- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.4 presses forward once again, round the wicket, straightening off the pitch, and this time there's no doubt! Snicked through to Burgess and the first wicket falls 20/19.1 tight line, nips back, nobbles the knee-roll, up goes the finger! Hannon-Dalby has been relentless in the channel this morning, and this time he gets his reward 22/216.1 round the wicket, off pole plucked out of the ground! Oh dear, simple pickings for Miles, hitting a good line and length at a decent pace, and Davies just plays down the wrong line 36/332.6 full and straight, nipping a fraction and pinning a pad that hasn't got far enough forward. That one's smacking leg stump, and Middlesex are six-down! 91/617.5 another one departs! Out comes off stump once more, nips from a full length to beat the outside edge, Higgins crouches aghast as Barnard gut-punches the air 49/421.4 back of a length outside off, Simpson wafts into a flimsy cramped cut and feathers an edge through to Burgess. Five down... 55/539.5 clipped low to midwicket. De Caires' spirited resistance is unpicked, and Middlesex's unwhelming innings is done 121/935.2 just a little bit of nip back up the slope, a loose angled bat on the drive, and a fat inside-edge into his own stumps. This innings is heading south 98/737.1 full, straight, out! Attacking full length, a threat of movement, nailed on the pads, that's splattering the stumps again 100/837.6 tight line, nip off the seam once more, Bamber threatens to play off the back foot, shoulders arms instead, and gets his off stump knocked back. Whoops 100/9Extras7 (b 1, lb 6)TOTAL121 all out (39.5 Overs, RR: 3.03)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Mark Stoneman, 6.4 ov), 2-22 (Sam Robson, 9.1 ov), 3-36 (Jack Davies, 16.1 ov), 4-49 (Ryan Higgins, 17.5 ov), 5-55 (John Simpson, 21.4 ov), 6-91 (Joe Cracknell, 32.6 ov), 7-98 (Jayant Yadav, 35.2 ov), 8-100 (Tom Helm, 37.1 ov), 9-100 (Ethan Bamber, 37.6 ov), 10-121 (Joshua De Caires, 39.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB C Rushworth 12 1 46 2 3.83 0 0 OJ Hannon-Dalby 10.5 5 29 5 2.67 0 0 CN Miles 6 2 12 1 2.00 0 0 EG Barnard 11 6 27 2 2.45 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 a tempting outswinger, pushed across the left-hander, a flat-footed cut and under-edged into the stumps! Murtagh strikes second ball in his final match at Lord's! 0/16.4 stunning grab by Simpson! Straightens on an off-stump line, a low snick is falling short of the cordon, but the keeper flings out his right glove and scoops up the offering. Murtagh has two! Give him a new contract! 13/270.1 slashed into the gully, and Rhodes' excellent innings is done. Full length, a tempting outswinger, got a fat edge through the ball and straight into Robson's hands 238/78.5 loopy length ball, tight to off stump, nipping into the pads, Davies plants the front foot, gets pinned plumb in front, and Murtagh has three! The batter twiddles his bat in frustration but that was dead-eyed seam bowling 25/387.3 attempts to work the ball to leg, but it's a horrible swirling top-edge! Briggs knows he's toast from the moment the ball goes skywards, as he jogs to the far end on the off-chance it'll be his 100th run... instead Simpson runs round with the gloves and he's gone for 99! 298/986.3 skips down the pitch, has a big hack across the line and Murtagh splatters his stumps! An ugly end to a fine innings 296/889.4 another top-edge, and there's the end of the innings! Back of a length from round the wicket, Hannon-Dalby gets in a fankle on the back foot and flaps the ball skywards for Cracknell to pouch in the covers. A tasty lead of 194 with which to turn the screw 315/9Extras25 (b 1, lb 10, nb 14)TOTAL315 all out (89.4 Overs, RR: 3.51)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Rob Yates, 0.2 ov), 2-13 (Kraigg Brathwaite, 6.4 ov), 3-25 (Alex Davies, 8.5 ov), 4-43 (Dan Mousley, 14.2 ov), 5-87 (Ed Barnard, 30.1 ov), 6-95 (Michael Burgess, 32.3 ov), 7-238 (Will Rhodes, 70.1 ov), 8-296 (Craig Miles, 86.3 ov), 9-298 (Danny Briggs, 87.3 ov), 10-315 (Oliver Hannon-Dalby, 89.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TJ Murtagh 25 5 83 6 3.32 0 0 ER Bamber 18 5 62 2 3.44 0 1 RF Higgins 6 0 14 0 2.33 0 1 J Yadav 16 1 70 0 4.37 0 4 JM De Caires 6 0 17 0 2.83 0 0 TG Helm 17.4 7 51 2 2.88 0 1 SD Robson 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR23.1 A long delay for some repairs on the bowler's run-ups, and first ball back, Miles comes round the wicket to Stoneman, finds some extra pop from a good length, and snicks the inside-edge through to the keeper! 78/1Extras7 (b 3, lb 2, nb 2)TOTAL251 all out (100.2 Overs, RR: 2.5)Fall of wickets: 1-78 (Mark Stoneman, 23.1 ov), 2-102 (Jack Davies, 33.3 ov), 3-120 (Joe Cracknell, 37.5 ov), 4-205 (Ryan Higgins, 66.3 ov), 5-227 (John Simpson, 78.5 ov), 6-229 (Joshua De Caires, 80.6 ov), 7-234 (Jayant Yadav, 83.2 ov), 8-243 (Tom Helm, 92.3 ov), 9-251 (Ethan Bamber, 98.6 ov), 10-251 (Tim Murtagh, 100.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB OJ Hannon-Dalby 24 12 52 3 2.16 0 0 C Rushworth 21 1 59 1 2.80 0 1 EG Barnard 15 6 30 1 2.00 0 0 DR Briggs 18.2 4 28 2 1.52 0 0 CN Miles 17 4 53 3 3.11 0 0 RM Yates 5 1 24 0 4.80 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.4 smashed on the knee roll reverse-sweeping, and up goes the finger! First-class wicket number 958 for the departing Murtagh, his seventh of the match 13/14.5 lightning-fast hands from Simpson! Mousley flashes hard at a ball that is angled across him and Simpson whips the bails off... his back foot had dragged out of his crease, and the square leg umpire reckons it wasn't back down in time 27/2Extras4 (lb 4)TOTAL58/2 (8.3 Overs, RR: 6.82)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Alex Davies, 2.4 ov), 2-27 (Dan Mousley, 4.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TJ Murtagh 3 0 19 2 6.33 0 0 TG Helm 4 0 28 0 7.00 0 0 J Yadav 1.3 0 7 0 4.66 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Warwickshire , elected to field first
Season
Match days
19,20,21,22 September 2023 (4-day match)
Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Warwickshire 21, Middlesex 3
Close of Play
- Tue, 19 Sep - day 1 - Warwickshire 1st innings 72/4 (WMH Rhodes 36*, EG Barnard 9*, 24 ov)
- Wed, 20 Sep - day 2 - Warwickshire 1st innings 228/6 (WMH Rhodes 95*, DR Briggs 71*, 64 ov)
- Thu, 21 Sep - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 96/1 (SD Robson 51*, JLB Davies 10*, 29.3 ov)
- Fri, 22 Sep - day 4 - Warwickshire 2nd innings 58/2 (8.3 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Warwickshire 2nd innings
- Batting and Bowling points: Warwickshire 5, Middlesex 3
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