Multi-dayMen

Essex v Middlesex

Essex won by 97 runs

County Championship6 April 2023 to 9 April 2023Lord's, London

ESS

Essexbatted first

266 & 21163.2 ov

MID

Middlesex

170 & 21083 ov

Middlesex won the toss and chose to field

ESSEssex innings

26693.1 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne	c SD Robson b TJ Murtagh	22	23	4	0	95.7
AN Cook	c JA Simpson b TS Roland-Jones	16	26	1	0	61.5
T Westley	c MDE Holden b TS Roland-Jones	48	129	6	0	37.2
DW Lawrence	lbw b TG Helm	105	204	11	2	51.5
MJJ Critchley	c JA Simpson b TS Roland-Jones	55	104	9	0	52.9
AM Rossington	c LBK Hollman b TS Roland-Jones	8	36	1	0	22.2
SR Harmer	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	1	9	0	0	11.1
S Snater	b TS Roland-Jones	0	1	0	0	0.0
BMJ Allison	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	8	18	1	0	44.4
SJ Cook	c SS Eskinazi b TG Helm	0	3	0	0	0.0
JA Porter	not out	0*	6	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 3	3
Total	all out, 93.1 overs, run rate 2.86	266

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 270

1-38 AN Cook2-38 NLJ Browne3-159 T Westley4-199 DW Lawrence5-213 AM Rossington6-229 SR Harmer7-229 S Snater8-255 BMJ Allison9-260 SJ Cook10-266 MJJ Critchley

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
TJ Murtagh	22	5	95	1	4.32	95	12	1
TS Roland-Jones	27.1	7	61	7	2.25	131	6	1
RF Higgins	17	7	29	0	1.71	88	3	0
TG Helm	21	3	75	2	3.57	93	12	0
LBK Hollman	6	3	3	0	0.50	33	0	0

MIDMiddlesex innings

17063.3 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	lbw b JA Porter	0	1	0	0	0.0
MD Stoneman	c AN Cook b SJ Cook	0	10	0	0	0.0
PJ Malan	b JA Porter	0	2	0	0	0.0
SS Eskinazi	c AM Rossington b JA Porter	0	8	0	0	0.0
MDE Holden	c SR Harmer b JA Porter	6	22	0	0	27.3
JA Simpson	c T Westley b JA Porter	63	183	4	0	34.4
RF Higgins	b SR Harmer	70	127	7	0	55.1
LBK Hollman	lbw b SR Harmer	4	5	1	0	80.0
TS Roland-Jones	c AN Cook b JA Porter	1	8	0	0	12.5
TG Helm	not out	8*	17	0	0	47.1
TJ Murtagh	lbw b SR Harmer	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 9, lb 3, nb 6	18
Total	all out, 63.3 overs, run rate 2.68	170

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 270

1-0 SD Robson2-2 PJ Malan3-2 SS Eskinazi4-4 MD Stoneman5-20 MDE Holden6-147 RF Higgins7-157 LBK Hollman8-162 TS Roland-Jones9-169 JA Simpson10-170 TJ Murtagh

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
JA Porter	15	4	35	6	2.33	75	3	1
SJ Cook	16	3	42	1	2.63	74	4	2
S Snater	7	0	33	0	4.71	29	2	0
BMJ Allison	8	3	15	0	1.88	38	1	0
SR Harmer	17.3	6	33	3	1.89	85	2	0

ESSEssex innings

21163.2 ov

Essex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NLJ Browne	c MD Stoneman b TJ Murtagh	24	41	3	1	58.5
AN Cook	c & b RF Higgins	28	57	3	0	49.1
T Westley	c JA Simpson b TJ Murtagh	7	16	1	0	43.8
DW Lawrence	c JA Simpson b RF Higgins	37	56	6	0	66.1
MJJ Critchley	lbw b TJ Murtagh	53	80	8	0	66.3
AM Rossington	c SS Eskinazi b LBK Hollman	0	2	0	0	0.0
SR Harmer	lbw b TJ Murtagh	26	57	4	0	45.6
S Snater	b TG Helm	19	29	4	0	65.5
BMJ Allison	not out	9*	34	0	0	26.5
SJ Cook	c RF Higgins b LBK Hollman	2	3	0	0	66.7
JA Porter	lbw b TG Helm	0	5	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 2	6
Total	all out, 63.2 overs, run rate 3.33	211

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 270

1-52 NLJ Browne2-60 AN Cook3-68 T Westley4-122 DW Lawrence5-123 AM Rossington6-171 MJJ Critchley7-184 SR Harmer8-203 S Snater9-210 SJ Cook10-211 JA Porter

Bowling to Essex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
RF Higgins	14	4	44	2	3.14	70	9	0
TS Roland-Jones	13	1	42	0	3.23	53	3	0
TJ Murtagh	15	5	44	4	2.93	68	5	1
TG Helm	10.2	1	38	2	3.68	49	7	0
LBK Hollman	11	2	37	2	3.36	48	5	0

MIDMiddlesex innings

21083 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
MD Stoneman	lbw b JA Porter	0	3	0	0	0.0
SD Robson	lbw b SJ Cook	3	3	0	0	100.0
PJ Malan	lbw b SJ Cook	4	28	0	0	14.3
SS Eskinazi	lbw b JA Porter	37	114	4	0	32.5
MDE Holden	lbw b SR Harmer	25	37	5	0	67.6
JA Simpson	c & b MJJ Critchley	19	71	2	0	26.8
TG Helm	c AN Cook b SJ Cook	0	7	0	0	0.0
RF Higgins	lbw b S Snater	41	102	2	1	40.2
LBK Hollman	not out	63*	121	8	0	52.1
TS Roland-Jones	c AN Cook b S Snater	0	1	0	0	0.0
TJ Murtagh	b JA Porter	6	11	1	0	54.5
Extras	b 8, lb 4	12
Total	all out, 83 overs, run rate 2.53	210

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 270

1-0 MD Stoneman2-4 SD Robson3-15 PJ Malan4-41 MDE Holden5-76 JA Simpson6-77 TG Helm7-93 SS Eskinazi8-180 RF Higgins9-180 TS Roland-Jones10-210 TJ Murtagh

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
JA Porter	16	3	34	3	2.13	78	3	0
SJ Cook	17	6	31	3	1.82	83	3	0
S Snater	14	7	34	2	2.43	68	5	0
BMJ Allison	11	4	23	0	2.09	55	4	0
SR Harmer	24	7	72	1	3.00	111	6	1
MJJ Critchley	1	0	4	1	4.00	5	1	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Middlesex, chose to field
Umpires: M Burns and RK Illingworth
Match referee: JJ Whitaker
Season: 2023

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 13 / 5°C, 2.9 mm rain
Day 2: 14 / 3°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 3: 14 / 3°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 4: 15 / 4°C, 0.1 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2023-04-06-essex-v-middlesex/scorecard200

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