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Worcestershire 323 v Middlesex 49/0 (13.0 ov) - Middlesex trail by 274 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
With most of the games washed away by heavy showers, fans at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, witnessed action between Worcestershire and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817, where the visitors trail by 274 with ten wickets in hand in their first innings at stumps on Wednesday, August 29.
The day began with the home side resuming their first innings from an overnight tally of 295 for the loss of eight wickets.
With DKH Mitchell standing on an unbeaten innings of 129, the hosts had a mighty chance of rattling the tourists even with most of the batsmen back in the pavilion.
Middlesex on the other hand, knew that they needed to make early inroads in order to falter the home team on a small first innings tally, and get their batsmen in the middle before the end of the second day.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-James-Jordan-c50838 Russell, who had scored eight runs a day earlier, had immense pressure on his shoulders, as it was extremely important for him to stay on the wicket for as long as possible.
Roland-Jones from Middlesex, without wasting much time, made a mark by nabbing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Russell-c87177, who was caught by Malan after scoring only 14 runs. At the time of this wicket, Worcestershire had scored 302 runs.
Middlesex’s plan was simple as they were going to target the batsmen on the other end, leaving Mitchell without anyone to bat with.
Having A http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-c76390, who now needed to protect Richardson and score at the same time.
The situation was certainly in the favour of Middlesex, and finally with 323 runs on the scoreboard, TJ Murtagh, dismissed Richardson for 18 runs, ending Worcestershire’s innings with Mitchell unbeaten on 133 runs.
From Middlesex, TS Roland-Jones, was devastating with a five-wicket haul to his name.
Middlesex then faced 13 overs and scored 49 runs for nil, with CJL Rogers on 17 and SD Robson on 27 before the end of the day’s play.
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