BATH (Middlesex won toss): Middlesex (2pts) bt Somerset by three runs
THE worth of a last-wicket partnership in a low-scoring limited-overs match was all too apparent on the final day of the Bath Festival when Eoin Morgan added 57 with Mohammad Ali. Middlesex, having been 158 for nine, finished with a total that was riches indeed.
Somerset had been keen to attain their target as swiftly as possible in order to return to the County Ground at Taunton in time for Sir Elton John’s concert, and John Francis reached a half-century off 96 balls, but three wickets fell to Ali in four balls and Cameron White, for once, could not make the requisite score.