f43221 cc18928	Worcestershire v Middlesex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	Chester Road North, Kidderminster on 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th August 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Middlesex won by 169 runs
Points	Worcestershire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Middlesex 20 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	JH Harris, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 217/7 (Nash 33*, Hewitt 10*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (1) 90/4 (Haynes 18*, Leatherdale 7*)
Close of play day 3	Middlesex (2) 206/1 (Kallis 115*, Ramprakash 72*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Pooley	c Sheriyar b Haynes	45
JH Kallis	c Hick b Sheriyar	4
*MR Ramprakash	c Rhodes b Mirza	9
MW Gatting	c Spiring b Sheriyar	35
OA Shah	c Lampitt b Sheriyar	22
DC Nash	not out	45
+KR Brown	lbw b Haynes	14
RL Johnson	c Spiring b Haynes	9
JP Hewitt	c Rhodes b Lampitt	10
ARC Fraser	b Sheriyar	15
PCR Tufnell	b Sheriyar	0
Extras	(10 lb, 28 nb, 6 w)	44
Total	(all out, 77 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-47, 3-77, 4-141, 5-142, 6-175, 7-191, 8-219, 9-252, 10-252 (77 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sheriyar	18	3	55	5	-	-
Mirza	18	4	70	1	-	-
Haynes	18	2	57	3	-	-
Moody	7	4	11	0	-	-
Lampitt	16	4	49	1	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TM Moody	c Pooley b Kallis	32
WPC Weston	lbw b Hewitt	4
GA Hick	c Shah b Fraser	0
KR Spiring	c Pooley b Fraser	23
GR Haynes	b Hewitt	29
DA Leatherdale	not out	88
+SJ Rhodes	not out	59
MM Mirza	did not bat
SR Lampitt	did not bat
RK Illingworth	did not bat
A Sheriyar	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 4 nb, 6 w)	16
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 90.5 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-13, 3-56, 4-70, 5-139

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	26	8	55	2	-	-
Hewitt	17	8	36	2	-	-
Kallis	19	3	58	1	-	-
Johnson	14.5	4	51	0	-	-
Tufnell	13	2	42	0	-	-
Ramprakash	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Pooley	c Leatherdale b Sheriyar	0
JH Kallis	not out	172
*MR Ramprakash	not out	123
MW Gatting	did not bat
OA Shah	did not bat
DC Nash	did not bat
+KR Brown	did not bat
JP Hewitt	did not bat
ARC Fraser	did not bat
RL Johnson	did not bat
PCR Tufnell	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 10 nb, 4 w)	22
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 73 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-0

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sheriyar	11	2	34	1	-	-
Mirza	5	0	23	0	-	-
Lampitt	7	0	45	0	-	-
Illingworth	20	7	41	0	-	-
Haynes	9	1	43	0	-	-
Moody	9	2	40	0	-	-
Hick	6	1	37	0	-	-
Weston	4	0	36	0	-	-
Spiring	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TM Moody	c Brown b Fraser	12
WPC Weston	c Brown b Kallis	74
GA Hick	c Pooley b Hewitt	3
KR Spiring	c Pooley b Hewitt	0
GR Haynes	c Ramprakash b Hewitt	2
DA Leatherdale	c Kallis b Fraser	8
+SJ Rhodes	c Pooley b Johnson	9
SR Lampitt	lbw b Kallis	24
RK Illingworth	c Kallis b Johnson	5
A Sheriyar	c Brown b Kallis	0
MM Mirza	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 6 w)	12
Total	(all out, 50.3 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-37, 3-37, 4-39, 5-54, 6-86, 7-140, 8-145, 9-147, 10-149 (50.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	12	7	16	2	-	-
Hewitt	13	1	48	3	-	-
Johnson	6.3	0	33	2	-	-
Kallis	12	3	39	3	-	-
Tufnell	7	3	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JH Kallis (2) passed his previous highest score of 121 in County Championship matches
--> JH Kallis (2) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 87
--> MR Ramprakash (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 3
--> MR Ramprakash (2) passed 14500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 108
--> JP Hewitt reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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