Middlesex vs Northamptonshire, Match 29

ResultFirst-classCounty Championship 2025· Super 18, Group 2· County Ground, Northampton· 22 Jun 2025

MIDMiddlesex413 & 332/8d(78 ov)

Northamptonshire won by 4 wickets

Middlesex 1st innings

413 (101 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	c CG Harrison b L Guthrie	14	24	3	0	58.33
Josh de Caires	c J Broad b L Guthrie	2	3	0	0	66.67
Max Holden	lbw b L Guthrie	16	9	3	0	177.78
Leus du Plooy	c RI Keogh b L Guthrie	66	95	10	0	69.47
Ryan Higgins	lbw b J Broad	25	43	2	0	58.14
Ben Geddes	c †LD McManus b J Broad	27	50	4	0	54.00
Joe Cracknell †	c CG Harrison b L Guthrie	112	173	11	1	64.74
Luke Hollman	c L Pope b L Guthrie	51	86	8	0	59.30
Zafar Gohar	c R Vasconcelos b L Guthrie	34	62	4	0	54.84
Toby Roland-Jones	not out	42*	58	8	0	72.41
Tom Helm	b L Pope	0	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 8, w 4, nb 4)	24
Total	101 Ov (RR 4.09)	413

Fall of wickets: 6-1 (JM De Caires, 1.3 ov), 24-2 (MDE Holden, 3.5 ov), 33-3 (SD Robson, 8 ov), 95-4 (RF Higgins, 21.2 ov), 155-5 (JL du Plooy, 35.3 ov), 160-6 (BBA Geddes, 38.3 ov), 263-7 (LBK Hollman, 67.2 ov), 344-8 (Zafar Gohar, 85.4 ov), 412-9 (JB Cracknell, 99.4 ov), 413-10 (TG Helm, 101 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Luke Procter	17	4	59	0	3.47	78	10	0	2	0
Liam Guthrie	21	2	94	7	4.48	84	14	0	1	0
Tim Robinson	1	0	8	0	8.00	5	1	0	0	1
Rob Keogh	12	1	42	0	3.50	50	3	1	0	0
Justin Broad	17	1	81	2	4.76	67	11	0	0	0
Lloyd Pope	13	2	53	1	4.08	52	6	0	1	1
Calvin Harrison	18	3	57	0	3.17	78	8	0	0	0
Saif Zaib	2	0	3	0	1.50	9	0	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	SD Robson 4(6) & JM De Caires 2(3)	6	9
2nd	MDE Holden 16(9) & SD Robson 2(5)	18	14
3rd	JL du Plooy 1(12) & SD Robson 8(13)	9	25
4th	JL du Plooy 32(38) & RF Higgins 25(43)	62	80
5th	BBA Geddes 23(41) & JL du Plooy 33(45)	60	85
6th	JB Cracknell 0(9) & BBA Geddes 4(9)	5	18
7th	LBK Hollman 51(86) & JB Cracknell 51(87)	103	173
8th	Zafar Gohar 34(62) & JB Cracknell 42(48)	81	110
9th	TS Roland-Jones 42(55) & JB Cracknell 19(29)	68	84
10th	TG Helm 0(5) & TS Roland-Jones 0(3)	1	8

Northamptonshire 1st innings

435 (125.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	c JL du Plooy b Zafar Gohar	34	64	5	0	53.13
Luke Procter	c BBA Geddes b Zafar Gohar	62	130	7	0	47.69
Calvin Harrison	c †JB Cracknell b Zafar Gohar	20	30	2	1	66.67
James Sales	lbw b LBK Hollman	4	13	0	0	30.77
Tim Robinson	lbw b Zafar Gohar	43	92	6	0	46.74
Saif Zaib	c JM De Caires b Zafar Gohar	102	170	13	0	60.00
Lewis McManus †	c †JB Cracknell b RF Higgins	71	115	9	0	61.74
Justin Broad	b SD Robson	70	81	10	0	86.42
Rob Keogh	b RF Higgins	0	1	0	0	0.00
Liam Guthrie	c Zafar Gohar b RF Higgins	0	1	0	0	0.00
Lloyd Pope	not out	11*	60	2	0	18.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 10)	18
Total	125.2 Ov (RR 3.47)	435

Fall of wickets: 69-1 (R Vasconcelos, 19.1 ov), 103-2 (CG Harrison, 29.3 ov), 112-3 (JJG Sales, 34.4 ov), 132-4 (LA Procter, 43.3 ov), 197-5 (TB Robinson, 63.3 ov), 342-6 (SA Zaib, 100 ov), 350-7 (LD McManus, 103 ov), 350-8 (RI Keogh, 104.1 ov), 350-9 (L Guthrie, 104.2 ov), 435-10 (J Broad, 125.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	13	3	44	0	3.38	55	5	0	0	0
Tom Helm	24	0	94	0	3.92	98	11	1	1	0
Zafar Gohar	42	11	121	5	2.88	195	19	0	0	1
Ryan Higgins	14	2	48	3	3.43	64	6	0	0	4
Josh de Caires	14	2	42	0	3.00	57	3	0	0	0
Luke Hollman	15	0	68	1	4.53	53	9	0	0	0
Sam Robson	3.2	0	11	1	3.30	13	1	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	R Vasconcelos 34(64) & LA Procter 34(51)	69	115
2nd	CG Harrison 20(30) & LA Procter 14(32)	34	62
3rd	JJG Sales 4(13) & LA Procter 5(18)	9	31
4th	TB Robinson 11(24) & LA Procter 9(29)	20	53
5th	SA Zaib 29(53) & TB Robinson 32(68)	65	120
6th	LD McManus 66(103) & SA Zaib 73(117)	145	219
7th	LD McManus 5(12) & J Broad 1(7)	8	18
8th	J Broad 0(6) & RI Keogh 0(1)	0	7
9th	L Guthrie 0(1) & J Broad 0(0)	0	1
10th	L Pope 11(60) & J Broad 69(68)	85	126

Middlesex 2nd innings

332/8d (78 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Josh de Caires	c CG Harrison b L Guthrie	87	144	12	0	60.42
Sam Robson	lbw b CG Harrison	48	59	7	0	81.36
Max Holden	b L Guthrie	54	104	6	0	51.92
Leus du Plooy	c †LD McManus b RI Keogh	28	51	3	0	54.90
Ryan Higgins	b CG Harrison	44	51	4	1	86.27
Ben Geddes	c R Vasconcelos b CG Harrison	24	30	0	0	80.00
Luke Hollman	c SA Zaib b L Pope	10	12	0	0	83.33
Joe Cracknell †	not out	13*	9	0	1	144.44
Zafar Gohar	c R Vasconcelos b CG Harrison	9	8	0	0	112.50
Toby Roland-Jones	not out	0*	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 3, w 1, nb 2)	15
Total	78 Ov (RR 4.26)	332/8d

Did not bat: Tom Helm

Fall of wickets: 89-1 (SD Robson, 21 ov), 154-2 (JM De Caires, 38.1 ov), 202-3 (JL du Plooy, 52.1 ov), 248-4 (MDE Holden, 64.5 ov), 294-5 (RF Higgins, 71.5 ov), 297-6 (BBA Geddes, 73.3 ov), 321-7 (LBK Hollman, 76.1 ov), 332-8 (Zafar Gohar, 77.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Liam Guthrie	13	1	60	2	4.62	48	6	1	0	0
Luke Procter	7	0	32	0	4.57	24	3	0	1	1
Lloyd Pope	11	1	48	1	4.36	37	4	0	0	0
Calvin Harrison	25	0	107	4	4.28	90	10	1	0	0
Rob Keogh	16	3	55	1	3.44	68	7	0	0	0
Saif Zaib	6	0	18	0	3.00	24	2	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	JM De Caires 35(67) & SD Robson 48(59)	89	126
2nd	JM De Caires 52(77) & MDE Holden 13(26)	65	103
3rd	JL du Plooy 28(51) & MDE Holden 20(33)	48	84
4th	RF Higgins 23(31) & MDE Holden 21(45)	46	76
5th	BBA Geddes 22(23) & RF Higgins 21(20)	46	42
6th	LBK Hollman 1(3) & BBA Geddes 2(7)	3	10
7th	JB Cracknell 11(7) & LBK Hollman 9(9)	24	16
8th	Zafar Gohar 9(8) & JB Cracknell 2(2)	11	10
9th	TS Roland-Jones 0(1) & JB Cracknell 0(0)	0*	1

Northamptonshire 2nd innings

313/6 (62.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	c LBK Hollman b TS Roland-Jones	11	19	2	0	57.89
Luke Procter	b SD Robson	107	137	14	0	78.10
Calvin Harrison	lbw b RF Higgins	24	55	1	1	43.64
James Sales	c RF Higgins b SD Robson	108	120	12	2	90.00
Tim Robinson	c BBA Geddes b TS Roland-Jones	17	18	2	0	94.44
Saif Zaib	c TG Helm b LBK Hollman	17	22	3	0	77.27
Lewis McManus †	not out	4*	4	1	0	100.00
Justin Broad	not out	10*	5	2	0	200.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 10)	15
Total	62.3 Ov (RR 5.01) · Target 311	313/6

Did not bat: Rob Keogh, Liam Guthrie, Lloyd Pope

Fall of wickets: 24-1 (R Vasconcelos, 6.4 ov), 83-2 (CG Harrison, 21.3 ov), 239-3 (LA Procter, 48.1 ov), 264-4 (TB Robinson, 53.3 ov), 299-5 (SA Zaib, 60.5 ov), 299-6 (JJG Sales, 61.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	13	2	48	2	3.69	56	7	0	0
Tom Helm	11	0	49	0	4.45	39	6	0	0
Zafar Gohar	20	0	99	0	4.95	67	11	1	1
Ryan Higgins	5	1	28	1	5.60	21	3	1	2
Josh de Caires	5	0	20	0	4.00	21	1	1	1
Luke Hollman	3.3	0	22	1	6.29	10	3	0	1
Sam Robson	5	0	42	2	8.40	10	6	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	R Vasconcelos 11(19) & LA Procter 13(21)	24	40
2nd	CG Harrison 24(55) & LA Procter 28(37)	59	89
3rd	JJG Sales 82(83) & LA Procter 66(79)	156	160
4th	TB Robinson 17(18) & JJG Sales 8(14)	25	32
5th	SA Zaib 17(22) & JJG Sales 18(22)	35	44
6th	LD McManus 0(1) & JJG Sales 0(1)	0	2
7th	J Broad 10(5) & LD McManus 4(3)	14*	8