BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Strauss (c)	c Robinson b Dakin	1	6	7	0	0	16.66
Sven Koenig	c †Foster b Irani	42	77	105	5	0	54.54
Owais Shah	run out	13	17	23	2	0	76.47
David Nash †	lbw b Dakin	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Ed Joyce	lbw b Dakin	28	58	83	3	0	48.27
Abdul Razzaq	c †Foster b Irani	0	12	9	0	0	0.00
Paul Weekes	lbw b Brant	31	48	59	3	0	64.58
Ben Hutton	not out	45	84	124	8	0	53.57
Simon Cook	lbw b Dakin	22	16	24	4	0	137.50
Chad Keegan	st †Foster b Middlebrook	24	23	31	4	0	104.34
Joe Dawes	c Jefferson b Middlebrook	2	10	10	0	0	20.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 2)	6
TOTAL	59 Ov (RR: 3.62)	214
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Andrew Strauss), 2-24 (Owais Shah), 3-24 (David Nash), 4-82 (Sven Koenig), 5-84 (Abdul Razzaq), 6-86 (Ed Joyce), 7-124 (Paul Weekes), 8-169 (Simon Cook), 9-206 (Chad Keegan), 10-214 (Joe Dawes)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Scott Brant	13	2	50	1	3.84	-	-	-	0
Jonathan Dakin	18	3	57	4	3.16	-	-	-	0
Andrew McGarry	9	1	48	0	5.33	-	-	-	0
Ronnie Irani	14	4	43	2	3.07	-	-	-	1
James Middlebrook	5	0	12	2	2.40	-	-	-	0

Essex 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson	b Cook	83	140	161	14	0	59.28
Will Jefferson	b Dawes	56	56	73	12	0	100.00
Paul Grayson	c †Nash b Abdul Razzaq	7	25	37	0	0	28.00
Andy Flower	c Shah b Cook	7	24	26	1	0	29.16
James Middlebrook	c Weekes b Keegan	36	77	84	5	0	46.75
Aftab Habib	lbw b Weekes	34	106	142	3	0	32.07
Ronnie Irani (c)	lbw b Abdul Razzaq	69	98	109	8	1	70.40
James Foster †	b Keegan	32	60	202	5	0	53.33
Jonathan Dakin	c Dawes b Abdul Razzaq	52	49	202	4	4	106.12
Scott Brant	lbw b Keegan	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Andrew McGarry	not out	4	14	29	1	0	28.57
Extras	(lb 10, nb 12)	22
TOTAL	107.3 Ov (RR: 3.73)	402
Fall of wickets: 1-104 (Will Jefferson), 2-128 (Paul Grayson), 3-148 (Andy Flower), 4-163 (Darren Robinson), 5-215 (James Middlebrook), 6-291 (Aftab Habib), 7-320 (Ronnie Irani), 8-356 (James Foster), 9-356 (Scott Brant), 10-402 (Jonathan Dakin)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Joe Dawes	22	6	69	1	3.13	-	-	-	1
Chad Keegan	23	3	106	3	4.60	-	-	-	0
Simon Cook	22	3	105	2	4.77	-	-	-	5
Paul Weekes	16	3	39	1	2.43	-	-	-	0
Abdul Razzaq	23.3	5	69	3	2.93	-	-	-	0
Ed Joyce	1	0	4	0	4.00	-	-	-	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Strauss (c)	lbw b Middlebrook	40	58	61	6	0	68.96
Sven Koenig	c †Foster b Dakin	94	190	235	16	0	49.47
Owais Shah	c Habib b Grayson	46	130	153	6	0	35.38
David Nash †	c Robinson b Grayson	42	83	87	5	0	50.60
Ed Joyce	b Robinson	117	320	390	13	1	36.56
Abdul Razzaq	c Habib b Middlebrook	81	148	186	12	2	54.72
Paul Weekes	lbw b Brant	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Ben Hutton	c Flower b Middlebrook	23	42	45	3	1	54.76
Simon Cook	lbw b Middlebrook	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Chad Keegan	c Grayson b Middlebrook	0	23	36	0	0	0.00
Joe Dawes	not out	32	38	46	6	0	84.21
Extras	(b 6, lb 4, nb 4, w 6)	20
TOTAL	172.5 Ov (RR: 2.86)	495
Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Andrew Strauss), 2-174 (Owais Shah), 3-191 (Sven Koenig), 4-233 (David Nash), 5-384 (Abdul Razzaq), 6-385 (Paul Weekes), 7-422 (Ben Hutton), 8-422 (Simon Cook), 9-427 (Chad Keegan), 10-495 (Ed Joyce)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Scott Brant	23	6	60	1	2.60	-	-	-	0	0
Jonathan Dakin	26	11	56	1	2.15	-	-	-	0	0
Ronnie Irani	13	4	39	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
James Middlebrook	57	11	172	5	3.01	-	-	-	0	0
Paul Grayson	34	5	107	2	3.14	-	-	-	4	0
Andrew McGarry	16.3	2	41	0	2.48	-	-	-	0	1
Andy Flower	1.3	0	3	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0
Darren Robinson	1.5	0	7	1	3.81	-	-	-	0	1

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 308 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson	not out	23	30	33	4	0	76.66
Will Jefferson	not out	18	24	33	4	0	75.00
Extras		0
TOTAL	9 Ov (RR: 4.55)	41/0
Did not bat: Paul Grayson, Andy Flower, Aftab Habib, Ronnie Irani (c), James Foster †, Jonathan Dakin, James Middlebrook, Scott Brant, Andrew McGarry

BOWLING	O	M	R	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Joe Dawes	4	0	10	2.50	-	-	-
Chad Keegan	4	1	16	4.00	-	-	-
Andrew Strauss	1	0	15	15.00	-	-	-

CLOSE OF PLAY

Fri, 18 Apr - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 164/4 (James Middlebrook 4*, Aftab Habib 0*, 45 ov)

Sat, 19 Apr - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 356/7 (James Foster 32*, Jonathan Dakin 10*, 100 ov)

Sun, 20 Apr - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 251/4 (Ed Joyce 11*, Abdul Razzaq 13*, 96 ov)

Mon, 21 Apr - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 41/0 (9 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

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MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Middlesex, elected to bat first
Series	Frizzell County Championship Division One
Season	2003
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Mark Benson Trevor Jesty
Points	Middlesex 8, Essex 12

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Essex Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	Econ
JH Dawes	4	0	10	2.5
CB Keegan	4	1	16	4
AJ Strauss	1	0	15	15

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	41	Darren Robinson	Will Jefferson

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