Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 38th Match, County Championship Division Two, 2025

County Championship Division Two 38th Match: Middlesex v Northamptonshire at Northwood, July 22, 2025

Middlesex

MID

625/8d (146)

Northamptonshire

NOR

261/10 (81.3) & 257/10 (90)

Finished

MID won by 107 runs

Middlesex 1st InningMID 1st Inning625/8 (146 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Sam Robson	c LD McManus b BW Sanderson	57	108	8	0	52.78
c LD McManus b BW Sanderson
Max Holden	lbw b BW Sanderson	141	282	19	1	50.00
lbw b BW Sanderson
Kane Williamson	lbw b L Guthrie	114	159	14	1	71.70
lbw b L Guthrie
Leus du Plooy(C)	Not out	105	152	10	1	69.08
Not out
Ryan Higgins	lbw b SA Zaib	35	45	5	0	77.78
lbw b SA Zaib
Ben Geddes	b SA Zaib	0	1	0	0	0.00
b SA Zaib
Joe Benjamin Cracknell(WK)	c L Guthrie b D Leech	73	98	9	2	74.49
c L Guthrie b D Leech
Zafar Gohar	c Y Chahal b D Leech	0	5	0	0	0.00
c Y Chahal b D Leech
Toby Roland-Jones	st LD McManus b SA Zaib	7	18	1	0	38.89
st LD McManus b SA Zaib
Tom Helm	Not out	30	34	2	2	88.24
Not out
Extra	51 (b 0, w 1, nb 50, lb 0)
Total	625/8 (146)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Liam Guthrie	21	3	114	1	5.42
Ben Sanderson	24	5	75	2	3.12
Dominic Leech	29	1	144	2	4.96
Yuzvendra Chahal	43	3	175	0	4.06
Rob Keogh	11	2	31	0	2.82
Saif Zaib	15	1	70	3	4.67
George Bartlett	3	0	16	0	5.33

Fall of wickets: 1-122 (SD Robson - 33.5 ov), 2-361 (MDE Holden - 87.6 ov), 3-361 (K Williamson - 88.2 ov), 4-428 (RF Higgins - 101.4 ov), 5-428 (B Geddes - 101.5 ov), 6-552 (JB Cracknell - 129.4 ov), 7-560 (ZG Gohar - 131.4 ov), 8-573 (TS Roland-Jones - 136.6 ov)

Northamptonshire 1st InningNOR 1st Inning261/10 (81.3 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	c JLdu Plooy b RF Higgins	19	47	3	0	40.43
c JLdu Plooy b RF Higgins
Lewis McManus(WK/C)	lbw b RF Higgins	39	49	8	0	79.59
lbw b RF Higgins
Aadi Sharma	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	33	51	5	1	64.71
lbw b TS Roland-Jones
James Sales	c RF Higgins b ZG Gohar	2	10	0	0	20.00
c RF Higgins b ZG Gohar
George Bartlett	c RF Higgins b TG Helm	26	67	4	0	38.81
c RF Higgins b TG Helm
Saif Zaib	b N Cornwell	82	159	8	1	51.57
b N Cornwell
Rob Keogh	c JB Cracknell b N Cornwell	18	36	1	0	50.00
c JB Cracknell b N Cornwell
Dominic Leech	c K Williamson b RF Higgins	23	65	4	0	35.38
c K Williamson b RF Higgins
Ben Sanderson	lbw b RF Higgins	0	1	0	0	0.00
lbw b RF Higgins
Liam Guthrie	Not out	0	7	0	0	0.00
Not out
Yuzvendra Chahal	b N Cornwell	0	1	0	0	0.00
b N Cornwell
Extra	19 (b 4, w 2, nb 8, lb 5)
Total	261/10 (81.3)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Toby Roland-Jones	15	3	33	1	2.20
Noah Cornwell	11.3	2	48	3	4.17
Tom Helm	16	1	50	1	3.13
Ryan Higgins	16	2	51	4	3.18
Zafar Gohar	10	3	24	1	2.40
Sam Robson	9	0	22	0	2.44
Leus du Plooy	4	1	24	0	6.00

Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Rs Vasconcelos - 14.5 ov), 2-63 (LD McManus - 16.5 ov), 3-66 (J Sales - 19.3 ov), 4-114 (Aadi Sharma - 32.6 ov), 5-138 (GA Bartlett - 41.4 ov), 6-193 (RI Keogh - 58.3 ov), 7-257 (D Leech - 76.5 ov), 8-257 (BW Sanderson - 76.6 ov), 9-261 (SA Zaib - 81.2 ov), 10-261 (Y Chahal - 81.3 ov)

Northamptonshire 2nd InningNOR 2nd Inning257/10 (90 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	lbw b RF Higgins	9	15	2	0	60.00
lbw b RF Higgins
Lewis McManus(WK/C)	b TS Roland-Jones	30	69	5	0	43.48
b TS Roland-Jones
Aadi Sharma	b RF Higgins	0	1	0	0	0.00
b RF Higgins
James Sales	b TS Roland-Jones	26	34	5	0	76.47
b TS Roland-Jones
George Bartlett	c TS Roland-Jones b TG Helm	9	20	1	0	45.00
c TS Roland-Jones b TG Helm
Saif Zaib	c JB Cracknell b TG Helm	44	77	7	0	57.14
c JB Cracknell b TG Helm
Rob Keogh	Not out	61	192	8	0	31.77
Not out
Dominic Leech	b N Cornwell	14	33	3	0	42.42
b N Cornwell
Ben Sanderson	c RF Higgins b B Geddes	12	62	1	0	19.35
c RF Higgins b B Geddes
Liam Guthrie	c JB Cracknell b RF Higgins	8	18	2	0	44.44
c JB Cracknell b RF Higgins
Yuzvendra Chahal	b N Cornwell	20	19	5	0	105.26
b N Cornwell
Extra	24 (b 12, w 11, nb 0, lb 1)
Total	257/10 (90)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Ryan Higgins	22	8	54	3	2.45
Noah Cornwell	16	3	63	2	3.94
Toby Roland-Jones	20	4	47	2	2.35
Tom Helm	18	5	61	2	3.39
Sam Robson	11	1	13	0	1.18
Leus du Plooy	1	0	1	0	1.00
Ben Geddes	2	0	5	1	2.50

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Rs Vasconcelos - 4.1 ov), 2-10 (Aadi Sharma - 4.2 ov), 3-50 (J Sales - 14.6 ov), 4-75 (LD McManus - 22.4 ov), 5-75 (GA Bartlett - 23.3 ov), 6-138 (SA Zaib - 51.1 ov), 7-170 (D Leech - 59.4 ov), 8-195 (BW Sanderson - 76.3 ov), 9-210 (L Guthrie - 82.6 ov), 10-257 (Y Chahal - 89.6 ov)

Date

2025-07-22 15:30 PM

Venue

Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood

Toss

Northamptonshire elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee