MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2025

Middlesex v Lancashire

Group 2, match 3 · Lord's, London · 4 Apr 2025 – 7 Apr 2025

Match drawn

Middlesex 1st innings26068.2 overs

Lancashire 1st innings359123.3 overs

Middlesex 2nd innings407119.4 overs

Lancashire 2nd innings262/866.5 overs

Middlesex 1st innings 260 (68.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	lbw b LWP Wells	70	83	11	0	84.3
N Fernandes	c MF Hurst b TE Bailey	1	14	0	0	7.1
MDE Holden	c MF Hurst b WSA Williams	69	115	7	1	60.0
JL du Plooy	lbw b TH Aspinwall	41	102	4	0	40.2
RF Higgins	c MF Hurst b GP Balderson	13	24	2	0	54.2
BBA Geddes	c MS Harris b OW Sutton	10	25	1	0	40.0
JLB Davies	lbw b OW Sutton	4	6	1	0	66.7
Zafar Gohar	b TH Aspinwall	6	24	0	0	25.0
TS Roland-Jones	b TH Aspinwall	1	2	0	0	50.0
BC Cullen	not out	12	18	2	0	66.7
HJH Brookes	lbw b TH Aspinwall	4	5	1	0	80.0
Extras		29
Total	all out, 68.2 overs	260

Fall of wickets: 5-1 (N Fernandes, 4.2 ov), 127-2 (SD Robson, 27.5 ov), 178-3 (MDE Holden, 41.5 ov), 215-4 (RF Higgins, 50.4 ov), 232-5 (BBA Geddes, 57.4 ov), 237-6 (JLB Davies, 59.4 ov), 237-7 (JL du Plooy, 60.3 ov), 241-8 (TS Roland-Jones, 60.6 ov), 254-9 (Zafar Gohar, 66.6 ov), 260-10 (HJH Brookes, 68.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
TE Bailey	14	1	68	1	4.86	58	0	16
WSA Williams	13	2	46	1	3.54	55	0	0
GP Balderson	15	6	25	1	1.67	77	0	0
TH Aspinwall	9.2	3	32	4	3.43	41	0	0
OW Sutton	11	0	57	2	5.18	38	1	0
LWP Wells	6	1	20	1	3.33	24	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	5	26	SD Robson 4, N Fernandes 1
2	122	141	SD Robson 66, MDE Holden 46
3	51	84	MDE Holden 23, JL du Plooy 21
4	37	53	JL du Plooy 13, RF Higgins 13
5	17	42	JL du Plooy 7, BBA Geddes 10
6	5	12	JL du Plooy 0, JLB Davies 4
7	0	5	JL du Plooy 0, Zafar Gohar 0
8	4	3	Zafar Gohar 3, TS Roland-Jones 1
9	13	36	Zafar Gohar 3, BC Cullen 10
10	6	8	BC Cullen 2, HJH Brookes 4

Lancashire 1st innings 359 (123.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MA Jones	c JLB Davies b TS Roland-Jones	40	156	2	0	25.6
KK Jennings	c SD Robson b RF Higgins	55	123	9	0	44.7
JJ Bohannon	b Zafar Gohar	27	70	3	0	38.6
MS Harris	lbw b Zafar Gohar	138	197	21	0	70.1
MF Hurst	c N Fernandes b BC Cullen	4	20	0	0	20.0
LWP Wells	c JLB Davies b BC Cullen	38	98	3	2	38.8
GP Balderson	lbw b Zafar Gohar	20	27	4	0	74.1
TH Aspinwall	b TS Roland-Jones	0	6	0	0	0.0
TE Bailey	c BBA Geddes b Zafar Gohar	9	22	1	0	40.9
WSA Williams	c BBA Geddes b HJH Brookes	1	13	0	0	7.7
OW Sutton	not out	2	9	0	0	22.2
Extras		25
Total	all out, 123.3 overs	359

Fall of wickets: 97-1 (KK Jennings, 38.4 ov), 129-2 (MA Jones, 53.4 ov), 150-3 (JJ Bohannon, 63.1 ov), 167-4 (MF Hurst, 68.5 ov), 287-5 (LWP Wells, 102.1 ov), 320-6 (GP Balderson, 109.5 ov), 331-7 (TH Aspinwall, 112.3 ov), 352-8 (TE Bailey, 117.5 ov), 353-9 (WSA Williams, 120.6 ov), 359-10 (MS Harris, 123.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
TS Roland-Jones	26	6	78	2	3.00	120
RF Higgins	23	8	44	1	1.91	112
HJH Brookes	24	5	60	1	2.50	110
BC Cullen	22	7	73	2	3.32	93
Zafar Gohar	28.3	8	79	4	2.77	128

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	97	232	MA Jones 31, KK Jennings 55
2	32	90	MA Jones 9, JJ Bohannon 16
3	21	57	JJ Bohannon 11, MS Harris 10
4	17	34	MS Harris 12, MF Hurst 4
5	120	200	MS Harris 78, LWP Wells 38
6	33	46	MS Harris 13, GP Balderson 20
7	11	16	MS Harris 11, TH Aspinwall 0
8	21	32	MS Harris 10, TE Bailey 9
9	1	19	MS Harris 0, WSA Williams 1
10	6	15	MS Harris 4, OW Sutton 2

Middlesex 2nd innings 407 (119.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
N Fernandes	c MF Hurst b TE Bailey	3	10	0	0	30.0
SD Robson	lbw b TE Bailey	3	19	0	0	15.8
MDE Holden	c MA Jones b OW Sutton	184	335	20	2	54.9
JL du Plooy	c MF Hurst b TE Bailey	0	2	0	0	0.0
RF Higgins	b GP Balderson	43	91	6	0	47.3
BBA Geddes	c MF Hurst b WSA Williams	74	133	7	0	55.6
BC Cullen	c MF Hurst b GP Balderson	7	8	1	0	87.5
HJH Brookes	c KK Jennings b TE Bailey	1	15	0	0	6.7
JLB Davies	c TH Aspinwall b TE Bailey	28	73	5	0	38.4
Zafar Gohar	b LWP Wells	22	36	2	0	61.1
TS Roland-Jones	not out	3	5	0	0	60.0
Extras		39
Total	all out, 119.4 overs	407

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (N Fernandes, 2.1 ov), 7-2 (SD Robson, 6.1 ov), 7-3 (JL du Plooy, 6.3 ov), 113-4 (RF Higgins, 38.1 ov), 276-5 (BBA Geddes, 85.1 ov), 287-6 (BC Cullen, 86.4 ov), 288-7 (HJH Brookes, 91.1 ov), 357-8 (JLB Davies, 110.2 ov), 387-9 (MDE Holden, 117.2 ov), 407-10 (Zafar Gohar, 119.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
TE Bailey	26	3	79	5	3.04	118	0	14
WSA Williams	23	7	48	1	2.09	111	0	0
TH Aspinwall	16	4	49	0	3.06	74	0	0
GP Balderson	28	7	85	2	3.04	130	1	2
LWP Wells	13.4	0	65	1	4.76	39	0	2
OW Sutton	10	1	53	1	5.30	35	0	0
JJ Bohannon	3	0	8	0	2.67	9	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	4	13	N Fernandes 3, SD Robson 1
2	3	24	SD Robson 2, MDE Holden 1
3	0	2	MDE Holden 0, JL du Plooy 0
4	106	190	MDE Holden 53, RF Higgins 43
5	163	282	MDE Holden 81, BBA Geddes 74
6	11	9	MDE Holden 0, BC Cullen 7
7	1	27	MDE Holden 0, HJH Brookes 1
8	69	115	MDE Holden 31, JLB Davies 28
9	30	42	MDE Holden 18, Zafar Gohar 6
10	20	14	Zafar Gohar 16, TS Roland-Jones 3

Lancashire 2nd innings 262/8 (66.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MA Jones	b TS Roland-Jones	44	83	6	1	53.0
KK Jennings	b BC Cullen	49	52	7	0	94.2
JJ Bohannon	b Zafar Gohar	0	8	0	0	0.0
MS Harris	c JL du Plooy b Zafar Gohar	52	71	7	0	73.2
MF Hurst	c RF Higgins b Zafar Gohar	2	16	0	0	12.5
LWP Wells	c JLB Davies b BC Cullen	47	67	3	1	70.1
GP Balderson	not out	36	76	4	1	47.4
TH Aspinwall	b HJH Brookes	2	12	0	0	16.7
TE Bailey	lbw b HJH Brookes	0	1	0	0	0.0
WSA Williams	not out	4	16	1	0	25.0
Extras		26
Total	8 wickets, 66.5 overs	262

Did not bat: OW Sutton

Fall of wickets: 93-1 (KK Jennings, 20.1 ov), 98-2 (JJ Bohannon, 21.4 ov), 102-3 (MA Jones, 24.6 ov), 119-4 (MF Hurst, 31.4 ov), 174-5 (MS Harris, 43.5 ov), 240-6 (LWP Wells, 55.1 ov), 247-7 (TH Aspinwall, 58.5 ov), 247-8 (TE Bailey, 58.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	11	3	34	1	3.09	47	0	0
RF Higgins	9	0	42	0	4.67	33	0	0
HJH Brookes	10	0	54	2	5.40	33	0	0
BC Cullen	13.5	4	47	2	3.40	67	3	0
Zafar Gohar	23	2	64	3	2.78	96	0	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	93	121	MA Jones 39, KK Jennings 49
2	5	9	MA Jones 1, JJ Bohannon 0
3	4	20	MA Jones 4, MS Harris 0
4	17	40	MS Harris 14, MF Hurst 2
5	55	73	MS Harris 38, LWP Wells 14
6	66	68	LWP Wells 33, GP Balderson 24
7	7	22	GP Balderson 5, TH Aspinwall 2
8	0	1	GP Balderson 0, TE Bailey 0
Unbroken	15	47	GP Balderson 7, WSA Williams 4

Match details

Toss: Lancashire, chose to field
Ground: Lord's, England & Wales
Season: 2025
Umpires: PK Baldwin, Surendiran Shanmugam
Match referee: Phil Whitticase
Source: Cricsheet match 1461896