Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Compton	c †O'Brien b van der Wath	4	3	1	1	0	133.33
Adam London	c Peters b Hall	31	92	116	1	0	33.69
Dan Housego	c Wessels b van der Wath	9	23	24	1	0	39.13
Dawid Malan	c Wessels b Lucas	39	59	90	7	0	66.10
Neil Dexter	c Boje b Daggett	30	37	50	7	0	81.08
John Simpson †	b Daggett	87	141	202	11	1	61.70
Gareth Berg	run out (Daggett)	18	20	33	4	0	90.00
Shaun Udal (c)	retired hurt	4	19	47	0	0	21.05
Murali Kartik	c Lucas b van der Wath	7	19	27	1	0	36.84
Tim Murtagh	c Wessels b Daggett	2	28	33	0	0	7.14
Steven Finn	not out	1	10	8	0	0	10.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 6, nb 2, w 2)	19
Total	75 Ov (RR: 3.34)	251
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Nick Compton, 0.3 ov), 2-21 (Dan Housego, 6.4 ov), 3-97 (Adam London, 28.5 ov), 4-97 (Dawid Malan, 29.3 ov), 5-148 (Neil Dexter, 41.2 ov), 6-202 (Gareth Berg, 50.2 ov), 6-210* (Shaun Udal, retired not out), 7-230 (Murali Kartik, 62.6 ov), 8-248 (Tim Murtagh, 72.1 ov), 9-251 (John Simpson, 74.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Johan van der Wath	23	7	75	3	3.26	-	-	-	0	0
David Lucas	11	4	35	1	3.18	-	-	-	1	1
Lee Daggett	16	3	47	3	2.93	-	-	-	0	0
Monty Panesar	8	1	31	0	3.87	-	-	-	0	0
Andrew Hall	16	3	42	1	2.62	-	-	-	1	0
Nicky Boje	1	0	6	0	6.00	-	-	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c Compton b Murtagh	0	9	11	0	0	0.00
Niall O'Brien †	c Malan b Finn	1	12	16	0	0	8.33
Alex Wakely	b Murtagh	9	25	41	2	0	36.00
Riki Wessels	c Compton b Finn	6	9	10	1	0	66.66
Rob White	b Berg	47	48	56	9	1	97.91
Nicky Boje (c)	c Kartik b Berg	51	113	153	9	0	45.13
Andrew Hall	c Housego b Finn	38	34	45	8	0	111.76
Johan van der Wath	b Berg	31	34	48	4	2	91.17
David Lucas	not out	25	43	53	4	0	58.13
Monty Panesar	c Dexter b Berg	7	9	12	1	0	77.77
Lee Daggett	c †Simpson b Berg	1	18	15	0	0	5.55
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 12, w 1)	23
Total	58 Ov (RR: 4.12)	239
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Stephen Peters, 2.5 ov), 2-2 (Niall O'Brien, 3.4 ov), 3-14 (Riki Wessels, 5.6 ov), 4-40 (Alex Wakely, 12.3 ov), 5-88 (Rob White, 19.4 ov), 6-145 (Andrew Hall, 31.3 ov), 7-194 (Johan van der Wath, 43.2 ov), 8-205 (Nicky Boje, 49.6 ov), 9-231 (Monty Panesar, 53.3 ov), 10-239 (Lee Daggett, 57.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	13	4	35	2	2.69	-	-	-	0	0
Steven Finn	13	2	82	3	6.30	-	-	-	0	1
Gareth Berg	16	1	68	5	4.25	-	-	-	0	0
Murali Kartik	12	3	31	0	2.58	-	-	-	0	5
Neil Dexter	4	2	13	0	3.25	-	-	-	1	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Compton	c †O'Brien b Lucas	5	27	26	1	0	18.51
Adam London	c †O'Brien b van der Wath	4	35	55	0	0	11.42
Dan Housego	c †O'Brien b Lucas	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Steven Finn	b van der Wath	0	6	5	0	0	0.00
Dawid Malan	lbw b Panesar	26	33	46	5	0	78.78
Neil Dexter	c †O'Brien b Lucas	1	7	8	0	0	14.28
John Simpson †	c †O'Brien b Hall	41	91	114	4	1	45.05
Gareth Berg	not out	94	118	146	12	1	79.66
Murali Kartik	c & b van der Wath	29	27	38	5	0	107.40
Tim Murtagh	lbw b Lucas	0	7	11	0	0	0.00
Shaun Udal (c)	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 4)	7
Total	59 Ov (RR: 3.50)	207
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Nick Compton, 6.5 ov), 2-8 (Dan Housego, 8.3 ov), 3-9 (Steven Finn, 9.5 ov), 4-18 (Adam London, 13.2 ov), 5-29 (Neil Dexter, 16.1 ov), 6-47 (Dawid Malan, 21.1 ov), 7-147 (John Simpson, 46.5 ov), 8-200 (Murali Kartik, 55.6 ov), 9-207 (Tim Murtagh, 58.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
David Lucas	15	3	43	4	2.86	-	-	-
Johan van der Wath	14	5	32	3	2.28	-	-	-
Monty Panesar	7	0	26	1	3.71	-	-	-
Lee Daggett	7	1	25	0	3.57	-	-	-
Andrew Hall	10	0	44	1	4.40	-	-	-
Nicky Boje	6	2	30	0	5.00	-	-	-

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 220 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c Dexter b Murtagh	73	101	118	14	1	72.27
Niall O'Brien †	c †Simpson b Finn	0	2	6	0	0	0.00
Alex Wakely	lbw b Kartik	13	29	41	1	0	44.82
Riki Wessels	lbw b Kartik	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Rob White	not out	85	102	126	10	3	83.33
Nicky Boje (c)	not out	30	43	59	5	0	69.76
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, nb 10, w 2)	19
Total	45.4 Ov (RR: 4.81)	220/4
Did not bat: Andrew Hall, Johan van der Wath, David Lucas, Monty Panesar, Lee Daggett
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Niall O'Brien, 1.2 ov), 2-65 (Alex Wakely, 10.3 ov), 3-65 (Riki Wessels, 10.5 ov), 4-121 (Stephen Peters, 29.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	12	1	47	1	3.91	-	-	-	0	0
Steven Finn	8	1	62	1	7.75	-	-	-	0	0
Murali Kartik	16	4	39	2	2.43	-	-	-	1	5
Gareth Berg	6	1	43	0	7.16	-	-	-	0	0
Adam London	2	0	10	0	5.00	-	-	-	0	0
Dawid Malan	1.4	0	12	0	7.20	-	-	-	1	0

Close of Play

Wed, 02 Sep - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 205/6 (John Simpson 60*, Shaun Udal 0*, 52 ov)

Thu, 03 Sep - day 2 - Middlesex 2nd innings 17/3 (Adam London 4*, Dawid Malan 4*, 11 ov)

Fri, 04 Sep - day 3 - Northants 2nd innings 220/4 (45.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Middlesex, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2009
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30.
Match days	2,3,4 September 2009 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	John Simpson
Umpires	John Steele Steve Garratt
Points	Northamptonshire 18, Middlesex 5

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Northants Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
TJ Murtagh	12	1	47	1	3.91
ST Finn	8	1	62	1	7.75
M Kartik	16	4	39	2	2.43 (5 nb)
GK Berg	6	1	43	0	7.16
AB London	2	0	10	0	5
DJ Malan	1.4	0	12	0	7.2

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