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UCCE: Middlesex shun contest

Saturday, May 15 2004

Cambridge: Cambridge UCCE v Middlesex
Middlesex refuse to make a game of it

Adnan Akram's brutal 133-ball 128, including 20 fours and a six, alongside Somerset man Tom Webley's more measured 93 pushed Cambridge to within two runs of Middlesex's total before declaring.

Middlesex then batted throughout the third and final day up until team as Ed Joyce (134) and Sven Koening (64) used the game as a net, setting the students 266 in a session after Tom Harvey's 3-43.

Unsurprisingly, there was never a chance of a result as Cambridge closed on 81-0.

Middlesex 359-5
DC Nash 113, JWM Dalrymple 81
Cambridge UCCE 357-7
Adnan Akram 128, T Webley 93
Middlesex 263-6
EC Joyce 134, TFC Harvey 3-34
Cambridge 81-0
A Singh 38*, GD James 33*

Hove: Sussex v Loughborough UCCE
Light halts Kirtley's charge

Following Jason Voros' 4-40 in the first innings, Sussex declined the option to make Loughborough follow on and Richard Montgomerie's laboured four-hour 85 anchored Sussex to 172-6, Monty Panesar impressing with 3-28 off 20 tight overs, setting another wholly unrealistic 363.

England discard James Kirtley made the best he could of it, though, taking 3-1 in 7 overs, to reduce Loughborough to 14-4. They had recovered to 51-4, however, before the light closed in at tea.

Sussex 391-7
MJ Prior 201*, LJ Wright 100
PD Lewis 3-58, DH Wigley 3-79
Loughborough UCCE 201
PD Lewsi 43*, JA Voros 4-40
Sussex 172-6
RR Montgomerie 85, MS Panesar 3-28
Loughborough UCCE 51-4
PW Harrison 21*, RJ Kirtley 3-1

Posted by Neil