MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2025

Middlesex v Northamptonshire

Group 2, match 29 · County Ground, Northampton · 22 Jun 2025 – 25 Jun 2025

Northamptonshire won by 4 wickets

Middlesex 1st innings413101 overs

Northamptonshire 1st innings435125.2 overs

Middlesex 2nd innings332/8d78 overs

Northamptonshire 2nd innings313/662.3 overs

Middlesex 1st innings 413 (101 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	c CG Harrison b L Guthrie	14	24	3	0	58.3
JM De Caires	c J Broad b L Guthrie	2	3	0	0	66.7
MDE Holden	lbw b L Guthrie	16	9	3	0	177.8
JL du Plooy	c RI Keogh b L Guthrie	66	95	10	0	69.5
RF Higgins	lbw b J Broad	25	43	2	0	58.1
BBA Geddes	c LD McManus b J Broad	27	50	4	0	54.0
JB Cracknell	c CG Harrison b L Guthrie	112	173	11	1	64.7
LBK Hollman	c L Pope b L Guthrie	51	86	8	0	59.3
Zafar Gohar	c R Vasconcelos b L Guthrie	34	62	4	0	54.8
TS Roland-Jones	not out	42	58	8	0	72.4
TG Helm	b L Pope	0	5	0	0	0.0
Extras		24
Total	all out, 101 overs	413

Fall of wickets: 6-1 (JM De Caires, 1.3 ov), 24-2 (MDE Holden, 3.5 ov), 33-3 (SD Robson, 7.6 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, 100.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
LA Procter	17	4	59	0	3.47	77	2	0
L Guthrie	21	2	94	7	4.48	84	1	0
TB Robinson	1	0	8	0	8.00	5	0	2
RI Keogh	12	1	42	0	3.50	49	0	0
J Broad	17	1	81	2	4.76	65	0	0
L Pope	13	2	53	1	4.08	49	1	2
CG Harrison	18	3	57	0	3.17	76	0	0
SA Zaib	2	0	3	0	1.50	9	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	6	9	SD Robson 4, JM De Caires 2
2	18	14	SD Robson 2, MDE Holden 16
3	9	25	SD Robson 8, JL du Plooy 1
4	62	80	JL du Plooy 32, RF Higgins 25
5	60	85	JL du Plooy 33, BBA Geddes 23
6	5	18	BBA Geddes 4, JB Cracknell 0
7	103	173	JB Cracknell 51, LBK Hollman 51
8	81	110	JB Cracknell 42, Zafar Gohar 34
9	68	84	JB Cracknell 19, TS Roland-Jones 42
10	1	8	TS Roland-Jones 0, TG Helm 0

Northamptonshire 1st innings 435 (125.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
R Vasconcelos	c JL du Plooy b Zafar Gohar	34	64	5	0	53.1
LA Procter	c BBA Geddes b Zafar Gohar	62	130	7	0	47.7
CG Harrison	c JB Cracknell b Zafar Gohar	20	30	2	1	66.7
JJG Sales	lbw b LBK Hollman	4	13	0	0	30.8
TB Robinson	lbw b Zafar Gohar	43	92	6	0	46.7
SA Zaib	c JM De Caires b Zafar Gohar	102	170	13	0	60.0
LD McManus	c JB Cracknell b RF Higgins	71	115	9	0	61.7
J Broad	b SD Robson	70	81	10	0	86.4
RI Keogh	b RF Higgins	0	1	0	0	0.0
L Guthrie	c Zafar Gohar b RF Higgins	0	1	0	0	0.0
L Pope	not out	11	60	2	0	18.3
Extras		18
Total	all out, 125.2 overs	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, 99.6 ov), 350-7 (LD McManus, 102.6 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	Dots	Wd	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	13	3	44	0	3.38	55	0	0
TG Helm	24	0	94	0	3.92	98	1	0
Zafar Gohar	42	11	121	5	2.88	193	0	2
RF Higgins	14	2	48	3	3.43	63	0	8
JM De Caires	14	2	42	0	3.00	57	0	0
LBK Hollman	15	0	68	1	4.53	53	0	0
SD Robson	3.2	0	11	1	3.30	13	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	69	115	R Vasconcelos 34, LA Procter 34
2	34	62	LA Procter 14, CG Harrison 20
3	9	31	LA Procter 5, JJG Sales 4
4	20	53	LA Procter 9, TB Robinson 11
5	65	120	TB Robinson 32, SA Zaib 29
6	145	219	SA Zaib 73, LD McManus 66
7	8	18	LD McManus 5, J Broad 1
8	0	7	J Broad 0, RI Keogh 0
9	0	1	J Broad 0, L Guthrie 0
10	85	126	J Broad 69, L Pope 11

Middlesex 2nd innings 332/8d (78 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM De Caires	c CG Harrison b L Guthrie	87	144	12	0	60.4
SD Robson	lbw b CG Harrison	48	59	7	0	81.4
MDE Holden	b L Guthrie	54	104	6	0	51.9
JL du Plooy	c LD McManus b RI Keogh	28	51	3	0	54.9
RF Higgins	b CG Harrison	44	51	4	1	86.3
BBA Geddes	c R Vasconcelos b CG Harrison	24	30	0	0	80.0
LBK Hollman	c SA Zaib b L Pope	10	12	0	0	83.3
JB Cracknell	not out	13	9	0	1	144.4
Zafar Gohar	c R Vasconcelos b CG Harrison	9	8	0	0	112.5
TS Roland-Jones	not out	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras		15
Total	8 wickets declared, 78 overs	332

Did not bat: TG Helm

Fall of wickets: 89-1 (SD Robson, 20.6 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	Dots	Wd	Nb
L Guthrie	13	1	60	2	4.62	46	0	0
LA Procter	7	0	32	0	4.57	24	1	2
L Pope	11	1	48	1	4.36	35	0	0
CG Harrison	25	0	107	4	4.28	88	0	0
RI Keogh	16	3	55	1	3.44	68	0	0
SA Zaib	6	0	18	0	3.00	24	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	89	126	JM De Caires 35, SD Robson 48
2	65	103	JM De Caires 52, MDE Holden 13
3	48	84	MDE Holden 20, JL du Plooy 28
4	46	76	MDE Holden 21, RF Higgins 23
5	46	42	RF Higgins 21, BBA Geddes 22
6	3	10	BBA Geddes 2, LBK Hollman 1
7	24	16	LBK Hollman 9, JB Cracknell 11
8	11	10	JB Cracknell 2, Zafar Gohar 9
Unbroken	0	1	JB Cracknell 0, TS Roland-Jones 0

Northamptonshire 2nd innings 313/6 (62.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
R Vasconcelos	c LBK Hollman b TS Roland-Jones	11	19	2	0	57.9
LA Procter	b SD Robson	107	137	14	0	78.1
CG Harrison	lbw b RF Higgins	24	55	1	1	43.6
JJG Sales	c RF Higgins b SD Robson	108	120	12	2	90.0
TB Robinson	c BBA Geddes b TS Roland-Jones	17	18	2	0	94.4
SA Zaib	c TG Helm b LBK Hollman	17	22	3	0	77.3
LD McManus	not out	4	4	1	0	100.0
J Broad	not out	10	5	2	0	200.0
Extras		15
Total	6 wickets, 62.3 overs	313

Did not bat: L Pope, L Guthrie, RI Keogh

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	Dots	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	13	2	48	2	3.69	56	0
TG Helm	11	0	49	0	4.45	39	0
Zafar Gohar	20	0	99	0	4.95	67	2
RF Higgins	5	1	28	1	5.60	20	4
JM De Caires	5	0	20	0	4.00	21	2
LBK Hollman	3.3	0	22	1	6.29	10	2
SD Robson	5	0	42	2	8.40	9	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	24	40	R Vasconcelos 11, LA Procter 13
2	59	89	LA Procter 28, CG Harrison 24
3	156	160	LA Procter 66, JJG Sales 82
4	25	32	JJG Sales 8, TB Robinson 17
5	35	44	JJG Sales 18, SA Zaib 17
6	0	2	JJG Sales 0, LD McManus 0
Unbroken	14	8	LD McManus 4, J Broad 10

Match details

Toss: Middlesex, chose to bat
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2025
Umpires: Chris Watts, Hassan Adnan
Match referee: SG Hinks
Source: Cricsheet match 1461922