MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2025

Middlesex v Kent

Group 2, match 5 · St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury · 11 Apr 2025 – 13 Apr 2025

Kent won by 8 wickets

Middlesex 1st innings22260.3 overs

Kent 1st innings21849 overs

Middlesex 2nd innings311101.4 overs

Kent 2nd innings316/264.4 overs

Middlesex 1st innings 222 (60.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SS Eskinazi	b G Stewart	14	29	3	0	48.3
N Fernandes	b NN Gilchrist	4	15	1	0	26.7
MDE Holden	c HZ Finch b NN Gilchrist	26	85	3	0	30.6
JL du Plooy	c HZ Finch b Kashif Ali	25	32	5	0	78.1
RF Higgins	c HZ Finch b NN Gilchrist	14	31	1	0	45.2
BBA Geddes	c JDM Evison b Jaskaran Singh	13	15	3	0	86.7
JLB Davies	not out	47	77	8	0	61.0
Zafar Gohar	b Kashif Ali	11	25	2	0	44.0
TS Roland-Jones	b Kashif Ali	13	12	3	0	108.3
BC Cullen	b Jaskaran Singh	33	41	6	0	80.5
HJH Brookes	c JA Leaning b G Stewart	5	7	1	0	71.4
Extras		17
Total	all out, 60.3 overs	222

Fall of wickets: 11-1 (N Fernandes, 4.6 ov), 21-2 (SS Eskinazi, 7.2 ov), 62-3 (JL du Plooy, 20.6 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, 44.6 ov), 217-9 (BC Cullen, 59.2 ov), 222-10 (HJH Brookes, 60.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
NN Gilchrist	16	5	43	3	2.69	77	2
G Stewart	14.3	3	42	2	2.90	70	2
Kashif Ali	13	0	60	3	4.62	51	8
Jaskaran Singh	12	4	47	2	3.92	55	0
JDM Evison	5	1	25	0	5.00	20	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	11	30	SS Eskinazi 5, N Fernandes 4
2	10	14	SS Eskinazi 9, MDE Holden 1
3	41	82	MDE Holden 11, JL du Plooy 25
4	28	57	MDE Holden 14, RF Higgins 14
5	5	14	MDE Holden 0, BBA Geddes 1
6	14	14	BBA Geddes 12, JLB Davies 2
7	21	44	JLB Davies 8, Zafar Gohar 11
8	20	15	JLB Davies 5, TS Roland-Jones 13
9	67	86	JLB Davies 32, BC Cullen 33
10	5	7	JLB Davies 0, HJH Brookes 5

Kent 1st innings 218 (49 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BG Compton	c JLB Davies b BC Cullen	32	60	6	0	53.3
Z Crawley	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	0	4	0	0	0.0
DJ Bell-Drummond	b RF Higgins	6	7	1	0	85.7
TS Muyeye	c SS Eskinazi b BC Cullen	29	26	5	0	111.5
JA Leaning	c JLB Davies b HJH Brookes	0	4	0	0	0.0
JDM Evison	c JLB Davies b BC Cullen	4	2	1	0	200.0
HZ Finch	lbw b RF Higgins	52	71	10	0	73.2
G Stewart	c Zafar Gohar b RF Higgins	56	56	3	1	100.0
Jaskaran Singh	b BC Cullen	16	31	2	0	51.6
Kashif Ali	run out (Zafar Gohar/BC Cullen)	17	35	2	0	48.6
NN Gilchrist	not out	0	0	0	0	–
Extras		6
Total	all out, 49 overs	218

Fall of wickets: 2-1 (Z Crawley, 2.1 ov), 9-2 (DJ Bell-Drummond, 3.3 ov), 58-3 (TS Muyeye, 12.6 ov), 63-4 (JA Leaning, 13.6 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, 48.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	12	1	57	1	4.75	46	0	0
RF Higgins	15	2	37	3	2.47	70	1	2
BC Cullen	11	0	60	4	5.45	41	0	2
HJH Brookes	9	1	51	1	5.67	34	0	0
Zafar Gohar	2	0	12	0	6.00	8	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	2	13	BG Compton 1, Z Crawley 0
2	7	8	BG Compton 1, DJ Bell-Drummond 6
3	49	57	BG Compton 20, TS Muyeye 29
4	5	6	BG Compton 5, JA Leaning 0
5	9	5	BG Compton 5, JDM Evison 4
6	7	23	BG Compton 0, HZ Finch 5
7	101	111	HZ Finch 42, G Stewart 56
8	9	12	HZ Finch 5, Jaskaran Singh 4
9	29	57	Jaskaran Singh 12, Kashif Ali 17
10	0	2	Jaskaran Singh 0, NN Gilchrist 0

Middlesex 2nd innings 311 (101.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
N Fernandes	lbw b NN Gilchrist	1	4	0	0	25.0
SS Eskinazi	lbw b Jaskaran Singh	57	147	6	0	38.8
MDE Holden	c DJ Bell-Drummond b NN Gilchrist	5	10	1	0	50.0
JL du Plooy	c JA Leaning b G Stewart	26	41	3	0	63.4
RF Higgins	b JDM Evison	15	19	2	0	78.9
BBA Geddes	c JDM Evison b JA Leaning	75	142	7	0	52.8
JLB Davies	c DJ Bell-Drummond b JA Leaning	27	97	4	0	27.8
BC Cullen	c DJ Bell-Drummond b G Stewart	22	45	2	0	48.9
Zafar Gohar	c Jaskaran Singh b NN Gilchrist	57	85	6	1	67.1
TS Roland-Jones	lbw b G Stewart	0	5	0	0	0.0
HJH Brookes	not out	3	21	0	0	14.3
Extras		23
Total	all out, 101.4 overs	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, 41.6 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	Dots	Wd	Nb
NN Gilchrist	21.4	2	86	3	3.97	88	0	2
G Stewart	22	4	52	3	2.36	98	0	2
Kashif Ali	19	2	56	0	2.95	87	0	6
Jaskaran Singh	15	1	46	1	3.07	63	2	2
JDM Evison	12	2	30	1	2.50	51	0	0
JA Leaning	12	1	32	2	2.67	49	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	8	14	N Fernandes 1, SS Eskinazi 5
2	6	15	SS Eskinazi 1, MDE Holden 5
3	56	110	SS Eskinazi 25, JL du Plooy 26
4	20	25	SS Eskinazi 3, RF Higgins 15
5	41	88	SS Eskinazi 23, BBA Geddes 18
6	90	197	BBA Geddes 55, JLB Davies 27
7	9	21	BBA Geddes 2, BC Cullen 7
8	42	69	BC Cullen 15, Zafar Gohar 23
9	0	11	Zafar Gohar 0, TS Roland-Jones 0
10	39	60	Zafar Gohar 34, HJH Brookes 3

Kent 2nd innings 316/2 (64.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	b Zafar Gohar	58	66	9	1	87.9
BG Compton	not out	124	196	16	1	63.3
DJ Bell-Drummond	b Zafar Gohar	0	1	0	0	0.0
TS Muyeye	not out	125	127	13	5	98.4
Extras		9
Total	2 wickets, 64.4 overs	316

Did not bat: JDM Evison, Kashif Ali, HZ Finch, NN Gilchrist, G Stewart, Jaskaran Singh, JA Leaning

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

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	11	1	54	0	4.91	43	0
RF Higgins	11	2	32	0	2.91	52	2
BC Cullen	8	1	39	0	4.88	31	0
HJH Brookes	11	0	70	0	6.36	37	0
Zafar Gohar	20	1	91	2	4.55	77	2
N Fernandes	3.4	0	25	0	6.82	9	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	91	127	Z Crawley 58, BG Compton 33
2	0	1	BG Compton 0, DJ Bell-Drummond 0
Unbroken	225	260	BG Compton 91, TS Muyeye 125

Match details

Toss: Kent, chose to field
Ground: St Lawrence Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2025
Umpires: JD Shantry, Surendiran Shanmugam
Match referee: JJ Whitaker
Source: Cricsheet match 1461898