By Martin Smith

Twist and out: Middlesex’s Josh de Caires took eight first-innings wickets and 10 in the match overall

OVERSEAS pair Simon Harmer and Umesh Yadav teamed up to share eight wickets and bowl Essex to their sixth successive win in the LV= Insurance County Championship while putting pressure on top-of-thetable Surrey.
South African off-spinner Harmer returned figures of 5-43 to pass 50 wickets for the sixth time in seven English seasons as Middlesex were beaten by 297 runs inside three days at Chelmsford. Indian debutant Yadav, meanwhile, opened his Essex accoun...