f43230 cc18935	Somerset v Middlesex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th September 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 8 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Middlesex 8 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	BJ Meyer, DR Shepherd
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 80/3 (Kallis 27*, Shah 8*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 80/3 (Kallis 27*, Shah 8*)
Close of play day 3	Somerset (2) 174/5 (Burns 34*, Rose 2*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+RJ Turner	c Brown b Kallis	71
PCL Holloway	lbw b Hewitt	11
*SC Ecclestone	c Nash b Hewitt	0
MN Lathwell	c Nash b Kallis	13
ME Trescothick	c Brown b Johnson	7
M Burns	c Johnson b Kallis	36
GD Rose	not out	56
S Herzberg	c Ramprakash b Tufnell	10
AR Caddick	b Tufnell	12
Mushtaq Ahmed	c Kallis b Tufnell	0
KJ Shine	c Shah b Tufnell	6
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	19
Total	(all out, 79.4 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-20, 3-48, 4-65, 5-145, 6-145, 7-172, 8-207, 9-207, 10-241 (79.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	15	6	34	0	-	-
Hewitt	13	1	63	2	-	-
Kallis	13	5	34	3	-	-
Johnson	13	2	44	1	-	-
Tufnell	24.4	8	53	4	-	-
Ramprakash	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Pooley	c Lathwell b Caddick	0
JH Kallis	c Holloway b Caddick	100
*MR Ramprakash	b Caddick	0
MW Gatting	lbw b Caddick	31
OA Shah	run out	27
DC Nash	c Ecclestone b Mushtaq Ahmed	11
+KR Brown	not out	30
RL Johnson	c Turner b Mushtaq Ahmed	11
JP Hewitt	c Turner b Mushtaq Ahmed	1
ARC Fraser	b Mushtaq Ahmed	3
PCR Tufnell	lbw b Mushtaq Ahmed	5
Extras	(3 lb, 4 nb, 10 w)	17
Total	(all out, 68.4 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-6, 3-54, 4-150, 5-179, 6-187, 7-200, 8-216, 9-228, 10-236 (68.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Caddick	23	4	71	4	-	-
Shine	12	2	64	0	-	-
Rose	12	2	26	0	-	-
Mushtaq Ahmed	19.4	2	66	5	-	-
Herzberg	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+RJ Turner	lbw b Fraser	6
PCL Holloway	c Pooley b Johnson	37
*SC Ecclestone	b Hewitt	8
MN Lathwell	run out	10
ME Trescothick	c Kallis b Tufnell	65
M Burns	b Johnson	34
GD Rose	c and b Tufnell	27
S Herzberg	not out	40
AR Caddick	c Fraser b Ramprakash	39
Mushtaq Ahmed	not out	14
KJ Shine	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 8 nb, 2 w)	15
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 91 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-33, 3-46, 4-74, 5-162, 6-174, 7-224, 8-281

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	18	4	46	1	-	-
Hewitt	6	0	23	1	-	-
Johnson	17	3	52	2	-	-
Tufnell	30	9	90	2	-	-
Kallis	9	1	21	0	-	-
Ramprakash	11	1	58	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Pooley	c Turner b Shine	17
JH Kallis	c Burns b Mushtaq Ahmed	52
*MR Ramprakash	c Turner b Mushtaq Ahmed	21
MW Gatting	c Trescothick b Mushtaq Ahmed	21
OA Shah	c Trescothick b Mushtaq Ahmed	23
DC Nash	not out	32
+KR Brown	not out	7
JP Hewitt	did not bat
RL Johnson	did not bat
ARC Fraser	did not bat
PCR Tufnell	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(5 wickets, 56.2 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-93, 3-98, 4-133, 5-166

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Caddick	18	2	68	0	-	-
Rose	7	2	19	0	-	-
Mushtaq Ahmed	23.2	7	71	4	-	-
Shine	4	0	17	1	-	-
Herzberg	3	1	2	0	-	-
Ecclestone	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GD Rose (1) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 8
--> MN Lathwell (2) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> JH Kallis (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 52
--> JH Kallis (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 52
--> JH Kallis (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 52
--> JP Hewitt reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> AR Caddick reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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