Middlesex v Warwickshire - County Championship Division One – Day 4 – Live Score and Update
Middlesex 402 & 181 for 6 dec v Warwickshire 324 & 78 for 1 (27.0 ov) - Match drawn
Saturday, August 04 Middlesex and Warwickshire after giving fans four days of outstanding cricket, ended the game with neither side coming out victorious, at Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground.
With three days of outstanding batting from both sides, the final day was going to be a test for the bowlers in order to end the game on a comprehensively.
Middlesex resumed their second innings from a tally of 104 for three with NJ Dexter and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/EJG-Morgan-c1419 coming out to bat.
However, the fielding side was not in a mood to cut the batting pair any slack, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morgan-c77707 was dismissed by CJC Wright without adding a run to his overnight tally of seven.
Dexter was then joined by wicketkeeper/batsman JA Simpson. This duo looked exciting as they gave fans some exuberant moments to cheer about by hammering the Warwickshire bowlers with confidence.
With a tally of 133, the batting side saw the demise of Simpson who hit the showers after belting a knock of 18 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817 batsmen had their work cut out for them as Wright bowled exceptionally well in the morning, creating a lot of problems for the batsmen.
Finally with a total of 181 on the board, and Dexter unbeaten on a handsome knock of 84, the side declared their innings, giving Warwickshire a target of 260 runs to win the match.
For Middlesex, the plan was simple – to get wickets – in order to win the match. While for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 they just needed to hold their own till the end of the day’s play.
Openers, V Chopra and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WTS-Porterfield-c2801 launched a stupendous run chase as they clobbered the bowlers out of action right from the word go.
Finally after piling a total of 47 runs, Warwickshire lost their first wicket with WTS Porterfield getting caught by Berg off the bowling of OP Rayner on smacking 23 runs off 54 deliveries.
Chopra and JO Troughton then took their team to a total of 78 runs in 27 overs before the end of the day’s play.
From Middlesex, DJ Malan was the highest scorer for jabbing 121 runs in the match, while from Warwickshire, IJ Westwood was the top batsman for hammering 111 runs.
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