f44477 cc19188	Middlesex v Northamptonshire
	PPP Healthcare County Championship 1999
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 9th, 10th, 11th July 1999 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 7 wickets
Points	Middlesex 16 (Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JH Harris, P Willey
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 95/7 (Weekes 21*, Fraser 23*; 31 overs)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 157/3 (Langer 77*, Weekes 19*; 48 overs)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Roberts	c Ramprakash b Bloomfield	9
AJ Swann	lbw b Bloomfield	2
RJ Warren	lbw b Fraser	6
DJG Sales	c Nash b Bloomfield	3
AL Penberthy	b Bloomfield	5
KJ Innes	c Langer b Fraser	14
GP Swann	b Fraser	78
*+D Ripley	not out	36
JP Taylor	b Tufnell	21
MK Davies	c Hewitt b Tufnell	6
DE Malcolm	b Hewitt	7
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 22 nb, 2 w)	36
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-17, 3-25, 4-25, 5-30, 6-128, 7-143, 8-180, 9-216, 10-223 (72.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	20	6	46	3	-	-
Bloomfield	16	6	53	4	-	-
Hewitt	6.3	3	19	1	-	-
Weekes	14	3	35	0	-	-
Tufnell	16	3	58	2	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Roseberry	lbw b Taylor	1
JL Langer	run out	4
*MR Ramprakash	lbw b Malcolm	0
AJ Strauss	b Taylor	22
OA Shah	c and b Malcolm	7
PN Weekes	lbw b Taylor	21
+DC Nash	lbw b Penberthy	3
JP Hewitt	b Taylor	8
ARC Fraser	not out	23
PCR Tufnell	lbw b Malcolm	1
TF Bloomfield	c AJ Swann b Malcolm	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 32.4 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-6, 3-6, 4-18, 5-48, 6-53, 7-62, 8-95, 9-96, 10-96 (32.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Malcolm	10.4	1	49	4	-	-
Taylor	14	3	23	4	-	-
Penberthy	5	0	8	1	-	-
GP Swann	2	0	8	0	-	-
Davies	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Roberts	c Nash b Fraser	4
AJ Swann	lbw b Fraser	0
RJ Warren	c Shah b Hewitt	25
DJG Sales	b Bloomfield	0
AL Penberthy	c Weekes b Tufnell	13
KJ Innes	lbw b Hewitt	4
GP Swann	c Nash b Fraser	6
*+D Ripley	not out	17
JP Taylor	c Langer b Hewitt	7
DE Malcolm	lbw b Hewitt	0
MK Davies	lbw b Tufnell	1
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 49.2 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-14, 3-15, 4-43, 5-47, 6-48, 7-57, 8-75, 9-75, 10-88 (49.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	15	5	16	3	-	-
Bloomfield	7	1	16	1	-	-
Shah	2	0	9	0	-	-
Hewitt	10	4	6	4	-	-
Tufnell	15.2	2	32	2	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Ramprakash	b Malcolm	5
JL Langer	not out	117
AJ Strauss	lbw b Taylor	21
OA Shah	lbw b Davies	24
PN Weekes	not out	40
MA Roseberry	did not bat
+DC Nash	did not bat
JP Hewitt	did not bat
ARC Fraser	did not bat
PCR Tufnell	did not bat
TF Bloomfield	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 2 w)	11
Total	(3 wickets, 67.3 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-51, 3-114

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Malcolm	15	1	61	1	-	-
Taylor	17	1	41	1	-	-
Davies	17	3	53	1	-	-
GP Swann	8.3	1	33	0	-	-
Penberthy	5	1	12	0	-	-
Innes	5	2	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> GP Swann (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 27
--> PN Weekes (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> TF Bloomfield reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> JP Hewitt reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> ARC Fraser reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> JP Taylor reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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