Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Bicknell (c)	c Fleming b Tufnell	38	97	122	5	0	39.17
Guy Welton	c Shah b Hewitt	11	19	15	2	0	57.89
Greg Blewett	c Weston b Hewitt	12	14	18	2	0	85.71
Usman Afzaal	c Weekes b Hewitt	43	89	118	7	0	48.31
Paul Johnson	c Cook b Tufnell	22	45	70	2	0	48.88
Kevin Pietersen	not out	165	218	301	22	2	75.68
Chris Read †	c Fleming b Bloomfield	1	16	18	0	0	6.25
Paul Franks	lbw b Bloomfield	85	152	174	14	0	55.92
Andrew Harris	lbw b Bloomfield	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Greg Smith	c †Nash b Bloomfield	11	22	22	2	0	50.00
Richard Stemp	c †Nash b Bloomfield	22	36	37	3	0	61.11
Extras	(lb 23, nb 28, w 6)	57
Total	115.5 Ov (RR: 4.03)	467
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Guy Welton), 2-38 (Greg Blewett), 3-106 (Darren Bicknell), 4-134 (Usman Afzaal), 5-178 (Paul Johnson), 6-191 (Chris Read), 7-390 (Paul Franks), 8-390 (Andrew Harris), 9-418 (Greg Smith), 10-467 (Richard Stemp)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Bloomfield	33.5	3	133	5	3.93	-	-	-	1	3
Jamie Hewitt	16	2	95	3	5.93	-	-	-	1	10
Simon Cook	21	3	73	0	3.47	-	-	-	0	0
Phil Tufnell	31	5	83	2	2.67	-	-	-	1	1
Paul Weekes	11	1	40	0	3.63	-	-	-	0	0
Ben Hutton	3	0	20	0	6.66	-	-	-	0	0

Middlesex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Strauss	c †Read b Smith	20	48	51	3	0	41.66
Robin Weston	c †Read b Franks	29	52	76	4	0	55.76
Owais Shah	c †Read b Franks	58	135	159	9	0	42.96
Stephen Fleming (c)	c Welton b Stemp	14	30	25	2	0	46.66
Ben Hutton	c †Read b Smith	2	28	30	0	0	7.14
Paul Weekes	c Pietersen b Stemp	50	100	122	5	0	50.00
David Nash †	c Blewett b Harris	56	127	164	6	1	44.09
Simon Cook	not out	93	133	193	11	2	69.92
Jamie Hewitt	c Pietersen b Franks	0	27	38	0	0	0.00
Phil Tufnell	c †Read b Franks	9	24	27	0	0	37.50
Tim Bloomfield	c Pietersen b Smith	3	4	3	0	0	75.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 8, nb 10, w 12)	36
Total	117.1 Ov (RR: 3.15)	370
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Andrew Strauss), 2-57 (Robin Weston), 3-84 (Stephen Fleming), 4-99 (Ben Hutton), 5-170 (Owais Shah), 6-206 (Paul Weekes), 7-320 (David Nash), 8-345 (Jamie Hewitt), 9-367 (Phil Tufnell), 10-370 (Tim Bloomfield)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Greg Smith	21.1	8	61	3	2.88	-	-	-	0	0
Andrew Harris	26	4	87	1	3.34	-	-	-	2	0
Paul Franks	30	9	65	4	2.16	-	-	-	2	5
Richard Stemp	26	8	77	2	2.96	-	-	-	1	0
Kevin Pietersen	12	2	57	0	4.75	-	-	-	1	0
Usman Afzaal	2	0	9	0	4.50	-	-	-	0	0

Nottinghamshire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Bicknell (c)	b Weekes	44	102	113	7	0	43.13
Guy Welton	c †Nash b Cook	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Greg Blewett	c †Nash b Weekes	76	144	180	6	1	52.77
Usman Afzaal	c Hutton b Tufnell	22	53	60	2	0	41.50
Paul Johnson	c Fleming b Tufnell	12	37	46	1	0	32.43
Kevin Pietersen	not out	65	47	78	4	4	138.29
Chris Read †	c Fleming b Tufnell	0	3	-	0	0	0.00
Paul Franks	c Hutton b Tufnell	6	13	15	0	0	46.15
Andrew Harris	c Hutton b Tufnell	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Greg Smith	not out	8	13	16	1	0	61.53
Extras	(b 5, lb 10, nb 4)	19
Total	69 Ov (RR: 3.65)	252/8d
Did not bat: Richard Stemp
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Guy Welton), 2-93 (Darren Bicknell), 3-148 (Usman Afzaal), 4-152 (Greg Blewett), 5-200 (Paul Johnson), 6-202 (Chris Read), 7-222 (Paul Franks), 8-222 (Andrew Harris)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Tim Bloomfield	16	2	64	0	4.00	-	-	-	0
Simon Cook	8	3	24	1	3.00	-	-	-	0
Jamie Hewitt	3	0	19	0	6.33	-	-	-	2
Phil Tufnell	26	8	61	5	2.34	-	-	-	0
Paul Weekes	16	5	69	2	4.31	-	-	-	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings (T: 350 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Strauss	b Pietersen	78	275	336	9	0	28.36
Robin Weston	c Afzaal b Smith	1	14	14	0	0	7.14
Owais Shah	c & b Franks	2	5	10	0	0	40.00
Stephen Fleming (c)	c Afzaal b Stemp	42	135	166	6	0	31.11
Ben Hutton	c †Read b Harris	0	5	-	0	0	0.00
Paul Weekes	c Bicknell b Stemp	2	13	11	0	0	15.38
David Nash †	c Welton b Harris	12	69	82	2	0	17.39
Simon Cook	c Johnson b Stemp	16	67	62	2	0	23.88
Jamie Hewitt	not out	10	40	37	2	0	25.00
Phil Tufnell	not out	0	11	17	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 11, lb 7, nb 10, w 6)	34
Total	104.5 Ov (RR: 1.87)	197/8
Did not bat: Tim Bloomfield
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Robin Weston), 2-20 (Owais Shah), 3-130 (Stephen Fleming), 4-130 (Ben Hutton), 5-135 (Paul Weekes), 6-158 (David Nash), 7-179 (Andrew Strauss), 8-185 (Simon Cook)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Paul Franks	15	3	45	1	3.00	-	-	-	1	4
Richard Stemp	27	11	39	3	1.44	-	-	-	0	0
Greg Smith	14	7	20	1	1.42	-	-	-	0	1
Andrew Harris	21.5	12	43	2	1.96	-	-	-	2	0
Usman Afzaal	15	7	19	0	1.26	-	-	-	0	0
Kevin Pietersen	12	7	13	1	1.08	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Fri, 25 May - day 1 - Notts 1st innings 409/8 (Kevin Pietersen 135*, Greg Smith 9*, 104 ov)

Sat, 26 May - day 2 - Middlesex 1st innings 273/6 (David Nash 35*, Simon Cook 38*, 90 ov)

Sun, 27 May - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 9/0 (Andrew Strauss 7*, Robin Weston 0*, 3 ov)

Mon, 28 May - day 4 - Middlesex 2nd innings 197/8 (104.5 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Lord's, London
Toss	Nottinghamshire, elected to bat first
Series	CricInfo Championship Division Two
Season	2001
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Alan Whitehead Graham Burgess
Points	Nottinghamshire 12, Middlesex 11

Match Coverage

Strauss rides his luck and thwarts Notts

Pietersen smashes Notts into pole position

Middlesex battle on at Lord's

Pietersen blasts Middlesex all over Lord's

Instant answers to T20 questions

Middlesex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
PJ Franks	15	3	45	1	3 (4 nb)
RD Stemp	27	11	39	3	1.44
GJ Smith	14	7	20	1	1.42 (1 nb)
AJ Harris	21.5	12	43	2	1.96
U Afzaal	15	7	19	0	1.26
KP Pietersen	12	7	13	1	1.08

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