Essex 1st innings
*GA Gooch             c Farbrace         b Williams            47
JP Stephenson         c Farbrace         b Cowans               2
PJ Prichard           c Hutchinson       b Cowans             129
Saleem Malik          c Emburey          b Tufnell              8
N Hussain                            c & b Tufnell              0
+MA Garnham           not out                                  91
DR Pringle            not out                                   0
Extras                (b 4, lb 10, nb 12)                      26
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 85.4 overs)        303

DNB: JH Childs, NA Foster, SJW Andrew, PM Such.

FoW: 1-7, 2-88, 3-113, 4-117, 5-291.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cowans                      23      6     61      2
Williams                    28.4    7     89      1
Hughes                      12      1     71      0
Emburey                      8      0     33      0
Tufnell                     14      5     35      2

Middlesex 1st innings
IJF Hutchinson        c Gooch            b Foster               4
MA Roseberry          lbw                b Stephenson          24
*MW Gatting           not out                                 138
MR Ramprakash         not out                                  70
Extras                (b 4, lb 6, nb 8)                        18
Total                 (2 wickets declared, 61.2 overs)        254

DNB: KR Brown, JE Emburey, +P Farbrace, NF Williams, SP Hughes,
     PCR Tufnell, NG Cowans.

FoW: 1-14, 2-91.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Foster                      14.2    1     62      1
Andrew                      18      6     71      0
Pringle                     13      2     44      0
Stephenson                   6      2     16      1
Such                         5      0     22      0
Childs                       5      0     29      0

Essex 2nd innings
*GA Gooch             c Roseberry        b Farbrace           106
JP Stephenson         c Hughes           b Tufnell             38
PJ Prichard                              b Tufnell              0
JH Childs             not out                                  41
Saleem Malik          not out                                  12
Extras                (lb 3, w 1)                               4
Total                 (3 wickets declared, 36.1 overs)        201

DNB: N Hussain, +MA Garnham, DR Pringle, NA Foster, SJW Andrew,
     PM Such.

FoW: 1-84, 2-84, 3-185.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cowans                       7      2     29      0
Williams                     3.1    2      4      0
Hughes                       3.5    0     13      0
Emburey                      9      2     50      0
Tufnell                      6      2     16      2
Hutchinson                   1      0      1      0
Roseberry                    2      0     21      0
Farbrace                     4.1    0     64      1

Middlesex 2nd innings (target: 251 runs)
IJF Hutchinson        c Saleem Malik     b Foster               3
MA Roseberry          lbw                b Foster              19
MR Ramprakash         lbw                b Foster              12
KR Brown              c Foster           b Pringle             23
JE Emburey            lbw                b Pringle             46
+P Farbrace           c Garnham          b Foster               4
NF Williams           c Garnham          b Pringle              0
*MW Gatting           not out                                  11
SP Hughes             c Hussain          b Andrew               2
PCR Tufnell           c Garnham          b Andrew               4
NG Cowans                            c & b Andrew               0
Extras                (lb 6, nb 7)                             13
Total                 (all out, 52 overs)                     137

FoW: 1-11, 2-38, 3-45, 4-107, 5-114,
     6-114, 7-122, 8-131, 9-136, 10-137.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Foster                      16      6     36      4
Andrew                      14      4     30      3
Pringle                     14      5     38      3
Childs                       8      2     27      0