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| Venue | County Ground, Chelmsford on 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st September 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Middlesex won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Essex 9 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Middlesex 10 (Batting 3, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | R Palmer, NT Plews |
| Close of play day 1 | Middlesex (1) 30/1 (Ramprakash 2*, Johnson 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Middlesex (1) 174/6 (Nash 34*, Hewitt 21*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Essex (2) 170/1 (Robinson 73*, Hussain 85*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *PJ Prichard | c Brown b Bloomfield | 25 | 42 | 3 | - | ||
| DDJ Robinson | c Weekes b Hewitt | 3 | 12 | - | - | ||
| N Hussain | c Brown b Fraser | 0 | 16 | - | - | ||
| SG Law | c Johnson b Fraser | 63 | 80 | 10 | - | ||
| RC Irani | b Bloomfield | 5 | 23 | 1 | - | ||
| AP Grayson | b Bloomfield | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| DR Law | run out | 34 | 91 | 4 | - | ||
| +BJ Hyam | c Shah b Johnson | 10 | 24 | 2 | - | ||
| MC Ilott | c Gatting b Bloomfield | 47 | 104 | 7 | 1 | ||
| AP Cowan | c Weekes b Bloomfield | 77 | 105 | 10 | 2 | ||
| PM Such | not out | 1 | 5 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (2 lb, 4 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 84 overs) | 271 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18 (Robinson), 2-29 (Hussain), 3-31 (Prichard), 4-63 (Irani), 5-63 (Grayson), 6-117 (SG Law), 7-137 (Hyam), 8-145 (DR Law), 9-258 (Ilott), 10-271 (Cowan, 84 ov) | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fraser | 25 | 4 | 69 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hewitt | 13 | 3 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bloomfield | 21 | 5 | 77 | 5 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 13 | 2 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tufnell | 12 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Middlesex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *MR Ramprakash | c Robinson b Ilott | 2 | 31 | - | - | ||
| PN Weekes | lbw b DR Law | 26 | 43 | 4 | - | ||
| RL Johnson | c Hyam b Cowan | 15 | 47 | 2 | - | ||
| MW Gatting | b Ilott | 14 | 22 | 3 | - | ||
| OA Shah | b Such | 37 | 79 | 5 | - | ||
| DC Nash | c Irani b Ilott | 100 | 266 | 7 | - | ||
| +KR Brown | c Irani b Such | 8 | 17 | 1 | - | ||
| JP Hewitt | c Robinson b Ilott | 75 | 159 | 11 | - | ||
| ARC Fraser | c Hussain b Cowan | 5 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
| PCR Tufnell | c SG Law b Cowan | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| TF Bloomfield | not out | 0 | 5 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (7 b, 13 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 113.1 overs) | 306 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30 (Weekes), 2-34 (Ramprakash), 3-50 (Gatting), 4-86 (Johnson), 5-112 (Shah), 6-128 (Brown), 7-297 (Hewitt), 8-306 (Fraser), 9-306 (Nash), 10-306 (Tufnell, 113.1 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ilott | 28 | 8 | 63 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cowan | 26.1 | 5 | 84 | 3 | - | - | |
| DR Law | 13 | 5 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| SG Law | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Such | 23 | 2 | 65 | 2 | - | - | |
| Grayson | 18 | 2 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *PJ Prichard | c Brown b Hewitt | 3 | 9 | - | - | ||
| DDJ Robinson | c Shah b Johnson | 134 | 280 | 16 | 1 | ||
| N Hussain | c Brown b Hewitt | 104 | 223 | 13 | 1 | ||
| SG Law | c Brown b Hewitt | 1 | 2 | - | - | ||
| RC Irani | c Weekes b Hewitt | 0 | 7 | - | - | ||
| DR Law | c Johnson b Tufnell | 26 | 38 | 2 | 2 | ||
| AP Cowan | c Weekes b Tufnell | 1 | 4 | - | - | ||
| MC Ilott | c Shah b Nash | 2 | 10 | - | - | ||
| +BJ Hyam | not out | 2 | 7 | - | - | ||
| AP Grayson | not out | 7 | 3 | - | 1 | ||
| PM Such | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 10 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 97 overs) | 301 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Prichard), 2-216 (Hussain), 3-218 (SG Law), 4-220 (Irani), 5-283 (DR Law), 6-288 (Cowan), 7-290 (Robinson), 8-293 (Ilott) | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fraser | 20 | 5 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hewitt | 12 | 2 | 31 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bloomfield | 6 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tufnell | 29 | 6 | 63 | 2 | - | - | |
| Weekes | 11 | 0 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 18 | 1 | 62 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nash | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Middlesex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RL Johnson | b Ilott | 12 | 17 | - | - | ||
| PN Weekes | c Hyam b Cowan | 0 | 7 | - | - | ||
| *MR Ramprakash | c Robinson b Ilott | 3 | 11 | - | - | ||
| MW Gatting | b Grayson | 27 | 31 | 5 | - | ||
| OA Shah | not out | 54 | 122 | 9 | 1 | ||
| DC Nash | b DR Law | 23 | 68 | 2 | - | ||
| +KR Brown | not out | 6 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
| TF Bloomfield | did not bat | ||||||
| JP Hewitt | did not bat | ||||||
| ARC Fraser | did not bat | ||||||
| PCR Tufnell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 4 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 44 overs) | 139 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Weekes), 2-14 (Johnson), 3-21 (Ramprakash), 4-67 (Gatting), 5-128 (Nash) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ilott | 11 | 1 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cowan | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Grayson | 9 | 5 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Such | 9 | 3 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| SG Law | 8 | 2 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| DR Law | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> SG Law (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> AP Cowan (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in First-Class matches
--> AP Cowan (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in County Championship matches
--> DC Nash (1) passed his previous highest score of 94 in First-Class matches
--> DC Nash (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> DC Nash (1) passed his previous highest score of 94 in County Championship matches
--> DC Nash (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> JP Hewitt (1) passed his previous highest score of 45 in County Championship matches
--> JP Hewitt (1) passed his previous highest score of 72 in First-Class matches
--> N Hussain (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 23
--> RL Johnson (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> TF Bloomfield achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-33)
--> TF Bloomfield achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings
--> TF Bloomfield achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-33)
--> TF Bloomfield achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings
--> AP Cowan reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> MC Ilott reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> AP Cowan reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> RL Johnson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
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