Middlesex vs Northamptonshire, Match 9

ResultFirst-classCounty Championship 2026· Super 18, Group 2· County Ground, Northampton· 17 Apr 2026

MIDMiddlesex341 & 353/3(104 ov)

Match drawn

Middlesex 1st innings

341 (88.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	c CG Harrison b HNA Conway	13	30	2	0	43.33
Josh de Caires	c JJG Sales b BW Sanderson	2	5	0	0	40.00
Max Holden	c JJG Sales b HNA Conway	1	6	0	0	16.67
Leus du Plooy	c R Vasconcelos b BW Sanderson	51	66	6	0	77.27
Ben Geddes	c CG Harrison b BW Sanderson	65	80	9	0	81.25
Ryan Higgins	c SA Zaib b CG Harrison	14	36	2	0	38.89
Joe Cracknell †	c L Guthrie b CG Harrison	79	136	9	0	58.09
Zafar Gohar	c & b HNA Conway	83	133	6	1	62.41
Toby Roland-Jones	c GA Bartlett b BW Sanderson	17	19	3	0	89.47
Tom Helm	c HNA Conway b BW Sanderson	5	21	0	0	23.81
Neha Sharma	not out	0*	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, w 2, nb 2)	11
Total	88.5 Ov (RR 3.84)	341

Did not bat: Luke Hollman

Fall of wickets: 6-1 (JM De Caires, 1.5 ov), 7-2 (MDE Holden, 2.5 ov), 20-3 (SD Robson, 9 ov), 105-4 (JL du Plooy, 25.2 ov), 150-5 (BBA Geddes, 35.2 ov), 164-6 (RF Higgins, 41 ov), 304-7 (JB Cracknell, 78.4 ov), 325-8 (TS Roland-Jones, 83.1 ov), 341-9 (TG Helm, 87.4 ov), 341-10 (Zafar Gohar, 88.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Harry Conway	20.5	2	74	3	3.55	91	11	0	0	0
Ben Sanderson	19	3	62	5	3.26	84	6	0	0	1
Luke Procter	8	0	36	0	4.50	31	5	0	0	0
Liam Guthrie	13	0	77	0	5.92	39	8	1	2	0
Calvin Harrison	21	2	65	2	3.10	87	6	0	0	0
James Sales	3	0	14	0	4.67	10	1	0	0	0
Saif Zaib	3	0	5	0	1.67	13	0	0	0	0
Nathan McSweeney	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	SD Robson 4(6) & JM De Caires 2(5)	6	11
2nd	MDE Holden 1(6) & SD Robson 0(0)	1	6
3rd	JL du Plooy 4(13) & SD Robson 9(24)	13	37
4th	JL du Plooy 47(53) & BBA Geddes 33(46)	85	98
5th	RF Higgins 12(26) & BBA Geddes 32(34)	45	60
6th	JB Cracknell 12(24) & RF Higgins 2(10)	14	34
7th	JB Cracknell 67(112) & Zafar Gohar 68(114)	140	226
8th	TS Roland-Jones 17(19) & Zafar Gohar 4(8)	21	27
9th	TG Helm 5(21) & Zafar Gohar 11(6)	16	27
10th	N Sharma 0(2) & Zafar Gohar 0(5)	0	7

Northamptonshire 1st innings

409 (111.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	c †JB Cracknell b TS Roland-Jones	27	29	3	0	93.10
Luke Procter	lbw b TG Helm	13	26	2	0	50.00
Calvin Harrison	c BBA Geddes b TS Roland-Jones	0	2	0	0	0.00
Nathan McSweeney	c RF Higgins b TG Helm	107	191	16	0	56.02
Saif Zaib	c SD Robson b N Sharma	14	47	2	0	29.79
James Sales	c JL du Plooy b RF Higgins	164	265	24	2	61.89
George Bartlett	b N Sharma	1	7	0	0	14.29
Lewis McManus †	c †JB Cracknell b RF Higgins	9	34	1	0	26.47
Ben Sanderson	c SD Robson b N Sharma	7	16	1	0	43.75
Liam Guthrie	c SD Robson b TS Roland-Jones	51	49	8	1	104.08
Harry Conway	not out	4*	7	1	0	57.14
Extras	(b 5, lb 1, nb 6)	12
Total	111.4 Ov (RR 3.66)	409

Fall of wickets: 30-1 (LA Procter, 8 ov), 37-2 (CG Harrison, 8.4 ov), 42-3 (R Vasconcelos, 10.3 ov), 98-4 (SA Zaib, 26.4 ov), 262-5 (NA McSweeney, 73.1 ov), 263-6 (GA Bartlett, 74.4 ov), 290-7 (LD McManus, 85.5 ov), 307-8 (BW Sanderson, 92.3 ov), 381-9 (L Guthrie, 107 ov), 409-10 (JJG Sales, 111.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	29	7	83	3	2.86	138	11	1	0
Tom Helm	22	3	77	2	3.50	93	11	0	0
Ryan Higgins	29.4	4	105	2	3.54	138	17	0	3
Neha Sharma	25	5	92	3	3.68	114	15	0	0
Luke Hollman	4	0	37	0	9.25	11	4	2	0
Josh de Caires	2	0	9	0	4.50	5	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	R Vasconcelos 15(22) & LA Procter 13(26)	30	48
2nd	R Vasconcelos 7(2) & CG Harrison 0(2)	7	4
3rd	NA McSweeney 0(6) & R Vasconcelos 5(5)	5	11
4th	SA Zaib 14(47) & NA McSweeney 36(51)	56	97
5th	JJG Sales 91(146) & NA McSweeney 71(134)	164	279
6th	GA Bartlett 1(7) & JJG Sales 0(2)	1	9
7th	LD McManus 9(34) & JJG Sales 18(33)	27	67
8th	BW Sanderson 7(16) & JJG Sales 8(25)	17	40
9th	L Guthrie 51(49) & JJG Sales 23(38)	74	87
10th	JJG Sales 24(21) & HNA Conway 4(7)	28	28

Middlesex 2nd innings

353/3 (104 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Josh de Caires	lbw b LA Procter	15	52	2	0	28.85
Sam Robson	c †LD McManus b L Guthrie	162	305	21	0	53.11
Max Holden	b CG Harrison	86	144	14	0	59.72
Leus du Plooy	not out	66*	118	7	0	55.93
Ben Geddes	not out	0*	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 10, w 1, nb 4)	24
Total	104 Ov (RR 3.39)	353/3

Did not bat: Ryan Higgins, Joe Cracknell, Toby Roland-Jones, Tom Helm, Neha Sharma, Luke Hollman

Fall of wickets: 34-1 (JM De Caires, 17 ov), 199-2 (MDE Holden, 63.5 ov), 351-3 (SD Robson, 101.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	WD	NB
Ben Sanderson	17	5	45	0	2.65	81	7	0	1
Harry Conway	15	7	17	0	1.13	79	2	0	0
Luke Procter	12	2	49	1	4.08	52	9	0	1
Liam Guthrie	17	0	89	1	5.24	59	14	0	0
Calvin Harrison	24	2	75	1	3.13	97	7	0	0
Nathan McSweeney	3	1	17	0	5.67	8	2	0	0
Saif Zaib	11	1	24	0	2.18	49	2	0	0
James Sales	5	0	18	0	3.60	18	1	1	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	JM De Caires 15(52) & SD Robson 18(50)	34	102
2nd	SD Robson 67(139) & MDE Holden 86(144)	165	281
3rd	JL du Plooy 64(111) & SD Robson 77(116)	152	227
4th	BBA Geddes 0(7) & JL du Plooy 2(7)	2*	14