Middlesex vs Essex, at London, , Apr 21 2017 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

Lord's, April 21 - 24, 2017, Specsavers County Championship Division One

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Middlesex

507/7d & 239/3d

Essex

(T:452) 295 & 160/8

Match drawn

Sam Robson ducks under a bouncer from Neil Wagner•Apr 21, 2017•Getty Images

Simon Harmer in action, Middlesex v Essex, County Championship, Division One, Lord's, 1st day

Simon Harmer in action for Essex•Apr 21, 2017•Getty Images

Aaron Beard was responsible for Essex's lone success, Middlesex v Essex, County Championship, Division One, Lord's, 1st day

Aaron Beard was responsible for Essex's lone success•Apr 21, 2017•Andrew Miller/Getty Images

Sam Robson reaches his hundred on the opening day at Lord's, Middlesex v Essex, County Championship, Division One, Lord's, 1st day

Sam Robson reaches his hundred on the opening day at Lord's•Apr 21, 2017•Getty Images

Middlesex's Nick Gubbins had a near-miss as his team-mate Sam Robson drilled a drive back past his head, Middlesex v Essex, Specsavers County Championship, Lord's, 1st day

Middlesex's Nick Gubbins had a near-miss as his team-mate Sam Robson drilled a drive back past his head•Apr 21, 2017•Andrew Miller/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Jamie Porter had a tough day at Lord's, Middlesex v Essex, County Championship, Division One, Lord's, 1st day

Jamie Porter had a tough day at Lord's•Apr 21, 2017•Getty Images

Aaron Beard eventually removed Nick Gubbins, Middlesex v Essex, County Championship, Division One, Lord's, 1st day

Aaron Beard eventually removed Nick Gubbins•Apr 21, 2017•Andrew Miller/Getty Images

Nick Gubbins fell shortly after reaching his hundred, Middlesex v Essex, County Championship, Division One, Lord's, 1st day

Nick Gubbins fell shortly after reaching his hundred•Apr 21, 2017•Getty Images

Sam Robson eases one through the covers, Middlesex v Essex, County Championship, Division One, Lord's, 1st day

Sam Robson eases one through the covers•Apr 21, 2017•Getty Images

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Bad light denies dominant Middlesex victory

Middlesex were frustrated by a combination of bad light and lower-order resistance as Essex clung on for a draw in the Specsavers County Championship at Lord's

Finn fires England imaginations - again

Middlesex pushed on to a second declaration after Steven Finn's four-wicket haul and set Essex 452 or a day to survive at Lord's

Eskinazi responds with hundred after blow on helmet

Stevie Eskinazi was struck on the helmet by a short ball from Neil Wagner in the thirties but he went on to make a century in a fine retort to Wagner's short-pitched style

Robson battles for an England retrial

The turnout was more modest than that which saw Middlesex take the title at Lord's last September but their look of champions remained ingrained as Sam Robson and Nick Gubbins took control

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Essex Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
NLJ Browne	bowled	19	35
AN Cook	caught	37	56
T Westley	lbw	13	46
DW Lawrence	caught	15	71
RS Bopara	bowled	32	93
AJA Wheater	caught	0	12
RN ten Doeschate	caught	1	11
SR Harmer	lbw	20	67
N Wagner	not out	16	48
AP Beard	not out	0	5
Extras	(b 1, lb 6)
Total	160(8 wkts; 74 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
TJ Murtagh	14	4	44	1	3.14
TS Roland-Jones	21	8	42	3	2
ST Finn	16	2	39	2	2.43
OP Rayner	21	11	25	1	1.19
DJ Malan	2	1	3	1	1.5

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	38	Alastair Cook	Nick Browne
2nd	36	Alastair Cook	Tom Westley
3rd	0	Alastair Cook	Dan Lawrence
4th	30	Ravi Bopara	Dan Lawrence
5th	0	Ravi Bopara	Adam Wheater
6th	12	Ravi Bopara	Ryan ten Doeschate
7th	14	Ravi Bopara	Simon Harmer
8th	30	Neil Wagner	Simon Harmer
9th	0	Neil Wagner	Aaron Beard

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Specsavers County Championship Division One

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
ESSEX	14	10	0	4	248
LANCS	14	5	3	6	176
SUR	14	2	2	10	163
YORKS	14	4	5	5	148
HANTS	14	3	3	8	148
SOM	14	4	6	4	147
MIDDX	14	3	4	7	146
WARKS	14	1	9	4	86
DERBS	-	-	-	-	-
DURH	-	-	-	-	-
NHNTS	-	-	-	-	-
NOTTS	-	-	-	-	-
SUSS	-	-	-	-	-
WORCS	-	-	-	-	-

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