MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Kent v Middlesex

Group 2, match 29 · St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury · 19 Jun 2026 – 22 Jun 2026

Kent won by 49 runs

Kent 1st innings416114.5 overs

Middlesex 1st innings443102.1 overs

Kent 2nd innings25774.4 overs

Middlesex 2nd innings18160.5 overs

Kent 1st innings 416 (114.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BJ Dawkins	c MDE Holden b SHB Morgan	50	111	10	0	45.0
BG Compton	c JB Cracknell b TG Helm	53	137	8	0	38.7
SA Northeast	b TG Helm	42	86	5	0	48.8
DJ Bell-Drummond	c JB Cracknell b TG Helm	5	15	0	0	33.3
Ekansh Singh	c JB Cracknell b SHB Morgan	17	50	2	0	34.0
CG Benjamin	c JB Cracknell b SHB Morgan	70	81	11	0	86.4
G Stewart	b SHB Morgan	48	55	5	1	87.3
KJ Dudgeon	c JL du Plooy b SHB Morgan	30	56	4	0	53.6
ME Milnes	c JB Cracknell b TG Helm	18	33	3	0	54.5
MW Parkinson	c TG Helm b TS Roland-Jones	13	35	1	1	37.1
Hasan Mahmud	not out	22	39	3	0	56.4
Extras		48
Total	all out, 114.5 overs	416

Fall of wickets: 82-1 (BJ Dawkins, 31.6 ov), 158-2 (BG Compton, 50.5 ov), 166-3 (DJ Bell-Drummond, 54.3 ov), 181-4 (SA Northeast, 58.5 ov), 241-5 (Ekansh Singh, 73.3 ov), 305-6 (CG Benjamin, 85.5 ov), 334-7 (G Stewart, 91.3 ov), 372-8 (ME Milnes, 100.4 ov), 386-9 (KJ Dudgeon, 103.4 ov), 416-10 (MW Parkinson, 114.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	18.5	4	43	1	2.28	85	0	0
TG Helm	26	6	83	4	3.19	113	0	0
SHB Morgan	26	2	104	5	4.00	113	1	10
N Sharma	22	6	74	0	3.36	97	2	6
Zafar Gohar	22	2	85	0	3.86	95	0	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	82	192	BJ Dawkins 50, BG Compton 25
2	76	113	BG Compton 28, SA Northeast 35
3	8	22	SA Northeast 1, DJ Bell-Drummond 5
4	15	26	SA Northeast 6, Ekansh Singh 3
5	60	88	Ekansh Singh 14, CG Benjamin 44
6	64	74	CG Benjamin 26, G Stewart 36
7	29	34	G Stewart 12, KJ Dudgeon 14
8	38	55	KJ Dudgeon 9, ME Milnes 18
9	14	18	KJ Dudgeon 7, MW Parkinson 5
10	30	67	MW Parkinson 8, Hasan Mahmud 22

Middlesex 1st innings 443 (102.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	lbw b ME Milnes	1	4	0	0	25.0
BBA Geddes	c G Stewart b ME Milnes	9	12	2	0	75.0
MDE Holden	c CG Benjamin b KJ Dudgeon	182	243	23	1	74.9
JL du Plooy	b Hasan Mahmud	14	27	3	0	51.9
CM Falconer	b Hasan Mahmud	9	17	2	0	52.9
JB Cracknell	c KJ Dudgeon b MW Parkinson	40	53	5	0	75.5
SHB Morgan	c KJ Dudgeon b MW Parkinson	6	23	1	0	26.1
Zafar Gohar	c BG Compton b KJ Dudgeon	95	192	12	0	49.5
TS Roland-Jones	c sub b KJ Dudgeon	28	25	3	1	112.0
TG Helm	c DJ Bell-Drummond b KJ Dudgeon	11	20	2	0	55.0
N Sharma	not out	1	5	0	0	20.0
Extras		47
Total	all out, 102.1 overs	443

Fall of wickets: 10-1 (SD Robson, 2.1 ov), 17-2 (BBA Geddes, 4.1 ov), 35-3 (JL du Plooy, 10.3 ov), 47-4 (CM Falconer, 16.2 ov), 136-5 (JB Cracknell, 31.6 ov), 159-6 (SHB Morgan, 39.1 ov), 397-7 (Zafar Gohar, 92.6 ov), 412-8 (MDE Holden, 96.2 ov), 440-9 (TG Helm, 100.2 ov), 443-10 (TS Roland-Jones, 102.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
ME Milnes	20	2	78	2	3.90	83	0	0
KJ Dudgeon	18.1	3	93	4	5.12	73	0	2
Hasan Mahmud	20	2	77	2	3.85	81	0	6
G Stewart	16	2	47	0	2.94	72	0	8
MW Parkinson	24	3	97	2	4.04	91	1	0
Ekansh Singh	4	0	22	0	5.50	12	1	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	10	13	SD Robson 1, BBA Geddes 8
2	7	12	BBA Geddes 1, MDE Holden 6
3	18	38	MDE Holden 0, JL du Plooy 14
4	12	35	MDE Holden 3, CM Falconer 9
5	89	94	MDE Holden 46, JB Cracknell 40
6	23	43	MDE Holden 12, SHB Morgan 6
7	238	323	MDE Holden 114, Zafar Gohar 95
8	15	20	MDE Holden 1, TS Roland-Jones 11
9	28	24	TS Roland-Jones 15, TG Helm 11
10	3	11	TS Roland-Jones 2, N Sharma 1

Kent 2nd innings 257 (74.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BJ Dawkins	b N Sharma	11	66	2	0	16.7
BG Compton	c JB Cracknell b TG Helm	4	9	1	0	44.4
SA Northeast	lbw b SHB Morgan	46	91	7	0	50.5
DJ Bell-Drummond	b N Sharma	60	91	9	1	65.9
Ekansh Singh	lbw b TG Helm	46	78	6	1	59.0
CG Benjamin	c JB Cracknell b SHB Morgan	16	15	4	0	106.7
G Stewart	b N Sharma	8	5	2	0	160.0
KJ Dudgeon	c TS Roland-Jones b TG Helm	37	56	3	1	66.1
ME Milnes	c BBA Geddes b TG Helm	11	35	1	0	31.4
MW Parkinson	lbw b N Sharma	0	1	0	0	0.0
Hasan Mahmud	not out	0	5	0	0	0.0
Extras		18
Total	all out, 74.4 overs	257

Fall of wickets: 6-1 (BG Compton, 3.6 ov), 40-2 (BJ Dawkins, 20.4 ov), 80-3 (SA Northeast, 35.3 ov), 162-4 (DJ Bell-Drummond, 49.3 ov), 184-5 (CG Benjamin, 53.4 ov), 193-6 (G Stewart, 54.5 ov), 220-7 (Ekansh Singh, 62.1 ov), 240-8 (ME Milnes, 70.6 ov), 241-9 (MW Parkinson, 71.4 ov), 257-10 (KJ Dudgeon, 74.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	12	5	28	0	2.33	60	0	0
TG Helm	20.4	4	72	4	3.48	89	1	0
SHB Morgan	12	3	52	2	4.33	55	0	6
Zafar Gohar	15	1	56	0	3.73	65	0	2
N Sharma	15	4	40	4	2.67	68	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	6	24	BJ Dawkins 2, BG Compton 4
2	34	100	BJ Dawkins 9, SA Northeast 25
3	40	89	SA Northeast 21, DJ Bell-Drummond 13
4	82	84	DJ Bell-Drummond 47, Ekansh Singh 29
5	22	25	Ekansh Singh 2, CG Benjamin 16
6	9	7	Ekansh Singh 1, G Stewart 8
7	27	44	Ekansh Singh 14, KJ Dudgeon 11
8	20	53	KJ Dudgeon 9, ME Milnes 11
9	1	4	KJ Dudgeon 1, MW Parkinson 0
10	16	18	KJ Dudgeon 16, Hasan Mahmud 0

Middlesex 2nd innings 181 (60.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
BBA Geddes	lbw b ME Milnes	11	31	2	0	35.5
SD Robson	b ME Milnes	7	16	1	0	43.8
MDE Holden	b KJ Dudgeon	9	18	2	0	50.0
JL du Plooy	b KJ Dudgeon	13	27	1	0	48.1
CM Falconer	b Hasan Mahmud	12	62	1	0	19.4
JB Cracknell	c SA Northeast b ME Milnes	16	19	3	0	84.2
SHB Morgan	lbw b G Stewart	8	16	2	0	50.0
Zafar Gohar	not out	66	110	8	0	60.0
TS Roland-Jones	lbw b ME Milnes	17	40	0	0	42.5
TG Helm	lbw b ME Milnes	4	22	0	0	18.2
N Sharma	lbw b KJ Dudgeon	0	7	0	0	0.0
Extras		18
Total	all out, 60.5 overs	181

Fall of wickets: 13-1 (SD Robson, 4.6 ov), 24-2 (BBA Geddes, 8.5 ov), 35-3 (MDE Holden, 12.4 ov), 52-4 (JL du Plooy, 18.1 ov), 70-5 (JB Cracknell, 24.4 ov), 85-6 (SHB Morgan, 29.3 ov), 93-7 (CM Falconer, 34.1 ov), 147-8 (TS Roland-Jones, 50.3 ov), 167-9 (TG Helm, 56.6 ov), 181-10 (N Sharma, 60.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
ME Milnes	18	6	31	5	1.72	89	0
Hasan Mahmud	15	3	51	1	3.40	70	4
G Stewart	8	2	22	1	2.75	33	0
KJ Dudgeon	9.5	0	36	3	3.66	44	0
MW Parkinson	10	2	29	0	2.90	41	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	13	30	BBA Geddes 4, SD Robson 7
2	11	23	BBA Geddes 7, MDE Holden 4
3	11	23	MDE Holden 5, JL du Plooy 2
4	17	33	JL du Plooy 11, CM Falconer 5
5	18	39	CM Falconer 2, JB Cracknell 16
6	15	29	CM Falconer 3, SHB Morgan 8
7	8	28	CM Falconer 2, Zafar Gohar 5
8	54	98	Zafar Gohar 33, TS Roland-Jones 17
9	20	39	Zafar Gohar 14, TG Helm 4
10	14	23	Zafar Gohar 14, N Sharma 0

Match details

Toss: Kent, chose to bat
Ground: St Lawrence Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: Chris Watts, PK Baldwin
Match referee: SJ Davis
Source: Cricsheet match 1513424