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| Venue | County Ground, Chelmsford on 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st April 2003 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Essex 12 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Middlesex 8 (Batting 1, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | MR Benson, TE Jesty |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 164/4 (Middlebrook 4*, Habib 0*; 45 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 356/7 (Foster 32*, Dakin 10*; 100 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Middlesex (2) 251/4 (Joyce 11*, Abdul Razzaq 13*; 96 overs) |
| Middlesex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *AJ Strauss | c Robinson b Dakin | 1 | 6 | 7 | - | - | |
| SG Koenig | c Foster b Irani | 42 | 77 | 105 | 5 | - | |
| OA Shah | run out | 13 | 17 | 23 | 2 | - | |
| +DC Nash | lbw b Dakin | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| EC Joyce | lbw b Dakin | 28 | 58 | 83 | 3 | - | |
| Abdul Razzaq | c Foster b Irani | 0 | 12 | 9 | - | - | |
| PN Weekes | lbw b Brant | 31 | 48 | 59 | 3 | - | |
| BL Hutton | not out | 45 | 84 | 124 | 8 | - | |
| SJ Cook | lbw b Dakin | 22 | 16 | 24 | 4 | - | |
| CB Keegan | st Foster b Middlebrook | 24 | 23 | 31 | 4 | - | |
| JH Dawes | c Jefferson b Middlebrook | 2 | 10 | 10 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 2 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 59 overs) | 214 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Strauss), 2-24 (Shah), 3-24 (Nash), 4-82 (Koenig), 5-84 (Abdul Razzaq), 6-86 (Joyce), 7-124 (Weekes), 8-169 (Cook), 9-206 (Keegan), 10-214 (Dawes) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brant | 13 | 2 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dakin | 18 | 3 | 57 | 4 | - | - | |
| McGarry | 9 | 1 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Irani | 14 | 4 | 43 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Middlebrook | 5 | 0 | 12 | 2 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DDJ Robinson | b Cook | 83 | 140 | 161 | 14 | - | |
| WI Jefferson | b Dawes | 56 | 56 | 73 | 12 | - | |
| AP Grayson | c Nash b Abdul Razzaq | 7 | 25 | 37 | - | - | |
| A Flower | c Shah b Cook | 7 | 24 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| JD Middlebrook | c Weekes b Keegan | 36 | 77 | 84 | 5 | - | |
| A Habib | lbw b Weekes | 34 | 106 | 142 | 3 | - | |
| *RC Irani | lbw b Abdul Razzaq | 69 | 98 | 109 | 8 | 1 | |
| +JS Foster | b Keegan | 32 | 60 | 202 | 5 | - | |
| JM Dakin | c Dawes b Abdul Razzaq | 52 | 49 | 202 | 4 | 4 | |
| SA Brant | lbw b Keegan | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| AC McGarry | not out | 4 | 14 | 29 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (10 lb, 12 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 107.3 overs) | 402 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-104 (Jefferson), 2-128 (Grayson), 3-148 (Flower), 4-163 (Robinson), 5-215 (Middlebrook), 6-291 (Habib), 7-320 (Irani), 8-356 (Foster), 9-356 (Brant), 10-402 (Dakin) | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dawes | 22 | 6 | 69 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Keegan | 23 | 3 | 106 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cook | 22 | 3 | 105 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Weekes | 16 | 3 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Abdul Razzaq | 23.3 | 5 | 69 | 3 | - | - | |
| Joyce | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Middlesex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *AJ Strauss | lbw b Middlebrook | 40 | 58 | 61 | 6 | - | |
| SG Koenig | c Foster b Dakin | 94 | 190 | 235 | 16 | - | |
| OA Shah | c Habib b Grayson | 46 | 130 | 153 | 6 | - | |
| +DC Nash | c Robinson b Grayson | 42 | 83 | 87 | 5 | - | |
| EC Joyce | b Robinson | 117 | 320 | 390 | 13 | 1 | |
| Abdul Razzaq | c Habib b Middlebrook | 81 | 148 | 186 | 12 | 2 | |
| PN Weekes | lbw b Brant | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| BL Hutton | c Flower b Middlebrook | 23 | 42 | 45 | 3 | 1 | |
| SJ Cook | lbw b Middlebrook | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| CB Keegan | c Grayson b Middlebrook | 0 | 23 | 36 | - | - | |
| JH Dawes | not out | 32 | 38 | 46 | 6 | - | |
| Extras | (6 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 6 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 172.5 overs) | 495 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-65 (Strauss), 2-174 (Shah), 3-191 (Koenig), 4-233 (Nash), 5-384 (Abdul Razzaq), 6-385 (Weekes), 7-422 (Hutton), 8-422 (Cook), 9-427 (Keegan), 10-495 (Joyce) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brant | 23 | 6 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dakin | 26 | 11 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Irani | 13 | 4 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Middlebrook | 57 | 11 | 172 | 5 | - | - | |
| Grayson | 34 | 5 | 107 | 2 | 4 | - | |
| McGarry | 16.3 | 2 | 41 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Flower | 1.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Robinson | 1.5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DDJ Robinson | not out | 23 | 30 | 33 | 4 | - | |
| WI Jefferson | not out | 18 | 24 | 33 | 4 | - | |
| AP Grayson | did not bat | ||||||
| A Flower | did not bat | ||||||
| A Habib | did not bat | ||||||
| *RC Irani | did not bat | ||||||
| +JS Foster | did not bat | ||||||
| JM Dakin | did not bat | ||||||
| JD Middlebrook | did not bat | ||||||
| SA Brant | did not bat | ||||||
| AC McGarry | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 33 minutes, 9 overs) | 41 | |||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dawes | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Keegan | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Strauss | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JH Dawes made his debut in County Championship matches
--> SA Brant made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AJ Strauss (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> EC Joyce (2) 100 in 290 balls, 356 minutes with 12 fours
--> JH Dawes (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
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