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f43772 cc19030	Nottinghamshire v Middlesex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1998
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 1st, 2nd, 3rd July 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 92 runs
Points	Nottinghamshire 23 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Middlesex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	A Clarkson, JW Holder
Close of play day 1	Nottinghamshire (1) 119/3 (Afzaal 3, Evans 9; 34 overs)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 0/1 (Langer 0*; 0.4 overs)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MW Gatting	c Franks b Tolley	32	73	113	6	-
JL Langer	b Franks	74	123	151	10	-
OA Shah	c Read b Tolley	0	2	6	-	-
PN Weekes	c Archer b Tolley	0	4	3	-	-
DC Nash	c Johnson b Tolley	15	57	74	-	-
*+KR Brown	c Gallian b Franks	22	71	102	2	-
JP Hewitt	b Strang	22	61	73	2	-
RL Johnson	c Gallian b Franks	0	1	1	-	-
CJ Batt	b Strang	6	14	26	-	-
PCR Tufnell	not out	0	14	16	-	-
TF Bloomfield	run out	0	3	6	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 14 nb, 2 w)	27
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-97 (Gatting), 2-101 (Shah), 3-101 (Weekes), 4-131 (Langer), 5-151 (Nash), 6-188 (Brown), 7-188 (Johnson), 8-193 (Hewitt), 9-198 (Batt), 10-198 (Bloomfield, 69.2 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Franks	15	5	38	3	-	-
Wharf	9	2	40	0	-	-
Evans	20	8	43	0	-	-
Tolley	18	7	51	4	-	-
Strang	7.2	3	15	2	-	-

Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Robinson	c Gatting b Batt	35	91	109	6	-
JER Gallian	c Weekes b Batt	52	66	100	8	-
U Afzaal	c Shah b Johnson	73	251	342	8	-
*P Johnson	lbw b Batt	0	6	9	-	-
KP Evans	lbw b Bloomfield	22	43	56	3	-
GF Archer	c Weekes b Johnson	51	84	108	8	1
CM Tolley	c Brown b Batt	15	55	73	3	-
PJ Franks	lbw b Weekes	5	39	41	-	-
+CMW Read	c Brown b Batt	76	114	131	12	-
PA Strang	b Batt	40	62	99	7	-
AG Wharf	not out	1	4	9	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 26 lb, 10 nb, 4 w)	43
Total	(all out, 135 overs)	413
Fall of wickets:
1-105 (Gallian), 2-108 (Robinson), 3-108 (Johnson), 4-141 (Evans), 5-227 (Archer), 6-266 (Tolley), 7-285 (Franks), 8-304 (Afzaal), 9-400 (Read), 10-413 (Strang, 135 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hewitt	18	6	60	0	-	-
Bloomfield	23	6	74	1	-	-
Johnson	27	5	89	2	-	-
Batt	29	6	101	6	-	-
Tufnell	21	9	43	0	-	-
Weekes	16	6	17	1	-	-
Langer	1	1	0	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RL Johnson	c Wharf b Franks	0	4	1	-	-
JL Langer	lbw b Evans	29	41	59	4	-
MW Gatting	c Johnson b Franks	4	5	9	1	-
OA Shah	c Wharf b Franks	0	2	2	-	-
PN Weekes	c Read b Tolley	25	60	95	3	-
DC Nash	c Strang b Evans	10	34	45	1	-
*+KR Brown	c Read b Wharf	9	28	36	1	-
JP Hewitt	c Gallian b Franks	19	40	48	2	-
CJ Batt	c Afzaal b Franks	7	24	31	1	-
PCR Tufnell	b Wharf	8	11	20	1	-
TF Bloomfield	not out	3	2	4	-	-
Extras	(1 lb, 8 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 41.1 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Johnson), 2-8 (Gatting), 3-8 (Shah), 4-44 (Langer), 5-70 (Nash), 6-72 (Weekes), 7-94 (Brown), 8-106 (Hewitt), 9-119 (Batt), 10-123 (Tufnell, 41.1 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Franks	14	3	58	5	-	-
Wharf	8.1	1	27	2	-	-
Tolley	8	0	23	1	-	-
Evans	10	6	8	2	-	-
Strang	1	0	6	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Nottinghamshire score at 120 overs in the first innings was 340-8
--> CJ Batt made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MW Gatting (1) passed 36000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 10
--> JER Gallian (1) passed 6000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 20
--> U Afzaal (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> CMW Read (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> CMW Read (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in first-class matches
--> PCR Tufnell (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> PJ Franks reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> CJ Batt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Nottinghamshire first innings (previous best was 4-31)
--> CJ Batt achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Nottinghamshire first innings
--> CJ Batt achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Nottinghamshire first innings
--> PJ Franks achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 4-47)
--> PJ Franks achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Middlesex second innings
--> PJ Franks reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> PJ Franks achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 4-47)
--> PJ Franks achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Middlesex second innings