MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Worcestershire v Middlesex

Group 2, match 5 · Lord's, London · 10 Apr 2026 – 12 Apr 2026

Worcestershire won by 57 runs

Worcestershire 1st innings19154.5 overs

Middlesex 1st innings18363.1 overs

Worcestershire 2nd innings25382.2 overs

Middlesex 2nd innings20470.3 overs

Worcestershire 1st innings 191 (54.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DH Lategan	lbw b RF Higgins	31	44	6	0	70.5
JD Libby	b SHB Morgan	0	8	0	0	0.0
Kashif Ali	b RF Higgins	14	43	0	0	32.6
AJ Hose	c JB Cracknell b N Sharma	11	18	2	0	61.1
BL D'Oliveira	c MDE Holden b SHB Morgan	75	109	10	2	68.8
GH Roderick	c JB Cracknell b N Sharma	0	6	0	0	0.0
EA Brookes	c JM De Caires b TS Roland-Jones	9	33	1	0	27.3
MJ Waite	run out (N Sharma)	0	4	0	0	0.0
TAI Taylor	c JB Cracknell b Zafar Gohar	19	30	3	0	63.3
AW Finch	b RF Higgins	14	27	2	0	51.9
OJ Hannon-Dalby	not out	1	7	0	0	14.3
Extras		17
Total	all out, 54.5 overs	191

Did not bat: BJ Gibbon

Fall of wickets: 10-1 (JD Libby, 3.2 ov), 40-2 (DH Lategan, 12.3 ov), 56-3 (AJ Hose, 17.5 ov), 60-4 (Kashif Ali, 20.2 ov), 61-5 (GH Roderick, 21.3 ov), 106-6 (EA Brookes, 36.1 ov), 106-7 (MJ Waite, 36.5 ov), 158-8 (TAI Taylor, 47.4 ov), 180-9 (BL D'Oliveira, 50.2 ov), 191-10 (AW Finch, 54.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
TS Roland-Jones	11	3	27	1	2.45	54	0
SHB Morgan	15	3	54	2	3.60	65	0
RF Higgins	13.5	4	39	3	2.82	67	0
N Sharma	11	1	45	2	4.09	45	1
Zafar Gohar	4	0	10	1	2.50	17	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	10	20	DH Lategan 10, JD Libby 0
2	30	55	DH Lategan 21, Kashif Ali 9
3	16	32	Kashif Ali 4, AJ Hose 11
4	4	15	Kashif Ali 1, BL D'Oliveira 3
5	1	7	BL D'Oliveira 1, GH Roderick 0
6	45	88	BL D'Oliveira 30, EA Brookes 9
7	0	4	BL D'Oliveira 0, MJ Waite 0
8	52	65	BL D'Oliveira 25, TAI Taylor 19
9	22	16	BL D'Oliveira 16, AW Finch 4
10	11	27	AW Finch 10, OJ Hannon-Dalby 1

Middlesex 1st innings 183 (63.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	c & b TAI Taylor	6	22	1	0	27.3
JM De Caires	c GH Roderick b OJ Hannon-Dalby	10	20	2	0	50.0
MDE Holden	c AJ Hose b TAI Taylor	25	73	3	0	34.2
JL du Plooy	c GH Roderick b AW Finch	10	21	2	0	47.6
BBA Geddes	c AJ Hose b OJ Hannon-Dalby	34	45	7	0	75.6
RF Higgins	b OJ Hannon-Dalby	2	6	0	0	33.3
JB Cracknell	c GH Roderick b OJ Hannon-Dalby	7	19	0	0	36.8
Zafar Gohar	c GH Roderick b EA Brookes	42	91	4	0	46.2
SHB Morgan	c EA Brookes b AW Finch	25	45	3	0	55.6
TS Roland-Jones	b AW Finch	16	28	0	1	57.1
N Sharma	not out	0	10	0	0	0.0
Extras		6
Total	all out, 63.1 overs	183

Fall of wickets: 16-1 (SD Robson, 6.4 ov), 16-2 (JM De Caires, 7.2 ov), 32-3 (JL du Plooy, 13.4 ov), 86-4 (BBA Geddes, 29.4 ov), 86-5 (MDE Holden, 30.3 ov), 88-6 (RF Higgins, 31.4 ov), 109-7 (JB Cracknell, 39.1 ov), 153-8 (SHB Morgan, 53.6 ov), 170-9 (Zafar Gohar, 59.2 ov), 183-10 (TS Roland-Jones, 63.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
TAI Taylor	19	6	41	2	2.16	97	2	2
OJ Hannon-Dalby	19	6	45	4	2.37	94	0	0
AW Finch	10.1	0	61	3	6.00	32	0	0
MJ Waite	11	5	23	0	2.09	52	0	0
EA Brookes	4	1	11	1	2.75	19	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	16	40	SD Robson 6, JM De Caires 10
2	0	4	JM De Caires 0, MDE Holden 0
3	16	38	MDE Holden 5, JL du Plooy 10
4	54	96	MDE Holden 20, BBA Geddes 34
5	0	5	MDE Holden 0, RF Higgins 0
6	2	7	RF Higgins 2, JB Cracknell 0
7	21	45	JB Cracknell 7, Zafar Gohar 12
8	44	89	Zafar Gohar 19, SHB Morgan 25
9	17	32	Zafar Gohar 11, TS Roland-Jones 6
10	13	23	TS Roland-Jones 10, N Sharma 0

Worcestershire 2nd innings 253 (82.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DH Lategan	b RF Higgins	65	63	10	1	103.2
JD Libby	c JM De Caires b RF Higgins	79	142	4	0	55.6
Kashif Ali	c JB Cracknell b N Sharma	34	95	4	0	35.8
AJ Hose	lbw b N Sharma	4	9	1	0	44.4
BL D'Oliveira	b TS Roland-Jones	3	24	0	0	12.5
GH Roderick	b TS Roland-Jones	18	72	1	0	25.0
EA Brookes	lbw b RF Higgins	1	21	0	0	4.8
AW Finch	b RF Higgins	0	7	0	0	0.0
MJ Waite	c SD Robson b SHB Morgan	34	57	6	0	59.6
TAI Taylor	c SHB Morgan b TS Roland-Jones	2	4	0	0	50.0
OJ Hannon-Dalby	not out	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras		13
Total	all out, 82.2 overs	253

Did not bat: BJ Gibbon

Fall of wickets: 112-1 (DH Lategan, 24.1 ov), 179-2 (JD Libby, 46.3 ov), 184-3 (AJ Hose, 49.1 ov), 193-4 (BL D'Oliveira, 54.4 ov), 195-5 (Kashif Ali, 55.5 ov), 198-6 (EA Brookes, 62.4 ov), 198-7 (AW Finch, 64.5 ov), 247-8 (GH Roderick, 80.4 ov), 253-9 (MJ Waite, 81.5 ov), 253-10 (TAI Taylor, 82.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	15.2	3	40	3	2.61	69	0
SHB Morgan	14	4	51	1	3.64	62	2
RF Higgins	24	7	68	4	2.83	112	0
N Sharma	16	5	39	2	2.44	79	0
Zafar Gohar	13	2	44	0	3.38	53	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	112	145	DH Lategan 65, JD Libby 43
2	67	134	JD Libby 36, Kashif Ali 27
3	5	16	Kashif Ali 1, AJ Hose 4
4	9	33	Kashif Ali 6, BL D'Oliveira 3
5	2	7	Kashif Ali 0, GH Roderick 2
6	3	41	GH Roderick 2, EA Brookes 1
7	0	13	GH Roderick 0, AW Finch 0
8	49	95	GH Roderick 14, MJ Waite 30
9	6	7	MJ Waite 4, TAI Taylor 2
10	0	3	TAI Taylor 0, OJ Hannon-Dalby 0

Middlesex 2nd innings 204 (70.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM De Caires	lbw b OJ Hannon-Dalby	17	35	4	0	48.6
SD Robson	lbw b MJ Waite	31	54	4	0	57.4
MDE Holden	c GH Roderick b OJ Hannon-Dalby	40	86	4	0	46.5
JL du Plooy	c & b TAI Taylor	19	28	3	0	67.9
BBA Geddes	b TAI Taylor	7	25	1	0	28.0
RF Higgins	b MJ Waite	11	35	1	0	31.4
JB Cracknell	not out	43	92	4	0	46.7
Zafar Gohar	run out (DH Lategan)	13	21	1	1	61.9
SHB Morgan	b BJ Gibbon	4	16	0	0	25.0
TS Roland-Jones	run out (EA Brookes)	16	13	2	0	123.1
N Sharma	c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor	3	18	0	0	16.7
Extras		0
Total	all out, 70.3 overs	204

Fall of wickets: 29-1 (JM De Caires, 9.4 ov), 59-2 (SD Robson, 20.2 ov), 96-3 (JL du Plooy, 31.1 ov), 114-4 (BBA Geddes, 37.5 ov), 118-5 (MDE Holden, 38.1 ov), 128-6 (RF Higgins, 47.1 ov), 150-7 (Zafar Gohar, 52.4 ov), 157-8 (SHB Morgan, 57.2 ov), 186-9 (TS Roland-Jones, 63.6 ov), 204-10 (N Sharma, 70.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
TAI Taylor	20.3	4	50	3	2.44	97
OJ Hannon-Dalby	19	7	54	2	2.84	88
MJ Waite	11	3	29	2	2.64	53
BJ Gibbon	13	1	52	1	4.00	48
EA Brookes	7	2	19	0	2.71	33

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	29	58	JM De Caires 17, SD Robson 12
2	30	64	SD Robson 19, MDE Holden 11
3	37	65	MDE Holden 18, JL du Plooy 19
4	18	40	MDE Holden 11, BBA Geddes 7
5	4	2	MDE Holden 0, RF Higgins 4
6	10	54	RF Higgins 7, JB Cracknell 3
7	22	33	JB Cracknell 9, Zafar Gohar 13
8	7	28	JB Cracknell 3, SHB Morgan 4
9	29	40	JB Cracknell 13, TS Roland-Jones 16
10	18	39	JB Cracknell 15, N Sharma 3

Match details

Toss: Middlesex, chose to field
Ground: Lord's, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: JC Tredwell, RA Kettleborough
Match referee: Phil Whitticase
Source: Cricsheet match 1513400