MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Middlesex v Lancashire

Group 2, match 44 · Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood · 2 Sept 2026 – 4 Sept 2026

Middlesex won by 160 runs

Middlesex 1st innings24768.3 overs

Lancashire 1st innings15148.5 overs

Middlesex 2nd innings20044 overs

Lancashire 2nd innings13643.4 overs

Middlesex 1st innings 247 (68.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	b JM Anderson	8	16	1	0	50.0
LBK Hollman	b JM Anderson	54	116	11	0	46.6
MDE Holden	b JM Anderson	0	3	0	0	0.0
JL du Plooy	c KK Jennings b GP Balderson	41	71	7	0	57.7
BBA Geddes	lbw b GP Balderson	28	54	5	0	51.9
RF Higgins	lbw b GP Balderson	44	76	7	0	57.9
HG Duke	b BL Walkden	10	24	1	0	41.7
Zafar Gohar	b BL Walkden	0	2	0	0	0.0
TS Roland-Jones	lbw b BL Walkden	18	28	4	0	64.3
TG Helm	not out	22	19	2	1	115.8
N Sharma	c MS Harris b TE Bailey	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras		22
Total	all out, 68.3 overs	247

Fall of wickets: 20-1 (SD Robson, 4.5 ov), 20-2 (MDE Holden, 6.2 ov), 92-3 (JL du Plooy, 24.6 ov), 141-4 (LBK Hollman, 42.3 ov), 151-5 (BBA Geddes, 45.1 ov), 177-6 (HG Duke, 53.3 ov), 177-7 (Zafar Gohar, 53.5 ov), 209-8 (TS Roland-Jones, 61.5 ov), 242-9 (RF Higgins, 67.3 ov), 247-10 (N Sharma, 68.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JM Anderson	19	8	40	3	2.11	98	0
TE Bailey	21.3	4	68	1	3.16	91	0
GP Balderson	16	2	60	3	3.75	67	0
BL Walkden	12	1	61	3	5.08	53	4

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	20	29	SD Robson 8, LBK Hollman 12
2	0	9	LBK Hollman 0, MDE Holden 0
3	72	112	LBK Hollman 19, JL du Plooy 41
4	49	105	LBK Hollman 23, BBA Geddes 24
5	10	16	BBA Geddes 4, RF Higgins 6
6	26	50	RF Higgins 16, HG Duke 10
7	0	2	RF Higgins 0, Zafar Gohar 0
8	32	48	RF Higgins 7, TS Roland-Jones 18
9	33	34	RF Higgins 15, TG Helm 17
10	5	6	TG Helm 5, N Sharma 0

Lancashire 1st innings 151 (48.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KK Jennings	lbw b TG Helm	2	17	0	0	11.8
MF Hurst	b N Sharma	46	108	5	0	42.6
Harry Singh	c HG Duke b TG Helm	0	2	0	0	0.0
MS Harris	lbw b RF Higgins	15	34	2	0	44.1
R Flintoff	b N Sharma	2	4	0	0	50.0
AR Shetty	c HG Duke b TG Helm	22	19	3	1	115.8
BL Walkden	c SD Robson b N Sharma	28	28	5	0	100.0
GP Balderson	c HG Duke b TG Helm	20	41	3	0	48.8
Nauman Ali	c TS Roland-Jones b RF Higgins	4	21	0	0	19.0
TE Bailey	not out	4	9	1	0	44.4
JM Anderson	b RF Higgins	0	10	0	0	0.0
Extras		8
Total	all out, 48.5 overs	151

Fall of wickets: 3-1 (KK Jennings, 3.2 ov), 3-2 (Harry Singh, 3.4 ov), 32-3 (MS Harris, 14.3 ov), 35-4 (R Flintoff, 15.4 ov), 75-5 (AR Shetty, 23.4 ov), 119-6 (BL Walkden, 33.1 ov), 126-7 (MF Hurst, 37.6 ov), 147-8 (GP Balderson, 45.3 ov), 151-9 (Nauman Ali, 46.1 ov), 151-10 (JM Anderson, 48.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
TS Roland-Jones	13	4	27	0	2.08	63
TG Helm	13	3	40	4	3.08	61
RF Higgins	11.5	2	37	3	3.13	55
N Sharma	11	2	39	3	3.55	44

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	3	20	KK Jennings 2, MF Hurst 0
2	0	2	MF Hurst 0, Harry Singh 0
3	29	65	MF Hurst 14, MS Harris 15
4	3	7	MF Hurst 1, R Flintoff 2
5	40	48	MF Hurst 17, AR Shetty 22
6	44	57	MF Hurst 12, BL Walkden 28
7	7	29	MF Hurst 2, GP Balderson 4
8	21	45	GP Balderson 16, Nauman Ali 4
9	4	4	Nauman Ali 0, TE Bailey 4
10	0	16	TE Bailey 0, JM Anderson 0

Middlesex 2nd innings 200 (44 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
LBK Hollman	b TE Bailey	22	44	3	0	50.0
SD Robson	b GP Balderson	10	32	1	0	31.3
MDE Holden	c Harry Singh b JM Anderson	51	60	9	0	85.0
BBA Geddes	lbw b JM Anderson	28	28	6	0	100.0
JL du Plooy	b GP Balderson	15	19	3	0	78.9
RF Higgins	c MF Hurst b JM Anderson	1	14	0	0	7.1
HG Duke	b GP Balderson	16	10	4	0	160.0
Zafar Gohar	c MF Hurst b GP Balderson	0	6	0	0	0.0
TS Roland-Jones	c MF Hurst b BL Walkden	37	44	6	1	84.1
TG Helm	lbw b GP Balderson	0	1	0	0	0.0
N Sharma	not out	0	7	0	0	0.0
Extras		20
Total	all out, 44 overs	200

Fall of wickets: 28-1 (SD Robson, 11.1 ov), 58-2 (LBK Hollman, 16.2 ov), 120-3 (BBA Geddes, 24.4 ov), 137-4 (JL du Plooy, 29.4 ov), 137-5 (MDE Holden, 30.4 ov), 154-6 (HG Duke, 33.5 ov), 154-7 (RF Higgins, 34.3 ov), 160-8 (Zafar Gohar, 35.5 ov), 160-9 (TG Helm, 35.6 ov), 200-10 (TS Roland-Jones, 43.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JM Anderson	13	3	56	3	4.31	54	0	0
TE Bailey	10	3	40	1	4.00	43	1	2
GP Balderson	16	6	54	5	3.38	71	0	0
BL Walkden	5	0	33	1	6.60	20	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	28	67	LBK Hollman 17, SD Robson 10
2	30	31	LBK Hollman 5, MDE Holden 22
3	62	50	MDE Holden 28, BBA Geddes 28
4	17	30	MDE Holden 1, JL du Plooy 15
5	0	6	MDE Holden 0, RF Higgins 0
6	17	19	RF Higgins 1, HG Duke 16
7	0	4	RF Higgins 0, Zafar Gohar 0
8	6	8	Zafar Gohar 0, TS Roland-Jones 6
9	0	1	TS Roland-Jones 0, TG Helm 0
10	40	48	TS Roland-Jones 31, N Sharma 0

Lancashire 2nd innings 136 (43.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KK Jennings	c BBA Geddes b RF Higgins	38	72	5	0	52.8
MF Hurst	c BBA Geddes b TG Helm	38	90	6	0	42.2
Harry Singh	c SD Robson b N Sharma	4	4	1	0	100.0
MS Harris	c TG Helm b N Sharma	0	1	0	0	0.0
R Flintoff	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	13	27	1	0	48.1
AR Shetty	lbw b TG Helm	8	14	2	0	57.1
BL Walkden	c HG Duke b TS Roland-Jones	1	4	0	0	25.0
GP Balderson	b TG Helm	0	3	0	0	0.0
Nauman Ali	c TS Roland-Jones b RF Higgins	12	23	2	0	52.2
TE Bailey	c TS Roland-Jones b TG Helm	10	8	2	0	125.0
JM Anderson	not out	3	16	0	0	18.8
Extras		9
Total	all out, 43.4 overs	136

Fall of wickets: 57-1 (KK Jennings, 21.5 ov), 64-2 (Harry Singh, 22.5 ov), 64-3 (MS Harris, 22.6 ov), 97-4 (R Flintoff, 31.1 ov), 107-5 (MF Hurst, 34.3 ov), 108-6 (AR Shetty, 34.5 ov), 108-7 (BL Walkden, 35.3 ov), 108-8 (GP Balderson, 36.2 ov), 120-9 (TE Bailey, 38.2 ov), 136-10 (Nauman Ali, 43.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
TG Helm	15	2	36	4	2.40	69	0
TS Roland-Jones	12	4	37	2	3.08	55	0
RF Higgins	8.4	2	27	2	3.12	39	2
N Sharma	7	1	27	2	3.86	30	0
Zafar Gohar	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	57	131	KK Jennings 38, MF Hurst 16
2	7	6	MF Hurst 2, Harry Singh 4
3	0	1	MF Hurst 0, MS Harris 0
4	33	49	MF Hurst 18, R Flintoff 13
5	10	20	MF Hurst 2, AR Shetty 8
6	1	2	AR Shetty 0, BL Walkden 1
7	0	4	BL Walkden 0, GP Balderson 0
8	0	5	GP Balderson 0, Nauman Ali 0
9	12	12	Nauman Ali 1, TE Bailey 10
10	16	32	Nauman Ali 11, JM Anderson 3

Match details

Toss: Middlesex, chose to bat
Ground: Merchant Taylors' School Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: JD Shantry, S Widdup
Match referee: JJ Swift
Source: Cricsheet match 1513439