f51580 cc20562	Middlesex v Leicestershire
	LV County Championship 2009 (Division 2)
Venue	John Walker's Ground, Southgate on 28th, 29th, 30th April, 1st May 2009 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 12 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Leicestershire 8 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	NGB Cook, NJ Llong
Scorer	GA York (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 281/2 (Hughes 99*, Dexter 24*; 64 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 161/5 (Cobb 23*, Taylor 3*; 45 overs)
Close of play day 3	Leicestershire (2) 177/2 (Dippenaar 85*, Ackerman 45*; 56 overs)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Strauss	c Nixon b White	150	167	206	22	1
BA Godleman	lbw b Harris	1	5	4	-	-
PJ Hughes	c Nixon b Harris	139	228	427	13	2
NJ Dexter	c Nixon b O'Brien	27	44	153	4	-
EJG Morgan	not out	114	140	183	14	4
DJ Malan	b Harris	0	1	1	-	-
+BJM Scott	c Nixon b White	3	20	27	-	-
*SD Udal	b White	0	3	1	-	-
TJ Murtagh	not out	51	71	77	3	-
ST Finn	did not bat
A Richardson	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 113 overs)	493
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Godleman), 2-246 (Strauss), 3-294 (Dexter), 4-354 (Hughes), 5-354 (Malan), 6-383 (Scott), 7-383 (Udal)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Brien	24	2	116	1	-	1
Harris	23	4	105	3	-	-
White	20	1	94	3	-	-
Crowe	42	6	158	0	-	-
Taylor	1	0	5	0	-	-
New	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MAG Boyce	c Scott b Finn	27	46	51	4	-
TJ New	c Dexter b Udal	66	98	120	12	-
HH Dippenaar	lbw b Finn	0	1	4	-	-
HD Ackerman	lbw b Richardson	29	40	64	3	1
JJ Cobb	c Finn b Richardson	60	101	127	7	-
*+PA Nixon	c Richardson b Finn	8	29	32	1	-
JWA Taylor	c +sub (DC Nash) b Dexter	9	69	98	-	-
WA White	b Murtagh	32	71	73	5	-
CD Crowe	lbw b Malan	10	31	32	1	-
IE O'Brien	c and b Malan	2	6	3	-	-
AJ Harris	not out	0	18	23	-	-
Extras	(4 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 84.1 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-49 (Boyce), 2-55 (Dippenaar), 3-125 (New), 4-125 (Ackerman), 5-151 (Nixon), 6-206 (Cobb), 7-212 (Taylor), 8-241 (Crowe), 9-243 (O'Brien), 10-258 (White, 84.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	22	11	42	2	-	-
Murtagh	15.1	4	60	1	-	-
Udal	20	4	54	1	-	-
Malan	7	2	21	2	1	-
Finn	14	1	56	3	-	2
Dexter	6	1	21	1	-	3

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MAG Boyce	lbw b Murtagh	1	3	2	-	-
TJ New	c Malan b Udal	43	58	78	6	-
HH Dippenaar	lbw b Murtagh	93	203	239	13	-
HD Ackerman	b Murtagh	60	128	176	6	-
JJ Cobb	lbw b Murtagh	0	1	1	-	-
*+PA Nixon	c +sub (JA Simpson) b Malan	31	153	215	3	-
JWA Taylor	not out	122	197	293	11	-
WA White	c +sub (JA Simpson) b Murtagh	19	40	49	2	-
CD Crowe	not out	25	27	36	4	-
IE O'Brien	did not bat
AJ Harris	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 135 overs)	400
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Boyce), 2-81 (New), 3-196 (Dippenaar), 4-196 (Cobb), 5-205 (Ackerman), 6-313 (Nixon), 7-355 (White)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Murtagh	32	8	83	5	-	-
Richardson	22	5	58	0	-	-
Finn	21	1	107	0	-	-
Udal	34	6	91	1	-	-
Dexter	8	1	14	0	-	-
Malan	14	2	28	1	-	-
Strauss	2	1	10	0	-	-
Hughes	2	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> IE O'Brien made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AJ Strauss (1) 100 in 112 balls, 130 minutes with 16 fours and 1 six
--> PJ Hughes (1) 100 in 181 balls, 238 minutes with 9 fours and 1 six
--> PJ Hughes (1) passed his previous highest score of 118 in County Championship matches
--> EJG Morgan (1) 100 in 134 balls, 177 minutes with 13 fours and 3 sixes
--> WA White (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in County Championship matches
--> TJ New (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 31
--> TJ New (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 43
--> HH Dippenaar (2) passed his previous highest score of 84 in County Championship matches
--> JWA Taylor (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> JWA Taylor (2) passed his previous highest score of 51 in First-Class matches
--> JWA Taylor (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> JWA Taylor (2) 100 in 161 balls, 205 minutes with 9 fours
--> IE O'Brien made his debut for Leicestershire in First-Class matches
--> IE O'Brien reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed NJ Dexter, his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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BJM Scott was taken ill at the start of Day 3. Morgan kept wicket up to the 63rd over when David Nash arrived from a second team game.
Nash was injured before the start of play on Day 4 and so Dexter kept wicket until Simpson arrived to take over.

 

 

 

 

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