Middlesex v Essex, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, , Specsavers County Championship Division One, 2017
Specsavers County Championship Division One : Middlesex v Essex at London, April 21, 2017

Middlesex
MID
507/7d (131) & 239/3d (36)

Essex
ESS
295/10 (95.1) & 160/8 (74)
Finished
Match drawn
Middlesex 1st inningMID 1st inn.507/7 (131 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Robson | c AJA Wheater b JA Porter | 149 | 208 | 25 | 0 | 71.63 |
c AJA Wheater b JA Porter | ||||||
| Nick Gubbins | c AJA Wheater b AP Beard | 101 | 195 | 13 | 2 | 51.79 |
c AJA Wheater b AP Beard | ||||||
| Stevie Eskinazi | b TZ Westley | 100 | 199 | 11 | 0 | 50.25 |
b TZ Westley | ||||||
| Dawid Malan | b R Bopara | 14 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 43.75 |
b R Bopara | ||||||
| Adam Voges | lbw b JA Porter | 13 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 41.93 |
lbw b JA Porter | ||||||
| John Simpson(WK) | st AJA Wheater b SR Harmer | 90 | 111 | 10 | 2 | 81.08 |
st AJA Wheater b SR Harmer | ||||||
| James Franklin(C) | c DW Lawrence b R Doeschate | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 |
c DW Lawrence b R Doeschate | ||||||
| Toby Roland-Jones | Not out | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 333.33 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 10, w 2, nb 2, lb 13) | |||||
| Total | 507/7 (131) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Porter | 28 | 9 | 90 | 2 | 3.21 |
| Neil Wagner | 27 | 5 | 74 | 0 | 2.74 |
| Simon Harmer | 25 | 1 | 112 | 1 | 4.48 |
| Aaron Beard | 19 | 1 | 73 | 1 | 3.84 |
| Ravi Bopara | 20 | 0 | 81 | 1 | 4.05 |
| Ryan ten Doeschate | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 4.33 |
| Dan Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Tom Westley | 5 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 5.20 |
Fall of wickets: 1-241 (NRT Gubbins - 63.2 ov), 2-277 (SD Robson - 72.2 ov), 3-305 (D Malan - 84.3 ov), 4-331 (AC Voges - 92.6 ov), 5-480 (SS Eskinazi - 127.4 ov), 6-492 (JEC Franklin - 129.4 ov), 7-504 (JA Simpson - 130.6 ov)
Essex 1st inningESS 1st inn.295/10 (95.1 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Browne | lbw b OP Rayner | 47 | 114 | 6 | 0 | 41.22 |
lbw b OP Rayner | ||||||
| Alastair Cook | c JA Simpson b TS Roland-Jones | 14 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 87.50 |
c JA Simpson b TS Roland-Jones | ||||||
| Tom Westley | b S Finn | 31 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 70.45 |
b S Finn | ||||||
| Dan Lawrence | lbw b S Finn | 75 | 185 | 9 | 0 | 40.54 |
lbw b S Finn | ||||||
| Jamie Porter | b TS Roland-Jones | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
b TS Roland-Jones | ||||||
| Ravi Bopara | c SD Robson b TS Roland-Jones | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 37.50 |
c SD Robson b TS Roland-Jones | ||||||
| Adam Wheater(WK) | c SS Eskinazi b OP Rayner | 64 | 127 | 10 | 0 | 50.39 |
c SS Eskinazi b OP Rayner | ||||||
| Ryan ten Doeschate(C) | lbw b T Murtagh | 20 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 64.51 |
lbw b T Murtagh | ||||||
| Simon Harmer | c SS Eskinazi b S Finn | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 |
c SS Eskinazi b S Finn | ||||||
| Neil Wagner | b S Finn | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
b S Finn | ||||||
| Aaron Beard | Not out | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 23.52 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 5, w 0, nb 16, lb 5) | |||||
| Total | 295/10 (95.1) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Murtagh | 23 | 6 | 58 | 1 | 2.52 |
| Toby Roland-Jones | 23 | 4 | 81 | 3 | 3.52 |
| James Franklin | 16 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 3.62 |
| Steven Finn | 22.1 | 6 | 51 | 4 | 2.30 |
| Ollie Rayner | 11 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 3.36 |
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (AN Cook - 5.2 ov), 2-86 (TZ Westley - 21.4 ov), 3-115 (NLJ Browne - 33.5 ov), 4-120 (JA Porter - 34.5 ov), 5-126 (R Bopara - 40.2 ov), 6-253 (AJA Wheater - 77.6 ov), 7-282 (R Doeschate - 86.2 ov), 8-285 (SR Harmer - 89.6 ov), 9-288 (DW Lawrence - 91.3 ov), 10-295 (N Wagner - 95.1 ov)
Middlesex 2nd inningMID 2nd inn.239/3 (36 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Gubbins | c R Bopara b SR Harmer | 64 | 62 | 4 | 2 | 103.22 |
c R Bopara b SR Harmer | ||||||
| Sam Robson | c DW Lawrence b SR Harmer | 77 | 84 | 13 | 0 | 91.66 |
c DW Lawrence b SR Harmer | ||||||
| Stevie Eskinazi | c N Wagner b SR Harmer | 62 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 182.35 |
c N Wagner b SR Harmer | ||||||
| Dawid Malan | Not out | 20 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 71.42 |
Not out | ||||||
| Adam Voges | Not out | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 4, w 0, nb 2, lb 4) | |||||
| Total | 239/3 (36) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Porter | 7 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 5.57 |
| Neil Wagner | 10 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 6.20 |
| Aaron Beard | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 6.60 |
| Ravi Bopara | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 |
| Simon Harmer | 11 | 0 | 72 | 3 | 6.54 |
Fall of wickets: 1-146 (SD Robson - 23.3 ov), 2-150 (NRT Gubbins - 25.1 ov), 3-225 (SS Eskinazi - 33.4 ov)
Essex 2nd inningESS 2nd inn.160/8 (74 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Browne | b T Murtagh | 19 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 54.28 |
b T Murtagh | ||||||
| Alastair Cook | c SD Robson b OP Rayner | 37 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 66.07 |
c SD Robson b OP Rayner | ||||||
| Tom Westley | lbw b TS Roland-Jones | 13 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 28.26 |
lbw b TS Roland-Jones | ||||||
| Dan Lawrence | c AC Voges b S Finn | 15 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 21.12 |
c AC Voges b S Finn | ||||||
| Ravi Bopara | b S Finn | 32 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 34.40 |
b S Finn | ||||||
| Adam Wheater(WK) | c D Malan b TS Roland-Jones | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c D Malan b TS Roland-Jones | ||||||
| Ryan ten Doeschate(C) | c JEC Franklin b TS Roland-Jones | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 |
c JEC Franklin b TS Roland-Jones | ||||||
| Simon Harmer | lbw b D Malan | 20 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 29.85 |
lbw b D Malan | ||||||
| Neil Wagner | Not out | 16 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 |
Not out | ||||||
| Aaron Beard | Not out | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 1, w 0, nb 0, lb 6) | |||||
| Total | 160/8 (74) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Murtagh | 14 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 3.14 |
| Toby Roland-Jones | 21 | 8 | 42 | 3 | 2.00 |
| Steven Finn | 16 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 2.43 |
| Ollie Rayner | 21 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 1.19 |
| Dawid Malan | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1.50 |
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (NLJ Browne - 10.1 ov), 2-74 (TZ Westley - 22.2 ov), 3-74 (AN Cook - 23.3 ov), 4-104 (DW Lawrence - 42.4 ov), 5-104 (AJA Wheater - 46.4 ov), 6-116 (R Doeschate - 50.5 ov), 7-130 (R Bopara - 57.2 ov), 8-160 (SR Harmer - 72.1 ov)
Date
2017-04-21 15:30 PM
Venue
Lord's, London
Toss
Umpires
- Ian Gould
- Paul Baldwin
Tv Umpires
Match Referee
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