21/08Result

LV= County Championship Division One at Chester-le-Street, Aug 21-24 2015

Middlesex won by 71 runs

2119dECB/PA

'Perfectionist' Harris secures Middlesex win

Middlesex consolidated second place in LV= County Championship Division One after surviving a nervy start at Chester-le-Street to beat Durham by 71 runs

Match Centre

Match Details

Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

Series

LV= County Championship Division One 2015

Toss

Durham , elected to field first

Season

2015

Hours of play (local time)

11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00

Match days

21,22,23,24 August 2015 (4-day match)

First-class debut

James Weighell

Umpires

Neil Mallender

Tim Robinson

Points

Middlesex 19, Durham 3

Scorecard Summary

64.1

Harris to Weighell, OUT,

WJ Weighell c Stirling b Harris 24 (48m 29b 4x4 0x6) SR: 82.75

END OF OVER:
64 | 13 Runs | DURH: 236/9

Graham Onions2 (6b)
James Weighell24 (28b)

Toby Roland-Jones19-3-58-2
James Harris15-1-71-4

63.6

Roland-Jones to Onions, no run,

63.5

Roland-Jones to Onions, 2 runs,

63.4

Roland-Jones to Onions, no run,

63.3

Roland-Jones to Weighell, 3 runs,

63.2

Roland-Jones to Weighell, FOUR,

Match Coverage

All Match News

'Perfectionist' Harris secures Middlesex win
Middlesex consolidated second place in LV= County Championship Division One after surviving a nervy start at Chester-le-Street to beat Durham by 71 runs
Rushworth breaks record, but Middlesex in control
Chris Rushworth beat Ottis Gibson's record for most wickets in a season but Middlesex's greater all-round bowling strength has put them in pole position for victory at Chester-le-Street
Drop proves costly as wickets tumble
On a day when 19 wickets fell at a heavily overcast Chester-le-Street, the one which got away proved costly for Durham.
Onions and Compton share honours
Former England players Graham Onions and Nick Compton dominated the first half day at Chester-le-Street before rain arrived with Middlesex on 141 for 5

Durham INNINGS		R	B
MD Stoneman	lbw	12	15
G Clark	caught wk	0	3
SG Borthwick	caught wk	95	177
PD Collingwood	lbw	20	38
MJ Richardson	lbw	13	14
GJ Muchall	lbw	12	22
RD Pringle	bowled	36	62
WJ Weighell	caught	24	29
JW Hastings	caught wk	8	13
C Rushworth	caught	5	8
G Onions	not out	2	6
EXTRAS	(lb 5, nb 4)
TOTAL	236 (all out; 64.1 ovs)

Middlesex BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
TJ Murtagh	18.0	2	60	2	3.33
TS Roland-Jones	19.0	3	58	2	3.05	(1nb)
JAR Harris	15.1	1	71	5	4.68
JEC Franklin	4.0	1	18	0	4.50
OP Rayner	2.0	1	1	0	0.50
NJ Dexter	6.0	1	23	1	3.83	(1nb)

Durham 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	6	MD Stoneman	G Clark
2nd	8	MD Stoneman	SG Borthwick
3rd	44	PD Collingwood	SG Borthwick
4th	27	SG Borthwick	MJ Richardson
5th	28	GJ Muchall	SG Borthwick
6th	77	SG Borthwick	RD Pringle
7th	4	SG Borthwick	WJ Weighell
8th	17	JW Hastings	WJ Weighell
9th	12	C Rushworth	WJ Weighell
10th	13	G Onions	WJ Weighell

County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
YORKS	16	11	1	4	286
MIDDX	16	7	2	7	218
NOTTS	16	6	5	5	211
DURH	16	7	8	1	188
WARKS	16	5	5	6	186
SOM	16	4	6	6	183
HANTS	16	4	6	6	163
SUSS	16	4	8	4	161
WORCS	16	3	10	3	151
DERBS	0	0	0	0	0
LANCS	0	0	0	0	0
NHNTS	0	0	0	0	0
SUR	0	0	0	0	0

Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

Series

Toss

Season

Hours of play (local time)

Match days

First-class debut

Umpires

Points

MIDDLESEX 196(62.5 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

DURHAM 169(47.3 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

MIDDLESEX 280(84.4 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

DURHAM 236(64.1 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:64 | 13 Runs | DURH: 236/9

'Perfectionist' Harris secures Middlesex win

Rushworth breaks record, but Middlesex in control

Drop proves costly as wickets tumble

Onions and Compton share honours

MIDDLESEX 196(62.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

DURHAM 169(47.3 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

MIDDLESEX 280(84.4 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

DURHAM 236(64.1 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
64 | 13 Runs | DURH: 236/9