Middlesex vs Kent, Match 5

ResultFirst-classCounty Championship 2025· Super 18, Group 2· St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury· 11 Apr 2025

MIDMiddlesex222 & 311(101.4 ov)

KENKent218 & 316/2(64.4 ov)

Kent won by 8 wickets

Middlesex 1st innings

222 (60.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Eskinazi	b G Stewart	14	29	3	0	48.28
N Fernandes	b NN Gilchrist	4	15	1	0	26.67
Max Holden	c †HZ Finch b NN Gilchrist	26	85	3	0	30.59
Leus du Plooy	c †HZ Finch b Kashif Ali	25	32	5	0	78.13
Ryan Higgins	c †HZ Finch b NN Gilchrist	14	31	1	0	45.16
Ben Geddes	c JDM Evison b Jaskaran Singh	13	15	3	0	86.67
Jack Davies †	not out	47*	77	8	0	61.04
Zafar Gohar	b Kashif Ali	11	25	2	0	44.00
Toby Roland-Jones	b Kashif Ali	13	12	3	0	108.33
Blake Cullen	b Jaskaran Singh	33	41	6	0	80.49
Henry Brookes	c JA Leaning b G Stewart	5	7	1	0	71.43
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 12)	17
Total	60.3 Ov (RR 3.67)	222

Fall of wickets: 11-1 (N Fernandes, 5 ov), 21-2 (SS Eskinazi, 7.2 ov), 62-3 (JL du Plooy, 21 ov), 90-4 (RF Higgins, 30.3 ov), 95-5 (MDE Holden, 32.5 ov), 109-6 (BBA Geddes, 35.1 ov), 130-7 (Zafar Gohar, 42.3 ov), 150-8 (TS Roland-Jones, 45 ov), 217-9 (BC Cullen, 59.2 ov), 222-10 (HJH Brookes, 60.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	NB
Nathan Gilchrist	16	5	43	3	2.69	78	7	1
Grant Stewart	14.3	3	42	2	2.90	70	7	1
Kashif Ali	13	0	60	3	4.62	52	7	4
Jaskaran Singh	12	4	47	2	3.92	55	10	0
Joey Evison	5	1	25	0	5.00	20	5	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	SS Eskinazi 5(16) & N Fernandes 4(15)	11	30
2nd	SS Eskinazi 9(13) & MDE Holden 1(1)	10	14
3rd	JL du Plooy 25(32) & MDE Holden 11(52)	41	82
4th	MDE Holden 14(26) & RF Higgins 14(31)	28	57
5th	BBA Geddes 1(8) & MDE Holden 0(6)	5	14
6th	JLB Davies 2(7) & BBA Geddes 12(7)	14	14
7th	Zafar Gohar 11(25) & JLB Davies 8(20)	21	44
8th	TS Roland-Jones 13(12) & JLB Davies 5(4)	20	15
9th	JLB Davies 32(46) & BC Cullen 33(41)	67	86
10th	HJH Brookes 5(7) & JLB Davies 0(0)	5	7

Kent 1st innings

218 (49 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ben Compton	c †JLB Davies b BC Cullen	32	60	6	0	53.33
Zak Crawley	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	0	4	0	0	0.00
Daniel Bell-Drummond	b RF Higgins	6	7	1	0	85.71
Tawanda Muyeye	c SS Eskinazi b BC Cullen	29	26	5	0	111.54
Jack Leaning	c †JLB Davies b HJH Brookes	0	4	0	0	0.00
Joey Evison	c †JLB Davies b BC Cullen	4	2	1	0	200.00
Harry Finch †	lbw b RF Higgins	52	71	10	0	73.24
Grant Stewart	c Zafar Gohar b RF Higgins	56	56	3	1	100.00
Jaskaran Singh	b BC Cullen	16	31	2	0	51.61
Kashif Ali	run out (Zafar Gohar/BC Cullen)	17	35	2	0	48.57
Nathan Gilchrist	not out	0*	0	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 1, w 1, nb 4)	6
Total	49 Ov (RR 4.45)	218

Fall of wickets: 2-1 (Z Crawley, 2.1 ov), 9-2 (DJ Bell-Drummond, 3.3 ov), 58-3 (TS Muyeye, 13 ov), 63-4 (JA Leaning, 14 ov), 72-5 (JDM Evison, 14.5 ov), 79-6 (BG Compton, 18.4 ov), 180-7 (G Stewart, 37.1 ov), 189-8 (HZ Finch, 39.1 ov), 218-9 (Kashif Ali, 48.4 ov), 218-10 (Jaskaran Singh, 49 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	12	1	57	1	4.75	46	6	1	0	0
Ryan Higgins	15	2	37	3	2.47	71	4	0	1	1
Blake Cullen	11	0	60	4	5.45	41	10	0	0	1
Henry Brookes	9	1	51	1	5.67	34	8	0	0	0
Zafar Gohar	2	0	12	0	6.00	8	2	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	BG Compton 1(9) & Z Crawley 0(4)	2	13
2nd	DJ Bell-Drummond 6(7) & BG Compton 1(1)	7	8
3rd	TS Muyeye 29(26) & BG Compton 20(31)	49	57
4th	BG Compton 5(2) & JA Leaning 0(4)	5	6
5th	BG Compton 5(3) & JDM Evison 4(2)	9	5
6th	HZ Finch 5(10) & BG Compton 0(14)	7	23
7th	G Stewart 56(56) & HZ Finch 42(56)	101	111
8th	Jaskaran Singh 4(7) & HZ Finch 5(5)	9	12
9th	Kashif Ali 17(35) & Jaskaran Singh 12(22)	29	57
10th	Jaskaran Singh 0(2) & NN Gilchrist 0(0)	0	2

Middlesex 2nd innings

311 (101.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
N Fernandes	lbw b NN Gilchrist	1	4	0	0	25.00
Stephen Eskinazi	lbw b Jaskaran Singh	57	147	6	0	38.78
Max Holden	c DJ Bell-Drummond b NN Gilchrist	5	10	1	0	50.00
Leus du Plooy	c JA Leaning b G Stewart	26	41	3	0	63.41
Ryan Higgins	b JDM Evison	15	19	2	0	78.95
Ben Geddes	c JDM Evison b JA Leaning	75	142	7	0	52.82
Jack Davies †	c DJ Bell-Drummond b JA Leaning	27	97	4	0	27.84
Blake Cullen	c DJ Bell-Drummond b G Stewart	22	45	2	0	48.89
Zafar Gohar	c Jaskaran Singh b NN Gilchrist	57	85	6	1	67.06
Toby Roland-Jones	lbw b G Stewart	0	5	0	0	0.00
Henry Brookes	not out	3*	21	0	0	14.29
Extras	(b 8, lb 1, w 2, nb 12)	23
Total	101.4 Ov (RR 3.06)	311

Fall of wickets: 8-1 (N Fernandes, 2.2 ov), 14-2 (MDE Holden, 4.5 ov), 70-3 (JL du Plooy, 23.1 ov), 90-4 (RF Higgins, 27.2 ov), 131-5 (SS Eskinazi, 42 ov), 221-6 (JLB Davies, 74.5 ov), 230-7 (BBA Geddes, 78.2 ov), 272-8 (BC Cullen, 89.5 ov), 272-9 (TS Roland-Jones, 91.4 ov), 311-10 (Zafar Gohar, 101.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nathan Gilchrist	21.4	2	86	3	3.97	88	10	1	0	1
Grant Stewart	22	4	52	3	2.36	99	5	0	0	1
Kashif Ali	19	2	56	0	2.95	87	6	0	0	3
Jaskaran Singh	15	1	46	1	3.07	63	4	0	2	1
Joey Evison	12	2	30	1	2.50	52	3	0	0	0
Jack Leaning	12	1	32	2	2.67	50	3	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	N Fernandes 1(4) & SS Eskinazi 5(11)	8	14
2nd	MDE Holden 5(10) & SS Eskinazi 1(5)	6	15
3rd	JL du Plooy 26(41) & SS Eskinazi 25(71)	56	110
4th	RF Higgins 15(19) & SS Eskinazi 3(7)	20	25
5th	BBA Geddes 18(35) & SS Eskinazi 23(53)	41	88
6th	BBA Geddes 55(101) & JLB Davies 27(97)	90	197
7th	BC Cullen 7(15) & BBA Geddes 2(6)	9	21
8th	Zafar Gohar 23(39) & BC Cullen 15(30)	42	69
9th	TS Roland-Jones 0(5) & Zafar Gohar 0(6)	0	11
10th	HJH Brookes 3(21) & Zafar Gohar 34(40)	39	60

Kent 2nd innings

316/2 (64.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley	b Zafar Gohar	58	66	9	1	87.88
Ben Compton	not out	124*	196	16	1	63.27
Daniel Bell-Drummond	b Zafar Gohar	0	1	0	0	0.00
Tawanda Muyeye	not out	125*	127	13	5	98.43
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 4)	9
Total	64.4 Ov (RR 4.89) · Target 316	316/2

Did not bat: Jack Leaning, Joey Evison, Harry Finch, Grant Stewart, Jaskaran Singh, Kashif Ali, Nathan Gilchrist

Fall of wickets: 91-1 (Z Crawley, 21.1 ov), 91-2 (DJ Bell-Drummond, 21.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	11	1	54	0	4.91	43	8	1	0
Ryan Higgins	11	2	32	0	2.91	52	4	0	1
Blake Cullen	8	1	39	0	4.88	31	6	0	0
Henry Brookes	11	0	70	0	6.36	38	9	2	0
Zafar Gohar	20	1	91	2	4.55	78	10	3	1
N Fernandes	3.4	0	25	0	6.82	9	1	1	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	Z Crawley 58(66) & BG Compton 33(61)	91	127
2nd	DJ Bell-Drummond 0(1) & BG Compton 0(0)	0	1
3rd	TS Muyeye 125(127) & BG Compton 91(135)	225*	260