Essex v Middlesex
Batting first Essex made a fine start many thanks to the ever-reliable A Flower who proceeded with the help of the Essex captain to destroy the Middlesex attack all over the place, adding 67 for the first wicket. However a further three quick wickets fell to peg the home side back partly before A Flower found a useful associate in P Grayson as the pair added 63 runs in quick time before the Zimbabwean was dismissed by Abdul Razzaq with just a single ball remaining in the innings. A Flower departed for a fantastic 83 from just 53 balls, P Grayson at the other end finished 34 (25) not out.
Middlesex had a tough task ahead of them if they were to chase down one of the bigger score of the competition so far - 176. That task got a lot harder when the in form J Dakin destroyed the top order of the visitors to reduce them to 3/34, S Brant the other wicket taker. However the Middlesex pair of P Weekes and Abdul Razzaq went about the rebuilding of the innings by adding 49 very quick runs before Abdul Razzaq fell to the part-time bowling of P Grayson. Another very handy partnership of P Weekes and E Joyce then added a further 22 runs as the target was still within range even after the poor start Middlesex had. When P Weekes departed of the bowling of ten Doeschate, it bought the last real batsman to the middle R Weston, but he soon became another victim of ten Doeschate. E Joyce also depart in the same period of play and left the lower order needed to score around 30 runs for victory. However a faint hope nearly came true as both B Hutton and S Cook went after the bowlers and were unlucky to fall just two runs short of the target when the allotted 20 overs were up.
Twenty20 Cup, 2003, South Division
Essex v Middlesex
County Ground, Chelmsford (day/night)
24 June 2003 (20-over match)
Result: Essex won by 2 runs
Points: Essex 2, Middlesex 0
Toss: Middlesex
Umpires: AA Jones and B Leadbeater
Man of the Match: A Flower
Essex innings (20 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
+A Flower c Shah b Abdul Razzaq 83 78 53 12 1
*RC Irani c Bloomfield b Weekes 30 29 24 4 1
ML Pettini run out 2 4 5 0 0
DDJ Robinson c Shah b Cook 5 4 5 0 0
A Habib c Weston b Bloomfield 10 6 7 0 1
AP Grayson not out 34 31 25 4 0
JM Dakin not out 1 1 1 0 0
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 4) 10
Total (5 wickets, 20 overs) 175
DNB: RS Bopara, GR Napier, SA Brant, RN ten Doeschate.
FoW: 1-67 (Irani), 2-77 (Pettini), 3-90 (Robinson),
4-107 (Habib), 5-170 (Flower).
Bowling O M R W
Bloomfield 4 0 27 1 (1w)
Keegan 4 0 35 0
Cook 4 0 26 1
Abdul Razzaq 4 0 38 1
Weekes 3 0 31 1 (1w)
Joyce 1 0 12 0 (2w)
Middlesex innings (target: 176 runs from 20 overs) R M B 4 6
PN Weekes c Robinson b ten Doeschate 35 54 32 3 1
*AJ Strauss b Brant 9 5 7 2 0
CB Keegan c Brant b Dakin 8 4 7 2 0
OA Shah lbw b Dakin 6 7 4 1 0
Abdul Razzaq c Pettini b Grayson 33 19 19 7 0
EC Joyce c Dakin b Grayson 31 21 23 4 0
RMS Weston c Pettini b ten Doeschate 10 11 8 1 0
BL Hutton not out 9 3 6 1 0
SJ Cook not out 19 1 16 0 0
Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 4, nb 4) 13
Total (7 wickets, 20 overs) 173
DNB: TF Bloomfield, +D Alleyne.
FoW: 1-12 (Strauss), 2-21 (Keegan), 3-34 (Shah),
4-83 (Abdul Razzaq), 5-115 (Weekes), 6-138 (Joyce),
7-145 (Weston).
Bowling O M R W
Dakin 4 0 31 2 (2w)
Brant 4 0 30 1
ten Doeschate 4 0 35 2 (1nb)
Napier 4 0 36 0 (1nb, 1w)
Grayson 4 0 36 2 (1w)
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