a16777	Essex v Middlesex
	totesport League 2005 (Division 1)
Venue	Garon's Park, Southend-on-Sea on 7th August 2005 (45-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 4 runs
Points	Essex 4; Middlesex 0
Umpires	RT Robinson, G Sharp
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), DK Shelley (Middlesex)

Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AN Cook	c and b Richardson	21	37	53	2	-	56.76
*RC Irani	c and b Hutton	61	103	126	7	-	59.22
RS Bopara	b Richardson	6	20	22	-	-	30.00
A Flower	c Scott b Peploe	13	23	23	1	-	56.52
ML Pettini	c Peploe b Hutton	2	8	6	-	-	25.00
JD Middlebrook	c and b Hutton	4	3	1	1	-	133.33
RN ten Doeschate	not out	44	37	51	4	-	118.92
+JS Foster	lbw b Clark	28	30	25	1	-	93.33
AR Adams	c Joyce b Clark	9	9	11	1	-	100.00
D Gough	did not bat
Danish Kaneria	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 3 w)	14
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Cook), 2-67 (Bopara), 3-92 (Flower), 4-99 (Pettini), 5-103 (Middlebrook), 6-118 (Irani), 7-171 (Foster), 8-202 (Adams, 45 ov)

Middlesex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
PN Weekes	lbw b Danish Kaneria	82	122	153	6	-	67.21
ET Smith	b Gough	0	5	5	-	-	0.00
PD Trego	c ten Doeschate b Adams	15	16	16	3	-	93.75
OA Shah	c Foster b Bopara	16	18	19	3	-	88.89
EC Joyce	c and b Bopara	0	3	1	-	-	0.00
JWM Dalrymple	c Foster b Danish Kaneria	12	23	32	-	-	52.17
*BL Hutton	lbw b Middlebrook	2	10	8	-	-	20.00
+BJM Scott	not out	50	69	78	3	-	72.46
CT Peploe	c ten Doeschate b Danish Kaneria	0	1	1	-	-	0.00
SR Clark	run out	2	4	7	-	-	50.00
A Richardson	not out	1	1	6	-	-	100.00
Extras	(2 lb, 4 nb, 12 w)	18
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Smith), 2-28 (Trego), 3-62 (Shah), 4-63 (Joyce), 5-92 (Dalrymple), 6-102 (Hutton), 7-173 (Weekes), 8-173 (Peploe), 9-185 (Clark)

Notes
--> OA Shah passed 5000 runs in List A matches when he reached 2
--> BJM Scott passed his previous highest score of 42 in List A matches