Worcestershire collapse to 119 all out after being set 221 for victory at Lord’s
Middlesex 144 and 247 (Simpson 59, Morris 6-52) beat Worcestershire 171 (Baker 61*, Murtagh 5-64) and 119 (Roderick 42*, Bamber 4-28) by 101 runs
Needing 221, the visitors were soon in trouble, Bamber claiming the prize wicket of Jake Libby caught behind for 6, the opener still five short of 1000 first-class runs for the season.
It should have been two in two, umpire Neil Bainton turning down a huge lbw appeal against new batsman Roderick despite replays suggesting he was plumb, but compensation came quickly when Daryl Mitchell fenced a wide one from Murtagh to Sam Robson at slip in the next over.
Roland-Jones struck in his first over, bowling Jack Haynes with a beauty between bat and pad which plucked out the off-stump and when Brett D’ Oliveira miscued Roland-Jones to mid-off shortly after lunch the visitors were 51 for 4.
Roderick though continued to make the most of his early reprieve, passing 5000 first-class runs and with Ed Barnard unfurling a flurry of boundaries runs began to flow.
Skipper Murtagh turned to Andersson in search of a breakthrough and the all-rounder immediately obliged removing Barnard caught behind and three balls later he pinned Ben Cox lbw with one which kept low.
Then it was Bamber’s turn to take two in an over, first yorking skipper Leach before castling Josh Baker, so making sure he couldn’t repeat his first-innings heroics.
Andersson splayed the stumps again to send Morris on his way, before fittingly Bamber had last man Dillon Pennington caught behind to seal victory.
Source: ESPN Crickinfo