Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joe MacGregor	b Greatwood	8	23	22	1	0	34.78
Robin Das	c Cracknell b Patel	26	41	64	4	0	63.41
Feroze Khushi	lbw b Patel	14	37	57	2	0	37.83
Josh Rymell	c Cracknell b Helm	2	26	32	0	0	7.69
William Buttleman †	c †O'Driscoll b Greatwood	10	35	58	0	0	28.57
Luc Benkenstein	c †O'Driscoll b Harris	8	41	45	1	0	19.51
Nikhil Gorantla	lbw b Sowter	37	77	103	3	0	48.05
Aaron Beard (c)	not out	125	139	204	17	1	89.92
Jamal Richards	c McCaskie b Sowter	8	22	20	0	0	36.36
Jack Plom	run out (Sowter)	34	44	51	3	1	77.27
Alex Russell	c De Caires b Harris	3	30	33	0	0	10.00
Extras	(b 16, lb 8, w 6)	30
Total	85.5 Ov (RR: 3.55, 346 Mins)	305
Did not bat: Harry Phillips
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Joe MacGregor, 5.5 ov), 2-59 (Robin Das, 15.2 ov), 3-66 (Feroze Khushi, 19.1 ov), 4-71 (Josh Rymell, 22.6 ov), 5-85 (William Buttleman, 33.4 ov), 6-89 (Luc Benkenstein, 34.1 ov), 7-187 (Nikhil Gorantla, 57.2 ov), 8-209 (Jamal Richards, 63.4 ov), 9-280 (Jack Plom, 77.6 ov), 10-305 (Alex Russell, 85.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Tom Helm	18	5	47	1	2.61	-	-	-	0
Toby Greatwood	15	3	66	2	4.40	-	-	-	0
Max Harris	14.5	4	33	2	2.22	-	-	-	0
Viren Nirendra Patel	11	3	45	2	4.09	-	-	-	6
Nathan Sowter	19	2	66	2	3.47	-	-	-	0
Joshua De Caires	8	1	24	0	3.00	-	-	-	0

Middlesex 2nd XI 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Zachary McCaskie	lbw b Richards	33	85	129	3	0	38.82
Joshua De Caires	c †Buttleman b Beard	13	31	39	2	0	41.93
Jack Davies	b Beard	4	9	18	1	0	44.44
Joe Cracknell	c Das b Plom	5	7	7	1	0	71.42
Nathan Fernandes	lbw b Benkenstein	45	74	93	3	0	60.81
Nathan Sowter (c)	lbw b Richards	20	50	82	2	0	40.00
Tom Helm	b Richards	30	59	69	3	0	50.84
Daniel O'Driscoll †	c Das b Russell	17	33	50	2	0	51.51
Viren Nirendra Patel	st †Buttleman b Benkenstein	26	58	57	1	1	44.82
Toby Greatwood	not out	23	29	32	2	0	79.31
Max Harris	b Benkenstein	2	6	7	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 1, lb 14, nb 10, w 2)	27
Total	72.4 Ov (RR: 3.37, 294 Mins)	245
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Joshua De Caires, 9.2 ov), 2-49 (Jack Davies, 13.2 ov), 3-54 (Joe Cracknell, 14.3 ov), 4-87 (Zachary McCaskie, 28.5 ov), 5-118 (Nathan Fernandes, 36.6 ov), 6-164 (Nathan Sowter, 49.2 ov), 7-171 (Tom Helm, 53.2 ov), 8-213 (Daniel O'Driscoll, 61.6 ov), 9-235 (Viren Nirendra Patel, 70.3 ov), 10-245 (Max Harris, 72.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jack Plom	19	5	44	1	2.31	-	-	-	0	0
Jamal Richards	13	0	42	3	3.23	-	-	-	1	4
Alex Russell	16	4	48	1	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Aaron Beard	12	1	44	2	3.66	-	-	-	1	1
Harry Phillips	2	0	12	0	6.00	-	-	-	0	0
Luc Benkenstein	10.4	1	40	3	3.75	-	-	-	0	0

Essex 2nd XI 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joe MacGregor	b Harris	18	48	61	2	0	37.50
Robin Das	c †O'Driscoll b Patel	80	139	170	11	1	57.55
Feroze Khushi	c †O'Driscoll b De Caires	14	27	37	1	0	51.85
Josh Rymell	b Sowter	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
William Buttleman †	run out (†O'Driscoll)	51	75	83	7	0	68.00
Luc Benkenstein	run out (†O'Driscoll/Fernandes)	0	0	2	0	0	-
Nikhil Gorantla	c Cracknell b De Caires	9	11	10	2	0	81.81
Aaron Beard (c)	c Davies b De Caires	21	16	21	1	1	131.25
Jamal Richards	lbw b Sowter	6	19	16	0	0	31.57
Jack Plom	not out	16	3	6	1	2	533.33
Alex Russell	not out	1	1	3	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 6)	6
Total	56.4 Ov (RR: 3.91, 208 Mins)	222/9d
Did not bat: Harry Phillips
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Joe MacGregor, 14.6 ov), 2-82 (Feroze Khushi, 24.6 ov), 3-83 (Josh Rymell, 25.2 ov), 4-155 (Robin Das, 46.6 ov), 5-159 (Luc Benkenstein, 47.4 ov), 6-178 (Nikhil Gorantla, 50.1 ov), 7-178 (William Buttleman, 50.2 ov), 8-205 (Jamal Richards, 55.5 ov), 9-209 (Aaron Beard, 56.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Tom Helm	10	6	21	0	2.10	-	-	-
Toby Greatwood	7	1	28	0	4.00	-	-	-
Max Harris	7	1	21	1	3.00	-	-	-
Nathan Sowter	14	0	63	2	4.50	-	-	-
Joshua De Caires	12.4	0	51	3	4.02	-	-	-
Nathan Fernandes	1	0	6	0	6.00	-	-	-
Viren Nirendra Patel	5	0	26	1	5.20	-	-	-

Middlesex 2nd XI 2nd Innings (T: 283 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Zachary McCaskie	b Benkenstein	39	84	91	4	0	46.42
Joshua De Caires	c Russell b Benkenstein	24	45	64	3	0	53.33
Jack Davies	c Gorantla b Benkenstein	1	7	12	0	0	14.28
Joe Cracknell	lbw b Beard	71	84	122	9	1	84.52
Nathan Fernandes	c Das b Russell	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Daniel O'Driscoll †	lbw b Benkenstein	3	23	17	0	0	13.04
Tom Helm	not out	95	96	139	14	1	98.95
Nathan Sowter (c)	not out	31	38	53	2	1	81.57
Extras	(b 15, lb 6, nb 2)	23
Total	63.1 Ov (RR: 4.54, 253 Mins)	287/6
Did not bat: Viren Nirendra Patel, Max Harris, Toby Greatwood
Fall of wickets: 1-63 (Joshua De Caires, 16.5 ov), 2-69 (Jack Davies, 20.2 ov), 3-92 (Zachary McCaskie, 24.5 ov), 4-95 (Nathan Fernandes, 25.2 ov), 5-116 (Daniel O'Driscoll, 30.5 ov), 6-210 (Joe Cracknell, 51.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jack Plom	17	4	64	0	3.76	-	-	-	0
Aaron Beard	11	0	54	1	4.90	-	-	-	0
Alex Russell	18.1	1	74	1	4.07	-	-	-	0
Jamal Richards	2	0	10	0	5.00	-	-	-	1
Luc Benkenstein	11	0	53	4	4.81	-	-	-	0
Harry Phillips	4	0	11	0	2.75	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Mon, 13 Sep - day 1 - Middx 2nd XI 1st innings 32/0 (Zachary McCaskie 14*, Joshua De Caires 13*, 8 ov)

Tue, 14 Sep - day 2 - Middx 2nd XI 1st innings 32/0 (Zachary McCaskie 14*, Joshua De Caires 13*, 8 ov)

Wed, 15 Sep - day 3 - Essex 2nd XI 2nd innings 120/3 (Robin Das 66*, William Buttleman 21*, 39 ov)

Thu, 16 Sep - day 4 - Middx 2nd XI 2nd innings 287/6 (63.1 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood
Toss	Essex 2nd XI, elected to bat first
Series	Second Eleven Championship
Season	2021
Players per side	Essex 2nd XI 12 (11 batting, 11 fielding); Middlesex 2nd XI 11 (11 batting, 11 fielding)
Match days	13,14,15,16 September 2021 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Matti Watton Nick Piper
Points	Middlesex 2nd XI 20, Essex 2nd XI 6

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Middx 2nd XI Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JH Plom	17	4	64	0	3.76
AP Beard	11	0	54	1	4.9
AK Russell	18.1	1	74	1	4.07
JA Richards	2	0	10	0	5 (1 nb)
LM Benkenstein	11	0	53	4	4.81
HWL Phillips	4	0	11	0	2.75

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