f50215 cc20400	Essex v Middlesex
	LV County Championship 2007 (Division 2)
Venue	The Ford County Ground, Chelmsford on 19th, 20th, 21st September 2007 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 10 wickets
Points	Essex 19.5 (Batting 4, Bowling 3, slow over-rate -1.5); Middlesex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	GI Burgess, JW Lloyds
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), DK Shelley (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 345/7 (Flower 145*, Tudor 8*; 91 overs)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 104/3 (Joyce 29*, Morgan 26*; 32 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	c Joyce b Finn	4	9	8	1	-
GW Flower	c Strauss b Williams	157	270	390	23	-
T Westley	c Kartik b Williams	29	63	67	4	-
TJ Phillips	b Williams	7	15	23	1	-
*ML Pettini	c Smith b Williams	6	23	25	1	-
+JS Foster	run out	96	121	140	18	-
JD Middlebrook	b Finn	21	30	31	3	-
GR Napier	lbw b Williams	6	15	20	1	-
AJ Tudor	c Scott b Finn	11	25	48	1	-
AP Palladino	c Kartik b Finn	5	7	7	1	-
JS Ahmed	not out	0	0	3	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 8 nb, 4 w)	23
Total	(all out, 95.4 overs)	365
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Chopra), 2-54 (Westley), 3-72 (Phillips), 4-86 (Pettini), 5-267 (Foster), 6-310 (Middlebrook), 7-326 (Napier), 8-349 (Tudor), 9-361 (Palladino), 10-365 (Flower, 95.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Finn	22	5	61	4	-	-
Williams	28.4	4	112	5	3	-
Evans	16	4	51	0	1	-
Kartik	20	2	79	0	-	4
Dalrymple	5	0	25	0	-	-
Joyce	4	0	26	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Strauss	c Chopra b Palladino	11	28	24	1	-
BA Godleman	c Flower b Tudor	0	5	10	-	-
*ET Smith	c Chopra b Napier	24	43	75	5	-
EJG Morgan	b Palladino	7	20	21	1	-
EC Joyce	lbw b Ahmed	9	17	24	1	-
JWM Dalrymple	c Pettini b Napier	0	26	35	-	-
+BJM Scott	not out	61	79	123	12	-
M Kartik	c Chopra b Tudor	30	28	46	6	-
REM Williams	c Middlebrook b Tudor	15	10	21	3	-
ST Finn	lbw b Palladino	0	7	10	-	-
D Evans	c Westley b Palladino	7	13	17	1	-
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 45.5 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Godleman), 2-11 (Strauss), 3-27 (Morgan), 4-47 (Joyce), 5-51 (Smith), 6-64 (Dalrymple), 7-128 (Kartik), 8-148 (Williams), 9-155 (Finn), 10-171 (Evans, 45.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tudor	13	3	48	3	-	-
Palladino	15.5	5	44	4	-	-
Napier	10	4	44	2	-	-
Ahmed	7	2	30	1	-	1

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Middlesex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Strauss	c Chopra b Palladino	7	18	19	1	-
BA Godleman	lbw b Ahmed	17	59	128	2	-
*ET Smith	b Ahmed	13	41	92	2	-
EC Joyce	lbw b Palladino	38	54	88	6	-
EJG Morgan	c Foster b Middlebrook	71	113	182	13	-
JWM Dalrymple	b Napier	21	47	47	4	-
+BJM Scott	c Westley b Middlebrook	31	32	47	7	-
M Kartik	not out	11	26	41	1	-
REM Williams	c Flower b Tudor	6	12	9	1	-
ST Finn	c Chopra b Tudor	3	19	15	-	-
D Evans	st Foster b Middlebrook	0	3	3	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 14 nb, 2 w)	28
Total	(all out, 69.5 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Strauss), 2-45 (Smith), 3-52 (Godleman), 4-117 (Joyce), 5-170 (Dalrymple), 6-225 (Scott), 7-230 (Morgan), 8-239 (Williams), 9-245 (Finn), 10-246 (Evans, 69.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tudor	18	5	56	2	-	1
Palladino	19	6	53	2	-	1
Napier	16	3	71	1	-	1
Ahmed	10	2	41	2	2	2
Middlebrook	6.5	1	13	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	not out	24	61	60	3	-
GW Flower	not out	20	42	60	3	-
T Westley	did not bat
TJ Phillips	did not bat
*ML Pettini	did not bat
+JS Foster	did not bat
JD Middlebrook	did not bat
GR Napier	did not bat
AJ Tudor	did not bat
AP Palladino	did not bat
JS Ahmed	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 2 w)	9
Total	(no wicket, 17.1 overs)	53

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Finn	6	0	19	0	2	-
Williams	6	3	14	0	-	-
Evans	3	1	9	0	-	-
Morgan	2.1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> GW Flower (1) 100 in 187 balls, 266 minutes with 15 fours
--> REM Williams made his debut in County Championship matches
--> ET Smith (2) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> EC Joyce (2) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 19
--> AP Palladino reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed D Evans, his 4th wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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