Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Strauss	lbw b Taylor	11	37	45	2	0	29.72
Billy Godleman	b Taylor	3	9	13	0	0	33.33
Ed Smith (c)	lbw b Masters	5	32	42	1	0	15.62
Eoin Morgan	b Taylor	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
Ed Joyce	c †Nixon b Taylor	74	157	-	9	0	47.13
Jamie Dalrymple	c Naik b Henderson	17	52	74	3	0	32.69
Ben Scott †	c Ackerman b Henderson	35	49	60	5	0	71.42
Tim Murtagh	c New b Henderson	0	6	6	0	0	0.00
Murali Kartik	b Taylor	14	24	28	1	1	58.33
Steven Finn	not out	0	11	15	0	0	0.00
Danny Evans	b Taylor	0	6	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, nb 4, pen 5)	17
Total	64 Ov (RR: 2.75)	176
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Billy Godleman), 2-23 (Andrew Strauss), 3-23 (Eoin Morgan), 4-27 (Ed Smith), 5-79 (Jamie Dalrymple), 6-141 (Ben Scott), 7-141 (Tim Murtagh), 8-173 (Murali Kartik), 9-176 (Ed Joyce), 10-176 (Danny Evans)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
David Masters	16	7	30	1	1.87	-	-	-	0
Jerome Taylor	17	5	35	6	2.05	-	-	-	2
Jim Allenby	7	1	25	0	3.57	-	-	-	0
Ryan Cummins	8	2	21	0	2.62	-	-	-	0
Claude Henderson	16	3	52	3	3.25	-	-	-	0

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom New	lbw b Kartik	47	70	81	5	1	67.14
John Maunders	lbw b Kartik	58	135	189	7	0	42.96
HD Ackerman	c †Scott b Murtagh	22	108	102	2	0	20.37
John Sadler	c †Scott b Kartik	3	18	29	0	0	16.66
Jim Allenby	c & b Murtagh	1	14	10	0	0	7.14
Paul Nixon (c)†	st †Scott b Kartik	4	3	3	1	0	133.33
Claude Henderson	c †Scott b Murtagh	0	10	16	0	0	0.00
David Masters	c Strauss b Kartik	6	11	14	1	0	54.54
Jerome Taylor	c †Scott b Finn	2	6	9	0	0	33.33
Ryan Cummins	not out	13	21	31	1	1	61.90
Jigar Naik	lbw b Kartik	15	28	26	1	1	53.57
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 10, w 2)	19
Total	69.5 Ov (RR: 2.72)	190
Fall of wickets: 1-67 (Tom New), 2-144 (HD Ackerman), 3-144 (John Maunders), 4-147 (Jim Allenby), 5-152 (Paul Nixon), 6-153 (John Sadler), 7-155 (Claude Henderson), 8-161 (David Masters), 9-161 (Jerome Taylor), 10-190 (Jigar Naik)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	19	7	36	3	1.89	-	-	-	0	0
Danny Evans	4	0	20	0	5.00	-	-	-	0	0
Steven Finn	13	2	37	1	2.84	-	-	-	0	0
Murali Kartik	28.5	6	85	6	2.94	-	-	-	2	5
Jamie Dalrymple	5	1	5	0	1.00	-	-	-	0	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Strauss	lbw b Henderson	23	45	59	4	0	51.11
Billy Godleman	lbw b Henderson	37	110	147	3	0	33.63
Ed Smith (c)	c †Nixon b Sadler	134	280	325	16	0	47.85
Ed Joyce	c Sadler b Naik	19	42	62	3	0	45.23
Eoin Morgan	c †Nixon b Cummins	1	6	5	0	0	16.66
Jamie Dalrymple	b Henderson	57	147	185	6	0	38.77
Ben Scott †	c New b Henderson	4	5	8	1	0	80.00
Tim Murtagh	c Naik b Henderson	9	23	41	1	0	39.13
Murali Kartik	c & b Cummins	17	28	24	1	0	60.71
Steven Finn	c †Nixon b Cummins	0	4	1	0	0	0.00
Danny Evans	not out	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 7, nb 8, w 7)	30
Total	114.3 Ov (RR: 2.89)	331
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Andrew Strauss), 2-94 (Billy Godleman), 3-165 (Ed Joyce), 4-172 (Eoin Morgan), 5-292 (Ed Smith), 6-300 (Ben Scott), 7-309 (Jamie Dalrymple), 8-331 (Murali Kartik), 9-331 (Steven Finn), 10-331 (Tim Murtagh)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	20	9	43	0	2.15	-	-	-	0	0
Jerome Taylor	16	3	76	0	4.75	-	-	-	1	4
Claude Henderson	43.3	15	80	5	1.83	-	-	-	1	0
Jigar Naik	19	3	58	1	3.05	-	-	-	0	0
Ryan Cummins	14	2	54	3	3.85	-	-	-	1	0
John Sadler	2	0	5	1	2.50	-	-	-	0	0

Leicestershire 2nd Innings (T: 318 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom New	b Murtagh	4	12	11	1	0	33.33
John Maunders	c Kartik b Finn	10	10	16	2	0	100.00
HD Ackerman	c †Scott b Murtagh	7	17	24	1	0	41.17
John Sadler	c †Scott b Evans	25	32	46	5	0	78.12
Jim Allenby	c Godleman b Kartik	46	120	138	5	1	38.33
Paul Nixon (c)†	b Kartik	57	119	123	9	0	47.89
Claude Henderson	c Murtagh b Dalrymple	34	74	79	5	1	45.94
David Masters	c Kartik b Dalrymple	39	77	88	3	0	50.64
Jerome Taylor	b Kartik	20	32	38	2	0	62.50
Ryan Cummins	c †Scott b Murtagh	11	40	41	0	0	27.50
Jigar Naik	not out	5	16	22	0	0	31.25
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 12, w 1)	21
Total	90.3 Ov (RR: 3.08)	279
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Tom New), 2-14 (John Maunders), 3-32 (HD Ackerman), 4-61 (John Sadler), 5-153 (Jim Allenby), 6-164 (Paul Nixon), 7-226 (Claude Henderson), 8-253 (David Masters), 9-263 (Jerome Taylor), 10-279 (Ryan Cummins)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	18.3	4	54	3	2.91	-	-	-	0	0
Steven Finn	11	3	50	1	4.54	-	-	-	0	0
Murali Kartik	39	10	83	3	2.12	-	-	-	1	6
Danny Evans	6	2	23	1	3.83	-	-	-	0	0
Jamie Dalrymple	16	2	61	2	3.81	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Tue, 11 Sep - day 1 - LEICS 1st innings 124/1 (John Maunders 54*, HD Ackerman 13*, 40 ov)

Wed, 12 Sep - day 2 - Middlesex 2nd innings 206/4 (Ed Smith 101*, Jamie Dalrymple 20*, 73 ov)

Thu, 13 Sep - day 3 - LEICS 2nd innings 178/6 (Claude Henderson 3*, David Masters 10*, 60 ov)

Fri, 14 Sep - day 4 - LEICS 2nd innings 279 (90.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 2

Match Details

John Walker's Ground, Southgate
Toss	Middlesex, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2007
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 days	11,12,13,14 September 2007 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Neil Bainton Rob Bailey
Points	Middlesex 17, Leicestershire 3

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LEICS Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
TJ Murtagh	18.3	4	54	3	2.91
ST Finn	11	3	50	1	4.54
M Kartik	39	10	83	3	2.12 (6 nb)
D Evans	6	2	23	1	3.83
JWM Dalrymple	16	2	61	2	3.81

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