Matt Taylor and Daniel Worrall leave soft-centred Middlesex all out of excuses
Drastic collapse hands Gloucestershire crucial victory after Eskinazi, Mitchell resistance
05/07Result
Group 2, County Championship at Cheltenham, Jul 5-8 2021
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![Gloucestershire]( "Gloucestershire")
248 & 272 -
![Middlesex]( "Middlesex")
101 & 255 (127.3 ov)
05/07Result
Group 2, County Championship at Cheltenham, Jul 5-8 2021
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![Gloucestershire]( "Gloucestershire")
248 & 272 -
![Middlesex]( "Middlesex")
101 & 255 (127.3 ov)
Match Centre
Match Details
Series
Toss
Middlesex , elected to field first
Season
Match days
5,6,7,8 July 2021 (4-day match)
First-class debut
Gloucestershire replacement
DC Goodman for DA Payne (Middlesex 1st innings, 0.0 ov)
Middlesex replacement
RG White for JA Simpson (Middlesex 1st innings, 0.0 ov)
Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Gloucestershire 20, Middlesex 3
Scorecard Summary
GLOUCESTERSHIRE 248 (94.1 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Miles Hammond75 (180)
- James Bracey38 (78)
- Ethan Bamber3/39 (22)
- Blake Cullen3/57 (19.1)
MIDDLESEX 101 (36 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Sam Robson37 (91)
- Peter Handscomb21 (41)
- Matt Taylor4/19 (9)
- Tom Price3/29 (8)
GLOUCESTERSHIRE 272 (72.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Miles Hammond46 (66)
- James Bracey88 (149)
- Daryl Mitchell4/42 (10)
- Martin Andersson2/26 (8)
MIDDLESEX 255 (127.3 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Daryl Mitchell73 (247)
- Stephen Eskinazi102 (300)
- Matt Taylor5/40 (29)
- Daniel Worrall5/54 (27.3)
127.3
W
Worrall to White, OUT,
RG White c JMR Taylor b Worrall 32 (102m 74b 5x4 0x6) SR: 43.24
127.2
4b
Worrall to White, 4 byes,
127.1
0
Worrall to White, no run,
END OF OVER:127 | 1 Run | MIDDX: 251/9
- Tim Murtagh0 (3b)
- Robbie White32 (71b)
- Tom Price24-8-47-0
- Daniel Worrall27-14-54-4
126.6
0
TJ Price to Murtagh, no run,
126.5
0
TJ Price to Murtagh, no run,
126.4
1
TJ Price to White, 1 run,
Match Coverage
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County Championship
| Division 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| NOTTS | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 68 |
| LANCS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 57 |
| WARKS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
| HANTS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| YORKS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 40 |
| SOM | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Division 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| ESSEX | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 77 |
| GLOUC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64 |
| DURH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| NHNTS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| SURR | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| GLAM | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| Division 3 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| KENT | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| MIDDX | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67 |
| WORCS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| LEICS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| DERBS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 42 |
| SUSS | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| Group 1 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| NOTTS | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 151 |
| WARKS | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 145 |
| DURH | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 132 |
| ESSEX | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 129 |
| WORCS | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 109 |
| DERBS | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 72 |
| Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| SOM | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 148 |
| HANTS | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 145 |
| GLOUC | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 131 |
| SURR | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 123 |
| LEICS | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 111 |
| MIDDX | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 84 |
| Group 3 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| LANCS | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 150 |
| YORKS | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 149 |
| GLAM | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 127 |
| NHNTS | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 123 |
| KENT | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 97 |
| SUSS | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 94 |