MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Middlesex v Gloucestershire

Group 2, match 2 · Lord's, London · 3 Apr 2026 – 6 Apr 2026

Middlesex won by an innings and 14 runs

Middlesex 1st innings445/9d131 overs

Gloucestershire 1st innings21687 overs

Gloucestershire 2nd innings215112.3 overs

Middlesex 1st innings 445/9d (131 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	lbw b WSA Williams	33	89	3	0	37.1
JM De Caires	c James Bracey b MD Taylor	12	51	1	0	23.5
MDE Holden	b WSA Williams	32	95	3	0	33.7
JL du Plooy	b Miles Hammond	182	274	17	1	66.4
BBA Geddes	c James Bracey b OJ Price	25	44	2	1	56.8
RF Higgins	c OJ Price b GT Bell	5	17	0	0	29.4
JB Cracknell	b GL van Buuren	97	143	14	0	67.8
Zafar Gohar	c JP Phillips b OJ Price	26	45	4	0	57.8
SHB Morgan	not out	14	21	2	0	66.7
TS Roland-Jones	lbw b Miles Hammond	1	3	0	0	33.3
N Sharma	not out	2	4	0	0	50.0
Extras		16
Total	9 wickets declared, 131 overs	445

Fall of wickets: 40-1 (JM De Caires, 19.4 ov), 51-2 (SD Robson, 25.1 ov), 135-3 (MDE Holden, 49.6 ov), 182-4 (BBA Geddes, 61.3 ov), 194-5 (RF Higgins, 65.6 ov), 375-6 (JB Cracknell, 110.4 ov), 419-7 (Zafar Gohar, 122.5 ov), 435-8 (JL du Plooy, 129.1 ov), 437-9 (TS Roland-Jones, 129.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
WSA Williams	29	3	75	2	2.59	129	0
GT Bell	26	8	68	1	2.62	119	0
MD Taylor	25	4	75	1	3.00	116	0
CN Miles	19	1	74	0	3.89	78	1
BG Charlesworth	7	0	46	0	6.57	18	1
GL van Buuren	13	0	51	1	3.92	41	0
OJ Price	11	0	40	2	3.64	34	0
Miles Hammond	1	0	2	2	2.00	4	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	40	118	SD Robson 22, JM De Caires 12
2	11	33	SD Robson 11, MDE Holden 0
3	84	149	MDE Holden 32, JL du Plooy 44
4	47	69	JL du Plooy 21, BBA Geddes 25
5	12	27	JL du Plooy 7, RF Higgins 5
6	181	268	JL du Plooy 83, JB Cracknell 97
7	44	73	JL du Plooy 18, Zafar Gohar 26
8	16	38	JL du Plooy 9, SHB Morgan 7
9	2	4	SHB Morgan 1, TS Roland-Jones 1
Unbroken	8	7	SHB Morgan 6, N Sharma 2

Gloucestershire 1st innings 216 (87 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	b TS Roland-Jones	6	25	0	0	24.0
BG Charlesworth	b TS Roland-Jones	9	23	1	0	39.1
JP Phillips	b TS Roland-Jones	3	22	0	0	13.6
Miles Hammond	c N Sharma b TS Roland-Jones	77	172	9	0	44.8
OJ Price	c MDE Holden b N Sharma	29	104	2	0	27.9
James Bracey	c RF Higgins b TS Roland-Jones	21	41	3	0	51.2
GL van Buuren	b Zafar Gohar	26	40	2	0	65.0
CN Miles	c N Sharma b Zafar Gohar	13	25	2	0	52.0
MD Taylor	c JL du Plooy b Zafar Gohar	0	9	0	0	0.0
WSA Williams	not out	2	36	0	0	5.6
GT Bell	c BBA Geddes b N Sharma	11	27	1	0	40.7
Extras		19
Total	all out, 87 overs	216

Fall of wickets: 16-1 (CT Bancroft, 6.4 ov), 17-2 (BG Charlesworth, 8.4 ov), 26-3 (JP Phillips, 14.6 ov), 116-4 (OJ Price, 48.4 ov), 152-5 (James Bracey, 60.6 ov), 159-6 (Miles Hammond, 64.6 ov), 180-7 (CN Miles, 71.4 ov), 198-8 (MD Taylor, 75.2 ov), 199-9 (GL van Buuren, 77.1 ov), 216-10 (GT Bell, 86.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	22	9	37	5	1.68	107	0
SHB Morgan	17	5	48	0	2.82	82	4
RF Higgins	15	5	29	0	1.93	74	0
N Sharma	13	2	39	2	3.00	58	0
Zafar Gohar	19	2	47	3	2.47	86	0
JM De Caires	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	16	40	CT Bancroft 6, BG Charlesworth 8
2	1	12	BG Charlesworth 1, JP Phillips 0
3	9	38	JP Phillips 3, Miles Hammond 4
4	90	202	Miles Hammond 55, OJ Price 29
5	36	74	Miles Hammond 14, James Bracey 21
6	7	24	Miles Hammond 4, GL van Buuren 3
7	21	40	GL van Buuren 4, CN Miles 13
8	18	22	GL van Buuren 18, MD Taylor 0
9	1	11	GL van Buuren 1, WSA Williams 0
10	17	59	WSA Williams 2, GT Bell 11

Gloucestershire 2nd innings 215 (112.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	b SHB Morgan	0	8	0	0	0.0
BG Charlesworth	b TS Roland-Jones	33	125	4	0	26.4
JP Phillips	b SHB Morgan	45	85	8	0	52.9
Miles Hammond	c JB Cracknell b SHB Morgan	21	110	1	0	19.1
OJ Price	b RF Higgins	44	158	3	0	27.8
James Bracey	lbw b SHB Morgan	0	1	0	0	0.0
GL van Buuren	b RF Higgins	15	32	2	0	46.9
CN Miles	lbw b RF Higgins	0	10	0	0	0.0
MD Taylor	not out	23	69	2	0	33.3
WSA Williams	c JB Cracknell b JM De Caires	14	61	1	0	23.0
GT Bell	b Zafar Gohar	6	19	1	0	31.6
Extras		14
Total	all out, 112.3 overs	215

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (CT Bancroft, 3.2 ov), 78-2 (JP Phillips, 32.1 ov), 93-3 (BG Charlesworth, 40.5 ov), 132-4 (Miles Hammond, 68.6 ov), 134-5 (James Bracey, 70.1 ov), 165-6 (GL van Buuren, 83.2 ov), 169-7 (CN Miles, 85.6 ov), 176-8 (OJ Price, 89.2 ov), 206-9 (WSA Williams, 107.5 ov), 215-10 (GT Bell, 112.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	22	9	46	1	2.09	111	0
SHB Morgan	20	5	48	4	2.40	97	2
N Sharma	12	3	43	0	3.58	52	0
RF Higgins	21	11	18	3	0.86	114	2
Zafar Gohar	33.3	12	47	1	1.40	171	0
JM De Caires	4	1	5	1	1.25	21	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	1	20	CT Bancroft 0, BG Charlesworth 0
2	77	173	BG Charlesworth 24, JP Phillips 45
3	15	52	BG Charlesworth 9, Miles Hammond 6
4	39	169	Miles Hammond 15, OJ Price 20
5	2	7	OJ Price 2, James Bracey 0
6	31	79	OJ Price 15, GL van Buuren 15
7	4	16	OJ Price 4, CN Miles 0
8	7	20	OJ Price 3, MD Taylor 4
9	30	111	MD Taylor 16, WSA Williams 14
10	9	28	MD Taylor 3, GT Bell 6

Match details

Toss: Gloucestershire, chose to field
Ground: Lord's, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: BJ Debenham, JD Shantry
Match referee: Wayne Noon
Source: Cricsheet match 1513397