| Middlesex innings (20 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AJ Strauss | c Hollioake b Bichel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| ET Smith* | c Bopara b Bichel | 11 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 91.66 | |
| EJG Morgan | c Hollioake b Palladino | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| JWM Dalrymple | c Bichel b Napier | 11 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 84.61 | |
| EC Joyce | c †Foster b Palladino | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| NRD Compton | c ten Doeschate b Bopara | 17 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 89.47 | |
| BJM Scott† | b Napier | 5 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| T Henderson | c ten Doeschate b Bopara | 11 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 61.11 | |
| TJ Murtagh | not out | 40 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 166.66 | |
| CB Keegan | c Chopra b Bichel | 22 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 169.23 | |
| M Kartik | not out | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 2) | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets; 20 overs) | 126 | (6.30 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-0 (Strauss), 2-5 (Morgan), 3-25 (Smith), 4-25 (Joyce), 5-31 (Dalrymple), 6-48 (Scott), 7-50 (Compton), 8-78 (Henderson), 9-107 (Keegan) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AJ Bichel | 4 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 8.50 | (1w) | ||
| AP Palladino | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6.50 | |||
| GR Napier | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3.50 | |||
| RS Bopara | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 5.50 | |||
| Danish Kaneria | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7.00 | (1w) |
| Essex innings (target: 127 runs from 20 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| ML Pettini* | c †Scott b Henderson | 10 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| GW Flower | st †Scott b Kartik | 21 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 72.41 | |
| RS Bopara | not out | 46 | 56 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 124.32 | |
| AJ Hollioake | st †Scott b Kartik | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| JS Foster† | c Keegan b Kartik | 9 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 81.81 | |
| RN ten Doeschate | b Kartik | 26 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 144.44 | |
| AJ Bichel | st †Scott b Kartik | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| GR Napier | lbw b Murtagh | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| V Chopra | not out | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 250.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 2, nb 2) | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets; 19.5 overs) | 128 | (6.45 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat Danish Kaneria, AP Palladino |
| Fall of wickets1-20 (Pettini), 2-36 (Flower), 3-41 (Hollioake), 4-53 (Foster), 5-107 (ten Doeschate), 6-109 (Bichel), 7-116 (Napier) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| TJ Murtagh | 3.5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.56 | |||
| CB Keegan | 4 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 5.25 | |||
| T Henderson | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4.75 | (2w) | ||
| M Kartik | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3.25 | |||
| JWM Dalrymple | 4 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 11.00 | (1nb) |
| Match details |
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Toss Middlesex, who chose to bat Points Essex 2, Middlesex 0 |
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Player of the match
M Kartik (Middlesex) |
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Umpires
MJ Harris and RK Illingworth |
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