There was confusion at Lordâ..s where Middlesex wicketkeeper David Nash reportedly fainted shortly after the toss in the Friends Provident match against Sussex. The media were told that Sussex had agreed to him being replaced by Ben Scott, even though the teams had been named. Ed Joyce started the match as Middlesex keeper before he was replaced by Scott for the second part of the innings. The official electronic scorecard showed Scott in the Middlesex XI
However, at the fall of Middlesexâ..s fifth wicket there was surprise when Nash bounded out from the pavilion. It later emerged that the umpires had agreed that as he was fit to bat, he could. The electronic scorecard was swiftly changed and Scott wiped from the records. It mattered little as Nash holed out to square leg for 2.