25/09Result

Specsavers County Championship Division One at Taunton, Sep 25-28 2017

SomersetSomersetSOM
236 & 250/9d
MiddlesexMiddlesexMIDDX
142 & 113 (53.5 ov)

Somerset won by 231 runs

ECB officer explains 'below average' Taunton pitch rating

1894dGeorge Dobell at Taunton

Leach redemption secures Somerset survival

Jack Leach began the season with a remodelled action and doubts about his effectiveness. He finished it with 50 Championship wickets as he bowled Somerset to safety

Match Centre

Match Details

The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

Series

Specsavers County Championship Division One 2017

Toss

Somerset , elected to bat first

Season

2017

Hours of play (local time)

10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30

Match days

25,26,27,28 September 2017 (4-day match)

Umpires

Mike Burns

Alex Wharf

Points

Somerset 20, Middlesex 3

Scorecard Summary

53.5

Leach to Finn, OUT,

ST Finn lbw b Leach 5 (39m 29b 1x4 0x6) SR: 17.24

53.4

Leach to Finn, no run,

53.3

Leach to Finn, no run,

53.2

Leach to Finn, no run,

53.1

Leach to Finn, FOUR,

END OF OVER:
53 | 6 Runs | MIDDX: 109/9

Ravi Patel7 (8b)
Steven Finn1 (24b)

Roelof van der Merwe13-6-22-4
Jack Leach26-12-53-4

52.6

van der Merwe to Patel, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Leach redemption secures Somerset survival
Jack Leach began the season with a remodelled action and doubts about his effectiveness. He finished it with 50 Championship wickets as he bowled Somerset to safety
Leach strikes as relegation fight goes to wire
Somerset claimed three Middlesex wickets before the rain arrived at Taunton as the looked to secure the victory that keeps them in Division One for 2018
Hildreth digs in to help dig Somerset out of trouble
James Hildreth's fine, unbeaten 82 quietened concerns about the Taunton pitch and put Somerset in an excellent position to escape relegation
High Noon for Somerset amid threat of pitch penalty
Ravi Patel's seven wickets on a turning pitch rocked Somerset but they claimed three wickets in return in this relegation decider

Videos

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ECB officer explains 'below average' Taunton pitch rating
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Middlesex INNINGS		R	B
NRD Compton	lbw	10	46
SD Robson	caught	8	21
SS Eskinazi	caught	16	51
DJ Malan	caught wk	0	5
AC Voges	caught	13	64
JA Simpson	lbw	19	54
PR Stirling	caught	5	12
JAR Harris	caught	13	24
ST Finn	lbw	5	29
TJ Murtagh	bowled	8	9
RH Patel	not out	7	8
EXTRAS	(b 4, lb 5)
TOTAL	113 (all out; 53.5 ovs)

Somerset BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
C Overton	3.0	1	6	0	2.00
MJ Leach	26.5	12	57	5	2.12
RE van der Merwe	13.0	6	22	4	1.69
DM Bess	11.0	3	19	1	1.72

Middlesex 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	20	NRD Compton	SD Robson
2nd	7	NRD Compton	SS Eskinazi
3rd	1	DJ Malan	SS Eskinazi
4th	15	AC Voges	SS Eskinazi
5th	28	AC Voges	JA Simpson
6th	9	JA Simpson	PR Stirling
7th	0	JAR Harris	PR Stirling
8th	13	ST Finn	JAR Harris
9th	8	TJ Murtagh	ST Finn
10th	12	ST Finn	RH Patel

County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
ESSEX	14	10	0	4	248
LANCS	14	5	3	6	176
SUR	14	2	2	10	163
YORKS	14	4	5	5	148
HANTS	14	3	3	8	148
SOM	14	4	6	4	147
MIDDX	14	3	4	7	146
WARKS	14	1	9	4	86
DERBS	0	0	0	0	0
DURH	0	0	0	0	0
NHNTS	0	0	0	0	0
NOTTS	0	0	0	0	0
SUSS	0	0	0	0	0
WORCS	0	0	0	0	0

The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

Series

Toss

Season

Hours of play (local time)

Match days

Umpires

Points

SOMERSET 236(84.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

MIDDLESEX 142(50.3 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

SOMERSET 250/9d(78 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

MIDDLESEX 113(53.5 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:53 | 6 Runs | MIDDX: 109/9