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Middlesex beat Essex by 41 runs - Commentary

Brunton Memorial Ground, Radlett, . Essex won the toss and chose to bowl.

Middlesex294/850 ov
Essex25346.2 ov
Middlesex won by 41 runs
Middlesex won the title
End of innings: ESS 253 (46.2 ov)
46.2W
N Sharma to JA Porter, OUT
JA Porter c †JB Cracknell b N Sharma 0(1) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 253/10 (46.2 ov)
46.1W
N Sharma to CE Bennett, OUT
CE Bennett c TS Roland-Jones b N Sharma 11(10) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 253/9 (46.1 ov)
End of over 469 runsESS 253/8142101
CE Bennett 11(9)A Zeb 34(32)HJH Brookes 10-0-46-1
45.61
HJH Brookes to CE Bennett, 1 run
45.50
HJH Brookes to CE Bennett, no run
45.41
HJH Brookes to A Zeb, 1 run
45.32
HJH Brookes to A Zeb, 2 runs
45.24
HJH Brookes to A Zeb, FOUR
45.11
HJH Brookes to CE Bennett, 1 run
End of over 4510 runsESS 244/8111Wd141
CE Bennett 9(6)A Zeb 27(29)N Sharma 7-0-59-0
44.61
N Sharma to CE Bennett, 1 run
44.54
N Sharma to CE Bennett, FOUR
44.41
N Sharma to A Zeb, 1 run
44.4Wd
N Sharma to A Zeb, wide
44.31
N Sharma to CE Bennett, 1 run
44.21
N Sharma to A Zeb, 1 run
44.11
N Sharma to CE Bennett, 1 run
End of over 444 runs, 1 wktESS 234/81W1110
A Zeb 25(27)CE Bennett 2(2)HJH Brookes 9-0-37-1
43.60
HJH Brookes to A Zeb, no run
43.51
HJH Brookes to CE Bennett, 1 run
43.41
HJH Brookes to A Zeb, 1 run
43.31
HJH Brookes to CE Bennett, 1 run
43.2W
HJH Brookes to MW Jones, OUT
MW Jones b HJH Brookes 19(22) [4s-1 6s-1] · FoW 231/8 (43.2 ov)
43.11
HJH Brookes to A Zeb, 1 run
End of over 438 runsESS 230/7006110
MW Jones 19(21)A Zeb 23(24)LBK Hollman 7-0-51-3
42.60
LBK Hollman to MW Jones, no run
42.51
LBK Hollman to A Zeb, 1 run
42.41
LBK Hollman to MW Jones, 1 run
42.36
LBK Hollman to MW Jones, SIX
42.20
LBK Hollman to MW Jones, no run
42.10
LBK Hollman to MW Jones, no run
End of over 425 runsESS 222/7101210
A Zeb 22(23)MW Jones 12(16)HJH Brookes 8-0-33-0
41.60
HJH Brookes to A Zeb, no run
41.51
HJH Brookes to MW Jones, 1 run
41.42
HJH Brookes to MW Jones, 2 runs
41.31
HJH Brookes to A Zeb, 1 run
41.20
HJH Brookes to A Zeb, no run
41.11
HJH Brookes to MW Jones, 1 run
End of over 4114 runsESS 217/7611114
A Zeb 21(20)MW Jones 8(13)LBK Hollman 6-0-43-3
40.64
LBK Hollman to A Zeb, FOUR
40.51
LBK Hollman to MW Jones, 1 run
40.41
LBK Hollman to A Zeb, 1 run
40.31
LBK Hollman to MW Jones, 1 run
40.21
LBK Hollman to A Zeb, 1 run
40.16
LBK Hollman to A Zeb, SIX
End of over 407 runsESS 203/7100114
MW Jones 6(11)A Zeb 9(16)HJH Brookes 7-0-28-0
39.64
HJH Brookes to MW Jones, FOUR
39.51
HJH Brookes to A Zeb, 1 run
39.41
HJH Brookes to MW Jones, 1 run
39.30
HJH Brookes to MW Jones, no run
39.20
HJH Brookes to MW Jones, no run
39.11
HJH Brookes to A Zeb, 1 run
End of over 390 runsESS 196/7000000
MW Jones 1(7)A Zeb 7(14)Zafar Gohar 10-2-33-0
38.60
Zafar Gohar to MW Jones, no run
38.50
Zafar Gohar to MW Jones, no run
38.40
Zafar Gohar to MW Jones, no run
38.30
Zafar Gohar to MW Jones, no run
38.20
Zafar Gohar to MW Jones, no run
38.10
Zafar Gohar to MW Jones, no run