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Roland-Jones hat-trick gives Middlesex Championship title
- Updated: September 23, 2016
Middlesex 270 (Gubbins 125, Brooks 6-65) and 359 for 6 dec (Malan 116, Gubbins 93, Eskinazi 78*) beat Yorkshire 390 (Bresnan 142*, Rafiq 65, Hodd 64, Roland-Jones 4-73) and 178 (Bresnan 55, Roland-Jones 6-54)Scorecard
In the most dramatic scenes imaginable, Middlesex secured their first County Championship title since 1993 when Toby Roland-Jones claimed a hat-trick, in a six-wicket haul, to bowl out Yorkshire out for 178 with 4.4 overs of the season remaining.
Having been third-favourites at the start of the final day, with Somerset sitting top and Yorkshire still having a lead at Lord’s, it was a remarkable conclusion to a remarkable season.
It brought …
