misc828103	Essex v Middlesex
	Other matches in England 2004
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 9th April 2004 (45-over match)
Balls per over	6
Players	Essex: 12 (11 to bat and field); Middlesex: 13 (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 29 runs
Umpires	NL Bainton, DJ Braulik
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), MJ Smith (Middlesex)

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Middlesex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
SG Koenig	c Pettini b McCoubrey	2
BL Hutton	c Jefferson b Clarke	60
*OA Shah	c Middlebrook b Cowan	3
EC Joyce	c Cowan b Clarke	39
PN Weekes	c Cowan b Stephenson	0
JWM Dalrymple	c Stephenson b Clarke	49
+DC Nash	not out	41
SJ Cook	b ten Doeschate	8
CB Keegan	not out	12
MM Betts	did not bat
PM Hutchison	did not bat
CT Peploe	did not bat
BJM Scott	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 6 nb, 13 w)	32
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Koenig), 2-24 (Shah), 3-85, 4-86, 5-177, 6-182, 7-213

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Cowan	8	1	31	1			48.00	3.88
McCoubrey	9	2	27	1			54.00	3.00
ten Doeschate	8	0	61	1			48.00	7.62
Clarke	9	1	50	3			18.00	5.56
Stephenson	5	0	25	1			30.00	5.00
Middlebrook	6	0	39	0			-	6.50

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
WI Jefferson	lbw b Hutchison	16
AP Grayson	b Keegan	5
*RC Irani	b Dalrymple	72
+ML Pettini	c Dalrymple b Cook	12
RS Bopara	lbw b Cook	0
JD Middlebrook	c Nash b Cook	0
AP Cowan	b Dalrymple	60
JP Stephenson	c Betts b Cook	20
RN ten Doeschate	not out	12
ZK Sharif	c Peploe b Dalrymple	6
AJ Clarke	not out	5
AGAM McCoubrey	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 4 w)	9
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-24, 3-47, 4-59, 5-59, 6-164, 7-193, 8-196, 9-204

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Keegan	9	2	21	1		-	54.00	2.33
Hutchison	9	1	31	1		-	54.00	3.44
Betts	9	0	33	0		-	-	3.67
Cook	8	2	45	4		-	12.00	5.62
Peploe	5	0	29	0		-	-	5.80
Weekes	1	0	18	0		-	-	18.00
Dalrymple	4	0	35	3		-	8.00	8.75

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