50.36
Ed Joyce	c Marshall b Kirby	33	49	65	5	0	67.34
Jamie Dalrymple	b Kirby	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Ben Scott †	c †Adshead b Stayt	0	8	11	0	0	0.00
Chaminda Vaas	not out	44	60	105	5	1	73.33
Tim Murtagh	c Hardinges b Gidman	16	46	53	2	0	34.78
Murali Kartik	not out	35	36	38	5	0	97.22
Extras	(b 4, lb 13, nb 4, w 1)	22
Total	81 Ov (RR: 3.76)	305/7d
Did not bat: Alan Richardson, Danny Evans
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Nick Compton), 2-135 (Andrew Strauss), 3-197 (Ed Joyce), 4-197 (Jamie Dalrymple), 5-197 (Ed Smith), 6-198 (Ben Scott), 7-241 (Tim Murtagh)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jon Lewis	25	8	80	0	3.20	-	-	-	1	0
Steve Kirby	18	5	46	3	2.55	-	-	-	0	0
Mark Hardinges	16	1	78	0	4.87	-	-	-	0	2
Tom Stayt	16	4	51	3	3.18	-	-	-	0	0
Alex Gidman	4	0	22	1	5.50	-	-	-	0	0
Chris Taylor	2	0	11	0	5.50	-	-	-	0	0

Gloucestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Craig Spearman	c Joyce b Evans	18	39	60	2	0	46.15
Kadeer Ali	st †Scott b Kartik	42	70	79	8	0	60.00
Grant Hodnett	st †Scott b Kartik	1	7	7	0	0	14.28
Hamish Marshall	c †Scott b Murtagh	2	15	22	0	0	13.33
Alex Gidman	c †Scott b Richardson	6	19	26	0	0	31.57
Chris Taylor	not out	62	70	98	8	0	88.57
Mark Hardinges	lbw b Vaas	13	29	29	2	0	44.82
Steve Adshead †	b Vaas	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Jon Lewis (c)	c Evans b Kartik	11	22	25	0	0	50.00
Steve Kirby	c †Scott b Kartik	0	7	8	0	0	0.00
Tom Stayt	run out	0	0	3	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 2)	8
Total	46.5 Ov (RR: 3.48)	163
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Craig Spearman), 2-57 (Grant Hodnett), 3-64 (Kadeer Ali), 4-66 (Hamish Marshall), 5-82 (Alex Gidman), 6-115 (Mark Hardinges), 7-125 (Steve Adshead), 8-148 (Jon Lewis), 9-155 (Steve Kirby), 10-163 (Tom Stayt)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chaminda Vaas	12	0	48	2	4.00	-	-	-	1
Alan Richardson	11.5	2	42	1	3.54	-	-	-	0
Tim Murtagh	6	2	16	1	2.66	-	-	-	0
Danny Evans	2	1	5	1	2.50	-	-	-	0
Murali Kartik	13	4	41	4	3.15	-	-	-	0
Jamie Dalrymple	2	0	5	0	2.50	-	-	-	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Strauss	b Hardinges	36	45	63	3	0	80.00
Nick Compton	c Hardinges b Kirby	1	2	5	0	0	50.00
Ed Smith (c)	not out	56	55	68	8	0	101.81
Jamie Dalrymple	not out	27	18	17	1	1	150.00
Extras	(lb 1)	1
Total	20 Ov (RR: 6.05)	121/2d
Did not bat: Ed Joyce, Ben Scott †, Chaminda Vaas, Tim Murtagh, Murali Kartik, Alan Richardson, Danny Evans
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Nick Compton), 2-77 (Andrew Strauss)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jon Lewis	10	1	41	0	4.10	-	-	-
Steve Kirby	7	0	50	1	7.14	-	-	-
Mark Hardinges	3	0	29	1	9.66	-	-	-

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings (T: 264 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Kadeer Ali	b Richardson	24	66	73	4	0	36.36
Craig Spearman	b Richardson	32	38	59	6	0	84.21
Grant Hodnett	b Kartik	22	74	76	4	0	29.72
Hamish Marshall	not out	59	97	99	6	0	60.82
Alex Gidman	not out	9	31	34	0	0	29.03
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 6)	12
Total	50.3 Ov (RR: 3.12)	158/3
Did not bat: Chris Taylor, Steve Adshead †, Tom Stayt, Jon Lewis (c), Steve Kirby, Mark Hardinges
Fall of wickets: 1-59 (Craig Spearman), 2-62 (Kadeer Ali), 3-118 (Grant Hodnett)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chaminda Vaas	5	0	10	0	2.00	-	-	-	0
Alan Richardson	13	5	34	2	2.61	-	-	-	0
Tim Murtagh	3	0	26	0	8.66	-	-	-	0
Murali Kartik	19	6	60	1	3.15	-	-	-	3
Danny Evans	3	1	6	0	2.00	-	-	-	0
Jamie Dalrymple	7.3	1	16	0	2.13	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Wed, 22 Aug - day 1 - no play

Thu, 23 Aug - day 2 - Middlesex 1st innings 20/1 (Andrew Strauss 9*, Ed Smith 0*, 8.2 ov)

Fri, 24 Aug - day 3 - Gloucester 1st innings 97/5 (Chris Taylor 17*, Mark Hardinges 9*, 30 ov)

Sat, 25 Aug - day 4 - Gloucester 2nd innings 158/3 (50.3 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Lord's, London
Toss	Gloucestershire, elected to field 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	22,23,24,25 August 2007 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Danny Evans Tom Stayt
Umpires	Graham Burgess John Steele
Points	Middlesex 10, Gloucestershire 3.5

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Gloucester Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	5	0	10	0	2
A Richardson	13	5	34	2	2.61
TJ Murtagh	3	0	26	0	8.66
M Kartik	19	6	60	1	3.15 (3 nb)
D Evans	3	1	6	0	2
JWM Dalrymple	7.3	1	16	0	2.13

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