MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Lancashire v Middlesex

Group 2, match 20 · Old Trafford, Manchester · 8 May 2026 – 10 May 2026

Middlesex won by 6 wickets

Lancashire 1st innings20167.2 overs

Middlesex 1st innings16943.2 overs

Lancashire 2nd innings8438.4 overs

Middlesex 2nd innings117/421.5 overs

Lancashire 1st innings 201 (67.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GP Balderson	lbw b RF Higgins	8	11	2	0	72.7
KK Jennings	c JB Cracknell b TS Roland-Jones	67	148	7	1	45.3
JJ Bohannon	c JB Cracknell b RF Higgins	15	48	2	0	31.3
MS Harris	c N Sharma b TS Roland-Jones	5	11	1	0	45.5
MA Jones	b SHB Morgan	27	45	1	0	60.0
MF Hurst	c RF Higgins b N Sharma	7	24	1	0	29.2
CJ Green	b SHB Morgan	35	75	2	0	46.7
TW Hartley	c JB Cracknell b RF Higgins	3	10	0	0	30.0
TE Bailey	c JB Cracknell b SHB Morgan	11	20	0	0	55.0
MT Stanley	b TS Roland-Jones	1	10	0	0	10.0
JM Anderson	not out	3	4	0	0	75.0
Extras		19
Total	all out, 67.2 overs	201

Fall of wickets: 9-1 (GP Balderson, 1.6 ov), 65-2 (JJ Bohannon, 23.1 ov), 74-3 (MS Harris, 26.2 ov), 115-4 (MA Jones, 39.5 ov), 128-5 (MF Hurst, 44.5 ov), 151-6 (KK Jennings, 50.6 ov), 164-7 (TW Hartley, 55.3 ov), 188-8 (TE Bailey, 63.1 ov), 197-9 (MT Stanley, 66.1 ov), 201-10 (CJ Green, 67.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	17	2	45	3	2.65	72	0
RF Higgins	19	3	48	3	2.53	85	0
N Sharma	17	2	52	1	3.06	74	0
SHB Morgan	14.2	4	41	3	2.86	64	4

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	9	12	GP Balderson 8, KK Jennings 1
2	56	127	KK Jennings 38, JJ Bohannon 15
3	9	19	KK Jennings 3, MS Harris 5
4	41	81	KK Jennings 13, MA Jones 27
5	13	30	KK Jennings 4, MF Hurst 7
6	23	37	KK Jennings 8, CJ Green 13
7	13	27	CJ Green 6, TW Hartley 3
8	24	46	CJ Green 11, TE Bailey 11
9	9	18	CJ Green 4, MT Stanley 1
10	4	7	CJ Green 1, JM Anderson 3

Middlesex 1st innings 169 (43.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	c MA Jones b JM Anderson	6	13	1	0	46.2
BBA Geddes	c & b JM Anderson	12	26	2	0	46.2
MDE Holden	b JM Anderson	5	10	1	0	50.0
JL du Plooy	c MA Jones b GP Balderson	67	89	7	1	75.3
CM Falconer	lbw b TE Bailey	11	20	1	0	55.0
RF Higgins	c JM Anderson b GP Balderson	32	30	3	1	106.7
HG Duke	c MF Hurst b JM Anderson	3	16	0	0	18.8
Zafar Gohar	c MT Stanley b TE Bailey	4	5	1	0	80.0
SHB Morgan	c MF Hurst b MT Stanley	15	48	2	0	31.3
TS Roland-Jones	c MF Hurst b GP Balderson	0	4	0	0	0.0
N Sharma	not out	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras		14
Total	all out, 43.2 overs	169

Did not bat: JB Cracknell

Fall of wickets: 12-1 (SD Robson, 4.1 ov), 24-2 (MDE Holden, 6.2 ov), 39-3 (BBA Geddes, 10.1 ov), 64-4 (CM Falconer, 15.3 ov), 108-5 (RF Higgins, 23.3 ov), 119-6 (HG Duke, 28.4 ov), 124-7 (Zafar Gohar, 29.6 ov), 169-8 (JL du Plooy, 41.4 ov), 169-9 (SHB Morgan, 42.3 ov), 169-10 (TS Roland-Jones, 43.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JM Anderson	16	1	67	4	4.19	65	0
TE Bailey	16	1	49	2	3.06	73	6
MT Stanley	7	1	28	1	4.00	23	0
GP Balderson	4.2	0	19	3	4.38	19	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	12	25	SD Robson 6, BBA Geddes 4
2	12	13	BBA Geddes 5, MDE Holden 5
3	15	23	BBA Geddes 3, JL du Plooy 12
4	25	32	JL du Plooy 10, CM Falconer 11
5	44	48	JL du Plooy 12, RF Higgins 32
6	11	31	JL du Plooy 8, HG Duke 3
7	5	8	JL du Plooy 1, Zafar Gohar 4
8	45	70	JL du Plooy 24, SHB Morgan 15
9	0	5	SHB Morgan 0, TS Roland-Jones 0
10	0	5	TS Roland-Jones 0, N Sharma 0

Lancashire 2nd innings 84 (38.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GP Balderson	c HG Duke b RF Higgins	15	37	3	0	40.5
KK Jennings	c SD Robson b RF Higgins	18	49	3	0	36.7
MT Stanley	b TS Roland-Jones	8	51	1	0	15.7
JJ Bohannon	c SD Robson b RF Higgins	2	4	0	0	50.0
MS Harris	c HG Duke b RF Higgins	1	16	0	0	6.3
MA Jones	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	10	21	1	0	47.6
MF Hurst	c RF Higgins b N Sharma	7	27	0	0	25.9
CJ Green	c TS Roland-Jones b N Sharma	5	25	1	0	20.0
TW Hartley	c HG Duke b N Sharma	0	1	0	0	0.0
TE Bailey	c JL du Plooy b N Sharma	4	4	1	0	100.0
JM Anderson	not out	0	0	0	0	–
Extras		14
Total	all out, 38.4 overs	84

Fall of wickets: 39-1 (GP Balderson, 13.3 ov), 40-2 (KK Jennings, 15.2 ov), 42-3 (JJ Bohannon, 15.6 ov), 48-4 (MS Harris, 21.6 ov), 63-5 (MA Jones, 28.4 ov), 64-6 (MT Stanley, 30.2 ov), 77-7 (MF Hurst, 36.1 ov), 77-8 (TW Hartley, 36.2 ov), 81-9 (TE Bailey, 36.6 ov), 84-10 (CJ Green, 38.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	12	4	20	2	1.67	63	1	0
RF Higgins	17	7	27	4	1.59	85	0	2
N Sharma	4.4	1	17	4	3.64	23	0	0
SHB Morgan	5	1	13	0	2.60	24	0	4

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	39	81	GP Balderson 15, KK Jennings 17
2	1	11	KK Jennings 1, MT Stanley 0
3	2	4	MT Stanley 0, JJ Bohannon 2
4	6	36	MT Stanley 3, MS Harris 1
5	15	40	MT Stanley 5, MA Jones 10
6	1	10	MT Stanley 0, MF Hurst 0
7	13	35	MF Hurst 7, CJ Green 4
8	0	1	CJ Green 0, TW Hartley 0
9	4	4	CJ Green 0, TE Bailey 4
10	3	10	CJ Green 1, JM Anderson 0

Middlesex 2nd innings 117/4 (21.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	c TE Bailey b GP Balderson	14	18	2	0	77.8
BBA Geddes	not out	73	70	6	3	104.3
MDE Holden	c MF Hurst b MT Stanley	9	12	1	0	75.0
JL du Plooy	c MF Hurst b MT Stanley	1	2	0	0	50.0
CM Falconer	c MF Hurst b GP Balderson	0	1	0	0	0.0
RF Higgins	not out	7	32	0	0	21.9
Extras		13
Total	4 wickets, 21.5 overs	117

Did not bat: HG Duke, TS Roland-Jones, N Sharma, Zafar Gohar, SHB Morgan, JB Cracknell

Fall of wickets: 36-1 (SD Robson, 6.1 ov), 57-2 (MDE Holden, 9.1 ov), 63-3 (JL du Plooy, 9.6 ov), 64-4 (CM Falconer, 10.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JM Anderson	4	1	16	0	4.00	16	0
TE Bailey	4.5	0	38	0	7.86	15	8
GP Balderson	8	1	23	2	2.88	34	0
MT Stanley	5	0	35	2	7.00	16	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	36	37	SD Robson 14, BBA Geddes 13
2	21	18	BBA Geddes 12, MDE Holden 9
3	6	5	BBA Geddes 5, JL du Plooy 1
4	1	3	BBA Geddes 1, CM Falconer 0
Unbroken	53	68	BBA Geddes 42, RF Higgins 7

Match details

Toss: Middlesex, chose to field
Ground: Old Trafford, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: GD Lloyd, Naeem Ashraf
Match referee: IN Ramage
Source: Cricsheet match 1513415