f37550 cc17295	Middlesex v Worcestershire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1988
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 4th, 6th, 7th June 1988 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 209 runs
Points	Middlesex 3 (Bowling 3); Worcestershire 19 (Batting 3)
Umpires	B Leadbeater, NT Plews
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (1) 333/8 (Rhodes 22*, Radford 7*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TS Curtis	run out	108		377
GJ Lord	b Fraser	17
GA Hick	b Hughes	78	92	120	12	-
DB D'Oliveira	b Cowans	37
*PA Neale	c Brown b Fraser	12
MJ Weston	b Fraser	1
+SJ Rhodes	not out	22
PJ Newport	c Sykes b Hughes	1
RK Illingworth	c and b Williams	12
NV Radford	not out	7
SM McEwan	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 23 lb, 10 nb)	38
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 110 overs)	333
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-156, 3-235, 4-260, 5-262, 6-287, 7-299, 8-318

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowans	21	3	66	1	-	-
Williams	24	3	65	1	-	-
Fraser	31	11	56	3	-	-
Hughes	29	5	92	2	-	-
Sykes	5	0	26	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JD Carr	did not bat
KR Brown	did not bat
MA Roseberry	did not bat
*RO Butcher	did not bat
A Needham	did not bat
JF Sykes	did not bat
NF Williams	did not bat
SP Hughes	did not bat
+MWC Olley	did not bat
ARC Fraser	did not bat
NG Cowans	did not bat
Innings Forfeited

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TS Curtis	did not bat
GJ Lord	did not bat
GA Hick	did not bat
DB D'Oliveira	did not bat
*PA Neale	did not bat
MJ Weston	did not bat
+SJ Rhodes	did not bat
PJ Newport	did not bat
RK Illingworth	did not bat
NV Radford	did not bat
SM McEwan	did not bat
Innings Forfeited

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JD Carr	c Hick b Newport	0
KR Brown	c Rhodes b Illingworth	31
MA Roseberry	c D'Oliveira b Newport	1
*RO Butcher	c Rhodes b Newport	0
A Needham	c Rhodes b Newport	6
JF Sykes	c Rhodes b Newport	32
NF Williams	b Newport	5
SP Hughes	c Weston b Newport	20
+MWC Olley	b Radford	16
ARC Fraser	b Newport	0
NG Cowans	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-4, 3-4, 4-15, 5-65, 6-74, 7-85, 8-112, 9-112, 10-124 (55 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Radford	19	5	37	1	-	-
Newport	22	6	52	8	-	-
McEwan	5	1	13	0	-	-
Weston	3	1	4	0	-	-
Illingworth	6	2	9	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Worcestershire score at 100 overs in the first innings was 299-7
--> GA Hick (1) 50 in 55 balls, 70 minutes
--> GA Hick (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> MWC Olley (2) equalled his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> PJ Newport achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 6-48)
--> PJ Newport achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex second innings (previous best was 6-48)

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