Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	c †Wheater b Porter	149	208	298	25	0	71.63
Nick Gubbins	c †Wheater b Beard	101	195	254	13	2	51.79
Stephen Eskinazi	b Westley	100	199	258	11	0	50.25
Dawid Malan	b Bopara	14	32	48	2	0	43.75
Adam Voges	lbw b Porter	13	31	44	2	0	41.93
John Simpson †	st †Wheater b Harmer	90	111	141	10	2	81.08
James Franklin (c)	c Lawrence b ten Doeschate	3	8	8	0	0	37.50
Toby Roland-Jones	not out	10	3	6	0	1	333.33
Extras	(b 10, lb 13, nb 2, w 2)	27
Total	131 Ov (RR: 3.87)	507/7d
Did not bat: Ollie Rayner, Tim Murtagh, Steven Finn
Fall of wickets: 1-241 (Nick Gubbins, 63.2 ov), 2-277 (Sam Robson, 72.2 ov), 3-305 (Dawid Malan, 84.3 ov), 4-331 (Adam Voges, 92.6 ov), 5-480 (Stephen Eskinazi, 127.4 ov), 6-492 (James Franklin, 129.4 ov), 7-507 (John Simpson, 130.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	28	9	90	2	3.21	135	17	0	0	0
72.2 to SD Robson, . 277/2 92.6 to AC Voges, . 331/4
Neil Wagner	27	5	74	0	2.74	125	11	0	0	0
Simon Harmer	25	1	112	1	4.48	95	10	4	0	0
130.6 to JA Simpson, . 507/7
Aaron Beard	19	1	73	1	3.84	78	10	0	1	0
63.2 to NRT Gubbins, . 241/1
Ravi Bopara	20	0	81	1	4.05	79	10	0	0	1
84.3 to DJ Malan, . 305/3
Ryan ten Doeschate	6	0	26	1	4.33	21	3	0	1	0
129.4 to JEC Franklin, . 492/6
Dan Lawrence	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0	0	0
Tom Westley	5	0	26	1	5.20	16	2	1	0	0
127.4 to SS Eskinazi, . 480/5

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	lbw b Rayner	47	114	143	6	0	41.22
Alastair Cook	c †Simpson b Roland-Jones	14	16	24	3	0	87.50
Tom Westley	b Finn	31	44	70	6	0	70.45
Dan Lawrence	lbw b Finn	75	185	281	9	0	40.54
Jamie Porter	b Roland-Jones	4	5	6	1	0	80.00
Ravi Bopara	c Robson b Roland-Jones	6	16	23	1	0	37.50
Adam Wheater †	c Eskinazi b Rayner	64	127	149	10	0	50.39
Ryan ten Doeschate (c)	lbw b Murtagh	20	31	32	2	0	64.51
Simon Harmer	c Eskinazi b Finn	1	15	16	0	0	6.66
Neil Wagner	b Finn	3	9	24	0	0	33.33
Aaron Beard	not out	4	17	16	1	0	23.52
Extras	(b 5, lb 5, nb 16)	26
Total	95.1 Ov (RR: 3.09)	295
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Alastair Cook, 5.2 ov), 2-86 (Tom Westley, 21.4 ov), 3-115 (Nick Browne, 33.5 ov), 4-120 (Jamie Porter, 34.5 ov), 5-126 (Ravi Bopara, 40.2 ov), 6-253 (Adam Wheater, 77.6 ov), 7-282 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 86.2 ov), 8-285 (Simon Harmer, 89.6 ov), 9-288 (Dan Lawrence, 91.3 ov), 10-295 (Neil Wagner, 95.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	23	6	58	1	2.52	111	9	0	0	0
86.2 to RN ten Doeschate, . 282/7
Toby Roland-Jones	23	4	81	3	3.52	105	12	0	0	2
5.2 to AN Cook, . 34/1 34.5 to JA Porter, . 120/4 40.2 to RS Bopara, . 126/5
James Franklin	16	3	58	0	3.62	69	7	0	0	4
Steven Finn	22.1	6	51	4	2.30	108	6	0	0	2
21.4 to T Westley, . 86/2 89.6 to SR Harmer, . 285/8 91.3 to DW Lawrence, . 288/9 95.1 to N Wagner, . 295/10
Ollie Rayner	11	3	37	2	3.36	46	5	0	0	0
33.5 to NLJ Browne, . 115/3 77.6 to AJA Wheater, . 253/6

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Gubbins	c Bopara b Harmer	64	62	104	4	2	103.22
Sam Robson	c Lawrence b Harmer	77	84	97	13	0	91.66
Stephen Eskinazi	c Wagner b Harmer	62	34	41	5	5	182.35
Dawid Malan	not out	20	28	42	1	0	71.42
Adam Voges	not out	6	9	10	0	0	66.66
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 2)	10
Total	36 Ov (RR: 6.63)	239/3d
Did not bat: John Simpson †, James Franklin (c), Toby Roland-Jones, Ollie Rayner, Tim Murtagh, Steven Finn
Fall of wickets: 1-146 (Sam Robson, 23.3 ov), 2-150 (Nick Gubbins, 25.1 ov), 3-225 (Stephen Eskinazi, 33.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	7	1	39	0	5.57	26	2	3	0	0
Neil Wagner	10	0	62	0	6.20	31	9	1	0	0
Aaron Beard	5	0	33	0	6.60	13	4	0	0	0
Ravi Bopara	3	0	25	0	8.33	8	4	0	0	1
Simon Harmer	11	0	72	3	6.54	27	4	3	0	0
23.3 to SD Robson, . 146/1 25.1 to NRT Gubbins, . 150/2 33.4 to SS Eskinazi, . 225/3

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 452 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	b Murtagh	19	35	42	4	0	54.28
Alastair Cook	c Robson b Rayner	37	56	102	6	0	66.07
Tom Westley	lbw b Roland-Jones	13	46	53	2	0	28.26
Dan Lawrence	c Voges b Finn	15	71	68	0	0	21.12
Ravi Bopara	b Finn	32	93	122	5	0	34.40
Adam Wheater †	c Malan b Roland-Jones	0	12	16	0	0	0.00
Ryan ten Doeschate (c)	c Franklin b Roland-Jones	1	11	19	0	0	9.09
Simon Harmer	lbw b Malan	20	67	90	3	0	29.85
Neil Wagner	not out	16	48	67	2	0	33.33
Aaron Beard	not out	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 6)	7
Total	74 Ov (RR: 2.16)	160/8
Did not bat: Jamie Porter
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Nick Browne, 10.1 ov), 2-74 (Tom Westley, 22.2 ov), 3-74 (Alastair Cook, 23.3 ov), 4-104 (Dan Lawrence, 42.4 ov), 5-104 (Adam Wheater, 46.4 ov), 6-116 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 50.5 ov), 7-130 (Ravi Bopara, 57.2 ov), 8-160 (Simon Harmer, 72.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	14	4	44	1	3.14	68	9	0	0	0
10.1 to NLJ Browne, . 38/1
Toby Roland-Jones	21	8	42	3	2.00	104	6	0	0	0
22.2 to T Westley, . 74/2 46.4 to AJA Wheater, . 104/5 50.5 to RN ten Doeschate, . 116/6
Steven Finn	16	2	39	2	2.43	74	4	0	0	0
42.4 to DW Lawrence, . 104/4 57.2 to RS Bopara, . 130/7
Ollie Rayner	21	11	25	1	1.19	113	3	0	0	0
23.3 to AN Cook, . 74/3
Dawid Malan	2	1	3	1	1.50	10	0	0	0	0
72.1 to SR Harmer, . 160/8

Close of Play

Fri, 21 Apr - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 255/1 (Sam Robson 144*, Stephen Eskinazi 1*, 67.2 ov)

Sat, 22 Apr - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 120/4 (Dan Lawrence 10*, Ravi Bopara 0*, 36 ov)

Sun, 23 Apr - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 19/0 (Nick Browne 17*, Alastair Cook 2*, 6 ov)

Mon, 24 Apr - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 160/8 (74 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Match Details

Lord's, London
Toss	no toss
Series	Specsavers County Championship Division One
Season	2017
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	21,22,23,24 April 2017 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Ian Gould Paul Baldwin
Points	Middlesex 12, Essex 8

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Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
TJ Murtagh	14	4	44	1	3.14
TS Roland-Jones	21	8	42	3	2
ST Finn	16	2	39	2	2.43
OP Rayner	21	11	25	1	1.19
DJ Malan	2	1	3	1	1.5

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