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sec7035	Warwickshire Second XI v Middlesex Second XI
	Second Eleven Championship 2025 (Group 3)
Venue	Edgbaston Foundation Community Sports Ground, Birmingham on 21st, 22nd, 23rd July 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	12 per side (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Warwickshire Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire Second XI won by 97 runs
Points	Warwickshire Second XI 21 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Middlesex Second XI 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	AR Hitchcock, H Sohaib
Scorers	CL Hughes (Warwickshire Second XI), ND Smith (Middlesex Second XI)
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire Second XI (1) 236/7 (Gekis 86, Sylvester 7; 66.2 overs)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire Second XI (2) 28/0 (Burle 10, Lintott 8; 7.1 overs)

Warwickshire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OM Burle	c Crawford b Brookes	2	7	10	-	-
*JB Lintott	c Davies b Johal	0	5	7	-	-
TO Wylie	c Choudhry b Brookes	11	23	43	1	-
VL Jani	c Davies b Brookes	19	22	29	4	-
AS Nahal	c Falconer b Johal	8	45	47	1	-
+OG Dandy	c Davies b Brookes	44	69	107	6	1
LS Gekis	c Crawford b Brookes	131	183	235	15	3
BSM Blakemore	c Davies b Nelson	22	69	83	1	-
AR Sylvester	lbw b Fernandes	7	39	32	1	-
TN Walallawita	c Davies b Fernandes	22	30	35	2	1
CP Cater	not out	8	6	13	-	1
LJH Backhouse	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 9 lb, 24 nb)	42
Total	(all out, 322 minutes, 81 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Lintott, 1.5 ov), 2-2 (Burle, 2.1 ov), 3-36 (Jani, 8.2 ov), 4-43 (Wylie, 10.3 ov), 5-66 (Nahal, 18.4 ov), 6-151 (Dandy, 36.1 ov), 7-224 (Blakemore, 57.2 ov), 8-237 (Sylvester, 68.3 ov), 9-287 (Walallawita, 78.4 ov), 10-316 (Gekis, 80.6 ov)

Middlesex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brookes	13	0	78	5	-	8
Johal	14	2	41	2	-	3
Choudhry	22	5	71	0	-	1
Crawford	3	0	10	0	-	-
Fernandes	19	2	51	2	-	-
Bhandari	2	0	13	0	-	-
Nelson	8	1	34	1	-	-

Middlesex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Isbell	c Dandy b Blakemore	3	6	6	-	-
*NS Fernandes	lbw b Sylvester	13	18	27	1	-
+JLB Davies	c Nahal b Backhouse	34	88	130	4	-
CM Falconer	c Dandy b Sylvester	14	22	27	2	-
PNR Wijesinghe	c Dandy b Sylvester	37	70	97	6	-
JA Nelson	c Backhouse b Lintott	64	67	99	8	3
HJH Brookes	c Dandy b Walallawita	14	31	35	3	-
RJ Crawford	c Blakemore b Cater	0	4	6	-	-
MS Johal	c Dandy b Cater	0	4	5	-	-
ZM Choudhry	not out	15	34	49	1	-
N Bhandari	b Blakemore	5	9	13	1	-
LBK Hollman	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 250 minutes, 58.3 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Isbell, 1.4 ov), 2-23 (Fernandes, 6.2 ov), 3-43 (Falconer, 12.5 ov), 4-114 (Davies, 32.2 ov), 5-124 (Wijesinghe, 35.5 ov), 6-163 (Brookes, 44.5 ov), 7-164 (Crawford, 45.6 ov), 8-166 (Johal, 47.3 ov), 9-208 (Nelson, 55.2 ov), 10-217 (Bhandari, 58.3 ov)

Warwickshire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sylvester	18	4	59	3	-	1
Blakemore	12.3	0	38	2	-	-
Cater	11	3	32	2	1	1
Backhouse	8	2	38	1	-	-
Walallawita	7	0	33	1	-	-
Lintott	2	0	4	1	-	-

Warwickshire Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OM Burle	lbw b Brookes	12	27	48	2	-
*JB Lintott	lbw b Hollman	28	68	108	4	-
TO Wylie	c Davies b Choudhry	4	18	20	-	-
VL Jani	lbw b Fernandes	62	81	83	9	1
AS Nahal	c Johal b Hollman	23	51	89	3	-
+OG Dandy	c Davies b Johal	15	32	29	1	1
LS Gekis	c Davies b de Caires	6	17	26	1	-
BSM Blakemore	b de Caires	10	16	19	2	-
AR Sylvester	b Hollman	14	26	26	2	-
TN Walallawita	c Isbell b de Caires	9	10	23	2	-
CP Cater	not out	0	0	4	-	-
LJH Backhouse	did not bat
Extras	(18 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 240 minutes, 56.1 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Burle, 10.2 ov), 2-49 (Wylie, 15.1 ov), 3-78 (Lintott, 23.3 ov), 4-128 (Jani, 34.2 ov), 5-152 (Dandy, 42.1 ov), 6-164 (Nahal, 45.5 ov), 7-170 (Gekis, 48.4 ov), 8-179 (Blakemore, 50.5 ov), 9-201 (Sylvester, 55.6 ov), 10-201 (Walallawita, 56.1 ov)

Middlesex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brookes	9	0	39	1	-	5
Johal	13	2	56	1	-	4
Choudhry	9	2	24	1	-	-
Hollman	17	2	56	3	-	-
Fernandes	4	2	7	1	-	-
de Caires	4.1	0	19	3	-	-

Middlesex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM de Caires	lbw b Sylvester	0	4	2	-	-
*NS Fernandes	lbw b Lintott	71	89	125	13	-
+JLB Davies	c Sylvester b Lintott	38	69	89	5	1
LBK Hollman	c Burle b Cater	7	16	20	-	-
JA Isbell	lbw b Lintott	29	29	41	4	-
PNR Wijesinghe	b Lintott	9	10	19	2	-
JA Nelson	b Walallawita	27	26	41	3	1
HJH Brookes	b Lintott	11	22	20	2	-
RJ Crawford	b Lintott	3	10	8	-	-
MS Johal	not out	0	2	6	-	-
ZM Choudhry	c Wylie b Walallawita	0	3	2	-	-
N Bhandari	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 188 minutes, 46.4 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (de Caires, 0.4 ov), 2-85 (Davies, 23.2 ov), 3-109 (Hollman, 28.1 ov), 4-128 (Fernandes, 31.1 ov), 5-156 (Wijesinghe, 35.1 ov), 6-159 (Isbell, 37.2 ov), 7-197 (Brookes, 43.4 ov), 8-203 (Crawford, 45.4 ov), 9-203 (Nelson, 46.1 ov), 10-203 (Choudhry, 46.4 ov)

Warwickshire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sylvester	10	1	51	1	1	-
Blakemore	5	0	27	0	-	-
Backhouse	5	1	21	0	-	-
Lintott	16	1	53	6	1	-
Walallawita	7.4	1	28	2	-	-
Cater	3	0	17	1	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Middlesex Second XI full substitute: JM de Caires for CM Falconer (end of day 2)
--> Day 1 Lunch: Warwickshire Second XI (1) 97/5 (Dandy 16*, Gekis 17*; 28 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Warwickshire Second XI (1) 235/7 (Gekis 85*, Sylvester 7*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Middlesex Second XI (1) 42/2 (Davies 10*, Falconer 14*; 11.4 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Middlesex Second XI (1) 175/8 (Nelson 38*, Choudhry 4*; 50 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Warwickshire Second XI (2) 132/4 (Nahal 7*, Dandy 3*; 39 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Middlesex Second XI (2) 81/1 (Fernandes 45*, Davies 35*; 21 overs)
--> Warwickshire Second XI first innings: 50 in 14.2 overs, 67 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI first innings: 100 in 28.2 overs, 121 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI first innings: 150 in 35.4 overs, 156 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI first innings: 200 in 54.1 overs, 231 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI first innings: 250 in 73.3 overs, 291 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI first innings: 300 in 80 overs, 315 minutes
--> Middlesex Second XI first innings: 50 in 14.5 overs, 64 minutes
--> Middlesex Second XI first innings: 100 in 29 overs, 120 minutes
--> Middlesex Second XI first innings: 150 in 41.3 overs, 177 minutes
--> Middlesex Second XI first innings: 200 in 54 overs, 230 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI second innings: 50 in 15.2 overs, 71 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI second innings: 100 in 28.5 overs, 131 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI second innings: 150 in 41.3 overs, 179 minutes
--> Warwickshire Second XI second innings: 200 in 55.5 overs, 235 minutes
--> Middlesex Second XI second innings: 50 in 13.3 overs, 56 minutes
--> Middlesex Second XI second innings: 100 in 25 overs, 100 minutes
--> Middlesex Second XI second innings: 150 in 34.2 overs, 140 minutes
--> Middlesex Second XI second innings: 200 in 45.1 overs, 180 minutes
--> LS Gekis (1) 50 in 81 balls, 116 minutes with 7 fours
--> LS Gekis (1) 100 in 161 balls, 210 minutes with 13 fours and 1 six
--> JA Nelson (1) 50 in 58 balls, 85 minutes with 7 fours and 2 sixes
--> VL Jani (2) 50 in 62 balls, 70 minutes with 8 fours
--> NS Fernandes (2) 50 in 70 balls, 97 minutes with 10 fours
--> OG Dandy (15) and LS Gekis (25) added 50 in 70 balls, 43 minutes for the Warwickshire Second XI 6th wicket in the first innings
--> LS Gekis (25) and BSM Blakemore (19) added 50 in 113 balls, 73 minutes for the Warwickshire Second XI 7th wicket in the first innings
--> LS Gekis (27) and TN Walallawita (22) added 50 in 60 balls, 34 minutes for the Warwickshire Second XI 9th wicket in the first innings
--> JLB Davies (18) and PNR Wijesinghe (24) added 50 in 92 balls, 62 minutes for the Middlesex Second XI 4th wicket in the first innings
--> VL Jani (42) and AS Nahal (6) added 50 in 65 balls, 43 minutes for the Warwickshire Second XI 4th wicket in the second innings
--> NS Fernandes (31) and JLB Davies (19) added 50 in 77 balls, 54 minutes for the Middlesex Second XI 2nd wicket in the second innings