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| Venue | Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th May 1998 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Middlesex 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Worcestershire 10 (Batting 4, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | MJ Harris, TE Jesty |
| Close of play day 1 | Worcestershire (1) 435/4 (Moody 132*, Leatherdale 16*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Middlesex (1) 154/1 (Langer 69*, Ramprakash 65*; 44 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Middlesex (2) 67/0 (Kettleborough 23*, Langer 37*; 17 overs) |
| Worcestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WPC Weston | b Hewitt | 21 | |||||
| VS Solanki | b Hewitt | 78 | |||||
| GA Hick | c Weekes b Blanchett | 166 | |||||
| GR Haynes | lbw b Tufnell | 0 | |||||
| *TM Moody | lbw b Johnson | 132 | |||||
| DA Leatherdale | b Shah | 137 | |||||
| +SJ Rhodes | not out | 67 | |||||
| SR Lampitt | did not bat | ||||||
| RK Illingworth | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Newport | did not bat | ||||||
| A Sheriyar | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb, 16 nb, 2 w) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 161.5 overs) | 627 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35, 2-168, 3-171, 4-393, 5-436, 6-627 (161.5 ov) | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Hewitt | 27 | 5 | 105 | 2 | - | - |
| Johnson | 29 | 7 | 105 | 1 | - | - |
| Blanchett | 28 | 1 | 125 | 1 | - | - |
| Kettleborough | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - |
| Tufnell | 40 | 4 | 136 | 1 | - | - |
| Weekes | 25 | 0 | 86 | 0 | - | - |
| Shah | 8.5 | 0 | 46 | 1 | - | - |
| Middlesex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Kettleborough | lbw b Newport | 5 | |||||
| JL Langer | c Rhodes b Moody | 97 | |||||
| *MR Ramprakash | st Rhodes b Solanki | 122 | |||||
| MW Gatting | lbw b Haynes | 39 | |||||
| OA Shah | c Weston b Haynes | 17 | |||||
| +DC Nash | lbw b Newport | 15 | |||||
| PN Weekes | st Rhodes b Solanki | 11 | |||||
| RL Johnson | lbw b Sheriyar | 2 | |||||
| JP Hewitt | c Rhodes b Sheriyar | 25 | |||||
| IN Blanchett | c sub b Sheriyar | 18 | |||||
| PCR Tufnell | not out | 10 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 16 lb, 6 nb) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 128.3 overs) | 389 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28, 2-203, 3-261, 4-299, 5-299, 6-322, 7-328, 8-338, 9-366, 10-389 (128.3 ov) | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Newport | 25 | 10 | 54 | 2 | - | - |
| Sheriyar | 23.3 | 7 | 75 | 3 | - | - |
| Lampitt | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - |
| Illingworth | 28 | 4 | 75 | 0 | - | - |
| Hick | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - |
| Solanki | 21 | 7 | 55 | 2 | - | - |
| Moody | 7 | 2 | 25 | 1 | - | - |
| Haynes | 13 | 4 | 29 | 2 | - | - |
| Middlesex second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Kettleborough | lbw b Newport | 24 | |||||
| JL Langer | b Haynes | 118 | |||||
| *MR Ramprakash | c Hick b Solanki | 108 | |||||
| MW Gatting | not out | 83 | |||||
| OA Shah | run out | 20 | |||||
| +DC Nash | b Illingworth | 0 | |||||
| PN Weekes | not out | 0 | |||||
| RL Johnson | did not bat | ||||||
| JP Hewitt | did not bat | ||||||
| IN Blanchett | did not bat | ||||||
| PCR Tufnell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb, 10 nb, 2 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 111 overs) | 373 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-76, 2-201, 3-313, 4-372, 5-373 | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Newport | 11 | 3 | 32 | 1 | - | - |
| Haynes | 13 | 6 | 31 | 1 | - | - |
| Moody | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - |
| Solanki | 24 | 7 | 77 | 1 | - | - |
| Illingworth | 29 | 8 | 69 | 1 | - | - |
| Lampitt | 11 | 0 | 56 | 0 | - | - |
| Sheriyar | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - |
| Hick | 14 | 0 | 62 | 0 | - | - |
Notes
--> Worcestershire score at 120 overs in the first innings was 470-5
--> Middlesex score at 120 overs in the first innings was 363-8
--> DA Leatherdale (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> SJ Rhodes (1) passed 11000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 31
--> DC Nash (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 11
--> IN Blanchett made his debut in County Championship matches
--> IN Blanchett made his debut in first-class matches
--> JL Langer (2) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 46
--> MR Ramprakash (2) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 95
--> MW Gatting (2) passed 35500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> A Sheriyar reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings