Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	c †Brown b Robinson	10	20	30	1	0	50.00
Nick Gubbins	b Robinson	8	13	18	1	0	61.53
Stephen Eskinazi	lbw b Robinson	38	72	79	4	0	52.77
Dawid Malan (c)	lbw b Robinson	13	49	87	0	0	26.53
Hilton Cartwright	c Burgess b Robinson	4	11	11	0	0	36.36
Max Holden	not out	84	135	179	9	0	62.22
John Simpson †	c Burgess b Briggs	26	59	67	4	0	44.06
James Harris	c Garton b Briggs	1	8	8	0	0	12.50
Ollie Rayner	lbw b Robinson	9	19	28	0	0	47.36
Tim Murtagh	c Wright b Garton	26	47	52	3	0	55.31
Tom Barber	b Robinson	3	8	15	0	0	37.50
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 6)	8
Total	73 Ov (RR: 3.15)	230
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Nick Gubbins, 4.3 ov), 2-24 (Sam Robson, 6.6 ov), 3-67 (Stephen Eskinazi, 24.3 ov), 4-75 (Hilton Cartwright, 26.4 ov), 5-76 (Dawid Malan, 28.3 ov), 6-132 (John Simpson, 46.3 ov), 7-135 (James Harris, 48.2 ov), 8-169 (Ollie Rayner, 54.5 ov), 9-220 (Tim Murtagh, 69.2 ov), 10-230 (Tom Barber, 72.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ollie Robinson	21	3	58	7	2.76	95	5	0	0	1
4.3 to NRT Gubbins, . 13/1 6.6 to SD Robson, . 24/2 24.3 to SS Eskinazi, . 67/3 26.4 to HWR Cartwright, . 75/4 28.3 to DJ Malan, . 76/5 54.5 to OP Rayner, . 169/8 72.6 to TE Barber, . 230/10
David Wiese	18	5	54	0	3.00	81	6	0	0	1
George Garton	15	1	46	1	3.06	61	4	0	0	1
69.2 to TJ Murtagh, . 220/9
Stiaan van Zyl	4	0	13	0	3.25	18	1	0	0	0
Danny Briggs	12	1	48	2	4.00	43	5	0	0	0
46.3 to JA Simpson, . 132/6 48.2 to JAR Harris, . 135/7
Luke Wells	3	0	9	0	3.00	12	1	0	0	0

Sussex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luke Wells	c Robson b Murtagh	4	8	10	0	0	50.00
Phil Salt	c Malan b Murtagh	0	13	21	0	0	0.00
Stiaan van Zyl	c Eskinazi b Harris	15	32	41	2	0	46.87
Harry Finch	lbw b Harris	103	201	296	13	1	51.24
Luke Wright	b Harris	9	20	24	1	0	45.00
Danny Briggs	lbw b Cartwright	23	62	72	3	0	37.09
Ben Brown (c)†	b Cartwright	7	34	34	1	0	20.58
Michael Burgess	c Robson b Cartwright	45	84	105	5	0	53.57
Ollie Robinson	lbw b Harris	52	57	98	6	0	91.22
David Wiese	c †Simpson b Harris	16	19	24	3	0	84.21
George Garton	not out	22	34	43	2	1	64.70
Extras	(b 8, lb 5, nb 10, w 4)	27
Total	93.1 Ov (RR: 3.46)	323
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Luke Wells, 2.2 ov), 2-5 (Phil Salt, 4.5 ov), 3-32 (Stiaan van Zyl, 11.6 ov), 4-50 (Luke Wright, 17.4 ov), 5-106 (Danny Briggs, 34.4 ov), 6-127 (Ben Brown, 42.6 ov), 7-221 (Michael Burgess, 69.4 ov), 8-242 (Harry Finch, 77.4 ov), 9-270 (David Wiese, 83.1 ov), 10-323 (Ollie Robinson, 93.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	23	6	72	2	3.13	106	9	1	0	0
2.2 to LWP Wells, . 4/1 4.5 to PD Salt, . 5/2
Tom Barber	19	2	81	0	4.26	83	7	1	4	4
James Harris	24.1	3	86	5	3.55	107	13	0	0	0
11.6 to S van Zyl, . 32/3 17.4 to LJ Wright, . 50/4 77.4 to HZ Finch, . 242/8 83.1 to D Wiese, . 270/9 93.1 to OE Robinson, . 323/10
Hilton Cartwright	13	2	45	3	3.46	55	5	0	0	1
34.4 to DR Briggs, . 106/5 42.6 to BC Brown, . 127/6 69.4 to MGK Burgess, . 221/7
Ollie Rayner	14	2	26	0	1.85	66	2	0	0	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Gubbins	c Salt b Briggs	107	212	285	12	1	50.47
Sam Robson	c Briggs b Wiese	4	4	7	1	0	100.00
Stephen Eskinazi	c †Brown b Robinson	3	4	4	0	0	75.00
Dawid Malan (c)	st †Brown b Briggs	119	206	279	13	0	57.76
Hilton Cartwright	c Finch b Briggs	0	4	8	0	0	0.00
Max Holden	b Briggs	29	56	76	3	0	51.78
John Simpson †	b Wiese	25	67	69	3	0	37.31
James Harris	lbw b Wiese	0	2	10	0	0	0.00
Ollie Rayner	b Wiese	6	17	21	1	0	35.29
Tim Murtagh	not out	13	22	23	2	0	59.09
Tom Barber	run out (Finch)	0	3	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 11, lb 3, nb 2)	16
Total	99.2 Ov (RR: 3.24)	322
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Sam Robson, 1.4 ov), 2-9 (Stephen Eskinazi, 2.2 ov), 3-243 (Nick Gubbins, 69.6 ov), 4-244 (Dawid Malan, 71.1 ov), 5-245 (Hilton Cartwright, 71.4 ov), 6-303 (John Simpson, 91.5 ov), 7-303 (Max Holden, 92.1 ov), 8-303 (James Harris, 93.1 ov), 9-312 (Ollie Rayner, 97.5 ov), 10-322 (Tom Barber, 99.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ollie Robinson	23	6	54	1	2.34	107	5	0	0	0
2.2 to SS Eskinazi, . 9/2
David Wiese	23.2	7	70	4	3.00	110	11	0	0	0
1.4 to SD Robson, . 6/1 91.5 to JA Simpson, . 303/6 93.1 to JAR Harris, . 303/8 97.5 to OP Rayner, . 312/9
Danny Briggs	26	4	70	4	2.69	116	7	1	0	0
69.6 to NRT Gubbins, . 243/3 71.1 to DJ Malan, . 244/4 71.4 to HWR Cartwright, . 245/5 92.1 to MDE Holden, . 303/7
George Garton	12	1	57	0	4.75	45	8	0	0	1
Luke Wells	15	1	57	0	3.80	54	4	0	0	0

Sussex 2nd Innings (T: 230 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luke Wells	c Rayner b Harris	10	13	15	2	0	76.92
Phil Salt	lbw b Harris	12	29	39	2	0	41.37
Stiaan van Zyl	c Robson b Cartwright	45	106	150	5	0	42.45
Danny Briggs	c Cartwright b Rayner	39	84	105	6	0	46.42
Harry Finch	c †Simpson b Harris	11	36	34	2	0	30.55
Luke Wright	c & b Cartwright	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Ben Brown (c)†	not out	65	92	128	7	0	70.65
Michael Burgess	lbw b Malan	22	69	101	0	0	31.88
Ollie Robinson	not out	10	12	15	1	0	83.33
Extras	(b 8, lb 6, nb 2, w 2)	18
Total	73.3 Ov (RR: 3.15)	232/7
Did not bat: David Wiese, George Garton
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Luke Wells, 3.5 ov), 2-24 (Phil Salt, 9.5 ov), 3-113 (Danny Briggs, 36.2 ov), 4-125 (Stiaan van Zyl, 41.5 ov), 5-125 (Luke Wright, 41.6 ov), 6-128 (Harry Finch, 45.2 ov), 7-215 (Michael Burgess, 70.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Murtagh	13	4	24	0	1.84	65	3	0	0	0
James Harris	19.3	3	74	3	3.79	81	10	0	0	0
3.5 to LWP Wells, . 11/1 9.5 to PD Salt, . 24/2 45.2 to HZ Finch, . 128/6
Ollie Rayner	20	6	51	1	2.55	92	7	0	0	0
36.2 to DR Briggs, . 113/3
Tom Barber	10	1	37	0	3.70	38	2	0	2	1
Hilton Cartwright	7	2	17	2	2.42	32	2	0	0	0
41.5 to S van Zyl, . 125/4 41.6 to LJ Wright, . 125/5
Dawid Malan	4	0	15	1	3.75	15	1	0	0	0
70.1 to MGK Burgess, . 215/7

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Fri, 04 May - day 1 - Sussex 1st innings 60/4 (Harry Finch 26*, Danny Briggs 1*, 21 ov)

Sat, 05 May - day 2 - Middlesex 2nd innings 64/2 (Nick Gubbins 22*, Dawid Malan 34*, 21 ov)

Sun, 06 May - day 3 - Sussex 2nd innings 35/2 (Stiaan van Zyl 12*, Danny Briggs 1*, 15 ov)

Mon, 07 May - day 4 - Sussex 2nd innings 232/7 (73.3 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Hove
Toss	Middlesex, elected to bat first
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	04,05,06,07 May 2018 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	David Millns Jonathan Blades
Points	Sussex 22, Middlesex 4

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Sussex Innings

Player Name		R	B
LWP Wells	caught	10	13
PD Salt	lbw	12	29
S van Zyl	caught	45	106
DR Briggs	caught	39	84
HZ Finch	caught	11	36
LJ Wright	caught	0	1
BC Brown	not out	65	92
MGK Burgess	lbw	22	69
OE Robinson	not out	10	12
Extras	(b 8, lb 6, nb 2, w 2)
Total	232(7 wkts; 73.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
TJ Murtagh	13	4	24	0	1.84
JAR Harris	19.3	3	74	3	3.79
OP Rayner	20	6	51	1	2.55
TE Barber	10	1	37	0	3.7 (1 nb)
HWR Cartwright	7	2	17	2	2.42
DJ Malan	4	0	15	1	3.75

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	11	Luke Wells	Phil Salt
2nd	13	Stiaan van Zyl	Phil Salt
3rd	89	Stiaan van Zyl	Danny Briggs
4th	12	Stiaan van Zyl	Harry Finch
5th	0	Luke Wright	Harry Finch
6th	3	Ben Brown	Harry Finch
7th	77	Ben Brown	Michael Burgess
8th	17	Ben Brown	Ollie Robinson

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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