Middlesex salvage draw

By David Slater
May 31 2002

A 101 run partnership from Ed Joyce and Owais Shah helped Middlesex salvage a draw. After Laraman and Tufnell put on 22 to end the first innings Middx followed on. They looked to be in trouble at the closed for lunch at 29/3 but Shah and Joyce's stand plus help from Razzaq and Weekes saved the game.

Durham 1st innings: 645-6 dec (Love 251, Muchall 127)

Middlesex 1st innings:

Strauss b Davies 96
Koenig b Killeen 29
Nash run out 44
Shah c A Pratt b Davies 112
Joyce c A Pratt b Hatch 44
Abdur Razzaq lbw b Symington 15
Weekes c G Pratt b Bridge 22
Cook c Symington b Killeen 1
Laraman Not out 45
Keegan c Hatch b Davies 4
Tufnell Not out 15
Extras 38

Total (all out, 167 overs) 465

Middlesex 2nd innings (following on)
Strauss lbw b Killeen 18
Koenig run out 4
Nash A Pratt Killeen 0
Shah lbw b Symington 37 195 135 5 0
Joyce c Bridge b Muchall 71
Abdur Razzaq not out 20
Weekes not out 29
Extras 15
Total (for 5 wickets, 70 overs) 194

Match Drawn

DNB: SJ Cook, AW Laraman, CB Keegan, PCR Tufnell.