Gareth Berg

Fidel Edwards' ferocious bowling spell made good a rapid century from Adam Wheater and left Hampshire anticipating a first Championship win of the season

Last year the pitches were too dull at Hove. Now they're too fruity. The last two four-day games here have only needed three for a result. With 14 wickets falling on the first day this time, be prepared to add this one to the list

Young debutants making dream starts and former team-mates turning it on in their first outing against old employers: it doesn't happen all the time, of course, but once too often now - from Middlesex's point of view - during another chastening day

Gareth Berg, the former Middlesex allrounder, has won a season's contract with hampshire - only a few months after fearing that injury would force him into retirement

A round-up of all the games played in Group A of the World Twenty20 Qualifiers on November 18, 2013

Marcus North hit a brilliant 137 not out as Glamorgan made it two wins from two matches in this season's Yorkshire Bank 40 by overpowering a below-par Middlesex by 26 runs at Lord's.

A round-up of matches from the fifth day of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers

Middlesex were in sight of victory and promotion at the end of the third day of their County Championship Division Two match against Leicestershire

Middlesex took a massive step closer to promotion by claiming maximum batting bonus points against Leicestershire at Grace Road

Greg Smith and Ned Eckersley both hit centuries as Leicestershire recovered from a nightmare start to put the brake on Middlesex's promotion charge

Gareth Berg claimed career-best figures of 6 for 58 as promotion hopefuls Middlesex tried to make up for lost time in their rain-affected County Champion ship clash against Glamorgan at Cardiff

Matt Prior scored just four on his return to county duty but Sussex Sharks secured an easy nine-wicket win against Middlesex Panthers in Group A of the CB40 League at Hove

Middlesex continued their impressive start to the season when half-centuries from Gareth Berg and Ollie Rayner carried them to a thrilling three-wicket victory at Derby

A dozen wickets fell on the opening day at a bright and breezy Lord's where Leicestershire's captain Matthew Hoggard revelled on centre stage with a first-class exhibition of good old-fashioned swing bowling

A sensational five-wicket burst in the space of 26 balls by Middlesex fast bowler Toby Roland-Jones followed Dawid Malan's third championship century of the summer to help Middlesex towards maximum points against Surrey

Essex still have plenty to smile about, even though they suffered an 11-run defeat in their final Friends Provident t20 group match against Middlesex at Chelmsford

Tyron Henderson, the South African allrounder, has rejoined Middlesex for the remainder of the Friends Provident t20 campaign

Half-centuries from Sam Robson, Neil Dexter, John Simpson and Gareth Berg lifted Middlesex to 341 for 9

Neil Dexter continued to put the memory of a freak pre-season injury behind him as his measured 112 put Middlesex into a commanding position against Derbyshire at Lord's