Harmer to Roland-Jones, OUT, It's the worst ball of his spell, but Harmer won't care! His 34th five-wicket haul for Essex seals the contest with seven minutes of the day to spare. A long-hop, spanked hard at short leg, rebounds to the keeper. A redoubtable win

TS Roland-Jones c †Rossington b Harmer 13 (39m 32b 2x4 0x6) SR: 40.62

58.1

Harmer to Roland-Jones, no run,

END OF OVER:
58 | 4 Runs | MIDDX: 147/9

Ethan Bamber4 (8b)
Toby Roland-Jones13 (30b)

Matt Critchley7-1-17-2
Simon Harmer24-11-43-4

57.6

Critchley to Bamber, no run,

57.5

Critchley to Bamber, FOUR,

57.4

Critchley to Bamber, no run,

57.3

Critchley to Bamber, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Simon Harmer takes five as Essex march on at expense of sorry Middlesex
Yadav impresses on county debut as title challengers seal victory in closing minutes of day three
Jamie Porter hands Middlesex a repeat dose as Essex stay alive in title race
Seamer's six-for echoes opening-round rout as Cook builds on 125-run lead at Chelmsford
Josh De Caires' seven-for gives Middlesex a grip after runaway Essex start
Cook, Browne fifties drive title challengers, as Harmer awaits on spinning deck

Middlesex INNINGS		R	B
SD Robson	caught	18	21
MD Stoneman	caught	6	47
JB Cracknell	lbw	12	19
JLB Davies	caught	1	10
MDE Holden	caught wk	12	23
JA Simpson	lbw	32	72
RF Higgins	bowled	21	96
LBK Hollman	caught	15	17
JM De Caires	caught	1	7
TS Roland-Jones	caught wk	13	32
ER Bamber	not out	4	8
EXTRAS	(b 8, nb 4)
TOTAL	147 (all out; 58.2 ovs)

Essex BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	6.0	2	25	0	4.16	(2nb)
SJ Cook	9.0	3	22	0	2.44
SR Harmer	24.2	11	43	5	1.76
UT Yadav	12.0	2	32	3	2.66
MJJ Critchley	7.0	1	17	2	2.42

Middlesex 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	24	MD Stoneman	SD Robson
2nd	12	MD Stoneman	JB Cracknell
3rd	5	MD Stoneman	JLB Davies
4th	1	MD Stoneman	MDE Holden
5th	13	JA Simpson	MDE Holden
6th	42	JA Simpson	RF Higgins
7th	16	RF Higgins	LBK Hollman
8th	2	RF Higgins	JM De Caires
9th	28	TS Roland-Jones	RF Higgins
10th	4	TS Roland-Jones	ER Bamber

County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
ESSEX	4	2	0	2	71
SUR	4	2	0	2	71
WARKS	4	0	0	4	55
SOM	4	0	0	4	53
DURH	4	1	0	2	50
WORCS	4	0	1	3	45
NOTTS	4	0	1	3	43
HANTS	4	0	1	2	31
KENT	3	0	1	2	26
LANCS	3	0	1	2	24

County Ground, Chelmsford

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Points

ESSEX 304(98.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

MIDDLESEX 179(53.5 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

ESSEX 319/7d(81 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

MIDDLESEX 147(58.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:58 | 4 Runs | MIDDX: 147/9

Simon Harmer takes five as Essex march on at expense of sorry Middlesex

Jamie Porter hands Middlesex a repeat dose as Essex stay alive in title race

Josh De Caires' seven-for gives Middlesex a grip after runaway Essex start

ESSEX 304(98.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

MIDDLESEX 179(53.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

ESSEX 319/7d(81 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

MIDDLESEX 147(58.2 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
58 | 4 Runs | MIDDX: 147/9