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Gritty Middlesex earn Surrey win

category: Cricket

16.06.2008 23:26

Surrey opener James Benning (50) top scored for the visitors, but failed to hit a boundary after the second over.

Middlesex were 7-2 two after two overs, with Billy Godleman lbw from Pedro Collins and Andrew Strauss playing a Jade Dernbach ball on to his stumps.

But a 57-run partnership between captain Ed Joyce and David Malan saw Middlesex home with an over to spare.

Joyce put on a sensible 47 from 48 balls before scooping one to Mark Ramprakash from Abdul Razzaq with three overs to go, and it was left to Malan to stroke the winning runs in the 19th over with a four to long off.

Surrey's total of 141 for seven had always looked like it was going to leave their bowlers with a little bit too much to do, as they failed to up their run rate and stagnated towards the end of their innings, managing just 20 runs from their last three overs.

Scott Newman was out for a duck in the first over, edging the impressive Dirk Nannes to wicket keeper Ben Scott.

Nannes finished with excellent figures of 2 for 14, as he also picked up the wicket of Surrey captain Ramprakash for six in the penultimate over.

Other than Benning, Chris Jordan put in the only other notable knock for Surrey, his 31 runs coming off just 26 balls.

Surrey's main problem was a lack of boundaries, with just eight fours and a six coming in the innings compared to Middlesex's 12 fours and four sixes.

The defeat leaves Surrey with just one win from four and struggling near the foot of the South Division table.

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