Ed Pollock watches his colleagues finish off a victory he was instrumental in achieving<\/p><\/div>\n

Middlesex 188 & 240
\nWorcestershire 191 & 238-3<\/h1>\n

Worcester (19 points) beat Middlesex (3) by 7 wickets<\/em><\/h2>\n

Worcestershire and especially Ed Pollock brought a one sided day to clinch victory after two days of close, tense and even cricket. Chasing 238, they knocked off the once seemingly tough target with wickets to spare.<\/p>\n

Pollock’s 67 ball 100 was not just the centre piece of the innings, but of the whole game.<\/p>\n

Resuming overnight on 180-6, Middlesex added a further 60, but from an unusual source.<\/p>\n

New signing Umesh Yadav made 44 of them occasionally by means of boundaries that seemed not to go quite where he intended. He did however throw in some excellent cricket strokes. Either way, the runs were invaluable in a low scoring game.<\/p>\n

He was unbeaten on 44 and Luke Hollman made it to 46 before the excellent teenage spinner Josh Baker had him dismissed. He finished with 3-62 with Dillon Pennington 3-54.<\/p>\n

Set a target of 238, most had Middlesex down as favourites.<\/p>\n

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