MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2025

Middlesex v Leicestershire

Group 2, match 23 · Lord's, London · 16 May 2025 – 18 May 2025

Leicestershire won by 7 wickets

Middlesex 1st innings23286.2 overs

Leicestershire 1st innings27496.4 overs

Middlesex 2nd innings14357.5 overs

Leicestershire 2nd innings102/324.3 overs

Middlesex 1st innings 232 (86.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	lbw b IG Holland	0	5	0	0	0.0
MDE Holden	b IG Holland	7	13	0	0	53.8
LBK Hollman	c OB Cox b TAR Scriven	33	69	5	0	47.8
JL du Plooy	c SG Budinger b IG Holland	0	2	0	0	0.0
RF Higgins	b IG Holland	44	98	4	0	44.9
BBA Geddes	c LJ Hill b J Hull	23	62	2	0	37.1
JLB Davies	b BGF Green	49	90	6	0	54.4
Zafar Gohar	c SG Budinger b Rehan Ahmed	36	109	4	0	33.0
TS Roland-Jones	c RK Patel b LV van Beek	29	48	4	0	60.4
N Sharma	not out	1	20	0	0	5.0
D Paterson	c TAR Scriven b IG Holland	1	3	0	0	33.3
Extras		9
Total	all out, 86.2 overs	232

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (SD Robson, 0.5 ov), 19-2 (MDE Holden, 6.3 ov), 19-3 (JL du Plooy, 6.5 ov), 56-4 (LBK Hollman, 22.1 ov), 101-5 (RF Higgins, 38.2 ov), 124-6 (BBA Geddes, 46.4 ov), 198-7 (JLB Davies, 72.1 ov), 206-8 (Zafar Gohar, 77.6 ov), 231-9 (TS Roland-Jones, 85.3 ov), 232-10 (D Paterson, 86.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
IG Holland	20.2	4	35	5	1.72	101	0	2
LV van Beek	16	2	51	1	3.19	67	0	0
J Hull	10	1	33	1	3.30	38	1	0
TAR Scriven	14	0	47	1	3.36	58	0	0
BGF Green	18	5	47	1	2.61	83	0	0
Rehan Ahmed	8	2	13	1	1.63	38	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	0	5	SD Robson 0, MDE Holden 0
2	19	34	MDE Holden 7, LBK Hollman 12
3	0	2	LBK Hollman 0, JL du Plooy 0
4	37	92	LBK Hollman 21, RF Higgins 16
5	45	97	RF Higgins 28, BBA Geddes 16
6	23	50	BBA Geddes 7, JLB Davies 15
7	74	153	JLB Davies 34, Zafar Gohar 33
8	8	35	Zafar Gohar 3, TS Roland-Jones 5
9	25	45	TS Roland-Jones 24, N Sharma 1
10	1	5	N Sharma 0, D Paterson 1

Leicestershire 1st innings 274 (96.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RK Patel	lbw b RF Higgins	6	19	0	0	31.6
SG Budinger	b D Paterson	29	52	3	1	55.8
Rehan Ahmed	b TS Roland-Jones	20	42	2	0	47.6
LJ Hill	b TS Roland-Jones	12	23	1	0	52.2
PSP Handscomb	c JL du Plooy b Zafar Gohar	87	202	8	0	43.1
IG Holland	b Zafar Gohar	37	115	3	0	32.2
OB Cox	lbw b Zafar Gohar	0	14	0	0	0.0
LV van Beek	lbw b Zafar Gohar	4	28	0	0	14.3
BGF Green	lbw b RF Higgins	36	47	7	1	76.6
TAR Scriven	b N Sharma	16	29	1	0	55.2
J Hull	not out	2	14	0	0	14.3
Extras		25
Total	all out, 96.4 overs	274

Fall of wickets: 22-1 (RK Patel, 6.6 ov), 56-2 (SG Budinger, 15.5 ov), 70-3 (Rehan Ahmed, 20.2 ov), 81-4 (LJ Hill, 24.5 ov), 174-5 (IG Holland, 65.3 ov), 184-6 (OB Cox, 69.5 ov), 196-7 (LV van Beek, 75.4 ov), 255-8 (PSP Handscomb, 89.1 ov), 257-9 (BGF Green, 90.4 ov), 274-10 (TAR Scriven, 96.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	20	7	46	2	2.30	97	0
D Paterson	19	4	51	1	2.68	91	6
RF Higgins	16	0	46	2	2.88	69	0
N Sharma	12.4	0	56	1	4.42	49	0
Zafar Gohar	20	6	34	4	1.70	99	4
LBK Hollman	9	1	26	0	2.89	42	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	22	42	RK Patel 6, SG Budinger 14
2	34	53	SG Budinger 15, Rehan Ahmed 13
3	14	27	Rehan Ahmed 7, LJ Hill 7
4	11	27	LJ Hill 5, PSP Handscomb 6
5	93	244	PSP Handscomb 52, IG Holland 37
6	10	26	PSP Handscomb 8, OB Cox 0
7	12	35	PSP Handscomb 6, LV van Beek 4
8	59	81	PSP Handscomb 15, BGF Green 36
9	2	9	BGF Green 0, TAR Scriven 2
10	17	36	TAR Scriven 14, J Hull 2

Middlesex 2nd innings 143 (57.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MDE Holden	lbw b TAR Scriven	18	64	0	0	28.1
SD Robson	lbw b BGF Green	23	55	3	0	41.8
LBK Hollman	b BGF Green	42	107	5	0	39.3
JL du Plooy	lbw b LV van Beek	4	21	0	0	19.0
RF Higgins	c PSP Handscomb b LV van Beek	0	1	0	0	0.0
BBA Geddes	c RK Patel b IG Holland	6	18	0	0	33.3
JLB Davies	b LV van Beek	1	5	0	0	20.0
Zafar Gohar	b BGF Green	14	47	1	0	29.8
TS Roland-Jones	not out	16	13	3	0	123.1
N Sharma	lbw b Rehan Ahmed	1	15	0	0	6.7
D Paterson	b Rehan Ahmed	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras		18
Total	all out, 57.5 overs	143

Fall of wickets: 51-1 (SD Robson, 18.1 ov), 65-2 (MDE Holden, 21.6 ov), 73-3 (JL du Plooy, 29.3 ov), 73-4 (RF Higgins, 29.4 ov), 80-5 (BBA Geddes, 34.2 ov), 85-6 (JLB Davies, 37.3 ov), 125-7 (Zafar Gohar, 52.2 ov), 140-8 (LBK Hollman, 54.2 ov), 143-9 (N Sharma, 57.4 ov), 143-10 (D Paterson, 57.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
IG Holland	14	5	17	1	1.21	70	0
LV van Beek	11	2	28	3	2.55	51	1
J Hull	8	0	25	0	3.13	31	0
BGF Green	15	4	32	3	2.13	74	0
TAR Scriven	8	1	23	1	2.88	33	0
Rehan Ahmed	1.5	1	1	2	0.55	10	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	51	109	MDE Holden 15, SD Robson 23
2	14	23	MDE Holden 3, LBK Hollman 7
3	8	45	LBK Hollman 4, JL du Plooy 4
4	0	1	LBK Hollman 0, RF Higgins 0
5	7	28	LBK Hollman 1, BBA Geddes 6
6	5	19	LBK Hollman 4, JLB Davies 1
7	40	89	LBK Hollman 25, Zafar Gohar 14
8	15	12	LBK Hollman 1, TS Roland-Jones 14
9	3	20	TS Roland-Jones 2, N Sharma 1
10	0	1	TS Roland-Jones 0, D Paterson 0

Leicestershire 2nd innings 102/3 (24.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RK Patel	c MDE Holden b Zafar Gohar	20	40	2	0	50.0
SG Budinger	b D Paterson	25	22	2	1	113.6
Rehan Ahmed	c JLB Davies b N Sharma	20	24	2	0	83.3
LJ Hill	not out	23	27	2	0	85.2
PSP Handscomb	not out	14	34	1	0	41.2
Extras		0
Total	3 wickets, 24.3 overs	102

Did not bat: J Hull, OB Cox, BGF Green, IG Holland, LV van Beek, TAR Scriven

Fall of wickets: 30-1 (SG Budinger, 5.6 ov), 51-2 (RK Patel, 11.5 ov), 79-3 (Rehan Ahmed, 16.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
TS Roland-Jones	5	1	11	0	2.20	20
D Paterson	4	0	25	1	6.25	13
Zafar Gohar	8	0	33	1	4.13	28
N Sharma	6	1	24	1	4.00	22
LBK Hollman	1.3	0	9	0	6.00	3

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	30	36	RK Patel 5, SG Budinger 25
2	21	35	RK Patel 15, Rehan Ahmed 6
3	28	31	Rehan Ahmed 14, LJ Hill 14
Unbroken	23	45	LJ Hill 9, PSP Handscomb 14

Match details

Toss: Leicestershire, chose to field
Ground: Lord's, England & Wales
Season: 2025
Umpires: RA Kettleborough, RJ Bailey
Match referee: DA Cosker
Source: Cricsheet match 1461916