Next up was the Four Day game...
We lost the toss and were going to be behind it from the start, 4th day wicket which was going to turn, Day 2 and 3 expected to be very overcast...
After the 1st session we might as well just packed up and went home..
An opening stand of 167 from Glamorgan had us in tatters, and set them up for a massive 472...
In reply we just aimed at hanging in and seeing where we could get to.. We stuggled early on but wickets remained in tact but we fell to 5-158...
Then the saving partnership... Nash and Weston piled on a 222 run stand to get us passed the follow-on mark and into a challenging spot...
Looking for quick wickets we got them having Glamorgan 2-14, but then they again dominated, taking the score to 2/198 before declaring...
Out of the game, needing close to 300 in just over 2 sessions, we were resigned to batting it out, and despite struggling we held on for a valuable draw...
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Middlesex v Glamorgan
County Championship - D2 - 12 Jun 2002
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Glamorgan - 1st Innings
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M Powell c Nash b Shah 177
S James lbw b Fraser 51
M Maynard c Weston b Tufnell 30
D Hemp b Strauss 85
I Thomas c Weston b Strauss 9
K Newell b Razzaq 22
M Wallace c & b Shah 21
R Croft not out 34
M Kasprowicz c Tufnell b Fraser 7
D Cosker b Razzaq 5
O Parkin b Razzaq 0
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Extras (nb6,w6,b12,lb7) 31
TOTAL (all out, 138.3 ovrs) 472
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O M R W
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A Strauss 14 0 71 2
O Shah 15 5 52 2
J Dalrymple 24 2 78 0
P Tufnell 35 6 80 1
A Razzaq 22.3 1 74 3
A Fraser 28 2 98 2
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1-167 2-249 3-332 4-361 5-392
7-448 8-463 9-472 10-472
Middlesex - 1st Innings
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P Weekes c James b Cosker 33
M Brown b Cosker 25
A Strauss b Parkin 61
A Razzaq c Cosker b Parkin 6
S Koenig b Parkin 8
O Shah lbw b Parkin 58
D Nash not out 110
R Weston not out 54
J Dalrymple
A Fraser
P Tufnell
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Extras (nb10,w4,b5,lb4) 23
TOTAL (6 wkts, 158 ovrs) 378
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O M R W
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K Newell 1 0 2 0
D Hemp 2 2 0 0
R Croft 26 6 54 0
D Cosker 41 8 96 2
M Kasprowicz 38 3 106 0
O Parkin 50 12 111 4
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1-51 2-78 3-87 4-113 5-156
Glamorgan - 2nd Innings
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M Powell lbw b Fraser 8
S James not out 61
M Maynard b Fraser 4
D Hemp not out 114
I Thomas
K Newell
M Wallace
R Croft
M Kasprowicz
D Cosker
O Parkin
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Extras (nb10,b1) 11
TOTAL (2 wkts, 57 overs) 198
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O M R W
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P Tufnell 10 1 27 0
A Razzaq 7 0 32 0
J Dalrymple 28 4 100 0
A Fraser 12 1 38 2
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1-10 2-14
Middlesex - 2nd Innings
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P Weekes c James b Parkin 3
M Brown b Kasprowicz 2
A Strauss lbw b Parkin 2
A Razzaq b Croft 29
S Koenig c Maynard b Cosker 23
O Shah lbw b Cosker 30
D Nash not out 6
R Weston not out 0
J Dalrymple
A Fraser
P Tufnell
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Extras (nb6,lb4) 10
TOTAL (6 wkts, 56 overs) 105
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O M R W
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R Croft 12 0 21 1
D Cosker 14 3 32 2
K Newell 1 0 1 0
D Hemp 1 0 3 0
M Kasprowicz 12 4 17 1
O Parkin 16 5 27 2
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1-4 2-6 3-20 4-51 5-91
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Match Drawn
Man of the match: D Hemp
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