Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Hutton	b van der Wath	6	24	26	1	0	25.00
Nick Compton	b van der Wath	12	32	52	2	0	37.50
Owais Shah	c Peters b Klusener	41	53	67	7	0	77.35
Ed Smith (c)	c Sales b van der Wath	25	44	64	5	0	56.81
Billy Godleman	c †Wessels b van der Wath	77	173	228	11	0	44.50
David Nash †	c Sales b Crook	10	34	43	2	0	29.41
Tim Murtagh	c †Wessels b van der Wath	40	77	87	5	0	51.94
Richard Johnson	c †Wessels b van der Wath	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Murali Kartik	c †Wessels b Brown	25	44	44	4	0	56.81
Chris Silverwood	c Crook b Klusener	4	4	4	1	0	100.00
Alan Richardson	not out	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 6, nb 6, w 1)	18
Total	81.3 Ov (RR: 3.16)	258
Fall of wickets 1-10 (Ben Hutton), 2-39 (Nick Compton), 3-74 (Owais Shah), 4-97 (Ed Smith), 5-127 (David Nash), 6-201 (Tim Murtagh), 7-203 (Richard Johnson), 8-243 (Murali Kartik), 9-254 (Chris Silverwood), 10-258 (Billy Godleman)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Johan van der Wath	18.3	6	49	6	2.64	-	1	3
Steven Crook	15	2	58	1	3.86	-	0	0
David Wigley	16	3	52	0	3.25	-	0	0
Lance Klusener	16	2	59	2	3.68	-	0	0
Jason Brown	16	6	29	1	1.81	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c †Nash b Johnson	8	15	12	2	0	53.33
Chris Rogers	c Hutton b Silverwood	12	13	27	1	0	92.30
Riki Wessels †	c †Nash b Murtagh	16	33	46	3	0	48.48
David Sales (c)	c Shah b Richardson	14	15	17	3	0	93.33
Usman Afzaal	c †Nash b Richardson	39	64	100	6	0	60.93
David Wigley	c Godleman b Richardson	23	54	68	4	0	42.59
Rob White	c Compton b Kartik	16	30	38	2	1	53.33
Lance Klusener	not out	44	47	66	8	0	93.61
Johan van der Wath	c Hutton b Richardson	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
Steven Crook	c Godleman b Silverwood	11	26	27	2	0	42.30
Jason Brown	c Shah b Johnson	8	8	10	2	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 13, nb 6, w 1)	20
Total	51.4 Ov (RR: 4.08)	211
Fall of wickets 1-12 (Stephen Peters), 2-30 (Chris Rogers), 3-48 (David Sales), 4-68 (Riki Wessels), 5-123 (David Wigley), 6-132 (Usman Afzaal), 7-162 (Rob White), 8-162 (Johan van der Wath), 9-192 (Steven Crook), 10-211 (Jason Brown)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Chris Silverwood	13	1	55	2	4.23	-	1	0
Richard Johnson	13.4	2	69	2	5.04	-	0	0
Alan Richardson	13	2	44	4	3.38	-	0	1
Tim Murtagh	7	2	17	1	2.42	-	0	0
Murali Kartik	5	2	13	1	2.60	-	0	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Hutton	c †Wessels b Klusener	37	134	220	3	0	27.61
Nick Compton	lbw b van der Wath	8	13	17	2	0	61.53
Owais Shah	c †Wessels b Wigley	24	25	68	4	0	96.00
Murali Kartik	c Sales b van der Wath	5	5	5	1	0	100.00
Ed Smith (c)	run out	38	43	56	8	0	88.37
Billy Godleman	lbw b Brown	40	132	156	7	0	30.30
David Nash †	not out	103	226	257	12	0	45.57
Tim Murtagh	c †Wessels b van der Wath	34	57	83	5	0	59.64
Richard Johnson	c Klusener b Wigley	9	28	29	2	0	32.14
Chris Silverwood	c Rogers b Brown	30	29	41	5	0	103.44
Alan Richardson	b Wigley	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 18, lb 6, nb 8, w 2)	34
Total	115 Ov (RR: 3.14)	362
Fall of wickets 1-13 (Nick Compton), 2-47 (Owais Shah), 3-58 (Murali Kartik), 4-110 (Ed Smith), 5-138 (Ben Hutton), 6-196 (Billy Godleman), 7-267 (Tim Murtagh), 8-297 (Richard Johnson), 9-350 (Chris Silverwood), 10-362 (Alan Richardson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Johan van der Wath	26	7	102	3	3.92	-	1	4
Steven Crook	25	5	91	0	3.64	-	0	0
Lance Klusener	13	5	21	1	1.61	-	0	0
David Wigley	19	3	65	3	3.42	-	1	0
Jason Brown	30	12	54	2	1.80	-	0	0
Usman Afzaal	2	0	5	0	2.50	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 410 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Rogers	c †Nash b Johnson	20	78	104	2	0	25.64
Stephen Peters	b Richardson	0	18	24	0	0	0.00
Usman Afzaal	c Kartik b Silverwood	16	39	45	1	0	41.02
Riki Wessels †	c Godleman b Kartik	58	90	136	8	0	64.44
David Sales (c)	c Smith b Kartik	81	139	151	10	3	58.27
Rob White	c Hutton b Kartik	8	20	27	1	0	40.00
Lance Klusener	c Godleman b Silverwood	25	57	73	1	0	43.85
Johan van der Wath	c Smith b Richardson	5	48	50	0	0	10.41
Steven Crook	not out	8	19	31	0	0	42.10
David Wigley	lbw b Richardson	4	12	13	1	0	33.33
Jason Brown	c & b Richardson	4	6	9	1	0	66.66
Extras	(b 1, lb 10, nb 8, w 7)	26
Total	87 Ov (RR: 2.93)	255
Fall of wickets 1-6 (Stephen Peters), 2-31 (Usman Afzaal), 3-53 (Chris Rogers), 4-182 (Riki Wessels), 5-196 (Rob White), 6-211 (David Sales), 7-234 (Johan van der Wath), 8-238 (Lance Klusener), 9-247 (David Wigley), 10-255 (Jason Brown)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Alan Richardson	20	4	55	4	2.75	-	3	0
Chris Silverwood	19	3	55	2	2.89	-	2	0
Richard Johnson	13	1	45	1	3.46	-	1	0
Murali Kartik	28	6	76	3	2.71	-	1	4
Tim Murtagh	7	3	13	0	1.85	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Wed, 25 Apr

day 1 - Northants 1st innings 70/4 (Usman Afzaal 2*, David Wigley 1*, 16 ov)

Thu, 26 Apr

day 2 - Middlesex 2nd innings 81/3 (Ben Hutton 18*, Ed Smith 16*, 19.3 ov)

Fri, 27 Apr

day 3 - Northants 2nd innings 6/1 (Chris Rogers 1*, 6.1 ov)

Sat, 28 Apr

day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 255 (87 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 3

Middlesex 2nd innings

DC Nash 100 in 256 mins off 223 balls, 12x4

Match Details

GroundLord's, London

TossMiddlesex, elected to bat first

Series

County Championship Division Two

Season2007

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 days25,26,27,28 April 2007 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Ian Gould

Roy Palmer

PointsMiddlesex 19, Northamptonshire 4

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