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	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	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	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	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

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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

Middlesex 2nd innings

ET Smith 100 in 207 mins off 195 balls, 10x4

Match Details

GroundJohn Walker's Ground, Southgate

TossMiddlesex, elected to bat 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 days11,12,13,14 September 2007 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Neil Bainton

Rob Bailey

PointsMiddlesex 17, Leicestershire 3

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