12/09Result

Specsavers County Championship Division One at Manchester, Sep 12-15 2016

Match drawn

1899dPaul Edwards at Old Trafford

Jones the history boy makes Middlesex toil for the upper hand

A maiden first-class century from Rob Jones left Middlesex with work still to do if they are to seal the victory that would all but seal the Championship

Match Centre

Match Details

Old Trafford, Manchester

Series

Specsavers County Championship Division One 2016

Toss

Lancashire , elected to field first

Season

2016

Hours of play (local time)

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

Match days

12,13,14,15 September 2016 (4-day match)

Umpires

Michael Gough

Alex Wharf

Points

Middlesex 11, Lancashire 9

Scorecard Summary

END OF OVER:
26 | 6 Runs | LANCS: 78/1

Haseeb Hameed25 (67b)
Rob Jones25 (75b)

Ollie Rayner9-3-30-0
Toby Roland-Jones7-2-20-0

25.6

Rayner to Hameed, 2 runs,

25.5

Rayner to Hameed, no run,

25.4

Rayner to Hameed, no run,

25.3

Rayner to Hameed, no run,

25.2

Rayner to Hameed, FOUR,

25.1

Rayner to Hameed, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Advantage Middlesex as fitting finale looms
Any thoughts this game might end with a victory for either side were extinguished by the strength of both sides' batting and the understandable conservatism of skippers who were content to take f
Jones the history boy makes Middlesex toil for the upper hand
A maiden first-class century from Rob Jones left Middlesex with work still to do if they are to seal the victory that would all but seal the Championship
Middlesex take the slow train to success
Middlesex, a well-resourced club, have not won the County Championship since 1993, but a Lancashire collapse suggests they might be taking the slow train to success
Energised Middlesex keep title glory in their sights
Middlesex have laid the groundwork for a total which will require them to bat only once in this match and move a step closer to the County Championship title

Lancashire INNINGS		R	B
RP Jones	not out	25	75
JC Buttler	caught	26	14
H Hameed	not out	25	67
LA Procter
AN Petersen
LS Livingstone
SJ Croft
TE Bailey
KM Jarvis
TJ Lester
SC Kerrigan
EXTRAS	(b 4)
TOTAL	80 (1 wkt; 26 ovs)

Middlesex BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
TS Roland-Jones	7.0	2	20	0	2.85
ST Finn	7.0	2	20	1	2.85
OP Rayner	9.0	3	30	0	3.33
JEC Franklin	3.0	1	6	0	2.00

County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
MIDDX	16	6	0	10	230
SOM	16	6	1	9	226
YORKS	16	5	3	8	211
DURH	16	5	3	8	200
SUR	16	4	6	6	182
WARKS	16	3	4	9	176
LANCS	16	3	5	8	165
HANTS	16	2	4	10	155
NOTTS	16	1	9	6	124
DERBS	0	0	0	0	0
NHNTS	0	0	0	0	0
SUSS	0	0	0	0	0
WORCS	0	0	0	0	0

Old Trafford, Manchester

Series

Toss

Season

Hours of play (local time)

Match days

Umpires

Points

MIDDLESEX 327(119.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

LANCASHIRE 259(98.5 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

MIDDLESEX 240/8d(85 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

LANCASHIRE 80/1(26 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:26 | 6 Runs | LANCS: 78/1

Advantage Middlesex as fitting finale looms

Jones the history boy makes Middlesex toil for the upper hand

Middlesex take the slow train to success

Energised Middlesex keep title glory in their sights

MIDDLESEX 327(119.4 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

LANCASHIRE 259(98.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

MIDDLESEX 240/8d(85 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

LANCASHIRE 80/1(26 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
26 | 6 Runs | LANCS: 78/1