Earlier in the day a recovery from 60/4 to 154/5 from Nash (62) and Joyce (32) set Middlesex on their way to a good target. Razzaq and a returning Jamie Dalrymple put a impressive stand of 95 on to take the total to 255. Razzaq got 61 from 31 balls including a 6 into the top tier of the grand stand. Dalrymple hit 28 of 23.

The Lancashire innings started well for the Crusdaers but things went bad once Bloomers got into his 5th over. That went for 10, the next for 18. By the time he returned, the damage was done. Carl Hooper (88 not out) guided them home. Mal Loye hit 78 earlier on.

Middlesex Innings
Weekes c Loye b Martin 6
*Strauss c Hegg b Wood 29
Keegan c Swann b Martin 4
Shah lbw b Mahmood 14
Joyce c Martin b Mahmood 32
+Nash run out 62
Abdul Razzaq not out 61
Dalrymple not out 28
Extras 19

Total (45.0 overs, for 6 wickets) 255


Lancashire Innings
Loye b Abdul Razzaq 78
Chilton b Abdul Razzaq 21
Law c Shah b Weekes 37
Hooper not out 88
Swann run out 1
Chapple c Shah b Abdul Razzaq 17
Schofield not out 1
Extras 14

Total (43.4 overs, for 5 wickets) 257


Middlesex: *Strauss, +Nash, Weekes, Shah, Hutton, Joyce, Abdul Razzaq, Dalrymple, Noffke, Keegan, Bloomfield


Lancashire: *+Hegg, Swann, Loye, Chilton, Law, Hooper, Chapple, Schofield, Martin, Mahmood, Wood

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