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Somerset v Middlesex

Somerset won by 231 runs

County Championship25 September 2017 to 28 September 2017The County Ground, Taunton

SOM

Somersetbatted first

236 & 250/9d78 ov

MID

Middlesex

142 & 11353.5 ov

Somerset won the toss and chose to bat

SOMSomerset innings

23684.4 ov

Somerset batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	lbw b RH Patel	37	111	4	0	33.3
EJ Byrom	c AC Voges b PR Stirling	56	90	11	0	62.2
GA Bartlett	b RH Patel	25	54	3	1	46.3
JC Hildreth	lbw b RH Patel	41	98	2	0	41.8
TB Abell	run out (RH Patel)	25	38	5	0	65.8
SM Davies	c AC Voges b RH Patel	27	78	3	0	34.6
RE van der Merwe	c AC Voges b RH Patel	0	1	0	0	0.0
C Overton	c NRD Compton b RH Patel	1	4	0	0	25.0
DM Bess	c ST Finn b PR Stirling	0	4	0	0	0.0
MJ Leach	c ST Finn b RH Patel	14	26	2	0	53.8
TD Groenewald	not out	0*	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 6, lb 4	10
Total	all out, 84.4 overs, run rate 2.79	236

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250

1-93 EJ Byrom2-114 ME Trescothick3-139 GA Bartlett4-176 TB Abell5-206 JC Hildreth6-206 RE van der Merwe7-214 C Overton8-214 DM Bess9-230 MJ Leach10-236 SM Davies

Bowling to Somerset
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
TJ Murtagh	7	4	10	0	1.43	39	2	0
ST Finn	12	4	36	0	3.00	55	5	0
JAR Harris	12	7	15	0	1.25	65	2	0
RH Patel	29.4	3	81	7	2.73	130	10	1
PR Stirling	20	3	70	2	3.50	82	10	0
DJ Malan	3	0	9	0	3.00	12	0	0
AC Voges	1	0	5	0	5.00	4	1	0

MIDMiddlesex innings

14250.3 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	c ME Trescothick b MJ Leach	4	32	0	0	12.5
NRD Compton	c SM Davies b C Overton	0	7	0	0	0.0
SS Eskinazi	c ME Trescothick b MJ Leach	1	3	0	0	33.3
DJ Malan	lbw b MJ Leach	38	76	4	2	50.0
AC Voges	c TB Abell b DM Bess	4	30	0	0	13.3
JA Simpson	run out (DM Bess)	0	1	0	0	0.0
PR Stirling	st SM Davies b MJ Leach	41	64	5	1	64.1
JAR Harris	b C Overton	19	39	1	2	48.7
ST Finn	lbw b RE van der Merwe	1	10	0	0	10.0
TJ Murtagh	not out	14*	36	1	0	38.9
RH Patel	c RE van der Merwe b C Overton	0	5	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 16, lb 4	20
Total	all out, 50.3 overs, run rate 2.81	142

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250

1-1 NRD Compton2-4 SS Eskinazi3-5 SD Robson4-18 AC Voges5-22 JA Simpson6-95 DJ Malan7-100 PR Stirling8-117 ST Finn9-128 JAR Harris10-142 RH Patel

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
C Overton	5.3	1	7	3	1.27	27	0	0
MJ Leach	25	12	54	4	2.16	126	4	3
DM Bess	12	3	43	1	3.58	52	6	1
RE van der Merwe	8	1	18	1	2.25	38	1	1

SOMSomerset innings

250/9d78 ov

Somerset batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	lbw b JAR Harris	31	65	3	0	47.7
EJ Byrom	c JAR Harris b PR Stirling	5	21	1	0	23.8
GA Bartlett	lbw b RH Patel	5	9	1	0	55.6
JC Hildreth	b JAR Harris	109	192	12	0	56.8
TB Abell	c AC Voges b RH Patel	45	123	4	1	36.6
SM Davies	lbw b RH Patel	8	14	1	0	57.1
RE van der Merwe	c ST Finn b RH Patel	24	19	2	1	126.3
C Overton	st JA Simpson b RH Patel	1	6	0	0	16.7
DM Bess	lbw b TJ Murtagh	8	4	0	0	200.0
MJ Leach	not out	10*	13	0	1	76.9
TD Groenewald	not out	1*	2	0	0	50.0
Extras	lb 3	3
Total	9 wickets, 78 overs, run rate 3.21	250

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250

1-20 EJ Byrom2-26 GA Bartlett3-59 ME Trescothick4-185 TB Abell5-199 SM Davies6-223 JC Hildreth7-226 C Overton8-237 DM Bess9-239 RE van der Merwe

Bowling to Somerset
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
TJ Murtagh	9	3	34	1	3.78	39	5	0
PR Stirling	18	4	31	1	1.72	79	0	0
ST Finn	8	0	37	0	4.63	32	6	0
RH Patel	26	3	92	5	3.54	108	7	2
JAR Harris	13	1	33	2	2.54	57	4	0
DJ Malan	1	0	5	0	5.00	4	1	0
AC Voges	3	0	15	0	5.00	11	1	1

MIDMiddlesex innings

11353.5 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NRD Compton	lbw b MJ Leach	10	46	0	0	21.7
SD Robson	c C Overton b MJ Leach	8	21	0	0	38.1
SS Eskinazi	c ME Trescothick b RE van der Merwe	16	51	3	0	31.4
DJ Malan	c SM Davies b DM Bess	0	5	0	0	0.0
AC Voges	c C Overton b MJ Leach	13	64	2	0	20.3
JA Simpson	lbw b MJ Leach	19	54	2	1	35.2
PR Stirling	c C Overton b RE van der Merwe	5	12	1	0	41.7
JAR Harris	c GA Bartlett b RE van der Merwe	13	24	3	0	54.2
ST Finn	lbw b MJ Leach	5	29	1	0	17.2
TJ Murtagh	b RE van der Merwe	8	9	0	1	88.9
RH Patel	not out	7*	8	0	1	87.5
Extras	b 4, lb 5	9
Total	all out, 53.5 overs, run rate 2.10	113

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250

1-20 SD Robson2-27 NRD Compton3-28 DJ Malan4-43 SS Eskinazi5-71 AC Voges6-80 JA Simpson7-80 PR Stirling8-93 JAR Harris9-101 TJ Murtagh10-113 ST Finn

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
C Overton	3	1	6	0	2.00	13	0	0
MJ Leach	26.5	12	57	5	2.12	136	8	1
RE van der Merwe	13	6	22	4	1.69	70	1	2
DM Bess	11	3	19	1	1.73	57	3	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Somerset, chose to bat
Umpires: AG Wharf and M Burns
Season: 2017

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 19 / 11°C, 1.6 mm rain
Day 2: 19 / 11°C, 0.3 mm rain
Day 3: 17 / 12°C, 7.6 mm rain
Day 4: 17 / 10°C, 1.5 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2017-09-25-somerset-v-middlesex/scorecard200

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  "result": "Somerset won by 231 runs",
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