Date-stamped : 30 Jan95 - 14:48
CC 1993: SOMERSET v MIDDLESEX, Bath, 17, 18, 19, 21 June 1993

MIDDLESEX WON BY 5 WICKETS

Middlesex won with an over to spare, having been set 258  to  win
on a slow pitch. This followed an incident which ranks as bizarre
even by recent (at  1994)  standards  of pre-declaration   County
Championship   goings-on.  Somerset`s last man, van Troost, hit a
slow long-hop from the acting Middlesex captain,  Carr,  straight
to  Haynes  on  the boundary. Carr shouted "Drop It!", because he
had already agreed with the Somerset captain,  Tavare,  what  the
victory   target would  be. Haynes, however, caught the ball and,
although there was no audible appeal, umpire Meyer ruled that van
Troost  was out. The match had begun with its highest stand, 120,
between the Somerset openers Folland and Fletcher. After rain  on
the  second  day, Carr batted patiently with Ramprakash to enable
Middlesex to decalre behind and then  fed  Somerset  cheap  runs.
After  taking the catch, Haynes dominated the batting, accelerat-
ing after a slow start, hitting nine fours and two sixes  to  see
Middlesex to a victory they would probably have achieved even had
they adhered to the agreed formula.

Thanks: 1994 Wisden
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