Date-stamped : 20 Feb95 - 10:42
CC 1993: ESSEX v MIDDLESEX, Colchester, 26, 27 August 1993
MIDDLESEX WON BY 7 WICKETS within two days (4-day match)

Day 1, 26 Aug 1993: Mark Ilott wiped the smiles off  Championship
favourites  Middlesex`s  faces  with a super six wicket haul. The
red hot Championship favourites were cock-a-hoop after dismissing
Essex  for just 148 as England`s returning hero Angus Fraser took
4-19 in 16 overs From contemplating a sizeable first innings lead
Middlesex  were bowled out for 167 as Ilott picked up 6-42 a week
after being dropped by England.

Day 2, 27 Aug 1993: Mike Gatting  brought  some  sanity  back  to
Colchester`s  Castle  Park as Middlesex all but clinched the Bri-
tannic County Championship.  The red-hot title favourites  looked
ready  to follow a crazy script when slipping to 20-2 chasing 135
to win. But Gatting`s swashbuckling  unbeaten  76 knocked   Essex
into  submission with a seven wicket defeat inside two days leav-
ing Middlesex as runaway leaders.

Thanks: goo-chie, BBC Ceefax
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