Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ed Smith (c)	c Sales b Wigley	15	33	-	1	0	45.45
Nick Compton	b Logan	9	41	-	0	1	21.95
Owais Shah	not out	189	277	-	18	3	68.23
Ed Joyce	c Nelson b Wigley	106	153	-	14	1	69.28
Eoin Morgan	c Rogers b Klusener	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Jamie Dalrymple	c Rogers b Nelson	13	23	26	2	0	56.52
Ben Scott †	c Rogers b Nelson	1	9	7	0	0	11.11
Chaminda Vaas	run out	28	26	44	5	0	107.69
Murali Kartik	not out	17	34	41	3	0	50.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 7, nb 6, w 4)	22
Total	99.3 Ov (RR: 4.02)	400/7d
Did not bat Alan Richardson, Chris Silverwood
Fall of wickets 1-21 (Ed Smith), 2-36 (Nick Compton), 3-232 (Ed Joyce), 4-232 (Eoin Morgan), 5-258 (Jamie Dalrymple), 6-266 (Ben Scott), 7-351 (Chaminda Vaas)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Richard Logan	30	6	102	1	3.40	-	3	0
David Wigley	23	2	83	2	3.60	-	0	0
Mark Nelson	8	1	62	2	7.75	-	1	2
Lance Klusener	14.3	2	51	1	3.51	-	0	1
Jason Brown	12	1	43	0	3.58	-	0	0
Graeme White	12	0	47	0	3.91	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c Morgan b Vaas	4	17	14	0	0	23.52
Chris Rogers	c Kartik b Dalrymple	51	112	153	6	0	45.53
Mark Nelson	c Morgan b Richardson	13	27	44	0	0	48.14
David Sales (c)	c Richardson b Kartik	8	32	31	1	0	25.00
Rob White	c Kartik b Vaas	43	61	63	6	1	70.49
Lance Klusener	c Compton b Dalrymple	89	149	177	11	0	59.73
Riki Wessels †	b Kartik	27	54	52	4	0	50.00
Graeme White	c Compton b Dalrymple	6	19	13	1	0	31.57
David Wigley	lbw b Richardson	70	85	105	9	1	82.35
Richard Logan	not out	0	0	1	0	0	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 12)	24
Total	91.4 Ov (RR: 3.65)	335/9
Did not bat Jason Brown
Fall of wickets 1-9 (Stephen Peters), 2-46 (Mark Nelson), 3-69 (David Sales), 4-123 (Chris Rogers), 5-123 (Rob White), 6-173 (Riki Wessels), 7-190 (Graeme White), 8-329 (Lance Klusener), 9-335 (David Wigley)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Chris Silverwood	13	1	60	0	4.61	-	0
Chaminda Vaas	11	2	45	2	4.09	-	0
Alan Richardson	14.4	2	56	2	3.81	-	1
Murali Kartik	31	8	76	2	2.45	-	4
Jamie Dalrymple	22	3	86	3	3.90	-	1

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Close of Play

Tue, 14 Aug

day 1 - no play

Wed, 15 Aug

day 2 - Middlesex 1st innings 21/1 (Nick Compton 6*, 9.2 ov)

Thu, 16 Aug

day 3 - Middlesex 1st innings 380/7 (Owais Shah 177*, Murali Kartik 9*, 94 ov)

Fri, 17 Aug

day 4 - Northants 1st innings 335/9 (91.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 3

Middlesex 1st innings

EC Joyce 100 in 178 mins off 141 balls, 14x4, 1x6

OA Shah 100 in 240 mins off 181 balls, 9x4, 2x6

Match Details

GroundCounty Ground, Northampton

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 days14,15,16,17 August 2007 - day (4-day match)

FC debut

Mark Nelson

Umpires

Neil Bainton

Richard Illingworth

PointsMiddlesex 12, Northamptonshire 9

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