MatchesMen's First-classSpecsavers County Championship 2017

Middlesex v Essex

Group 1 · County Ground, Chelmsford · 26 Jun 2017 – 29 Jun 2017

Essex won by an innings and 34 runs

Middlesex 1st innings24659.1 overs

Essex 1st innings542/3d125 overs

Middlesex 2nd innings262111.4 overs

Middlesex 1st innings 246 (59.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NRD Compton	c JS Foster b JA Porter	2	7	0	0	28.6
NRT Gubbins	lbw b Mohammad Amir	0	9	0	0	0.0
SS Eskinazi	c AN Cook b JA Porter	66	111	11	0	59.5
DJ Malan	c JS Foster b SR Harmer	60	93	11	0	64.5
PR Stirling	c RN ten Doeschate b SR Harmer	77	50	8	5	154.0
JA Simpson	lbw b Mohammad Amir	5	9	1	0	55.6
RF Higgins	c T Westley b SR Harmer	6	28	1	0	21.4
TS Roland-Jones	not out	11	31	0	1	35.5
OP Rayner	c RN ten Doeschate b SR Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.0
TJ Murtagh	lbw b SR Harmer	0	6	0	0	0.0
ST Finn	c & b RS Bopara	1	9	0	0	11.1
Extras		18
Total	all out, 59.1 overs	246

Fall of wickets: 2-1 (NRT Gubbins, 1.6 ov), 2-2 (NRD Compton, 2.4 ov), 126-3 (DJ Malan, 35.3 ov), 146-4 (SS Eskinazi, 38.1 ov), 158-5 (JA Simpson, 40.2 ov), 219-6 (RF Higgins, 50.3 ov), 225-7 (PR Stirling, 52.1 ov), 225-8 (OP Rayner, 52.3 ov), 231-9 (TJ Murtagh, 54.6 ov), 246-10 (ST Finn, 59.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
JA Porter	12	2	58	2	4.83	51	0
Mohammad Amir	16	3	53	2	3.31	69	0
PI Walter	6	2	27	0	4.50	27	0
RS Bopara	4.1	1	11	1	2.64	21	1
SR Harmer	20	4	77	5	3.85	88	0
DW Lawrence	1	0	3	0	3.00	3	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	2	12	NRD Compton 2, NRT Gubbins 0
2	0	4	NRD Compton 0, SS Eskinazi 0
3	124	197	SS Eskinazi 56, DJ Malan 60
4	20	16	SS Eskinazi 10, PR Stirling 10
5	12	13	PR Stirling 7, JA Simpson 5
6	61	61	PR Stirling 54, RF Higgins 6
7	6	10	PR Stirling 6, TS Roland-Jones 0
8	0	2	TS Roland-Jones 0, OP Rayner 0
9	6	15	TS Roland-Jones 2, TJ Murtagh 0
10	15	25	TS Roland-Jones 9, ST Finn 1

Essex 1st innings 542/3d (125 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne	c DJ Malan b OP Rayner	221	384	22	1	57.6
AN Cook	c SS Eskinazi b OP Rayner	193	280	26	0	68.9
V Chopra	not out	100	75	2	6	133.3
DW Lawrence	b RF Higgins	2	5	0	0	40.0
RS Bopara	not out	10	9	0	0	111.1
Extras		16
Total	3 wickets declared, 125 overs	542

Did not bat: SR Harmer, T Westley, RN ten Doeschate, PI Walter, JA Porter, Mohammad Amir, JS Foster

Fall of wickets: 373-1 (AN Cook, 104.1 ov), 502-2 (NLJ Browne, 120.4 ov), 508-3 (DW Lawrence, 121.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
TJ Murtagh	23	5	69	0	3.00	107	0	0
TS Roland-Jones	24	3	91	0	3.79	103	0	0
ST Finn	21	3	85	0	4.05	76	0	2
OP Rayner	29	1	152	2	5.24	90	0	0
RF Higgins	16	1	77	1	4.81	52	2	4
PR Stirling	4	1	10	0	2.50	18	0	0
DJ Malan	8	0	50	0	6.25	17	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	373	625	NLJ Browne 172, AN Cook 193
2	129	99	NLJ Browne 49, V Chopra 77
3	6	7	V Chopra 3, DW Lawrence 2
Unbroken	34	19	V Chopra 20, RS Bopara 10

Middlesex 2nd innings 262 (111.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NRT Gubbins	c AN Cook b SR Harmer	16	50	2	0	32.0
NRD Compton	lbw b SR Harmer	120	303	14	1	39.6
SS Eskinazi	c V Chopra b SR Harmer	12	24	2	0	50.0
DJ Malan	b SR Harmer	1	4	0	0	25.0
PR Stirling	c RS Bopara b SR Harmer	55	142	5	1	38.7
JA Simpson	c AN Cook b SR Harmer	21	44	4	0	47.7
RF Higgins	c AN Cook b SR Harmer	16	59	2	0	27.1
TS Roland-Jones	lbw b DW Lawrence	1	30	0	0	3.3
OP Rayner	lbw b SR Harmer	0	3	0	0	0.0
TJ Murtagh	not out	1	10	0	0	10.0
ST Finn	lbw b SR Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras		19
Total	all out, 111.4 overs	262

Fall of wickets: 27-1 (NRT Gubbins, 13.1 ov), 49-2 (SS Eskinazi, 19.5 ov), 51-3 (DJ Malan, 21.2 ov), 204-4 (PR Stirling, 76.1 ov), 239-5 (JA Simpson, 89.3 ov), 252-6 (NRD Compton, 101.1 ov), 261-7 (RF Higgins, 107.2 ov), 261-8 (OP Rayner, 107.5 ov), 261-9 (TS Roland-Jones, 110.5 ov), 262-10 (ST Finn, 111.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JA Porter	19	6	38	0	2.00	90	0
Mohammad Amir	20	7	42	0	2.10	99	0
SR Harmer	46.4	15	95	9	2.04	226	2
PI Walter	7	2	25	0	3.57	28	0
DW Lawrence	16	6	39	1	2.44	80	0
RS Bopara	2	1	4	0	2.00	11	0
RN ten Doeschate	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	27	79	NRT Gubbins 16, NRD Compton 6
2	22	40	NRD Compton 10, SS Eskinazi 12
3	2	9	NRD Compton 1, DJ Malan 1
4	153	329	NRD Compton 86, PR Stirling 55
5	35	80	NRD Compton 14, JA Simpson 21
6	13	70	NRD Compton 3, RF Higgins 8
7	9	37	RF Higgins 8, TS Roland-Jones 1
8	0	3	TS Roland-Jones 0, OP Rayner 0
9	0	18	TS Roland-Jones 0, TJ Murtagh 0
10	1	5	TJ Murtagh 1, ST Finn 0

Match details

Toss: Middlesex, chose to bat
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2017
Umpires: DJ Millns, PJ Hartley
Source: Cricsheet match 1068554