MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2025

Middlesex v Northamptonshire

Group 2, match 38 · Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood · 22 Jul 2025 – 25 Jul 2025

Middlesex won by an innings and 107 runs

Middlesex 1st innings625/8d146 overs

Northamptonshire 1st innings26181.3 overs

Northamptonshire 2nd innings25790 overs

Middlesex 1st innings 625/8d (146 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	c LD McManus b BW Sanderson	57	108	8	0	52.8
MDE Holden	lbw b BW Sanderson	151	282	19	1	53.5
KS Williamson	lbw b L Guthrie	114	159	14	1	71.7
JL du Plooy	not out	105	152	10	1	69.1
RF Higgins	lbw b SA Zaib	35	45	5	0	77.8
BBA Geddes	b SA Zaib	0	1	0	0	0.0
JB Cracknell	c L Guthrie b DJ Leech	73	98	9	2	74.5
Zafar Gohar	c YS Chahal b DJ Leech	0	5	0	0	0.0
TS Roland-Jones	st LD McManus b SA Zaib	7	18	1	0	38.9
TG Helm	not out	30	34	2	2	88.2
Extras		53
Total	8 wickets declared, 146 overs	625

Did not bat: NB Cornwell

Fall of wickets: 122-1 (SD Robson, 33.5 ov), 361-2 (MDE Holden, 87.6 ov), 361-3 (KS Williamson, 88.2 ov), 428-4 (RF Higgins, 101.4 ov), 428-5 (BBA Geddes, 101.5 ov), 552-6 (JB Cracknell, 129.4 ov), 560-7 (Zafar Gohar, 131.4 ov), 573-8 (TS Roland-Jones, 136.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
L Guthrie	21	3	114	1	5.43	76	1	6
BW Sanderson	24	5	75	2	3.13	114	0	14
DJ Leech	29	1	144	2	4.97	112	0	16
YS Chahal	43	3	175	0	4.07	174	0	16
RI Keogh	11	2	31	0	2.82	47	0	0
SA Zaib	15	1	70	3	4.67	52	0	0
GA Bartlett	3	0	16	0	5.33	11	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	122	203	SD Robson 57, MDE Holden 42
2	239	325	MDE Holden 109, KS Williamson 114
3	0	2	KS Williamson 0, JL du Plooy 0
4	67	80	JL du Plooy 30, RF Higgins 35
5	0	1	JL du Plooy 0, BBA Geddes 0
6	124	167	JL du Plooy 39, JB Cracknell 73
7	8	12	JL du Plooy 8, Zafar Gohar 0
8	13	32	JL du Plooy 6, TS Roland-Jones 7
Unbroken	52	54	JL du Plooy 22, TG Helm 30

Northamptonshire 1st innings 261 (81.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
R Vasconcelos	c JL du Plooy b RF Higgins	19	47	3	0	40.4
LD McManus	lbw b RF Higgins	39	49	8	0	79.6
A Sharma	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	33	51	5	1	64.7
JJG Sales	c RF Higgins b Zafar Gohar	2	10	0	0	20.0
GA Bartlett	c RF Higgins b TG Helm	26	67	4	0	38.8
SA Zaib	b NB Cornwell	82	159	8	1	51.6
RI Keogh	c JB Cracknell b NB Cornwell	18	36	1	0	50.0
DJ Leech	c KS Williamson b RF Higgins	23	65	4	0	35.4
BW Sanderson	lbw b RF Higgins	0	1	0	0	0.0
L Guthrie	not out	0	7	0	0	0.0
YS Chahal	b NB Cornwell	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras		19
Total	all out, 81.3 overs	261

Fall of wickets: 54-1 (R Vasconcelos, 14.5 ov), 63-2 (LD McManus, 16.5 ov), 66-3 (JJG Sales, 19.3 ov), 114-4 (A Sharma, 32.6 ov), 138-5 (GA Bartlett, 41.4 ov), 193-6 (RI Keogh, 58.3 ov), 257-7 (DJ Leech, 76.5 ov), 257-8 (BW Sanderson, 76.6 ov), 261-9 (SA Zaib, 81.2 ov), 261-10 (YS Chahal, 81.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	15	3	33	1	2.20	73	0	0
NB Cornwell	11.3	2	48	3	4.17	48	0	0
TG Helm	16	1	50	1	3.13	73	1	0
RF Higgins	16	2	51	4	3.19	72	1	6
Zafar Gohar	10	3	24	1	2.40	48	0	0
SD Robson	9	0	22	0	2.44	41	0	2
JL du Plooy	4	1	24	0	6.00	14	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	54	89	R Vasconcelos 19, LD McManus 33
2	9	12	LD McManus 6, A Sharma 1
3	3	16	A Sharma 1, JJG Sales 2
4	48	81	A Sharma 31, GA Bartlett 16
5	24	52	GA Bartlett 10, SA Zaib 13
6	55	101	SA Zaib 31, RI Keogh 18
7	64	110	SA Zaib 34, DJ Leech 23
8	0	1	SA Zaib 0, BW Sanderson 0
9	4	26	SA Zaib 4, L Guthrie 0
10	0	1	L Guthrie 0, YS Chahal 0

Northamptonshire 2nd innings 257 (90 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
R Vasconcelos	lbw b RF Higgins	9	15	2	0	60.0
LD McManus	b TS Roland-Jones	30	69	5	0	43.5
A Sharma	b RF Higgins	0	1	0	0	0.0
JJG Sales	b TS Roland-Jones	26	34	5	0	76.5
GA Bartlett	c TS Roland-Jones b TG Helm	9	20	1	0	45.0
SA Zaib	c JB Cracknell b TG Helm	44	77	7	0	57.1
RI Keogh	not out	61	192	8	0	31.8
DJ Leech	b NB Cornwell	14	33	3	0	42.4
BW Sanderson	c RF Higgins b BBA Geddes	12	62	1	0	19.4
L Guthrie	c JB Cracknell b RF Higgins	8	18	2	0	44.4
YS Chahal	b NB Cornwell	20	19	5	0	105.3
Extras		24
Total	all out, 90 overs	257

Fall of wickets: 10-1 (R Vasconcelos, 4.1 ov), 10-2 (A Sharma, 4.2 ov), 50-3 (JJG Sales, 14.6 ov), 75-4 (LD McManus, 22.4 ov), 75-5 (GA Bartlett, 23.3 ov), 138-6 (SA Zaib, 51.1 ov), 170-7 (DJ Leech, 59.4 ov), 195-8 (BW Sanderson, 76.3 ov), 210-9 (L Guthrie, 82.6 ov), 257-10 (YS Chahal, 89.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
RF Higgins	22	8	54	3	2.45	110	1
NB Cornwell	16	3	63	2	3.94	70	0
TS Roland-Jones	20	4	47	2	2.35	96	0
TG Helm	18	5	61	2	3.39	89	10
SD Robson	11	1	13	0	1.18	53	0
JL du Plooy	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0
BBA Geddes	2	0	5	1	2.50	10	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	10	25	R Vasconcelos 9, LD McManus 1
2	0	1	LD McManus 0, A Sharma 0
3	40	64	LD McManus 13, JJG Sales 26
4	25	46	LD McManus 16, GA Bartlett 9
5	0	5	GA Bartlett 0, SA Zaib 0
6	63	166	SA Zaib 44, RI Keogh 15
7	32	51	RI Keogh 8, DJ Leech 14
8	25	101	RI Keogh 9, BW Sanderson 12
9	15	39	RI Keogh 2, L Guthrie 8
10	47	42	RI Keogh 27, YS Chahal 20

Match details

Toss: Northamptonshire, chose to field
Ground: Merchant Taylors' School Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2025
Umpires: AC Harris, Hassan Adnan
Match referee: Wayne Noon
Source: Cricsheet match 1461931