BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William Porterfield	lbw b Murtagh	5	8	8	1	0	62.50
Kadeer Ali	b Richardson	0	7	14	0	0	0.00
Hamish Marshall	lbw b Finn	1	28	41	0	0	3.57
Alex Gidman	b Murtagh	38	66	88	8	0	57.57
Chris Taylor	c Godleman b Richardson	5	6	6	1	0	83.33
David Brown	lbw b Finn	68	128	161	6	2	53.12
Steve Snell †	c Morgan b Murtagh	31	64	66	5	0	48.43
Richard Dawson	c Malan b Richardson	29	41	66	3	0	70.73
Jon Lewis (c)	c †Scott b Richardson	15	12	12	3	0	125.00
Steve Kirby	not out	1	9	8	0	0	11.11
Ian Saxelby	lbw b Richardson	1	4	5	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 18, nb 2)	24
TOTAL	62 Ov (RR: 3.51)	218
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (William Porterfield), 2-6 (Kadeer Ali), 3-34 (Hamish Marshall), 4-39 (Chris Taylor), 5-80 (Alex Gidman), 6-126 (Steve Snell), 7-187 (David Brown), 8-215 (Jon Lewis), 9-216 (Richard Dawson), 10-218 (Ian Saxelby, 61.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Tim Murtagh	15	4	48	3	3.20	-	-	-	0
Alan Richardson	18	6	34	5	1.88	-	-	-	0
Steven Finn	10	0	59	2	5.90	-	-	-	0
Murali Kartik	13	3	31	0	2.38	-	-	-	1
Shaun Udal	6	2	24	0	4.00	-	-	-	0

Middlesex 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Strauss	c Saxelby b Lewis	43	69	82	6	0	62.31
Billy Godleman	c †Snell b Lewis	106	232	358	13	0	45.68
Ed Joyce	c Marshall b Kirby	30	68	74	5	0	44.11
Eoin Morgan	c †Snell b Lewis	12	23	20	1	0	52.17
Dawid Malan	lbw b Lewis	50	118	147	6	0	42.37
Ben Scott †	lbw b Lewis	6	25	36	1	0	24.00
Shaun Udal (c)	not out	32	65	83	3	1	49.23
Murali Kartik	c †Snell b Brown	17	41	58	2	0	41.46
Tim Murtagh	not out	5	7	4	1	0	71.42
Extras	(b 3, lb 7, w 2)	12
TOTAL	108 Ov (RR: 2.89)	313/7d
Did not bat: Alan Richardson, Steven Finn
Fall of wickets: 1-77 (Andrew Strauss), 2-119 (Ed Joyce), 3-132 (Eoin Morgan), 4-242 (Dawid Malan), 5-253 (Billy Godleman), 6-260 (Ben Scott), 7-304 (Murali Kartik)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Jon Lewis	34	11	64	5	1.88	-	-	-	1
Steve Kirby	29	7	83	1	2.86	-	-	-	0
Ian Saxelby	6	0	35	0	5.83	-	-	-	0
David Brown	18	5	37	1	2.05	-	-	-	1
Richard Dawson	19	1	76	0	4.00	-	-	-	0
Hamish Marshall	2	0	8	0	4.00	-	-	-	0

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Kadeer Ali	b Richardson	25	45	74	5	0	55.55
William Porterfield	lbw b Malan	69	162	221	6	0	42.59
Hamish Marshall	c †Scott b Finn	22	49	74	3	0	44.89
Alex Gidman	b Finn	3	22	34	0	0	13.63
Chris Taylor	not out	38	42	42	6	0	90.47
David Brown	not out	1	8	10	0	0	12.50
Extras	(lb 1, nb 2)	3
TOTAL	54.3 Ov (RR: 2.95)	161/4d
Did not bat: Steve Snell †, Richard Dawson, Jon Lewis (c), Ian Saxelby, Steve Kirby
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Kadeer Ali), 2-92 (Hamish Marshall), 3-110 (Alex Gidman), 4-151 (William Porterfield)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Tim Murtagh	13	2	44	0	3.38	-	-	-	0
Alan Richardson	17	4	46	1	2.70	-	-	-	0
Murali Kartik	2	1	4	0	2.00	-	-	-	1
Steven Finn	14	2	41	2	2.92	-	-	-	0
Shaun Udal	5	1	13	0	2.60	-	-	-	0
Dawid Malan	2	0	6	1	3.00	-	-	-	0
Andrew Strauss	1	0	5	0	5.00	-	-	-	0
Ben Scott	0.3	0	1	0	2.00	-	-	-	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Wed, 03 Sep - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 106/1 (Billy Godleman 40*, Ed Joyce 22*, 34 ov)

Thu, 04 Sep - day 2 - Middlesex 1st innings 313/7 (Shaun Udal 32*, Tim Murtagh 5*, 108 ov)

Fri, 05 Sep - day 3 - Gloucs 2nd innings 30/0 (Kadeer Ali 10*, William Porterfield 20*, 11 ov)

Sat, 06 Sep - day 4 - Gloucs 2nd innings 161/4d (54.3 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 2

MATCH DETAILS

Lord's, London
Toss	Gloucestershire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2008
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30.
Match days	3,4,5,6 September 2008 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	John Steele Neil Bainton
Points	Gloucestershire 7, Middlesex 10

Match Coverage

An utterly damp squib

Godleman grinds Middlesex ahead

Instant answers to T20 questions

Gloucs Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
TJ Murtagh	13	2	44	0	3.38
A Richardson	17	4	46	1	2.7
M Kartik	2	1	4	0	2 (1 nb)
ST Finn	14	2	41	2	2.92
SD Udal	5	1	13	0	2.6
DJ Malan	2	0	6	1	3
AJ Strauss	1	0	5	0	5
BJM Scott	0.3	0	1	0	2

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