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Nervous week ahead
By Jeremy Horne September 8 2003
A nervous week is in store for Middlesex after another defeat. Having been bowled out for 250 in the second innings, Middlesex needed their bowlers on tope form in an attempted to bowl Sussex out for less then 106. They failed and now have a 30 point lead over Essex, who have a game in hand.
Day 3:
Middlesex face an uphill struggle to get anything out of the game at Sussex as we go into the final day on 157-5, just 12 runs ahead. Sussex had earlier extended their 1st innings score to 537 with Mark Davis and Billy Taylor adding a century stand for the last wicket.

Day 2:
Sussex launched an astonising recovery having been 107/6 at one stage. They eventually closed in the lead on 401/8. Prior scored 148 and Davis was unbeaten on 97 at the close

Day 1:
Mushtaq Ahmed claimed figures of 6-145 as Middlesex collapsed from 309-3 and 374-5 to be bowled out for 392 after winning the toss and batting first. Andrew Strauss and Owais Shah had earlier both recorded centuries as they shared in a 3rd wicket partnership of 219.

Middlesex made 3 changes to the team that was disappointingly beaten at Edgbaston last week as Sven Koenig returned from injury to replace Robin Weston, Joe Dawes came in for Tim Bloomfield and young spinner Chris Peploe was given a championship debut at the expense of Jamie Dalrymple. Koenig's return did not begin happily though, as he was one of Jason Lewry's 2 early victims, which reduced us to 33-2. This was when Strauss and Shah, both of whom have prospered in the second half of the season, took centre stage.

At 252-2, Middlesex were on top and on course to post a large 1st innings total before the ever effective Mushtaq Ahmed came along to take his wicket tally for the season up to 95 as our batsmen wilted against the spin yet again. Sussex were left to negotiate two overs before the close, but opted to take the offer of bad light.


SCORES:


Middlesex 1st innings
Strauss c Prior b Martin-Jenkins 138
Koenig b Lewry 5
Hutton lbw b Lewry 1
Shah lbw b Mushtaq Ahmed 140
Joyce lbw b Mushtaq Ahmed 22
Weekes c Ambrose b Mushtaq Ahmed 31
Nash c Adams b Mushtaq Ahmed 15
Cook b Davis 11
Peploe not out 0
Keegan c Adams b Mushtaq Ahmed 3
Dawes c Montgomerie b Mushtaq Ahmed 0
Extras 26

Total (all out, 100 overs) 392


Sussex 1st innings
Goodwin lbw b Dawes 14
Montgomerie c Nash b Dawes 21
Cottey c Hutton b Keegan 15
Adams c Nash b Cook 20
Ambrose c Hutton b Keegan 12
Martin-Jenkins c Hutton b Dawes 8
Prior c Shah b Weekes 148
Davis c Dawes b Keegan 168
Mushtaq Ahmed c Shah b Weekes 57
Lewry c Peploe b Keegan 21
Taylor not out 35
Extras 18

Total (all out 152.2 overs) 537


Middlesex 2nd innings
Strauss c Ambrose b Lewry 4
Koenig lbw b Martin-Jenkins 16
Hutton c Martin-Jenkins b Taylor 36
Shah st Ambrose b Davis 34
Joyce b Mushtaq Ahmed 31
Weekes c Prior b Mushtaq Ahmed 65
Peploe lbw b Lewry 13
+Nash b Lewry 5
Cook b Mushtaq Ahmed 11
Keegan not out 3
Dawes lbw b Mushtaq Ahmed 2
Extras 30

Total (all out, 96.2 overs) 250


Sussex 2nd innings (target: 106 runs)
Montgomerie not out 54
Goodwin lbw b Dawes 4
Cottey lbw b Dawes 7
*Adams c Hutton b Weekes 30
+Ambrose not out 11
Extras 2
Total (3 wickets, 27.5 overs) 108

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