MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Middlesex v Northamptonshire

Group 2, match 9 · County Ground, Northampton · 17 Apr 2026 – 20 Apr 2026

Match drawn

Middlesex 1st innings34188.5 overs

Northamptonshire 1st innings409111.4 overs

Middlesex 2nd innings353/3104 overs

Middlesex 1st innings 341 (88.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	c CG Harrison b HNA Conway	13	30	2	0	43.3
JM De Caires	c JJG Sales b BW Sanderson	2	5	0	0	40.0
MDE Holden	c JJG Sales b HNA Conway	1	6	0	0	16.7
JL du Plooy	c R Vasconcelos b BW Sanderson	51	66	6	0	77.3
BBA Geddes	c CG Harrison b BW Sanderson	65	80	9	0	81.3
RF Higgins	c SA Zaib b CG Harrison	14	36	2	0	38.9
JB Cracknell	c L Guthrie b CG Harrison	79	136	9	0	58.1
Zafar Gohar	c & b HNA Conway	83	133	6	1	62.4
TS Roland-Jones	c GA Bartlett b BW Sanderson	17	19	3	0	89.5
TG Helm	c HNA Conway b BW Sanderson	5	21	0	0	23.8
N Sharma	not out	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras		11
Total	all out, 88.5 overs	341

Did not bat: LBK Hollman

Fall of wickets: 6-1 (JM De Caires, 1.5 ov), 7-2 (MDE Holden, 2.5 ov), 20-3 (SD Robson, 8.6 ov), 105-4 (JL du Plooy, 25.2 ov), 150-5 (BBA Geddes, 35.2 ov), 164-6 (RF Higgins, 40.6 ov), 304-7 (JB Cracknell, 78.4 ov), 325-8 (TS Roland-Jones, 83.1 ov), 341-9 (TG Helm, 87.4 ov), 341-10 (Zafar Gohar, 88.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
HNA Conway	20.5	2	74	3	3.55	91	0	0
BW Sanderson	19	3	62	5	3.26	83	0	2
LA Procter	8	0	36	0	4.50	30	0	0
L Guthrie	13	0	77	0	5.92	39	2	0
CG Harrison	21	2	65	2	3.10	86	0	0
JJG Sales	3	0	14	0	4.67	10	0	0
SA Zaib	3	0	5	0	1.67	13	0	0
NA McSweeney	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	6	11	SD Robson 4, JM De Caires 2
2	1	6	SD Robson 0, MDE Holden 1
3	13	37	SD Robson 9, JL du Plooy 4
4	85	98	JL du Plooy 47, BBA Geddes 33
5	45	60	BBA Geddes 32, RF Higgins 12
6	14	34	RF Higgins 2, JB Cracknell 12
7	140	226	JB Cracknell 67, Zafar Gohar 68
8	21	27	Zafar Gohar 4, TS Roland-Jones 17
9	16	27	Zafar Gohar 11, TG Helm 5
10	0	7	Zafar Gohar 0, N Sharma 0

Northamptonshire 1st innings 409 (111.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
R Vasconcelos	c JB Cracknell b TS Roland-Jones	27	29	3	0	93.1
LA Procter	lbw b TG Helm	13	26	2	0	50.0
CG Harrison	c BBA Geddes b TS Roland-Jones	0	2	0	0	0.0
NA McSweeney	c RF Higgins b TG Helm	107	191	16	0	56.0
SA Zaib	c SD Robson b N Sharma	14	47	2	0	29.8
JJG Sales	c JL du Plooy b RF Higgins	164	265	24	2	61.9
GA Bartlett	b N Sharma	1	7	0	0	14.3
LD McManus	c JB Cracknell b RF Higgins	9	34	1	0	26.5
BW Sanderson	c SD Robson b N Sharma	7	16	1	0	43.8
L Guthrie	c SD Robson b TS Roland-Jones	51	49	8	1	104.1
HNA Conway	not out	4	7	1	0	57.1
Extras		12
Total	all out, 111.4 overs	409

Fall of wickets: 30-1 (LA Procter, 7.6 ov), 37-2 (CG Harrison, 8.4 ov), 42-3 (R Vasconcelos, 10.3 ov), 98-4 (SA Zaib, 26.4 ov), 262-5 (NA McSweeney, 73.1 ov), 263-6 (GA Bartlett, 74.4 ov), 290-7 (LD McManus, 85.5 ov), 307-8 (BW Sanderson, 92.3 ov), 381-9 (L Guthrie, 106.6 ov), 409-10 (JJG Sales, 111.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	29	7	83	3	2.86	136	0
TG Helm	22	3	77	2	3.50	92	0
RF Higgins	29.4	4	105	2	3.54	138	6
N Sharma	25	5	92	3	3.68	114	0
LBK Hollman	4	0	37	0	9.25	11	0
JM De Caires	2	0	9	0	4.50	5	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	30	48	R Vasconcelos 15, LA Procter 13
2	7	4	R Vasconcelos 7, CG Harrison 0
3	5	11	R Vasconcelos 5, NA McSweeney 0
4	56	97	NA McSweeney 36, SA Zaib 14
5	164	279	NA McSweeney 71, JJG Sales 91
6	1	9	JJG Sales 0, GA Bartlett 1
7	27	67	JJG Sales 18, LD McManus 9
8	17	40	JJG Sales 8, BW Sanderson 7
9	74	87	JJG Sales 23, L Guthrie 51
10	28	28	JJG Sales 24, HNA Conway 4

Middlesex 2nd innings 353/3 (104 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM De Caires	lbw b LA Procter	15	52	2	0	28.8
SD Robson	c LD McManus b L Guthrie	162	305	21	0	53.1
MDE Holden	b CG Harrison	86	144	14	0	59.7
JL du Plooy	not out	66	118	7	0	55.9
BBA Geddes	not out	0	7	0	0	0.0
Extras		24
Total	3 wickets, 104 overs	353

Did not bat: TS Roland-Jones, TG Helm, N Sharma, Zafar Gohar, RF Higgins, LBK Hollman, JB Cracknell

Fall of wickets: 34-1 (JM De Caires, 16.6 ov), 199-2 (MDE Holden, 63.5 ov), 351-3 (SD Robson, 101.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
BW Sanderson	17	5	45	0	2.65	80	0	2
HNA Conway	15	7	17	0	1.13	78	0	0
LA Procter	12	2	49	1	4.08	51	0	2
L Guthrie	17	0	89	1	5.24	59	0	0
CG Harrison	24	2	75	1	3.13	95	0	0
NA McSweeney	3	1	17	0	5.67	8	0	0
SA Zaib	11	1	24	0	2.18	48	0	0
JJG Sales	5	0	18	0	3.60	17	1	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	34	102	JM De Caires 15, SD Robson 18
2	165	281	SD Robson 67, MDE Holden 86
3	152	227	SD Robson 77, JL du Plooy 64
Unbroken	2	14	JL du Plooy 2, BBA Geddes 0

Match details

Toss: Middlesex, chose to bat
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: S Redfern, Surendiran Shanmugam
Match referee: AM Smith
Source: Cricsheet match 1513404