MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2025

Middlesex v Gloucestershire

Group 2, match 42 · College Ground, Cheltenham · 29 Jul 2025 – 1 Aug 2025

Match drawn Rain likely

Middlesex 1st innings445108.5 overs

Gloucestershire 1st innings404/988.4 overs

Middlesex 1st innings 445 (108.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	c OJ Price b MD Taylor	4	9	1	0	44.4
JM De Caires	lbw b BG Charlesworth	58	94	11	0	61.7
MDE Holden	c James Bracey b MD Taylor	14	38	2	0	36.8
KS Williamson	c CT Bancroft b T Murphy	153	183	18	2	83.6
JL du Plooy	lbw b MD Taylor	57	86	6	0	66.3
RF Higgins	c James Bracey b GL van Buuren	28	46	4	0	60.9
BBA Geddes	c BG Charlesworth b Zaman Akhter	44	72	6	1	61.1
JB Cracknell	lbw b T Murphy	0	3	0	0	0.0
LBK Hollman	not out	60	95	8	1	63.2
TG Helm	lbw b T Murphy	13	26	2	0	50.0
NB Cornwell	b Zaman Akhter	0	6	0	0	0.0
Extras		14
Total	all out, 108.5 overs	445

Fall of wickets: 10-1 (SD Robson, 2.2 ov), 54-2 (MDE Holden, 14.3 ov), 117-3 (JM De Caires, 30.6 ov), 268-4 (JL du Plooy, 59.2 ov), 323-5 (RF Higgins, 74.2 ov), 325-6 (KS Williamson, 77.2 ov), 325-7 (JB Cracknell, 77.5 ov), 413-8 (BBA Geddes, 100.1 ov), 442-9 (TG Helm, 107.1 ov), 445-10 (NB Cornwell, 108.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
MD Taylor	24	2	88	3	3.67	106	6
J Shaw	19	3	84	0	4.42	78	0
T Murphy	31	5	106	3	3.42	124	0
Zaman Akhter	16.5	0	83	2	4.93	58	4
BG Charlesworth	5	0	20	1	4.00	22	0
GL van Buuren	13	1	60	1	4.62	49	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	10	14	SD Robson 4, JM De Caires 4
2	44	73	JM De Caires 29, MDE Holden 14
3	63	99	JM De Caires 25, KS Williamson 31
4	151	170	KS Williamson 93, JL du Plooy 57
5	55	90	KS Williamson 27, RF Higgins 28
6	2	18	KS Williamson 2, BBA Geddes 0
7	0	3	BBA Geddes 0, JB Cracknell 0
8	88	134	BBA Geddes 44, LBK Hollman 44
9	29	42	LBK Hollman 15, TG Helm 13
10	3	10	LBK Hollman 1, NB Cornwell 0

Gloucestershire 1st innings 404/9 (88.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	b NB Cornwell	58	109	10	0	53.2
BG Charlesworth	b JM De Caires	18	33	3	0	54.5
JP Phillips	c NB Cornwell b RF Higgins	136	182	19	0	74.7
OJ Price	c JB Cracknell b SD Robson	34	59	5	0	57.6
Miles Hammond	c JL du Plooy b RF Higgins	71	81	5	2	87.7
James Bracey	c TG Helm b JM De Caires	4	9	0	0	44.4
GL van Buuren	c RF Higgins b LBK Hollman	11	14	1	0	78.6
Zaman Akhter	c TG Helm b LBK Hollman	8	9	1	0	88.9
T Murphy	not out	24	22	3	0	109.1
MD Taylor	c JB Cracknell b NB Cornwell	10	9	2	0	111.1
J Shaw	not out	13	7	0	1	185.7
Extras		17
Total	9 wickets, 88.4 overs	404

Fall of wickets: 36-1 (BG Charlesworth, 11.1 ov), 126-2 (CT Bancroft, 38.4 ov), 216-3 (OJ Price, 57.6 ov), 282-4 (JP Phillips, 70.1 ov), 299-5 (James Bracey, 73.5 ov), 314-6 (GL van Buuren, 76.5 ov), 338-7 (Zaman Akhter, 80.6 ov), 369-8 (Miles Hammond, 84.4 ov), 383-9 (MD Taylor, 86.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
TG Helm	15	1	41	0	2.73	68	1	0
NB Cornwell	11.4	1	55	2	4.71	44	0	0
RF Higgins	19	2	79	2	4.16	77	1	2
JM De Caires	27	2	113	2	4.19	104	0	2
LBK Hollman	9	0	61	2	6.78	23	0	0
SD Robson	7	0	44	1	6.29	19	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	36	67	CT Bancroft 18, BG Charlesworth 18
2	90	165	CT Bancroft 40, JP Phillips 49
3	90	116	JP Phillips 53, OJ Price 34
4	66	73	JP Phillips 34, Miles Hammond 30
5	17	22	Miles Hammond 9, James Bracey 4
6	15	18	Miles Hammond 4, GL van Buuren 11
7	24	25	Miles Hammond 16, Zaman Akhter 8
8	31	22	Miles Hammond 12, T Murphy 19
9	14	13	T Murphy 3, MD Taylor 10
Unbroken	21	11	T Murphy 2, J Shaw 13

Match details

Toss: Middlesex, chose to bat
Ground: College Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2025
Umpires: N Pratt, S Redfern
Match referee: JJ Swift
Rain: Draw with only 197.3 of ~360 overs bowled (55%)
Source: Cricsheet match 1461935