f43733 cc18999	Middlesex v Durham
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1998
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th June 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to field
Result	Durham won by 1 wicket
Points	Middlesex 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Durham 23 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JC Balderstone, MJ Kitchen
Scorers	B Hunt (Durham), MJ Smith (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 175/6 (Weekes 4*, Hewitt 7*; 61 overs)
Close of play day 2	Durham (1) 172/2 (Lewis 60*, Boon 62*; 56 overs)
Close of play day 3	Middlesex (2) 139/6 (Weekes 11*, Hewitt 14*; 48.3 overs)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Langer	c Collingwood b Betts	35	112		2	-
RA Kettleborough	c Speak b Wood	18	40		2	-
MW Gatting	lbw b Foster	13	22		1	-
OA Shah	b Betts	47	98		7	-
DC Nash	c Speight b Harmison	26	49		2	-
*+KR Brown	c Gough b Betts	3	25		-	-
PN Weekes	not out	93	173		13	1
JP Hewitt	c Boon b Harmison	53	101		9	-
IN Blanchett	c Speight b Harmison	6	7		-	-
PCR Tufnell	c Speight b Harmison	7	21		1	-
TF Bloomfield	c Speak b Betts	0	3		-	-
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 18 nb, 2 w)	34
Total	(all out, 107 overs)	335
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (Kettleborough), 2-56 (Gatting), 3-120 (Langer), 4-139 (Shah), 5-161 (Brown), 6-163 (Nash), 7-306 (Hewitt), 8-314 (Blanchett), 9-330 (Tufnell), 10-335 (Bloomfield, 107 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Betts	29	6	83	4	-	-
Wood	23	5	89	1	-	-
Foster	8	2	18	1	-	-
Harmison	26	3	88	4	-	-
Collingwood	8	2	26	0	-	-
Phillips	13	5	17	0	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JJB Lewis	c Brown b Bloomfield	68	153		11	-
MA Gough	lbw b Bloomfield	38	81		3	-
NJ Speak	c Brown b Bloomfield	0	2		-	-
*DC Boon	c Gatting b Hewitt	68	129		11	-
PD Collingwood	c Weekes b Hewitt	66	130		8	2
+MP Speight	c Nash b Bloomfield	2	6		-	-
MJ Foster	c Langer b Hewitt	6	17		1	-
NC Phillips	c Langer b Blanchett	16	59		2	-
MM Betts	c Brown b Blanchett	0	8		-	-
J Wood	not out	26	39		4	-
SJ Harmison	c Brown b Bloomfield	3	10		-	-
Extras	(5 lb, 10 nb, 4 w)	19
Total	(all out, 104.5 overs)	312
Fall of wickets:
1-58 (Gough), 2-58 (Speak), 3-180 (Lewis), 4-202 (Boon), 5-207 (Speight), 6-214 (Foster), 7-267 (Phillips), 8-273 (Betts), 9-299 (Collingwood), 10-312 (Harmison, 104.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bloomfield	22.5	0	98	5	-	-
Hewitt	26	7	82	3	-	-
Blanchett	20	6	52	2	-	-
Tufnell	25	11	29	0	-	-
Shah	1	0	3	0	-	-
Weekes	10	0	43	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Kettleborough	lbw b Betts	0	2		-	-
JL Langer	c Phillips b Betts	1	4		-	-
MW Gatting	b Foster	66	147		12	-
OA Shah	b Betts	14	30		3	-
DC Nash	c Speight b Harmison	10	30		1	-
*+KR Brown	lbw b Harmison	5	12		1	-
PN Weekes	not out	51	108		6	-
JP Hewitt	c Gough b Harmison	19	36		4	-
IN Blanchett	c Speight b Betts	1	11		-	-
PCR Tufnell	c Speight b Wood	19	28		4	-
TF Bloomfield	lbw b Betts	0	2		-	-
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 17 nb)	30
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Kettleborough), 2-5 (Langer), 3-29 (Shah), 4-78 (Nash), 5-90 (Brown), 6-118 (Gatting), 7-151 (Hewitt), 8-158 (Blanchett), 9-213 (Tufnell), 10-216 (Bloomfield, 67 ov)

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Betts	19	4	52	5	-	-
Wood	9	3	20	1	-	-
Harmison	20	4	57	3	-	-
Phillips	12	1	52	0	-	-
Foster	7	2	22	1	-	-

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JJB Lewis	c Weekes b Hewitt	8	13		1	-
MA Gough	c Gatting b Tufnell	56	146		5	-
NJ Speak	c +Nash b Bloomfield	0	2		-	-
*DC Boon	st +Nash b Tufnell	21	77		1	-
PD Collingwood	b Bloomfield	33	58		2	2
+MP Speight	lbw b Bloomfield	17	17		3	-
MJ Foster	c Blanchett b Weekes	27	33		3	1
NC Phillips	b Hewitt	28	49		4	-
MM Betts	not out	29	36		3	1
J Wood	c Shah b Tufnell	4	11		-	-
SJ Harmison	not out	0	5		-	-
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	17
Total	(9 wickets, 74.2 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Lewis), 2-11 (Speak), 3-50 (Boon), 4-111 (Collingwood), 5-137 (Speight), 6-149 (Gough), 7-191 (Foster), 8-219 (Phillips), 9-228 (Wood)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hewitt	18	0	59	2	-	-
Bloomfield	16	3	43	3	-	-
Tufnell	30.2	11	89	3	-	-
Weekes	7	0	22	1	-	-
Blanchett	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> IN Blanchett made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> KR Brown (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> PN Weekes (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> DC Boon (1) passed 21500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> PD Collingwood (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 66
--> MP Speight (2) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> J Wood reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> JP Hewitt reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Durham second innings

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KR Brown was hit on the hand by Harmison shortly before being dismissed in the Middlesex second innings. DC Nash kept wicket throughout the Durham second innings; Brown did not take the field.

 

 

 

 

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