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First-class match

County Championship Division Two Essex v Middlesex

2008 season

Played at County Ground, Chelmsford, on 7,8,9,10 May 2008 (4-day match) Result Essex won by 2 wickets

	Middlesex 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		AJ Strauss	c Foster b Middlebrook	88	229	177	10	0	49.71
		BA Godleman	c Foster b Middlebrook	29	109	75	4	0	38.66
		ET Smith	c Gallian b Middlebrook	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
		EC Joyce	lbw b ten Doeschate	66	173	146	8	0	45.20
		EJG Morgan	c Foster b ten Doeschate	18	100	93	1	0	19.35
		DC Nash	c Chopra b Middlebrook	5	9	7	1	0	71.42
		VD Philander	lbw b ten Doeschate	30	152	74	4	1	40.54
		TJ Murtagh	c Pettini b Middlebrook	4	10	12	1	0	33.33
		SD Udal	c Pettini b Nel	17	109	29	3	0	58.62
		ST Finn	not out	8	3	17	1	0	47.05
		D Evans	b ten Doeschate	9	2	21	1	0	42.85
		Extras	(b 5, lb 6, w 5, nb 12)	28
		Total	(all out; 107.5 overs)	302	(2.80 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-85 (Godleman), 2-89 (Smith), 3-192 (Strauss), 4-222 (Joyce), 5-229 (Nash), 6-243 (Morgan), 7-255 (Murtagh), 8-285 (Philander), 9-285 (Udal), 10-302 (Evans)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	A Nel	31	7	76	1	2.45
	AP Palladino	13	4	34	0	2.61	(2w)
	CJC Wright	9	2	36	0	4.00	(5nb, 1w)
	JD Middlebrook	33	11	69	5	2.09
	RN ten Doeschate	20.5	3	75	4	3.60	(1nb, 2w)
	T Westley	1	0	1	0	1.00

	Essex 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		JER Gallian	c Nash b Evans	56	117	117	8	0	47.86
		AN Cook	lbw b Philander	25	11	36	6	0	69.44
		V Chopra	c Nash b Philander	10	3	5	1	1	200.00
		T Westley	c Strauss b Philander	60	176	140	9	0	42.85
		ML Pettini	c Morgan b Evans	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
		RN ten Doeschate	b Murtagh	23	80	53	2	0	43.39
		JS Foster	c Philander b Evans	5	24	16	1	0	31.25
		JD Middlebrook	b Evans	8	22	18	2	0	44.44
		CJC Wright	lbw b Evans	4	17	13	1	0	30.76
		AP Palladino	not out	5	18	7	0	0	71.42
		A Nel	b Evans	4	9	11	0	0	36.36
		Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 4)	7
		Total	(all out; 69.4 overs)	207	(2.97 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-43 (Cook), 2-53 (Chopra), 3-125 (Gallian), 4-129 (Pettini), 5-180 (Westley), 6-186 (ten Doeschate), 7-194 (Foster), 8-194 (Middlebrook), 9-201 (Wright), 10-207 (Nel)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	TJ Murtagh	19	6	53	1	2.78
	ST Finn	12	1	48	0	4.00
	VD Philander	16	3	45	3	2.81	(2nb)
	D Evans	14.4	6	35	6	2.38
	SD Udal	8	2	23	0	2.87

	Middlesex 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		AJ Strauss	c Gallian b Nel	12	25	23	2	0	52.17
		BA Godleman	c Foster b Middlebrook	28	138	98	4	0	28.57
		SD Udal	c Middlebrook b Nel	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
		ET Smith	c Foster b Nel	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
		EC Joyce	lbw b Palladino	9	47	38	2	0	23.68
		EJG Morgan	c Wright b Middlebrook	25	59	42	4	0	59.52
		DC Nash	not out	50	127	87	7	0	57.47
		VD Philander	c Palladino b ten Doeschate	20	46	43	3	0	46.51
		TJ Murtagh	c Foster b Palladino	42	65	57	7	0	73.68
		ST Finn	c Pettini b Palladino	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
		D Evans	c Gallian b Palladino	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
		Extras	(b 8, lb 5, nb 4)	17
		Total	(all out; 65.5 overs)	203	(3.08 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-18 (Strauss), 2-18 (Udal), 3-18 (Smith), 4-29 (Joyce), 5-79 (Godleman), 6-84 (Morgan), 7-133 (Philander), 8-203 (Murtagh), 9-203 (Finn), 10-203 (Evans)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	A Nel	20	6	38	3	1.90
	AP Palladino	13.5	3	29	4	2.09
	RN ten Doeschate	13	1	53	1	4.07	(2nb)
	CJC Wright	2	0	8	0	4.00
	JD Middlebrook	17	2	62	2	3.64

	Essex 2nd innings (target: 299 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		JER Gallian	c Strauss b Murtagh	40	88	81	5	0	49.38
		AN Cook	lbw b Philander	31	58	41	5	0	75.60
		V Chopra	b Evans	38	146	115	4	0	33.04
		T Westley	c Smith b Udal	1	1	3	0	0	33.33
		ML Pettini	c Godleman b Udal	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
		RN ten Doeschate	c Finn b Udal	18	41	30	2	0	60.00
		AP Palladino	lbw b Philander	16	46	45	1	0	35.55
		JS Foster	c sub b Finn	16	64	57	1	0	28.07
		JD Middlebrook	not out	33	151	97	2	1	34.02
		CJC Wright	not out	71	106	105	12	1	67.61
		Extras	(b 14, lb 17, w 2, nb 4)	37
		Total	(8 wickets; 95.5 overs)	301	(3.14 runs per over)

Did not bat A Nel

Fall of wickets1-70 (Cook), 2-83 (Gallian), 3-84 (Westley), 4-84 (Pettini), 5-118 (ten Doeschate), 6-159 (Palladino), 7-167 (Chopra), 8-202 (Foster)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	VD Philander	28.5	5	75	2	2.60	(2nb)
	ST Finn	10	4	26	1	2.60	(1w)
	D Evans	13	5	46	1	3.53	(1w)
	SD Udal	30	8	80	3	2.66
	TJ Murtagh	14	2	43	1	3.07

Toss Essex, who chose to field first Points Essex 18, Middlesex 6 Umpires B Dudleston and VA Holder Close of play 7 May day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 263/7 (VD Philander 23*, SD Udal 2*, 96 ov) 8 May day 2 - Middlesex 2nd innings 19/3 (BA Godleman 7*, EC Joyce 0*, 10 ov) 9 May day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 123/5 (V Chopra 17*, AP Palladino 0*, 40 ov) 10 May day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 301/8 (95.5 ov) - end of match

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