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Middlesex v Kent

Kent won by 8 wickets

County Championship, Match 511 April 2025 to 13 April 2025St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

MID

Middlesexbatted first

222 & 311101.4 ov

KEN

Kent

218 & 316/264.4 ov

Kent won the toss and chose to field

MIDMiddlesex innings

22260.3 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SS Eskinazi	b G Stewart	14	29	3	0	48.3
N Fernandes	b NN Gilchrist	4	15	1	0	26.7
MDE Holden	c HZ Finch b NN Gilchrist	26	85	3	0	30.6
JL du Plooy	c HZ Finch b Kashif Ali	25	32	5	0	78.1
RF Higgins	c HZ Finch b NN Gilchrist	14	31	1	0	45.2
BBA Geddes	c JDM Evison b Jaskaran Singh	13	15	3	0	86.7
JLB Davies	not out	47*	77	8	0	61.0
Zafar Gohar	b Kashif Ali	11	25	2	0	44.0
TS Roland-Jones	b Kashif Ali	13	12	3	0	108.3
BC Cullen	b Jaskaran Singh	33	41	6	0	80.5
HJH Brookes	c JA Leaning b G Stewart	5	7	1	0	71.4
Extras	b 4, lb 1, nb 12	17
Total	all out, 60.3 overs, run rate 3.67	222

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-11 N Fernandes2-21 SS Eskinazi3-62 JL du Plooy4-90 RF Higgins5-95 MDE Holden6-109 BBA Geddes7-130 Zafar Gohar8-150 TS Roland-Jones9-217 BC Cullen10-222 HJH Brookes

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
NN Gilchrist	16	5	43	3	2.69	77	7	1
G Stewart	14.3	3	42	2	2.90	70	7	1
Kashif Ali	13	0	60	3	4.62	51	7	4
Jaskaran Singh	12	4	47	2	3.92	55	10	0
JDM Evison	5	1	25	0	5.00	20	5	0

KENKent innings

21849 ov

Kent batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
BG Compton	c JLB Davies b BC Cullen	32	60	6	0	53.3
Z Crawley	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	0	4	0	0	0.0
DJ Bell-Drummond	b RF Higgins	6	7	1	0	85.7
TS Muyeye	c SS Eskinazi b BC Cullen	29	26	5	0	111.5
JA Leaning	c JLB Davies b HJH Brookes	0	4	0	0	0.0
JDM Evison	c JLB Davies b BC Cullen	4	2	1	0	200.0
HZ Finch	lbw b RF Higgins	52	71	10	0	73.2
G Stewart	c Zafar Gohar b RF Higgins	56	56	3	1	100.0
Jaskaran Singh	b BC Cullen	16	31	2	0	51.6
Kashif Ali	run out (Zafar Gohar, BC Cullen)	17	35	2	0	48.6
NN Gilchrist	not out	0*	0	0	0	-
Extras	lb 1, w 1, nb 4	6
Total	all out, 49 overs, run rate 4.45	218

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-2 Z Crawley2-9 DJ Bell-Drummond3-58 TS Muyeye4-63 JA Leaning5-72 JDM Evison6-79 BG Compton7-180 G Stewart8-189 HZ Finch9-218 Kashif Ali10-218 Jaskaran Singh

Bowling to Kent
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	12	1	57	1	4.75	46	6	1	0	0
RF Higgins	15	2	37	3	2.47	70	4	0	1	1
BC Cullen	11	0	60	4	5.45	41	10	0	0	1
HJH Brookes	9	1	51	1	5.67	34	8	0	0	0
Zafar Gohar	2	0	12	0	6.00	8	2	0	0	0

MIDMiddlesex innings

311101.4 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
N Fernandes	lbw b NN Gilchrist	1	4	0	0	25.0
SS Eskinazi	lbw b Jaskaran Singh	57	147	6	0	38.8
MDE Holden	c DJ Bell-Drummond b NN Gilchrist	5	10	1	0	50.0
JL du Plooy	c JA Leaning b G Stewart	26	41	3	0	63.4
RF Higgins	b JDM Evison	15	19	2	0	78.9
BBA Geddes	c JDM Evison b JA Leaning	75	142	7	0	52.8
JLB Davies	c DJ Bell-Drummond b JA Leaning	27	97	4	0	27.8
BC Cullen	c DJ Bell-Drummond b G Stewart	22	45	2	0	48.9
Zafar Gohar	c Jaskaran Singh b NN Gilchrist	57	85	6	1	67.1
TS Roland-Jones	lbw b G Stewart	0	5	0	0	0.0
HJH Brookes	not out	3*	21	0	0	14.3
Extras	b 8, lb 1, w 2, nb 12	23
Total	all out, 101.4 overs, run rate 3.06	311

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-8 N Fernandes2-14 MDE Holden3-70 JL du Plooy4-90 RF Higgins5-131 SS Eskinazi6-221 JLB Davies7-230 BBA Geddes8-272 BC Cullen9-272 TS Roland-Jones10-311 Zafar Gohar

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
NN Gilchrist	21.4	2	86	3	3.97	88	10	1	0	1
G Stewart	22	4	52	3	2.36	98	5	0	0	1
Kashif Ali	19	2	56	0	2.95	87	6	0	0	3
Jaskaran Singh	15	1	46	1	3.07	63	4	0	2	1
JDM Evison	12	2	30	1	2.50	51	3	0	0	0
JA Leaning	12	1	32	2	2.67	49	3	0	0	0

KENKent innings

316/264.4 ov

Kent batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	b Zafar Gohar	58	66	9	1	87.9
BG Compton	not out	124*	196	16	1	63.3
DJ Bell-Drummond	b Zafar Gohar	0	1	0	0	0.0
TS Muyeye	not out	125*	127	13	5	98.4
Extras	b 4, lb 1, nb 4	9
Total	2 wickets, 64.4 overs, run rate 4.89	316

Did not batJA Leaning, JDM Evison, HZ Finch, G Stewart, Jaskaran Singh, Kashif Ali, NN Gilchrist

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-91 Z Crawley2-91 DJ Bell-Drummond

Bowling to Kent
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	11	1	54	0	4.91	43	8	1	0
RF Higgins	11	2	32	0	2.91	52	4	0	1
BC Cullen	8	1	39	0	4.88	31	6	0	0
HJH Brookes	11	0	70	0	6.36	37	9	2	0
Zafar Gohar	20	1	91	2	4.55	77	10	3	1
N Fernandes	3.4	0	25	0	6.82	9	1	1	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Kent, chose to field
Umpires: JD Shantry and Surendiran Shanmugam
Match referee: JJ Whitaker
Season: 2025

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 16 / 7°C, dry
Day 2: 15 / 8°C, 0.4 mm rain
Day 3: 13 / 9°C, 0.3 mm rain

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