Middlesex 1st innings
DL Haynes             c Knight           b Kasprowicz          63
MA Roseberry          c Irani            b Stephenson          88
*MW Gatting                              b Kasprowicz         108
MR Ramprakash         not out                                 123
JD Carr               c Irani            b Stephenson           8
+KR Brown             c Knight           b Gooch                4
PN Weekes             c Garnham          b Andrew              17
MA Feltham            c Kasprowicz       b Childs              21
JE Emburey            not out                                  26
Extras                (b 2, lb 8, w 5, nb 52)                  67
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 151.3 overs)       525

DNB: KJ Shine, PCR Tufnell.

FoW: 1-140, 2-227, 3-318, 4-342, 5-351, 6-394, 7-441.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Kasprowicz                  31      7    112      2
Andrew                      25.3    2    114      1
Stephenson                  30      7     95      2
Childs                      29      4     75      1
Such                        24      1    105      0
Gooch                       12      6     14      1

Essex 1st innings
*GA Gooch                                b Weekes             140
JP Stephenson         c Gatting          b Shine                8
NV Knight             c Roseberry        b Tufnell             59
N Hussain             lbw                b Tufnell             10
JJB Lewis             c Brown            b Shine                1
RC Irani              not out                                 102
+MA Garnham                              b Shine               23
MS Kasprowicz         not out                                  36
Extras                (b 4, lb 15, w 2, nb 22)                 43
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 131 overs)         422

DNB: PM Such, SJW Andrew, JH Childs.

FoW: 1-29, 2-154, 3-180, 4-185, 5-297, 6-345.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shine                       25      5     93      3
Feltham                     20      6     47      0
Emburey                     19      2     70      0
Tufnell                     44     10    125      2
Weekes                      22      3     64      1
Gatting                      1      0      4      0

Middlesex 2nd innings
DL Haynes             c Such             b Knight             123
MA Roseberry          c Garnham          b Childs              30
*MW Gatting           not out                                  81
MR Ramprakash         c Garnham          b Gooch               34
MA Feltham            not out                                   4
Extras                (lb 1, nb 4)                              5
Total                 (3 wickets declared, 57.4 overs)        277

DNB: JD Carr, +KR Brown, PN Weekes, JE Emburey, KJ Shine,
     PCR Tufnell.

FoW: 1-88, 2-195, 3-272.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Kasprowicz                   7      1     24      0
Andrew                      10      0     53      0
Childs                      13      1     66      1
Such                         5      0     31      0
Gooch                        3      0      9      1
Knight                      11.4    0     61      1
Lewis                        8      1     32      0

Essex 2nd innings (target: 381 runs)
*GA Gooch             c Brown            b Weekes              26
JP Stephenson                            b Shine                0
NV Knight             c Carr             b Tufnell             32
N Hussain             c Carr             b Shine               86
JJB Lewis             not out                                  76
RC Irani              lbw                b Tufnell              0
+MA Garnham                              b Tufnell              8
MS Kasprowicz         lbw                b Emburey             44
PM Such               not out                                   0
Extras                (b 8, lb 5, nb 18)                       31
Total                 (7 wickets, 91.4 overs)                 303

DNB: SJW Andrew, JH Childs.

FoW: 1-5, 2-60, 3-84, 4-204, 5-205, 6-219, 7-302.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shine                       12      2     71      2
Feltham                      7      1     30      0
Emburey                     24      9     66      1
Tufnell                     35.4    7     88      3
Weekes                      13      2     35      1

• 120 overs scores: Middlesex 418/6, Essex 389/6