f43761 cc19021	Middlesex v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1998
Venue	John Walker's Ground, Southgate on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th June 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 1); Essex 3
Umpires	NT Plews, JF Steele
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 174/0 (Gatting 93*, Langer 72*; 61 overs)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 373/1 (Gatting 180*, Ramprakash 0*; 110.5 overs)
Close of play day 3	Essex (1) 151/3d

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MW Gatting	c Prichard b DR Law	241	426		30	-
JL Langer	c Rollins b Irani	166	321		20	-
*MR Ramprakash	not out	43	85		2	-
OA Shah	not out	1	8		-	-
DC Nash	did not bat
PN Weekes	did not bat
+KR Brown	did not bat
TF Bloomfield	did not bat
JP Hewitt	did not bat
ARC Fraser	did not bat
PCR Tufnell	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 11 lb, 13 nb, 7 w)	37
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 139 overs)	488
Fall of wickets:
1-372 (Langer), 2-485 (Gatting)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	24	3	85	0	-	-
Cowan	28	3	93	0	-	-
DR Law	18	2	63	1	-	-
Irani	21	3	74	1	-	-
Such	26	6	78	0	-	-
Grayson	22	1	78	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Prichard	c Brown b Fraser	23	46		2	-
DDJ Robinson	c Gatting b Hewitt	5	15		-	-
AP Grayson	c Ramprakash b Weekes	54	133		5	-
SG Law	not out	48	114		3	-
RC Irani	not out	8	17		1	-
SD Peters	did not bat
+RJ Rollins	did not bat
DR Law	did not bat
AP Cowan	did not bat
MC Ilott	did not bat
PM Such	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 12 nb)	13
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 53.1 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Robinson), 2-37 (Prichard), 3-134 (Grayson)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hewitt	6	2	8	1	-	-
Bloomfield	12	0	56	0	-	-
Fraser	11	5	19	1	-	-
Weekes	9	0	24	1	-	-
Tufnell	14	1	43	0	-	-
Ramprakash	1	1	0	0	-	-
Nash	0.1	0	0	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MW Gatting	did not bat
JL Langer	did not bat
*MR Ramprakash	did not bat
OA Shah	did not bat
DC Nash	did not bat
PN Weekes	did not bat
+KR Brown	did not bat
TF Bloomfield	did not bat
JP Hewitt	did not bat
ARC Fraser	did not bat
PCR Tufnell	did not bat
Innings Forfeited

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Prichard	b Fraser	2	17		-	-
DDJ Robinson	c Brown b Fraser	3	18		-	-
AP Grayson	b Bloomfield	3	45		-	-
SG Law	c Hewitt b Weekes	62	83		7	-
RC Irani	b Weekes	104	229		13	1
SD Peters	c Gatting b Tufnell	59	108		8	-
+RJ Rollins	b Tufnell	2	22		-	-
DR Law	c Weekes b Tufnell	62	63		3	5
AP Cowan	c Shah b Weekes	5	15		-	-
PM Such	not out	1	11		-	-
MC Ilott	not out	0	14		-	-
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(9 wickets, 104 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Prichard), 2-5 (Robinson), 3-31 (Grayson), 4-88 (Law), 5-172 (Peters), 6-186 (Rollins), 7-290 (Law), 8-314 (Irani), 9-314 (Cowan)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	20	5	45	2	-	-
Hewitt	7	2	9	0	-	-
Weekes	30	3	113	3	-	-
Bloomfield	8	3	20	1	-	-
Ramprakash	5	0	18	0	-	-
Tufnell	34	9	102	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Middlesex score at 120 overs in the first innings was 416-1
--> MW Gatting (1) passed 25000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 120
--> JL Langer (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 141
--> JL Langer (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 141
--> JL Langer (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 141
--> JL Langer (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 146
--> DR Law reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> PCR Tufnell reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings

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