BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns (c)	c Robson b Murtagh	8	14	19	1	0	57.14

Mark Stoneman	c †Simpson b Roland-Jones	44	106	157	7	0	41.50

Hashim Amla	lbw b Murtagh	0	3	4	0	0	0.00

Ollie Pope	c Robson b Roland-Jones	22	37	44	4	0	59.45

Ben Foakes †	c †Simpson b Roland-Jones	11	27	34	1	0	40.74

Jamie Smith	b Murtagh	19	40	51	3	0	47.50

Jordan Clark	c Gubbins b Murtagh	0	6	10	0	0	0.00

Rikki Clarke	run out (Gubbins)	28	44	71	5	0	63.63

Reece Topley	b Bamber	10	14	20	2	0	71.42

Kemar Roach	b Hollman	8	39	41	1	0	20.51

Amar Virdi	not out	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 1)	4
TOTAL	55.4 Ov (RR: 2.76)	154
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Rory Burns, 4.2 ov), 2-22 (Hashim Amla, 4.5 ov), 3-51 (Ollie Pope, 15.6 ov), 4-72 (Ben Foakes, 24.1 ov), 5-107 (Jamie Smith, 36.5 ov), 6-107 (Mark Stoneman, 37.6 ov), 7-107 (Jordan Clark, 38.5 ov), 8-124 (Reece Topley, 43.2 ov), 9-153 (Kemar Roach, 54.2 ov), 10-154 (Rikki Clarke, 55.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	15	8	28	4	1.86	78	4	0	0	0
4.2 to RJ Burns, edged and gone! Murtagh finds the outside edge as Burns prods forwards, and Robson takes a sharp low catch at second slip. 22/1 4.5 to HM Amla, trapped on the pad, and up goes the finger! Amla was shuffling across looking to work this through mid-on, but there's enough seam movement to hit him on the knee roll and that looked to be smashing into leg stump. 22/2 36.5 to JL Smith, nips in sharply from a length as Smith is caught on the crease, and trims the top of the stumps! Surrey in all sorts. 107/5 38.5 to J Clark, wide, and Clark throws his hands at it... and nails it straight to cover! Surrey are crumbling. 107/7
Ethan Bamber	14	2	51	1	3.64	63	8	0	0	0
43.2 to RJW Topley, straight through! Topley is cleaned up by a straight one, which crashes into the top of middle and off. 124/8
Toby Roland-Jones	14	4	41	3	2.92	68	6	0	1	0
15.6 to OJ Pope, full on fifth stump, Pope is suckered into the drive and is caught low at second slip! Big moment. Didn't need to be driving at it, but a very sharp catch by Robson. 51/3 24.1 to BT Foakes, sharp low catch by Simpson and Surrey are four down! Hint of shape away from the bat down the slope to find the outside edge as Foakes drives, and Simpson snaffles it diving forwards. Two for Roland-Jones, four for Middlesex. 72/4 37.6 to MD Stoneman, awkward length as Stoneman stays back, and just a hint of movement to take the shoulder of the bat and fly into the hands of Simpson behind the stumps! Roland-Jones joins Murtagh on three wickets. 107/6
Martin Andersson	10.4	2	27	0	2.53	52	5	0	0	0
Luke Hollman	2	1	4	1	2.00	11	1	0	0	0
54.2 to KAJ Roach, Roach lines up a big wipe down the ground, and Hollman knocks back his leg stump! Maiden first-class wicket with his eighth ball, and out comes Amar Virdi at No. 11. 153/9

Middlesex 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	lbw b Topley	95	256	335	8	0	37.10

Max Holden	c Burns b Topley	3	8	13	0	0	37.50

Nick Gubbins	b Topley	4	5	9	1	0	80.00

Peter Handscomb (c)	b Topley	0	3	4	0	0	0.00

Robbie White	b Clark	72	171	205	10	0	42.10

John Simpson †	c †Foakes b Clark	3	15	22	0	0	20.00

Martin Andersson	b Clarke	13	21	40	1	0	61.90

Toby Roland-Jones	not out	46	72	113	6	1	63.88
Luke Hollman	c Virdi b Clark	2	15	22	0	0	13.33

Ethan Bamber	c Clarke b Roach	13	34	39	2	0	38.23

Tim Murtagh	c Amla b Clarke	0	5	10	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 14, lb 3)	17
TOTAL	100.5 Ov (RR: 2.65)	268
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Max Holden, 3.2 ov), 2-16 (Nick Gubbins, 5.1 ov), 3-16 (Peter Handscomb, 5.4 ov), 4-149 (Robbie White, 58.4 ov), 5-161 (John Simpson, 64.2 ov), 6-189 (Martin Andersson, 74.3 ov), 7-215 (Sam Robson, 85.4 ov), 8-228 (Luke Hollman, 90.4 ov), 9-261 (Ethan Bamber, 99.3 ov), 10-268 (Tim Murtagh, 100.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kemar Roach	25	7	53	1	2.12	127	8	0	0	0
99.3 to ER Bamber, edged, parried, gone! Thick edge from Bamber flies to Burns at second slip, who knocks it up towards Clarke at first. Clarke sticks out a hand, grabs it, and is nearly taken out by Foakes in the process, but manages to cling on, and Bamber is gone. 261/9
Reece Topley	26	7	56	4	2.15	127	6	0	0	0
3.2 to MDE Holden, very full outswinger, and somehow dug out into the slips! Holden didn't commit to the shot, managing to steer it to second slip, moving to his left. 8/1 5.1 to NRT Gubbins, cleaned up by a low full-bunger! Bizarre moment as Gubbins misses a straight one. Full toss, which crashes into the base of off stump as Gubbins gets himself into a right pickle trying to clip an outswinger through the leg side. 16/2 5.4 to PSP Handscomb, nips back through the gate and Handscomb is out third ball! Very loose shot, driving at a fullish ball, and Topley has three early ones!. 16/3 85.4 to SD Robson, big shout and up goes the finger! Full and straight does the trick from Topley as Robson gets a long way across towards the off side. He's hit in front of middle-and-leg and this looked to be crashing into leg stump. Four for Topley, who has been exceptional, and Robson falls five short of a second ton of the season. 215/7
Jordan Clark	21	4	58	3	2.76	95	7	0	0	0
58.4 to RG White, chopped on! Back of a length, maybe a hint of extra bounce, and White mistimes the back-foot punch, only managing to inside-edge onto his off stump - which goes flying. Determined innings, steering Middlesex towards a lead, but a disappointing end. 149/4 64.2 to JA Simpson, full length, draws an outside edge from Simpson and Middlesex are five down! Clark has his second. Just a fraction of movement down the slope to find the nick, and Simpson goes early. 161/5 90.4 to LBK Hollman, banged in halfway down, and Hollman pulls... straight to short midwicket! Virdi didn't have to move an inch in tight. Creamed straight to him. 228/8
Rikki Clarke	20.5	2	76	2	3.64	85	7	1	0	0
74.3 to MK Andersson, length ball, which nips away to knock Andersson's off stump out of the ground! Sketchy innings comes to an end, and Surrey are into the bowlers. 189/6 100.5 to TJ Murtagh, another wild mow, which loops up into the hands of mid-off. Middlesex lead by 114 on first innings, thanks mainly to that stand between Robson and Robbie White. 268/10
Amar Virdi	8	3	8	0	1.00	41	0	0	0	0

Surrey 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns (c)	c †Simpson b Bamber	54	103	143	8	0	52.42

Mark Stoneman	lbw b Bamber	2	18	25	0	0	11.11

Hashim Amla	lbw b Roland-Jones	0	1	7	0	0	0.00

Ollie Pope	c †Simpson b Andersson	32	48	60	6	0	66.66

Ben Foakes †	c Robson b Murtagh	17	55	82	2	0	30.90

Jamie Smith	lbw b Bamber	11	31	37	2	0	35.48

Jordan Clark	b Roland-Jones	4	15	25	1	0	26.66

Rikki Clarke	lbw b Murtagh	3	22	30	0	0	13.63

Reece Topley	b Roland-Jones	4	11	19	1	0	36.36

Kemar Roach	not out	0	5	10	0	0	0.00
Amar Virdi	c †Simpson b Roland-Jones	0	3	4	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 3)	3
TOTAL	52 Ov (RR: 2.50)	130
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Mark Stoneman, 5.6 ov), 2-20 (Hashim Amla, 7.1 ov), 3-79 (Ollie Pope, 22.4 ov), 4-105 (Rory Burns, 35.1 ov), 5-113 (Ben Foakes, 42.1 ov), 6-117 (Jamie Smith, 43.3 ov), 7-124 (Jordan Clark, 47.4 ov), 8-130 (Rikki Clarke, 50.1 ov), 9-130 (Reece Topley, 51.3 ov), 10-130 (Amar Virdi, 51.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	19	9	30	2	1.57	103	6	0	0	0
42.1 to BT Foakes, edged to second slip and Robson clings on! Surrey have lost two early ones and are five down while still in the red. Classic Murtagh, drawing the outside edge from a length, and Foakes is gone. 113/5 50.1 to R Clarke, smashed on the front pad, and Murtagh has another! Clarke is beaten on the inside edge as the ball holds its line from a fullish length, maybe nibbling back in just a fraction off the seam, and that is salmon. 130/8
Ethan Bamber	11	2	30	3	2.72	51	4	0	0	0
5.6 to MD Stoneman, trapped on the pad and up goes the finger! Nipped back up the slope, hitting Stoneman on the shin, and Middlesex have their first. 16/1 35.1 to RJ Burns, nicks off to the first ball of the day! What a moment for Middlesex and for Bamber. Fullish, tight line, and did just enough to take the outside edge. 105/4 43.3 to JL Smith, trapped on the pad and the finger is straight up! Smith gone and Surrey lose their sixth. Stinking morning for them so far, but a belting one for Ethan Bamber, who angles this back in from a fullish length to hit the pad. 117/6
Toby Roland-Jones	12	4	29	4	2.41	60	5	0	0	0
7.1 to HM Amla, trapped on the pad and the finger goes straight up! A pair for Amla, including a first-baller in the second. Amla shuffled across, looking to work this through midwicket, but got himself in a right mess and goes first ball. He stands there quizzically for a moment before trudging off, but this looked like it would hit the top of leg stump. 20/2 47.4 to J Clark, middle stump goes flying! Surrey's slide towards defeat continues. Hardly a hint of movement from TRJ but a full length and Clark missed a straight one, looking to drive back past the stumps. 124/7 51.3 to RJW Topley, stumps splattered! Fullish, straight, Topley is late on the shot jamming his bat down and middle stump is sent cartwheeling with leg stump jutting out to one side. Roland-Jones has a third, Surrey are effectively 16 for 9. 130/9 51.6 to A Virdi, full, straight, smashed on the pad, and that's that! Middlesex need 17 to win. Roland-Jones claims a fourth, and Surrey have lost seven wickets for 25 runs in 78 minutes today. 130/10
Martin Andersson	5	1	22	1	4.40	23	5	0	0	0
22.4 to OJ Pope, nicks him off! Pope throws his head up in frustration. Two starts, but no score of note in this match. Length ball from Andersson, which drew a flirt outside off stump, and Simpson gobbles up the easiest of chances behind the stumps. 79/3
Luke Hollman	5	0	16	0	3.20	18	0	0	0	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings (T: 17 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Max Holden	not out	11	11	10	2	0	100.00
Sam Robson	not out	7	4	10	1	0	175.00
Extras		0
TOTAL	2.3 Ov (RR: 7.20)	18/0
Did not bat: Nick Gubbins, Peter Handscomb (c), Robbie White, Martin Andersson, John Simpson †, Toby Roland-Jones, Luke Hollman, Ethan Bamber, Tim Murtagh

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kemar Roach	1.3	0	13	0	8.66	4	2	0	0	0
Reece Topley	1	0	5	0	5.00	4	1	0	0	0

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Thu, 22 Apr - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 114/3 (Sam Robson 46*, Robbie White 52*, 40 ov)

Fri, 23 Apr - day 2 - Surrey 2nd innings 105/3 (Rory Burns 54*, Ben Foakes 16*, 35 ov)

Sat, 24 Apr - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 18/0 (2.3 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

Batting and Bowling points: Middlesex 5, Surrey 3

MATCH DETAILS

Lord's, London
Toss	Middlesex, elected to field first
Series	County Championship
Season	2021
Match days	22,23,24 April 2021 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Luke Hollman
Umpires	Michael Gough Neil Bainton
Match Referee	Phil Whitticase
Points	Middlesex 21, Surrey 3

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Reece Topley claims four hard-earned wickets in impressive display of stamina

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Middlesex Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
MDE Holden	not out	11	11
SD Robson	not out	7	4
Total	18(0 wkts; 2.3 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	1.3	0	13	0	8.66
RJW Topley	1	0	5	0	5

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	18	Sam Robson	Max Holden

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County Championship

Division 1

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
WARKS	4	2	1	1	77
LANCS	4	2	1	1	73.5
NOTTS	4	3	1	0	73
HANTS	4	2	1	1	61.5
YORKS	4	1	2	1	44.5
SOM	4	0	4	0	32.5

Division 2

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
ESSEX	4	3	0	1	96
GLOUC	4	3	1	0	76
DURH	3	1	1	1	44
NHNTS	4	1	2	1	54
SURR	3	0	1	2	40
GLAM	4	0	3	1	34.5

Division 3

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
KENT	4	4	0	0	94
MIDDX	4	3	1	0	80
WORCS	4	2	2	0	67.5
LEICS	4	1	2	1	54.5
DERBS	4	1	2	1	51.5
SUSS	4	0	4	0	30

Group 1

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
NOTTS	10	4	2	4	151
WARKS	10	4	1	5	145
DURH	10	3	2	5	132
ESSEX	10	3	2	5	129
WORCS	10	1	3	6	109
DERBS	10	0	5	5	72

Group 2

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
SOM	10	4	1	5	148
HANTS	10	4	2	4	145
GLOUC	10	5	3	2	131
SURR	10	2	2	6	123
LEICS	10	2	4	4	111
MIDDX	10	2	7	1	84

Group 3

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
LANCS	10	4	1	5	150
YORKS	10	5	1	4	149
GLAM	10	2	2	6	127
NHNTS	10	3	3	4	123
KENT	10	0	3	7	97
SUSS	10	1	5	4	94

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