Norwich Union League Division Two
Essex won by 4 wickets (with 39 balls remaining)
| Middlesex innings (45 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AJ Strauss | b Grayson | 59 | 105 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 59.00 | |
| SP Fleming | c Law b Irani | 0 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| OA Shah | c †Foster b Irani | 2 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 | |
| EC Joyce | c †Foster b Napier | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| DC Nash† | run out | 9 | 28 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 45.00 | |
| PN Weekes | c Clarke b Cowan | 36 | 64 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 51.42 | |
| JWM Dalrymple | not out | 38 | 53 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 97.43 | |
| CB Keegan | c Law b Grayson | 16 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 228.57 | |
| SJ Cook | not out | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 3) | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets; 45 overs) | 173 | (3.84 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat ARC Fraser*, TF Bloomfield |
| Fall of wickets1-5 (Fleming), 2-25 (Shah), 3-40 (Joyce), 4-70 (Nash), 5-92 (Strauss), 6-140 (Weekes), 7-159 (Keegan) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RC Irani | 9 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 2.88 | |||
| AP Cowan | 9 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 4.33 | (3w) | ||
| GR Napier | 9 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4.88 | |||
| AJ Clarke | 9 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 2.33 | |||
| AP Grayson | 9 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 4.66 |
| Essex innings (target: 174 runs from 45 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SD Peters | c Weekes b Bloomfield | 6 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| DDJ Robinson | c †Nash b Fraser | 28 | 44 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 60.86 | |
| AP Cowan | c †Nash b Keegan | 13 | 35 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 65.00 | |
| GR Napier | c Fleming b Keegan | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| SG Law | c Joyce b Keegan | 51 | 59 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| RC Irani* | not out | 56 | 91 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 77.77 | |
| AP Grayson | c Fraser b Cook | 7 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 53.84 | |
| JS Foster† | not out | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 2) | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets; 38.3 overs) | 174 | (4.51 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat RS Clinton, AJ Clarke, AC McGarry |
| Fall of wickets1-27 (Peters), 2-43 (Robinson), 3-48 (Napier), 4-53 (Cowan), 5-123 (Law), 6-146 (Grayson) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| ARC Fraser | 9 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 3.11 | |||
| TF Bloomfield | 9 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 5.00 | (1w) | ||
| CB Keegan | 9 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 3.11 | |||
| SJ Cook | 6.3 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 6.46 | |||
| PN Weekes | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 6.00 | (1w) |
| Match details |
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Toss Middlesex, who chose to bat Points Essex 4, Middlesex 0 |
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Umpires
JH Hampshire and NA Mallender TV umpire NGC Cowley |
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