Tim Murtagh

There was a time when Rikki Clarke was more interested in the next night out than the next training session

Tim Murtagh took 5 for 12 as Derbyshire were blown away for 60 in their second innings to give Middlesex their second win in as many games

Darren Gough reflects on the 2012 County Championship season

Gareth Batty led Surrey to their first Championship victory since he was appointed captain by taking 6 for 83 to secure a dramatic eight-run victory over Middlesex

For all the talk of Kevin Pietersen and, to a lesser extent Rory Hamilton-Brown, it was two unsung returnees who gave Middlesex an overwhelming advantage on the first day at The Oval.

Tim Murtagh is hoping to take his chance for international cricket with Ireland, starting with the visit of Australia to Belfast

Tim Murtagh, the Middlesex seamer, has been named in Ireland's squad to face Australia in the one-day international at Stormont on June 23

Steven showed he was ready to slot into England's team if the call came but his team-mate Tim Murtagh was equally, if not more, impressive

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

Leicestershire ended day two of their County Championship Division Two clash against Middlesex facing the prospect of an innings defeat

Middlesex will require 91 runs to beat Derbyshire when they start the second innings of their County Championship match at Lord's after finally dismissing their visitors for 243

Steven Finn made light of the 120-mile drive from Nottingham and his late inclusion for Middlesex by taking a wicket with his third ball of the game as County Championship rivals Derbyshire were dismissed for 252 on the opening day at Lord's

Tom Maynard's 67-ball hundred spared Surrey's blushes at Guildford, where Middlesex took 14 wickets in two sessions of an enthralling Championship match only to then feel the full might of the young Welshman's bat

Sam Robson and Scott Newman put together an almost certainly decisive opening stand of 120 as Middlesex closed in on their fourth County Championship win of the season in a controversial Division Two game against Kent at Lord's

Tim Murtagh and Azhar Mahmood led the way with six-wicket hauls as bowlers dominated a remarkable opening day of Middlesex's Second Division clash with Kent at Lord's

Only 31.5 overs were possible between stoppages for rain on the third day of Essex's County Championship match against Middlesex at Chelmsford