f43170 cc18892	Middlesex v Kent
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 23rd, 24th, 25th July 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 4 runs
Points	Middlesex 4 (Bowling 4); Kent 21 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DJ Constant, JH Hampshire
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 103/9 (Hewitt 3*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 134/5 (Ramprakash 69*, Kallis 5*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP Fulton	c Hewitt b Fraser	4	27		-	-
ET Smith	b Fraser	10	13		2	-
TR Ward	c Brown b Hewitt	0	12		-	-
AP Wells	c Pooley b Tufnell	63	157		6	-
MJ Walker	c Brown b Fraser	8	5		2	-
MV Fleming	c Shah b Johnson	44	43		7	1
PA Strang	c Weekes b Hewitt	12	28		1	-
*+SA Marsh	c Shah b Tufnell	40	97		3	-
BJ Phillips	c Kallis b Weekes	12	38		1	-
MJ McCague	b Tufnell	3	8		-	-
AP Igglesden	not out	0	9		-	-
Extras	(4 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	12
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Smith), 2-16 (Ward), 3-16 (Fulton), 4-24 (Walker), 5-86 (Fleming), 6-102 (Strang), 7-187 (Wells), 8-202 (Marsh), 9-206 (McCague), 10-208 (Phillips, 72.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	14	2	45	3	-	-
Hewitt	13	4	41	2	-	-
Kallis	12	2	40	0	-	-
Johnson	12	3	29	1	-	-
Tufnell	12	5	21	3	-	-
Weekes	9.3	0	28	1	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PN Weekes	b Igglesden	12	29		1	-
JH Kallis	c Wells b Igglesden	10	18		1	-
*MR Ramprakash	lbw b McCague	5	11		-	-
MW Gatting	b McCague	41	68		9	-
JC Pooley	b McCague	1	9		-	-
OA Shah	lbw b Phillips	13	32		2	-
ARC Fraser	c Strang b McCague	0	6		-	-
+KR Brown	c Strang b McCague	0	4		-	-
RL Johnson	c Strang b McCague	0	2		-	-
JP Hewitt	not out	5	13		-	-
PCR Tufnell	c Ward b McCague	0	3		-	-
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, 2 w)	18
Total	(all out, 32.3 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Kallis), 2-27 (Ramprakash), 3-33 (Weekes), 4-56 (Pooley), 5-82 (Shah), 6-84 (Fraser), 7-84 (Brown), 8-84 (Johnson), 9-103 (Gatting), 10-105 (Tufnell, 32.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCague	15.3	4	50	7	-	-
Igglesden	7	0	23	2	-	-
Phillips	4	2	8	1	-	-
Strang	6	2	8	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP Fulton	c Hewitt b Kallis	45	125		5	-
ET Smith	lbw b Fraser	2	5		-	-
TR Ward	lbw b Kallis	14	30		2	-
AP Wells	b Kallis	2	11		-	-
MJ Walker	c +Gatting b Kallis	4	7		1	-
MV Fleming	lbw b Fraser	21	28		4	-
PA Strang	c +Gatting b Kallis	17	24		2	-
*+SA Marsh	not out	32	59		5	-
BJ Phillips	c +Gatting b Tufnell	0	3		-	-
MJ McCague	c +Gatting b Johnson	15	25		2	-
AP Igglesden	c Shah b Johnson	0	12		-	-
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 54.5 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Smith), 2-40 (Ward), 3-42 (Wells), 4-46 (Walker), 5-85 (Fleming), 6-103 (Strang), 7-118 (Fulton), 8-118 (Phillips), 9-149 (McCague), 10-157 (Igglesden, 54.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	12	3	30	2	-	-
Hewitt	5	0	22	0	-	-
Kallis	16	3	54	5	-	-
Johnson	8.5	2	26	2	-	-
Tufnell	13	6	20	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PN Weekes	c Strang b McCague	7	9		1	-
*MR Ramprakash	not out	113	200		14	1
JC Pooley	c Phillips b Igglesden	17	20		3	-
MW Gatting	c Strang b Igglesden	0	2		-	-
OA Shah	lbw b Strang	21	63		4	-
JP Hewitt	b Strang	11	12		1	1
JH Kallis	lbw b McCague	22	42		3	-
+KR Brown	c Smith b Strang	0	4		-	-
RL Johnson	lbw b Strang	33	59		6	-
ARC Fraser	c Smith b Strang	13	19		2	-
PCR Tufnell	c Ward b Strang	8	22		1	-
Extras	(8 lb, 3 w)	11
Total	(all out, 75.2 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Weekes), 2-41 (Pooley), 3-41 (Gatting), 4-111 (Shah), 5-125 (Hewitt), 6-156 (Kallis), 7-157 (Brown), 8-214 (Johnson), 9-236 (Fraser), 10-256 (Tufnell, 75.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCague	21	4	72	2	-	-
Igglesden	14	3	47	2	-	-
Phillips	7	0	31	0	-	-
Strang	27.2	2	88	6	-	-
Fleming	6	3	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> AP Wells (1) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> TR Ward (2) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> JH Kallis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed PA Strang in the Kent second innings (previous best was 3-26)
--> JH Kallis achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Kent second innings
--> JH Kallis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Kent second innings (previous best was 5-96)

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MW Gatting kept wicket in the Kent second innings as Brown had a cracked finger

 

 

 

 

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