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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)

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	-	-

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

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	-	-

Notes
--> 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
--> IE O'Brien made his debut 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

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.