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Middlesex 361 for 8 (Fuller 84*, Bailey 71, Harris 69*, Gubbins 67, Allenby 4-67) lead Somerset 236 by 125 runsScorecardJim Allenby routinely gets the sort of criticism in Somerset that would leave Andrea Leadsom penning a resignation speech. In fact, they would be piled knee high by now. If it is not social media condemnation, it is sarcasm on the boundary edge. He has a more-than-decent salary to help him deflect it, but it is draining all the same.Somersets NatWest Blast season has not gone well under Allenbys captaincy and, although they are currently out of the bottom two in the Championship, the pockets of ill will around the ground suggest that there is not a universal belief they will stay there. And when anger and pessimism shows itself, Allenby often gets the brunt of it. The belief has taken hold that he is bullet-proof and it does him no favours.As a Western Australian, there is no Somerset heritage to protect him; at 33, he is not about to get the sympathy afforded to youth. Good days have been few and far in the last season and a half, but against Middlesex he had something to savour: his best bowling figures for Somerset in the Championship, 4 for 26 in 15.1 overs at one stage before the day shifted against the home side and, by the close of the second day, he was left looking at 4 for 67.All the same, it was an opportunity for Somerset to spread some goodwill, but they are rarely the most enlightened of counties these days when it comes to media management. Allenby was unavailable for comment as was the director of cricket, Matt Maynard, who rushed into a committee meeting. And so the frustration of Somerset supporters will persist.Even on a good day, it was hard for Allenby to celebrate. With Middlesex 212 for 8, still 24 behind, and Australias George Bailey the last of his victims - out for 71, cutting at a ball too close to him - there was every reason to anticipate a cooling beer. But for Somerset the mood gradually deflated, as James Harris and James Fuller shared an unbroken ninth-wicket stand of 149 in 41 overs, comfortably a record for Middlesex against Somerset, and including a career-best 84 not out for Fuller.Fuller broke Allenby as the pitch flattened out, prospering square on the off side to begin with and then extended his game. The risk by Somersets captain, Chris Rogers, to play on a green seamer, even though he knew Middlesex would have first bowl on it, had turned sour as Middlesex ended the day with a lead of 125. Somerset were not helped by the breakdown of Jamie Overton who abandoned an over before lunch and underwent examination on a back complaint. He is on Lions duty next week and until more is known must be regarded as doubtful.James and I came together at a tricky time, with us still 20-odd behind and the new ball due, Fuller said, but the pitch played a lot easier than yesterday and we just needed to be patient and bat sensibly. We knew the bowlers were tired and, while the pitch was still green, there wasnt much seam movement. It had hardened up a lot.At least Rogers, with three frontline Middlesex seamers missing, had looked his seam bowlers in the eye and asked them to deliver. Allenby could claim he had done just that. He is a bowler who prospers on the sort of seamer-friendly tracks that used to be the staple for county cricket, but which have now largely been eradicated by the ECBs new toss regulations. The change has not served him, or others of his type, well. Allenby had three wickets by lunch as Somerset envisaged a first-innings lead. He began by dismissing Nick Gubbins for 67, Marcus Trescothick holding on at second slip as Gubbins drove at a wide one, slightly on the up. The ball that removed John Simpson for a duck, caught at the wicket, had more to commend it, rising a little from a decent length and line. The left-handed James Franklin left an inswinger and lost his off stump and there was a slip catch to dismiss Ollie Rayner for good measure.Bailey was also dropped immediately after lunch off Allenby, Alex Barrow the culprit behind the stumps. It cost 27 runs, but more vitally it cost Somerset time. Had the catch been held, they might have been batting by the time the pitch quietened entirely. Ryan Davies, the wicketkeeper signed in the close season from Kent, is unavailable for selection for personal reasons.When Allenby joined Somerset from Glamorgan ahead of the 2015 season, he asserted that as an allrounder the wrong side of 30 he needed to be winning trophies. But the step up to Division One Championship cricket has not come easily. He cops vitriol on social media and a coterie of supporters in front of the main pavilion have turned him into a figure of fun. For some, he has become a symbol of Somersets shortcomings during the coaching stint of Maynard, the man who brought him to Taunton.To some extent, county cricket has become over sensitive as independent coverage of the game has declined. This is now a world now largely controlled by county websites and the ECB. The message is forever positive. Just as Leadsom, a low-profile politician until a month ago, was shocked to discover the levels of criticism once she stood for the leadership of the Conservative party, so players graduating to England level can be shaken by the levels of analysis that follow.As moderate as his record has been at Somerset, he must feel aggrieved to have been singled out. No one player is responsible for the failures of a team. The gossip around the Taunton crowd was how he had been goaded into calling one Somerset fan on Twitter a knob.Well, some of us have sinned in equal measure - and more often. But it is not so many years since Somerset advised Craig Kieswetter to stop tweeting and, although to impose that would be an unwelcome intrusion upon his civil liberties, he might conclude by his own volition that it would be a sensible thing to do. Arguing on Twitter but not talking to the media seems a strange way to go about things. Cheap Fake Yeezy 2019 .C. -- After a listless first half, the Washington Wizards used a big third quarter run to beat the Charlotte Bobcats Bradley Beal scored 21 points and the Wizards used a 17-0 run in the third quarter to take control of what had been a close game and beat the Bobcats 97-83 on Tuesday night. Fake Yeezy Online . 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HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- El campeon!Daniel Suarez won the Xfinity Series season finale and title at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday, becoming the first foreign champion in a NASCAR national series.The 24-year-old Mexican bested fellow championship contenders Elliott Sadler, Justin Allgaier and Erik Jones on a botched restart with three laps to go.Its very hard to put into words, Suarez said. Im speechless right now. Im just very proud of everyone and thankful to have the family that I have, my mom, my dad. They gave me all the tools to be here right now. They put me in a car even when we didnt have the support or the racing background. They supported me, and right now we are just living a dream.Suarez thanked fans and his native country in Spanish in victory lane. His win was the first of the weekend for Joe Gibbs Racing, which has two drivers -- Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards -- vying for the Sprint Cup championship Sunday.For us, after two years, to be where we are tonight is amazing, car owner Joe Gibbs said. This is going to be a big deal for our sport. Its huge.It was just Suarezs third career victory, but the most important for obvious reasons.Claiming the title at Homestead-Miami Speedway made the accomplishment all the more memorable for Suarez.To win here in Homestead and to have a lot of fans and people from Latin America, Mexicans, [people from] all over Latin America, its something great for me, Suarez said. And on the side of that, I have my mom, my dad, my family from Houston, my friends from Mexico [and] my friend Coco over there that I used to race cars with him when I was 13 years old. A lot of friends were here.More than 30 people were here just to have fun with me, to enjoy this weekend, and what a better way to finish [than] this way. Im just very proud of my team, very proud of everyone that has been helping me to be in this position, and its still hard to believe this. Its still hard to believe this. But we worked hard, and this team really deserves these results.?Sadler, who gambled by taking two tires on the final pit stop, finished third in the race and second in the standings. The former Cup driver and sentimental favorite remained without a championship at any national level in a career spanning more than two decades.This is by far the hardest because I feel like this is the best team Ive probably ever worked with, said Sadler, who drove with an interim crew chief because his usual one was suspended. We felt like we could come in here and compete, and we made a great pit call there at the end to get some clean air.Sadler asked Cole Whitt to give him the top lane on the restart, but?Whitt?declined.Alllgaier finished sixth and Jones ninth.dddddddddddd Both got stuck behind Whitt, the leader,?on the final restart, and when Whitt spun his worn-out tires, Allgaier and Jones fell way behind Suarez.Its really frustrating, Jones said. I dont mean to bag on the guy so much, but its like, Hey, were up here racing for the championship. And maybe we dont even win it if he pits and lets us move up, but at least we would have had a fair shot at it. I feel like we kind of got robbed of at least our chance to race for it. Yeah, its just unfortunate. It just wasnt a great situation altogether.The chaos definitely benefited Suarez, who passed Sadler low and pulled away from the field. Suarez led 133 of the 200 laps in the race.Suarez was last years top rookie in the second-tier series. He began racing karts in Mexico and moved to North Carolina as a teenager to pursue a career at NASCARs national level. He had to teach himself English by watching cartoons on American television, and Suarez moved through NASCARs Drive for Diversity program to land a job with JGR.Suarez is the first D4D driver to win a championship.Suarez has soared in his second season with Gibbs. As Jones struggled down the stretch, Suarez upped his performance. He won at Dover to move through the Round of 12 and was runner-up at Kentucky and third at Charlotte. Then, Suarez registered finishes of third (Kansas), fifth (Texas) and fifth (Phoenix) to set up his championship-clinching victory at Homestead while working with crew chief Scott Graves.I feel like Scott and I, we have come a long ways, Suarez said. In the first half of the year, we were good, and in the second half of the year, we were great. Thats something really good.Im really looking forward for our future, but for now, I think Im just very proud of the performance that Scott and the guys and Joe Gibbs Racing, they brought to this race. They brought my favorite car, and thats the car that I won Michigan with. Thats just my baby, and weve got it here, and we won a championship.?The championship surely make him an even bigger star back home. On a return trip to Mexico with NASCAR officials last month, Suarez was celebrated as if he was Dale Earnhardt Jr.After Suarez won in Homestead, Earnhardt Jr. congratulated the new champion via Twitter.For Gibbs, it is his second driver championship in the Xfinity Series but first since Busch won in 2009.The Gibbs organization also celebrated its fifth owners championship in the Xfinity Series.The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '