Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luke Procter	lbw b Harris	26	59	89	2	0	44.06
Ben Duckett	b Harris	7	19	22	1	0	36.84
Ricardo Vasconcelos †	b Bamber	140	210	272	20	0	66.66
Alex Wakely (c)	c †White b Harris	18	47	66	3	0	38.29
Richard Levi	c Malan b Murtagh	41	53	77	6	1	77.35
Steven Crook	lbw b Murtagh	31	75	92	3	0	41.33
Saif Zaib	c †White b Harris	27	82	114	1	0	32.92
Rory Kleinveldt	b Harris	7	20	28	0	0	35.00
Nathan Buck	c †White b Harris	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Brett Hutton	b Harris	22	47	65	1	1	46.80
Ben Sanderson	not out	0	6	9	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 12, w 11)	27
Total	103.1 Ov (RR: 3.35)	346
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Ben Duckett, 5.2 ov), 2-75 (Luke Procter, 20.6 ov), 3-133 (Alex Wakely, 37.2 ov), 4-210 (Richard Levi, 55.3 ov), 5-273 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 73.1 ov), 6-301 (Steven Crook, 80.4 ov), 7-312 (Rory Kleinveldt, 87.2 ov), 8-312 (Nathan Buck, 87.3 ov), 9-339 (Saif Zaib, 101.3 ov), 10-346 (Brett Hutton, 103.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	26	7	68	2	2.61	125	8	1	0	0
55.3 to RE Levi, . 210/4 80.4 to SP Crook, . 301/6
James Harris	26.1	6	83	7	3.17	116	9	0	2	0
5.2 to BM Duckett, . 16/1 20.6 to LA Procter, . 75/2 37.2 to AG Wakely, . 133/3 87.2 to RK Kleinveldt, . 312/7 87.3 to NL Buck, . 312/8 101.3 to SA Zaib, . 339/9 103.1 to BA Hutton, . 346/10
Ethan Bamber	18	2	68	1	3.77	75	10	0	1	0
73.1 to R Vasconcelos, . 273/5
James Fuller	20	3	69	0	3.45	87	7	1	3	0
Max Holden	10	1	34	0	3.40	36	3	0	1	0
Dawid Malan	3	0	8	0	2.66	10	0	0	0	0

Middlesex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	c †Vasconcelos b Kleinveldt	18	28	60	1	0	64.28
Nick Gubbins	lbw b Sanderson	32	41	44	7	0	78.04
Stephen Eskinazi	c Duckett b Kleinveldt	8	18	26	1	0	44.44
Dawid Malan (c)	lbw b Kleinveldt	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Eoin Morgan	b Sanderson	4	24	32	0	0	16.66
Max Holden	c †Vasconcelos b Hutton	30	76	104	4	0	39.47
Robbie White †	c †Vasconcelos b Buck	35	79	104	5	0	44.30
James Harris	c Crook b Buck	6	32	45	0	0	18.75
James Fuller	b Buck	4	4	12	1	0	100.00
Ethan Bamber	not out	2	6	17	0	0	33.33
Tim Murtagh	c †Vasconcelos b Buck	11	5	8	1	1	220.00
Extras	(b 22, lb 15)	37
Total	52.2 Ov (RR: 3.57)	187
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Nick Gubbins, 10.3 ov), 2-70 (Sam Robson, 14.1 ov), 3-70 (Dawid Malan, 14.2 ov), 4-71 (Stephen Eskinazi, 16.1 ov), 5-79 (Eoin Morgan, 21.5 ov), 6-148 (Max Holden, 41.1 ov), 7-158 (Robbie White, 46.6 ov), 8-170 (James Fuller, 48.6 ov), 9-171 (James Harris, 50.6 ov), 10-187 (Tim Murtagh, 52.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Sanderson	14	4	31	2	2.21	72	6	0	0	0
10.3 to NRT Gubbins, . 57/1 21.5 to EJG Morgan, . 79/5
Brett Hutton	11	1	48	1	4.36	47	7	0	0	0
41.1 to MDE Holden, . 148/6
Nathan Buck	16.2	2	51	4	3.12	73	6	0	0	0
46.6 to RG White, . 158/7 48.6 to JK Fuller, . 170/8 50.6 to JAR Harris, . 171/9 52.2 to TJ Murtagh, . 187/10
Rory Kleinveldt	11	3	20	3	1.81	56	1	1	0	0
14.1 to SD Robson, . 70/2 14.2 to DJ Malan, . 70/3 16.1 to SS Eskinazi, . 71/4

Middlesex 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Gubbins	lbw b Sanderson	8	22	31	2	0	36.36
Sam Robson	c †Vasconcelos b Buck	72	128	166	11	0	56.25
Stephen Eskinazi	lbw b Buck	20	46	62	2	0	43.47
Dawid Malan (c)	b Kleinveldt	5	6	10	1	0	83.33
Eoin Morgan	lbw b Kleinveldt	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Max Holden	c Levi b Hutton	94	164	221	11	0	57.31
Robbie White †	c Kleinveldt b Hutton	5	21	27	0	0	23.80
James Harris	not out	79	189	245	10	0	41.79
James Fuller	c sub (AM Rossington) b Kleinveldt	12	31	41	0	0	38.70
Ethan Bamber	c sub (AM Rossington) b Buck	19	40	51	3	0	47.50
Tim Murtagh	b Kleinveldt	4	15	19	1	0	26.66
Extras	(b 28, lb 16, nb 4, w 3, pen 5)	56
Total	110.3 Ov (RR: 3.38)	374
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Nick Gubbins, 7.2 ov), 2-70 (Stephen Eskinazi, 22.1 ov), 3-84 (Dawid Malan, 23.4 ov), 4-92 (Eoin Morgan, 25.1 ov), 5-143 (Sam Robson, 39.4 ov), 6-166 (Robbie White, 46.3 ov), 7-287 (Max Holden, 83.3 ov), 8-313 (James Fuller, 93.3 ov), 9-367 (Ethan Bamber, 105.5 ov), 10-374 (Tim Murtagh, 110.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Rory Kleinveldt	24.3	2	69	4	2.81	114	10	0	0	0
23.4 to DJ Malan, . 84/3 25.1 to EJG Morgan, . 92/4 93.3 to JK Fuller, . 313/8 110.3 to TJ Murtagh, . 374/10
Ben Sanderson	24	4	60	1	2.50	116	7	0	0	0
7.2 to NRT Gubbins, . 23/1
Nathan Buck	19	3	73	3	3.84	81	12	0	1	0
22.1 to SS Eskinazi, . 70/2 39.4 to SD Robson, . 143/5 105.5 to ER Bamber, . 367/9
Brett Hutton	25	3	80	2	3.20	109	8	0	0	1
46.3 to RG White, . 166/6 83.3 to MDE Holden, . 287/7
Luke Procter	6	0	20	0	3.33	27	2	0	2	1
Saif Zaib	12	3	23	0	1.91	59	2	0	0	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 216 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Saif Zaib	c & b Harris	9	29	30	0	0	31.03
Luke Procter	c †White b Bamber	35	67	107	4	0	52.23
Ricardo Vasconcelos †	c sub (OP Rayner) b Murtagh	52	80	96	6	0	65.00
Alex Wakely (c)	lbw b Murtagh	6	11	28	1	0	54.54
Richard Levi	c †White b Fuller	18	35	72	1	0	51.42
Steven Crook	lbw b Murtagh	5	19	26	0	0	26.31
Rory Kleinveldt	lbw b Bamber	5	6	6	1	0	83.33
Ben Duckett	c sub (OP Rayner) b Bamber	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Nathan Buck	c Fuller b Murtagh	20	52	74	1	0	38.46
Brett Hutton	lbw b Murtagh	23	53	57	2	0	43.39
Ben Sanderson	not out	2	11	11	0	0	18.18
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 2)	9
Total	60.5 Ov (RR: 3.02)	184
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Saif Zaib, 7.4 ov), 2-94 (Luke Procter, 25.3 ov), 3-102 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 30.3 ov), 4-111 (Alex Wakely, 32.1 ov), 5-125 (Steven Crook, 38.2 ov), 6-130 (Rory Kleinveldt, 39.2 ov), 7-130 (Ben Duckett, 39.5 ov), 8-148 (Richard Levi, 46.2 ov), 9-177 (Nathan Buck, 58.2 ov), 10-184 (Brett Hutton, 60.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	17.5	5	38	5	2.13	83	3	0	0	0
30.3 to R Vasconcelos, . 102/3 32.1 to AG Wakely, . 111/4 38.2 to SP Crook, . 125/5 58.2 to NL Buck, . 177/9 60.5 to BA Hutton, . 184/10
James Harris	15	0	60	1	4.00	57	7	0	0	0
7.4 to SA Zaib, . 19/1
James Fuller	12	2	40	1	3.33	46	2	0	0	1
46.2 to RE Levi, . 148/8
Ethan Bamber	15	2	38	3	2.53	66	4	0	0	0
25.3 to LA Procter, . 94/2 39.2 to RK Kleinveldt, . 130/6 39.5 to BM Duckett, . 130/7
Max Holden	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0

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Sun, 19 Aug - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 332/8 (Saif Zaib 21*, Brett Hutton 14*, 96 ov)

Mon, 20 Aug - day 2 - Middlesex 2nd innings 32/1 (Sam Robson 16*, Stephen Eskinazi 5*, 11 ov)

Tue, 21 Aug - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 374/9 (James Harris 79*, Tim Murtagh 4*, 110 ov)

Wed, 22 Aug - day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 184 (60.5 ov) - end of match

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Day 3

Middlesex 2nd innings
Middlesex were awarded five penalty runs after delivery 69.4 due to the ball hitting the fielding helmet.
AM Rossington was acting as substitute keeper for the dismissal of JK Fuller.
AM Rossington was acting as substitute keeper for the dismissal of ER Bamber.

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	no toss
Series	Specsavers County Championship Division Two
Season	2018
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	19,20,21,22 August 2018 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Ethan Bamber
Umpires	Martin Saggers Paul Pollard
Points	Middlesex 19, Northamptonshire 6

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Northants Innings

Player Name		R	B
SA Zaib	caught	9	29
LA Procter	caught	35	67
R Vasconcelos	caught	52	80
AG Wakely	lbw	6	11
RE Levi	caught	18	35
SP Crook	lbw	5	19
RK Kleinveldt	lbw	5	6
BM Duckett	caught	0	3
NL Buck	caught	20	52
BA Hutton	lbw	23	53
BW Sanderson	not out	2	11
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 2)
Total	184(10 wkts; 60.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
TJ Murtagh	17.5	5	38	5	2.13
JAR Harris	15	0	60	1	4
JK Fuller	12	2	40	1	3.33 (1 nb)
ER Bamber	15	2	38	3	2.53
MDE Holden	1	0	1	0	1

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	19	Luke Procter	Saif Zaib
2nd	75	Luke Procter	Ricardo Vasconcelos
3rd	8	Alex Wakely	Ricardo Vasconcelos
4th	9	Alex Wakely	Richard Levi
5th	14	Steven Crook	Richard Levi
6th	5	Rory Kleinveldt	Richard Levi
7th	0	Richard Levi	Ben Duckett
8th	18	Richard Levi	Nathan Buck
9th	29	Nathan Buck	Brett Hutton
10th	7	Ben Sanderson	Brett Hutton

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Specsavers County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WAR	14	9	2	3	242
KEN	14	10	3	1	221
SUS	14	6	4	4	186
MID	14	7	4	3	179
GLO	14	5	4	5	157
LEI	14	5	7	2	149
DER	14	4	7	3	147
DUR	14	4	7	2	130
NOR	14	4	8	1	126
GLA	14	2	10	2	92

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WAR	14	9	2	3	242
KEN	14	10	3	1	221
SUS	14	6	4	4	186
MID	14	7	4	3	179
GLO	14	5	4	5	157
LEI	14	5	7	2	149
DER	14	4	7	3	147
DUR	14	4	7	2	130
NOR	14	4	8	1	126
GLA	14	2	10	2	92

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WAR	14	9	2	3	242
KEN	14	10	3	1	221
SUS	14	6	4	4	186
MID	14	7	4	3	179
GLO	14	5	4	5	157
LEI	14	5	7	2	149
DER	14	4	7	3	147
DUR	14	4	7	2	130
NOR	14	4	8	1	126
GLA	14	2	10	2	92

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WAR	14	9	2	3	242
KEN	14	10	3	1	221
SUS	14	6	4	4	186
MID	14	7	4	3	179
GLO	14	5	4	5	157
LEI	14	5	7	2	149
DER	14	4	7	3	147
DUR	14	4	7	2	130
NOR	14	4	8	1	126
GLA	14	2	10	2	92