Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	b Harris	35	55	70	8	0	63.63
Johann Myburgh	c †Simpson b Fuller	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Chris Rogers (c)	c †Simpson b Podmore	57	86	123	11	0	66.27
James Hildreth	lbw b Fuller	19	15	34	3	1	126.66
Jim Allenby	c †Simpson b Podmore	44	115	148	6	0	38.26
Peter Trego	c †Simpson b Podmore	4	15	21	0	0	26.66
Craig Overton	c †Simpson b Harris	0	9	11	0	0	0.00
Alex Barrow †	c Rayner b Harris	10	17	19	1	0	58.82
Jamie Overton	c Robson b Podmore	14	33	60	1	0	42.42
Jack Leach	c Rayner b Fuller	12	26	42	3	0	46.15
Tim Groenewald	not out	9	33	35	1	0	27.27
Extras	(b 8, lb 7, nb 16, w 1)	32
Total	67 Ov (RR: 3.52)	236
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Johann Myburgh, 1.4 ov), 2-77 (Marcus Trescothick, 15.5 ov), 3-115 (James Hildreth, 23.1 ov), 4-133 (Chris Rogers, 30.1 ov), 5-153 (Peter Trego, 34.4 ov), 6-154 (Craig Overton, 37.2 ov), 7-172 (Alex Barrow, 41.6 ov), 8-211 (Jamie Overton, 56.4 ov), 9-213 (Jim Allenby, 58.2 ov), 10-236 (Jack Leach, 66.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
James Harris	18	2	67	3	3.72	85	12	0	0	3
15.5 to ME Trescothick, . 77/2 37.2 to C Overton, . 154/6 41.6 to AWR Barrow, . 172/7
James Fuller	20	7	72	3	3.60	94	10	1	0	2
1.4 to JG Myburgh, . 6/1 23.1 to JC Hildreth, . 115/3 66.6 to MJ Leach, . 236/10
Harry Podmore	21	4	54	4	2.57	103	8	0	1	1
30.1 to CJL Rogers, . 133/4 34.4 to PD Trego, . 153/5 56.4 to J Overton, . 211/8 58.2 to J Allenby, . 213/9
James Franklin	8	1	28	0	3.50	36	4	0	0	0

Middlesex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	lbw b C Overton	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Nick Gubbins	c Trescothick b Allenby	67	110	140	9	1	60.90
Stephen Eskinazi	c Hildreth b C Overton	7	52	60	0	0	13.46
Dawid Malan	b Trego	10	11	23	2	0	90.90
George Bailey	c C Overton b Allenby	71	151	187	8	0	47.01
John Simpson †	c †Barrow b Allenby	0	2	6	0	0	0.00
James Franklin (c)	b Allenby	5	19	25	1	0	26.31
Ollie Rayner	c Allenby b C Overton	12	33	56	2	0	36.36
James Harris	c Allenby b Groenewald	78	205	219	6	1	38.04
James Fuller	c Allenby b Groenewald	93	126	163	7	2	73.80
Harry Podmore	not out	2	7	11	0	0	28.57
Extras	(b 13, lb 22, w 1)	36
Total	119.4 Ov (RR: 3.18)	381
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sam Robson, 0.2 ov), 2-51 (Stephen Eskinazi, 16.1 ov), 3-74 (Dawid Malan, 21.5 ov), 4-115 (Nick Gubbins, 35.6 ov), 5-117 (John Simpson, 37.2 ov), 6-133 (James Franklin, 43.6 ov), 7-177 (Ollie Rayner, 59.2 ov), 8-212 (George Bailey, 71.1 ov), 9-374 (James Fuller, 117.1 ov), 10-381 (James Harris, 119.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Craig Overton	30	7	86	3	2.86	138	9	2	1	0
0.2 to SD Robson, . 0/1 16.1 to SS Eskinazi, . 51/2 59.2 to OP Rayner, . 177/7
Tim Groenewald	30.4	3	97	2	3.16	137	13	0	0	0
117.1 to JK Fuller, . 374/9 119.4 to JAR Harris, . 381/10
Jamie Overton	3.3	1	8	0	2.28	17	1	0	0	0
Jim Allenby	26	5	67	4	2.57	115	5	1	0	0
35.6 to NRT Gubbins, . 115/4 37.2 to JA Simpson, . 117/5 43.6 to JEC Franklin, . 133/6 71.1 to GJ Bailey, . 212/8
Peter Trego	15.3	3	41	1	2.64	65	4	0	0	0
21.5 to DJ Malan, . 74/3
Jack Leach	12	2	38	0	3.16	49	3	1	0	0
Johann Myburgh	2	0	9	0	4.50	6	0	0	0	0

Somerset 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	c †Simpson b Harris	124	217	294	19	2	57.14
Johann Myburgh	b Podmore	12	16	21	3	0	75.00
Chris Rogers (c)	c Bailey b Podmore	0	6	10	0	0	0.00
James Hildreth	c Franklin b Rayner	11	32	39	1	0	34.37
Jim Allenby	c Fuller b Podmore	38	61	66	7	0	62.29
Peter Trego	c Franklin b Fuller	138	208	298	17	1	66.34
Craig Overton	c †Simpson b Harris	2	11	11	0	0	18.18
Alex Barrow †	c †Simpson b Fuller	21	87	107	2	0	24.13
Jack Leach	not out	27	90	117	3	0	30.00
Jamie Overton	c †Simpson b Fuller	5	32	36	0	0	15.62
Tim Groenewald	not out	26	57	57	2	1	45.61
Extras	(b 4, lb 9, nb 26, w 3)	42
Total	134 Ov (RR: 3.32)	446/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Johann Myburgh, 5.2 ov), 2-18 (Chris Rogers, 7.2 ov), 3-59 (James Hildreth, 16.4 ov), 4-126 (Jim Allenby, 33.3 ov), 5-307 (Marcus Trescothick, 73.1 ov), 6-315 (Craig Overton, 75.5 ov), 7-381 (Alex Barrow, 101.6 ov), 8-396 (Peter Trego, 107.1 ov), 9-404 (Jamie Overton, 117.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
James Fuller	30	4	125	3	4.16	127	18	2	0	1
101.6 to AWR Barrow, . 381/7 107.1 to PD Trego, . 396/8 117.4 to J Overton, . 404/9
Harry Podmore	34	7	89	3	2.61	158	8	0	2	4
5.2 to JG Myburgh, . 16/1 7.2 to CJL Rogers, . 18/2 33.3 to J Allenby, . 126/4
James Harris	33	3	114	2	3.45	147	13	0	1	8
73.1 to ME Trescothick, . 307/5 75.5 to C Overton, . 315/6
Ollie Rayner	29	9	72	1	2.48	142	9	2	0	0
16.4 to JC Hildreth, . 59/3
James Franklin	7	1	32	0	4.57	29	6	0	0	0
Dawid Malan	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings (T: 302 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Gubbins	c Allenby b Groenewald	76	70	95	9	2	108.57
Sam Robson	c †Barrow b Groenewald	22	23	27	4	0	95.65
Dawid Malan	c C Overton b Groenewald	32	28	40	4	0	114.28
James Franklin (c)	lbw b Allenby	28	32	73	1	1	87.50
George Bailey	b Groenewald	4	10	9	1	0	40.00
John Simpson †	not out	79	80	105	5	4	98.75
James Fuller	c Trego b Leach	36	18	43	2	3	200.00
Ollie Rayner	b Leach	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Stephen Eskinazi	c C Overton b Groenewald	11	9	13	2	0	122.22
James Harris	not out	2	2	9	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, w 5)	12
Total	45.4 Ov (RR: 6.61)	302/8
Did not bat: Harry Podmore
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Sam Robson, 7.2 ov), 2-108 (Dawid Malan, 16.3 ov), 3-150 (Nick Gubbins, 22.6 ov), 4-155 (George Bailey, 24.5 ov), 5-185 (James Franklin, 33.6 ov), 6-271 (James Fuller, 41.4 ov), 7-271 (Ollie Rayner, 41.6 ov), 8-292 (Stephen Eskinazi, 44.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Craig Overton	10	0	94	0	9.40	25	12	3	2	0
Tim Groenewald	19	3	90	5	4.73	67	8	3	1	0
7.2 to SD Robson, . 32/1 16.3 to DJ Malan, . 108/2 22.6 to NRT Gubbins, . 150/3 24.5 to GJ Bailey, . 155/4 44.3 to SS Eskinazi, . 292/8
Jack Leach	5	0	36	2	7.20	13	3	1	0	0
41.4 to JK Fuller, . 271/6 41.6 to OP Rayner, . 271/7
Johann Myburgh	1	0	11	0	11.00	3	2	0	0	0
Jim Allenby	10.4	1	64	1	6.00	29	3	3	0	0
33.6 to JEC Franklin, . 185/5

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Sun, 10 Jul - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 51/1 (Nick Gubbins 31*, Stephen Eskinazi 7*, 16 ov)

Mon, 11 Jul - day 2 - Middlesex 1st innings 361/8 (James Harris 69*, James Fuller 84*, 112 ov)

Tue, 12 Jul - day 3 - Somerset 2nd innings 348/6 (Peter Trego 115*, Alex Barrow 7*, 86 ov)

Wed, 13 Jul - day 4 - Middlesex 2nd innings 302/8 (45.4 ov) - end of match

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Day 3

Somerset 2nd innings
PD Trego: 100 off 130 balls, 176 mins (14x4, 1x6)

Match Details

County Ground, Taunton
Toss	no toss
Series	Specsavers County Championship Division One
Season	2016
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	10,11,12,13 July 2016 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	David Millns Steve Garratt
Points	Middlesex 23, Somerset 3

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Middlesex Innings

Player Name		R	B
NRT Gubbins	caught	76	70
SD Robson	caught	22	23
DJ Malan	caught	32	28
JEC Franklin	lbw	28	32
GJ Bailey	bowled	4	10
JA Simpson	not out	79	80
JK Fuller	caught	36	18
OP Rayner	bowled	0	2
SS Eskinazi	caught	11	9
JAR Harris	not out	2	2
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, w 5)
Total	302(8 wkts; 45.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
C Overton	10	0	94	0	9.4
TD Groenewald	19	3	90	5	4.73
MJ Leach	5	0	36	2	7.2
JG Myburgh	1	0	11	0	11
J Allenby	10.4	1	64	1	6

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	32	Sam Robson	Nick Gubbins
2nd	76	Dawid Malan	Nick Gubbins
3rd	42	James Franklin	Nick Gubbins
4th	5	James Franklin	George Bailey
5th	30	James Franklin	John Simpson
6th	86	John Simpson	James Fuller
7th	0	John Simpson	Ollie Rayner
8th	21	John Simpson	Stephen Eskinazi
9th	10	John Simpson	James Harris

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Specsavers County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
MID	16	6	0	10	230
SOM	16	6	1	9	226
YOR	16	5	3	8	211
DUR	16	5	3	8	200
SUR	16	4	6	6	182
WAR	16	3	4	9	176
LAN	16	3	5	8	165
HAM	16	2	4	10	155
NOT	16	1	9	6	124
DER	-	-	-	-	-
NOR	-	-	-	-	-
SUS	-	-	-	-	-
WOR	-	-	-	-	-

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
MID	16	6	0	10	230
SOM	16	6	1	9	226
YOR	16	5	3	8	211
DUR	16	5	3	8	200
SUR	16	4	6	6	182
WAR	16	3	4	9	176
LAN	16	3	5	8	165
HAM	16	2	4	10	155
NOT	16	1	9	6	124
DER	-	-	-	-	-
NOR	-	-	-	-	-
SUS	-	-	-	-	-
WOR	-	-	-	-	-

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
MID	16	6	0	10	230
SOM	16	6	1	9	226
YOR	16	5	3	8	211
DUR	16	5	3	8	200
SUR	16	4	6	6	182
WAR	16	3	4	9	176
LAN	16	3	5	8	165
HAM	16	2	4	10	155
NOT	16	1	9	6	124
DER	-	-	-	-	-
NOR	-	-	-	-	-
SUS	-	-	-	-	-
WOR	-	-	-	-	-

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
MID	16	6	0	10	230
SOM	16	6	1	9	226
YOR	16	5	3	8	211
DUR	16	5	3	8	200
SUR	16	4	6	6	182
WAR	16	3	4	9	176
LAN	16	3	5	8	165
HAM	16	2	4	10	155
NOT	16	1	9	6	124
DER	-	-	-	-	-
NOR	-	-	-	-	-
SUS	-	-	-	-	-
WOR	-	-	-	-	-