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Essex beat Middlesex by 3 wickets - Commentary

County Ground, Chelmsford, . Middlesex won the toss and chose to bat.

Middlesex179/620 ov
Essex181/719.5 ov
Essex won by 3 wickets
Worcestershire won the title
End of innings: ESS 181/7 (19.5 ov)
19.54
DJ Bravo to SR Harmer, FOUR
19.41
DJ Bravo to A Zampa, 1 run
19.31
DJ Bravo to SR Harmer, 1 run
19.21
DJ Bravo to A Zampa, 1 run
19.12
DJ Bravo to A Zampa, 2 runs
End of over 199 runs, 1 wktESS 172/7102W60
SR Harmer 7(3)A Zampa 0(0)TG Helm 4-0-33-2
18.60
TG Helm to SR Harmer, no run
18.56
TG Helm to SR Harmer, SIX
18.4W
TG Helm to MT Coles, OUT
MT Coles c RH Patel b TG Helm 2(3) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 166/7 (18.4 ov)
18.32
TG Helm to MT Coles, 2 runs
18.20
TG Helm to MT Coles, no run
18.11
TG Helm to SR Harmer, 1 run
End of over 1814 runs, 1 wktESS 163/640424W
SR Harmer 0(0)DJ Bravo 3-0-44-1
17.6W
DJ Bravo to DW Lawrence, OUT
DW Lawrence c PR Stirling b DJ Bravo 22(10) [4s-4 6s-0] · FoW 163/6 (18 ov)
17.54
DJ Bravo to DW Lawrence, FOUR
17.42
DJ Bravo to DW Lawrence, 2 runs
17.34
DJ Bravo to DW Lawrence, FOUR
17.20
DJ Bravo to DW Lawrence, no run
17.14
DJ Bravo to DW Lawrence, FOUR
End of over 178 runs, 1 wktESS 149/511042W
DW Lawrence 8(4)TG Helm 3-0-24-1
16.6W
TG Helm to RN ten Doeschate, OUT
RN ten Doeschate c JK Fuller b TG Helm 18(12) [4s-2 6s-0] · FoW 149/5 (17 ov)
16.52
TG Helm to RN ten Doeschate, 2 runs
16.44
TG Helm to RN ten Doeschate, FOUR
16.30
TG Helm to RN ten Doeschate, no run
16.21
TG Helm to DW Lawrence, 1 run
16.11
TG Helm to RN ten Doeschate, 1 run
End of over 1613 runsESS 141/4241114
DW Lawrence 7(3)RN ten Doeschate 11(7)DJ Bravo 2-0-30-0
15.64
DJ Bravo to DW Lawrence, FOUR
15.51
DJ Bravo to RN ten Doeschate, 1 run
15.41
DJ Bravo to DW Lawrence, 1 run
15.31
DJ Bravo to RN ten Doeschate, 1 run
15.24
DJ Bravo to RN ten Doeschate, FOUR
15.12
DJ Bravo to RN ten Doeschate, 2 runs
End of over 158 runs, 1 wktESS 128/4122W12
DW Lawrence 2(1)RN ten Doeschate 3(3)NA Sowter 4-0-24-1
14.62
NA Sowter to DW Lawrence, 2 runs
14.51
NA Sowter to RN ten Doeschate, 1 run
14.4W
NA Sowter to RS Bopara, OUT
RS Bopara run out 9(8) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 125/4 (14.4 ov)
14.32
NA Sowter to RS Bopara, 2 runs
14.22
NA Sowter to RS Bopara, 2 runs
14.11
NA Sowter to RN ten Doeschate, 1 run
End of over 144 runs, 1 wktESS 120/31011W1
RN ten Doeschate 1(1)RS Bopara 5(5)RH Patel 4-0-33-1
13.61
RH Patel to RN ten Doeschate, 1 run
13.5W
RH Patel to V Chopra, OUT
V Chopra st †JA Simpson b RH Patel 38(37) [4s-2 6s-1] · FoW 119/3 (13.5 ov)
13.41
RH Patel to RS Bopara, 1 run
13.31
RH Patel to V Chopra, 1 run
13.20
RH Patel to V Chopra, no run
13.11
RH Patel to RS Bopara, 1 run
End of over 137 runs, 1 wktESS 116/2W11131
RS Bopara 3(3)V Chopra 37(34)NA Sowter 3-0-16-1
12.61
NA Sowter to RS Bopara, 1 run
12.53
NA Sowter to V Chopra, 3 runs
12.41
NA Sowter to RS Bopara, 1 run
12.31
NA Sowter to V Chopra, 1 run
12.21
NA Sowter to RS Bopara, 1 run
12.1W
NA Sowter to T Westley, OUT
T Westley c SS Eskinazi b NA Sowter 24(23) [4s-3 6s-0] · FoW 109/2 (12.1 ov)
End of over 129 runsESS 109/1111141
T Westley 24(22)V Chopra 33(32)RH Patel 3-0-29-0
11.61
RH Patel to T Westley, 1 run
11.54
RH Patel to T Westley, FOUR
11.41
RH Patel to V Chopra, 1 run
11.31
RH Patel to T Westley, 1 run