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f45110 cc19280	Worcestershire v Middlesex
	PPP Healthcare County Championship 2000 (Division 2)
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 11th, 12th, 13th May 2000 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 7 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 15 (Bowling 3); Middlesex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	NGC Cowley, B Leadbeater
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 147/8 (Wilson 75, McGrath 0; 56 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 50/1 (Wilson 19, Hick 25; 18 overs)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Strauss	c Rhodes b Lampitt	47	59	93	7	1
MR Ramprakash	b McGrath	6	25	35	1	-
*JL Langer	b Sheriyar	1	4	3	-	-
OA Shah	b McGrath	6	20	23	-	-
RMS Weston	c Leatherdale b Lampitt	16	40	50	3	-
PN Weekes	c Wilson b Lampitt	21	50	68	3	-
+DC Nash	c Rhodes b Lampitt	12	39	61	1	-
RL Johnson	c Lampitt b Sheriyar	21	21	35	2	1
ARC Fraser	not out	9	19	23	-	-
TF Bloomfield	b Sheriyar	4	4	2	1	-
PCR Tufnell	c Rhodes b Sheriyar	0	1	1	-	-
Extras	(6 lb, 12 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 46 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Ramprakash), 2-36 (Langer), 3-59 (Shah), 4-78 (Strauss), 5-95 (Weston), 6-122 (Weekes), 7-135 (Nash), 8-157 (Johnson), 9-161 (Bloomfield), 10-161 (Tufnell)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	15	6	30	2	-	-
Sheriyar	10	1	55	4	-	3
Ali	8	1	26	0	-	-
Lampitt	13	3	44	4	-	3

Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PR Pollard	c Nash b Fraser	0	13	13	-	-
EJ Wilson	not out	104	201	254	18	-
*GA Hick	c Langer b Johnson	4	22	20	1	-
VS Solanki	c Nash b Bloomfield	30	63	78	5	-
DA Leatherdale	c Nash b Johnson	2	9	10	-	-
+SJ Rhodes	c Strauss b Bloomfield	9	19	25	1	-
SR Lampitt	lbw b Bloomfield	0	3	1	-	-
RK Illingworth	c Johnson b Bloomfield	4	2	1	1	-
K Ali	b Fraser	8	39	42	1	-
GD McGrath	c Ramprakash b Fraser	1	18	39	-	-
A Sheriyar	c Nash b Fraser	0	5	7	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 8 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Pollard), 2-9 (Hick), 3-71 (Solanki), 4-76 (Leatherdale), 5-104 (Rhodes), 6-104 (Lampitt), 7-110 (Illingworth), 8-144 (Ali), 9-180 (McGrath), 10-182 (Sheriyar)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	20	9	29	4	-	1
Johnson	21	5	63	2	-	-
Bloomfield	13	1	57	4	-	2
Tufnell	11	6	21	0	-	1

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Strauss	c Solanki b McGrath	37	87	99	5	-
MR Ramprakash	lbw b Lampitt	14	29	49	2	-
*JL Langer	c Solanki b Illingworth	73	133	169	9	2
OA Shah	c Rhodes b McGrath	0	8	8	-	-
RMS Weston	c Rhodes b Hick	15	59	84	2	-
PN Weekes	c Ali b Illingworth	5	11	15	1	-
+DC Nash	c Hick b Illingworth	3	32	31	-	-
RL Johnson	c Rhodes b Sheriyar	14	37	48	2	-
ARC Fraser	b Sheriyar	4	34	35	-	-
TF Bloomfield	c Leatherdale b McGrath	0	8	7	-	-
PCR Tufnell	not out	0	0	1	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 8 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 72.2 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Ramprakash), 2-66 (Strauss), 3-70 (Shah), 4-141 (Weston), 5-155 (Weekes), 6-158 (Langer), 7-166 (Nash), 8-178 (Johnson), 9-181 (Bloomfield), 10-181 (Fraser)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	17	6	36	3	-	4
Sheriyar	16.2	2	45	2	-	-
Lampitt	10	4	27	1	-	-
Ali	7	2	18	0	-	-
Illingworth	16	5	34	3	-	-
Hick	6	0	13	1	-	-

Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PR Pollard	lbw b Johnson	3	16	26	-	-
EJ Wilson	c Langer b Johnson	19	62	75	2	-
*GA Hick	not out	115	106	120	19	2
VS Solanki	c Langer b Fraser	19	42	66	2	-
DA Leatherdale	not out	0	1	2	-	-
+SJ Rhodes	did not bat
SR Lampitt	did not bat
RK Illingworth	did not bat
K Ali	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
A Sheriyar	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 37.4 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Pollard), 2-50 (Wilson), 3-147 (Solanki)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	10	2	30	1	-	-
Johnson	14	4	49	2	-	-
Bloomfield	6	1	29	0	-	1
Tufnell	6	1	35	0	-	-
Weekes	1.4	0	15	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> MR Ramprakash (1) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> GA Hick (2) passed 31500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 111
--> GD McGrath achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed TF Bloomfield in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 2-30)