- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras10 (b 6, lb 4)TOTAL236 all out (84.4 Overs, RR: 2.78)Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Eddie Byrom, 30.2 ov), 2-114 (Marcus Trescothick, 38.1 ov), 3-139 (George Bartlett, 48.4 ov), 4-176 (Tom Abell, 59.1 ov), 5-206 (James Hildreth, 72.1 ov), 6-206 (Roelof van der Merwe, 72.2 ov), 7-214 (Craig Overton, 74.5 ov), 8-214 (Dom Bess, 75.4 ov), 9-230 (Jack Leach, 82.2 ov), 10-236 (Steven Davies, 84.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TJ Murtagh 7 4 10 0 1.42 0 0 ST Finn 12 4 36 0 3.00 0 0 JAR Harris 12 7 15 0 1.25 0 0 RH Patel 29.4 3 81 7 2.73 0 0 PR Stirling 20 3 70 2 3.50 0 0 DJ Malan 3 0 9 0 3.00 0 0 AC Voges 1 0 5 0 5.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras20 (b 16, lb 4)TOTAL142 all out (50.3 Overs, RR: 2.81)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Nick Compton, 2.6 ov), 2-4 (Stephen Eskinazi, 5.2 ov), 3-5 (Sam Robson, 7.4 ov), 4-18 (Adam Voges, 16.5 ov), 5-22 (John Simpson, 17.4 ov), 6-95 (Dawid Malan, 33.4 ov), 7-100 (Paul Stirling, 37.1 ov), 8-117 (Steven Finn, 40.3 ov), 9-128 (James Harris, 48.4 ov), 10-142 (Ravi Patel, 50.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB C Overton 5.3 1 7 3 1.27 0 0 MJ Leach 25 12 54 4 2.16 0 0 DM Bess 12 3 43 1 3.58 0 0 RE van der Merwe 8 1 18 1 2.25 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras3 (lb 3)TOTAL250/9d (78 Overs, RR: 3.2)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Eddie Byrom, 7.4 ov), 2-26 (George Bartlett, 9.3 ov), 3-59 (Marcus Trescothick, 21.6 ov), 4-185 (Tom Abell, 65.1 ov), 5-199 (Steven Davies, 69.1 ov), 6-223 (James Hildreth, 72.2 ov), 7-226 (Craig Overton, 73.4 ov), 8-237 (Dom Bess, 74.6 ov), 9-239 (Roelof van der Merwe, 75.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TJ Murtagh 9 3 34 1 3.77 0 0 PR Stirling 18 4 31 1 1.72 0 0 ST Finn 8 0 37 0 4.62 0 0 RH Patel 26 3 92 5 3.53 0 0 JAR Harris 13 1 33 2 2.53 0 0 DJ Malan 1 0 5 0 5.00 0 0 AC Voges 3 0 15 0 5.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras9 (b 4, lb 5)TOTAL113 all out (53.5 Overs, RR: 2.09)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Sam Robson, 7.5 ov), 2-27 (Nick Compton, 13.3 ov), 3-28 (Dawid Malan, 16.2 ov), 4-43 (Stephen Eskinazi, 24.5 ov), 5-71 (Adam Voges, 37.2 ov), 6-80 (John Simpson, 41.3 ov), 7-80 (Paul Stirling, 42.4 ov), 8-93 (James Harris, 48.3 ov), 9-101 (Tim Murtagh, 50.5 ov), 10-113 (Steven Finn, 53.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB C Overton 3 1 6 0 2.00 0 0 MJ Leach 26.5 12 57 5 2.12 0 0 RE van der Merwe 13 6 22 4 1.69 0 0 DM Bess 11 3 19 1 1.72 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Somerset , elected to bat first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days
25,26,27,28 September 2017 (4-day match)
Umpires
Points
Somerset 20, Middlesex 3
Close of Play
- Mon, 25 Sep - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 18/3 (DJ Malan 9*, AC Voges 4*, 15 ov)
- Tue, 26 Sep - day 2 - Somerset 2nd innings 159/3 (JC Hildreth 82*, TB Abell 34*, 61 ov)
- Wed, 27 Sep - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 40/3 (SS Eskinazi 16*, AC Voges 1*, 20.1 ov)
- Thu, 28 Sep - day 4 - Middlesex 2nd innings 113 (53.5 ov) - end of match
Match Coverage
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