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

Match Coverage

Rudolph century gives Yorkshire the edge

Nottinghamshire eke valuable lead

Udal knocked unconscious by bouncer

Nottinghamshire seamers take control

Chanderpaul keeps Durham on top

Instant answers to T20 questions

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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