Somerset vs Middlesex, at Taunton, Sep 25 2017 - Match Highlights

RESULT

Taunton, September 25 - 28, 2017, Specsavers County Championship Division One

236 & 250/9d

(T:345) 142 & 113

Somerset won by 231 runs

ECB officer explains 'below average' Taunton pitch rating

Match Coverage

Leach redemption secures Somerset survival

Jack Leach began the season with a remodelled action and doubts about his effectiveness. He finished it with 50 Championship wickets as he bowled Somerset to safety

Leach redemption secures Somerset survival

Leach strikes as relegation fight goes to wire

Somerset claimed three Middlesex wickets before the rain arrived at Taunton as the looked to secure the victory that keeps them in Division One for 2018

Leach strikes as relegation fight goes to wire

Hildreth digs in to help dig Somerset out of trouble

James Hildreth's fine, unbeaten 82 quietened concerns about the Taunton pitch and put Somerset in an excellent position to escape relegation

Hildreth digs in to help dig Somerset out of trouble

High Noon for Somerset amid threat of pitch penalty

Ravi Patel's seven wickets on a turning pitch rocked Somerset but they claimed three wickets in return in this relegation decider

High Noon for Somerset amid threat of pitch penalty

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Middlesex Innings

Player Name		R	B
NRD Compton	lbw	10	46
SD Robson	caught	8	21
SS Eskinazi	caught	16	51
DJ Malan	caught	0	5
AC Voges	caught	13	64
JA Simpson	lbw	19	54
PR Stirling	caught	5	12
JAR Harris	caught	13	24
ST Finn	lbw	5	29
TJ Murtagh	bowled	8	9
RH Patel	not out	7	8
Extras	(b 4, lb 5)
Total	113(10 wkts; 53.5 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	20	Nick Compton	Sam Robson
2nd	7	Nick Compton	Stephen Eskinazi
3rd	1	Dawid Malan	Stephen Eskinazi
4th	15	Adam Voges	Stephen Eskinazi
5th	28	Adam Voges	John Simpson
6th	9	John Simpson	Paul Stirling
7th	0	James Harris	Paul Stirling
8th	13	Steven Finn	James Harris
9th	8	Tim Murtagh	Steven Finn
10th	12	Steven Finn	Ravi Patel

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Specsavers County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
ESS	14	10	0	4	248
LAN	14	5	3	6	176
SUR	14	2	2	10	163
YOR	14	4	5	5	148
HAM	14	3	3	8	148
SOM	14	4	6	4	147
MID	14	3	4	7	146
WAR	14	1	9	4	86
DER	-	-	-	-	-
DUR	-	-	-	-	-
NOR	-	-	-	-	-
NOT	-	-	-	-	-
SUS	-	-	-	-	-
WOR	-	-	-	-	-