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Essex beat Middlesex by 5 wickets - Commentary

Lord's, London, . Essex won the toss and chose to bowl.

Middlesex126/516 ov
Essex132/515.3 ov
Essex won by 5 wickets
Northamptonshire won the title
End of innings: ESS 132/5 (15.3 ov)
15.36
ST Finn to Ashar Zaidi, SIX
15.21
ST Finn to RN ten Doeschate, 1 run
15.11
ST Finn to Ashar Zaidi, 1 run
End of over 1520 runsESS 124/5164261
Ashar Zaidi 52(22)RN ten Doeschate 3(3)TS Roland-Jones 3-0-37-1
14.61
TS Roland-Jones to Ashar Zaidi, 1 run
14.56
TS Roland-Jones to Ashar Zaidi, SIX
FIFTY for Ashar Zaidi (51 off 21)
14.42
TS Roland-Jones to Ashar Zaidi, 2 runs
14.34
TS Roland-Jones to Ashar Zaidi, FOUR
14.26
TS Roland-Jones to Ashar Zaidi, SIX
14.11
TS Roland-Jones to RN ten Doeschate, 1 run
End of over 1414 runsESS 104/5611114
Ashar Zaidi 33(17)RN ten Doeschate 2(2)RF Higgins 2-0-20-0
13.64
RF Higgins to Ashar Zaidi, FOUR
13.51
RF Higgins to RN ten Doeschate, 1 run
13.41
RF Higgins to Ashar Zaidi, 1 run
13.31
RF Higgins to RN ten Doeschate, 1 run
13.21
RF Higgins to Ashar Zaidi, 1 run
13.16
RF Higgins to Ashar Zaidi, SIX
End of over 134 runs, 1 wktESS 90/51Lb1101W
Ashar Zaidi 21(13)JEC Franklin 1-0-3-1
12.6W
JEC Franklin to DW Lawrence, OUT
DW Lawrence c ST Finn b JEC Franklin 36(34) [4s-4 6s-0] · FoW 90/5 (13 ov)
12.51
JEC Franklin to Ashar Zaidi, 1 run
12.40
JEC Franklin to Ashar Zaidi, no run
12.31
JEC Franklin to DW Lawrence, 1 run
12.21
JEC Franklin to Ashar Zaidi, 1 run
12.11Lb
JEC Franklin to DW Lawrence, 1 leg bye
End of over 126 runsESS 86/4110WdWd101
DW Lawrence 35(31)Ashar Zaidi 19(10)RF Higgins 1-0-6-0
11.61
RF Higgins to DW Lawrence, 1 run
11.50
RF Higgins to DW Lawrence, no run
11.41
RF Higgins to Ashar Zaidi, 1 run
11.4Wd
RF Higgins to Ashar Zaidi, wide
11.4Wd
RF Higgins to Ashar Zaidi, wide
11.30
RF Higgins to Ashar Zaidi, no run
11.21
RF Higgins to DW Lawrence, 1 run
11.11
RF Higgins to Ashar Zaidi, 1 run
End of over 1113 runsESS 80/401Wd6410
DW Lawrence 33(28)Ashar Zaidi 17(7)NA Sowter 3-0-23-1
10.60
NA Sowter to DW Lawrence, no run
10.51
NA Sowter to Ashar Zaidi, 1 run
10.44
NA Sowter to Ashar Zaidi, FOUR
10.36
NA Sowter to Ashar Zaidi, SIX
10.3Wd
NA Sowter to Ashar Zaidi, wide
10.21
NA Sowter to DW Lawrence, 1 run
10.10
NA Sowter to DW Lawrence, no run
End of over 1012 runsESS 67/41Lb41411
DW Lawrence 32(25)Ashar Zaidi 6(4)JAR Harris 1-0-11-0
9.61
JAR Harris to DW Lawrence, 1 run
9.51
JAR Harris to Ashar Zaidi, 1 run
9.44
JAR Harris to Ashar Zaidi, FOUR
9.31
JAR Harris to DW Lawrence, 1 run
9.24
JAR Harris to DW Lawrence, FOUR
9.11Lb
JAR Harris to Ashar Zaidi, 1 leg bye
End of over 98 runs, 1 wktESS 55/41014W1
Ashar Zaidi 1(1)DW Lawrence 26(22)NA Sowter 2-0-10-1
8.61
NA Sowter to Ashar Zaidi, 1 run
8.5W
NA Sowter to DW Lawrence, OUT
RS Bopara run out (RF Higgins) 4(6) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 54/4 (8.5 ov)
8.44
NA Sowter to DW Lawrence, FOUR
8.31
NA Sowter to RS Bopara, 1 run
8.20
NA Sowter to RS Bopara, no run
8.11
NA Sowter to DW Lawrence, 1 run
End of over 85 runsESS 47/3111011
DW Lawrence 20(19)RS Bopara 3(4)OP Rayner 3-0-14-1
7.61
OP Rayner to DW Lawrence, 1 run
7.51
OP Rayner to RS Bopara, 1 run
7.40
OP Rayner to RS Bopara, no run