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Kent v Middlesex

Middlesex won by 2 wickets

County Championship, Match 162 May 2025 to 5 May 2025Lord's, London

KEN

Kentbatted first

129 & 473130.5 ov

MID

Middlesex

238 & 366/8119 ov

Kent won the toss and chose to bat

KENKent innings

12950.3 ov

Kent batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
BG Compton	b RF Higgins	14	56	2	0	25.0
Z Crawley	lbw b D Paterson	6	9	0	0	66.7
DJ Bell-Drummond	c JLB Davies b TS Roland-Jones	5	13	1	0	38.5
TS Muyeye	c RF Higgins b TS Roland-Jones	29	53	4	0	54.7
JA Leaning	c RF Higgins b TS Roland-Jones	26	50	4	0	52.0
JDM Evison	lbw b D Paterson	5	13	1	0	38.5
CG Benjamin	c JLB Davies b TS Roland-Jones	9	22	2	0	40.9
JA Richards	c BBA Geddes b TS Roland-Jones	0	4	0	0	0.0
MW Parkinson	c JLB Davies b HJH Brookes	17	50	3	0	34.0
GA Garrett	c SD Robson b HJH Brookes	5	17	0	0	29.4
Kashif Ali	not out	10*	16	0	0	62.5
Extras	lb 3	3
Total	all out, 50.3 overs, run rate 2.55	129

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480

1-10 Z Crawley2-19 DJ Bell-Drummond3-44 BG Compton4-75 TS Muyeye5-80 JA Leaning6-90 JDM Evison7-91 JA Richards8-102 CG Benjamin9-112 GA Garrett10-129 MW Parkinson

Bowling to Kent
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s
TS Roland-Jones	14	3	33	5	2.36	69	6
D Paterson	13	4	29	2	2.23	64	4
RF Higgins	11	3	16	1	1.45	55	1
HJH Brookes	8.3	1	35	2	4.12	35	4
Zafar Gohar	4	0	13	0	3.25	17	2

MIDMiddlesex innings

23865 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SS Eskinazi	b GA Garrett	6	11	1	0	54.5
SD Robson	lbw b GA Garrett	10	26	1	0	38.5
MDE Holden	c JA Leaning b JDM Evison	16	36	1	0	44.4
LBK Hollman	c CG Benjamin b MW Parkinson	42	65	6	0	64.6
RF Higgins	b GA Garrett	54	101	6	0	53.5
BBA Geddes	c JDM Evison b Kashif Ali	29	72	5	0	40.3
JLB Davies	c & b MW Parkinson	29	28	3	1	103.6
Zafar Gohar	c CG Benjamin b Kashif Ali	1	3	0	0	33.3
TS Roland-Jones	c JA Leaning b JDM Evison	24	29	5	0	82.8
HJH Brookes	c JA Leaning b JDM Evison	2	18	0	0	11.1
D Paterson	not out	1*	5	0	0	20.0
Extras	b 14, lb 2, nb 8	24
Total	all out, 65 overs, run rate 3.66	238

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480

1-15 SS Eskinazi2-22 SD Robson3-65 MDE Holden4-96 LBK Hollman5-177 BBA Geddes6-177 RF Higgins7-178 Zafar Gohar8-220 TS Roland-Jones9-234 JLB Davies10-238 HJH Brookes

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
Kashif Ali	17	2	57	2	3.35	76	8	0	1
GA Garrett	14	2	57	3	4.07	57	6	0	0
JDM Evison	14	5	43	3	3.07	64	6	1	0
JA Richards	3	0	21	0	7.00	10	4	0	1
MW Parkinson	14	1	37	2	2.64	61	3	0	2
JA Leaning	3	1	7	0	2.33	14	1	0	0

KENKent innings

473130.5 ov

Kent batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	lbw b D Paterson	68	114	10	0	59.6
BG Compton	c SD Robson b TS Roland-Jones	8	7	2	0	114.3
DJ Bell-Drummond	c SS Eskinazi b HJH Brookes	223	360	23	3	61.9
TS Muyeye	lbw b RF Higgins	13	27	1	0	48.1
JA Leaning	c MDE Holden b TS Roland-Jones	18	37	3	0	48.6
JDM Evison	c & b HJH Brookes	35	64	2	1	54.7
CG Benjamin	b RF Higgins	34	52	4	0	65.4
JA Richards	lbw b Zafar Gohar	43	80	5	0	53.8
MW Parkinson	c JLB Davies b TS Roland-Jones	4	14	1	0	28.6
GA Garrett	b LBK Hollman	8	24	0	0	33.3
Kashif Ali	not out	2*	8	0	0	25.0
Extras	b 2, lb 11, nb 4	17
Total	all out, 130.5 overs, run rate 3.62	473

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480

1-19 BG Compton2-128 Z Crawley3-179 TS Muyeye4-210 JA Leaning5-272 JDM Evison6-346 CG Benjamin7-424 JA Richards8-431 MW Parkinson9-451 GA Garrett10-473 DJ Bell-Drummond

Bowling to Kent
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	29	5	107	3	3.69	118	15	0	0
D Paterson	29	2	116	1	4.00	120	15	0	1
HJH Brookes	15.5	0	68	2	4.29	59	6	1	0
RF Higgins	24	5	71	2	2.96	110	10	0	1
Zafar Gohar	29	1	85	1	2.93	121	5	2	0
LBK Hollman	4	0	13	1	3.25	16	0	1	0

MIDMiddlesex innings

366/8119 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	b GA Garrett	9	10	2	0	90.0
SS Eskinazi	lbw b JDM Evison	41	145	3	0	28.3
MDE Holden	b JDM Evison	38	66	6	0	57.6
HJH Brookes	c Z Crawley b JDM Evison	10	20	2	0	50.0
LBK Hollman	c BG Compton b MW Parkinson	103	192	10	0	53.6
RF Higgins	run out (MW Parkinson)	11	35	1	0	31.4
BBA Geddes	c TS Muyeye b MW Parkinson	15	53	0	0	28.3
JLB Davies	c JA Richards b MW Parkinson	59	83	8	2	71.1
Zafar Gohar	not out	30*	75	0	1	40.0
TS Roland-Jones	not out	23*	42	3	0	54.8
Extras	b 6, lb 2, w 5, nb 14	27
Total	8 wickets, 119 overs, run rate 3.08	366

Did not batD Paterson

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 480

1-9 SD Robson2-62 MDE Holden3-74 HJH Brookes4-173 RF Higgins5-216 BBA Geddes6-309 LBK Hollman7-312 JLB Davies8-314 SS Eskinazi

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
Kashif Ali	19	6	35	0	1.84	97	4	0	0	1
GA Garrett	23	6	85	1	3.70	108	10	2	0	5
JDM Evison	24	2	71	3	2.96	103	7	0	0	0
JA Richards	6	2	30	0	5.00	25	4	0	1	0
MW Parkinson	38	6	105	3	2.76	161	8	1	0	0
JA Leaning	9	1	32	0	3.56	33	2	0	0	1

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Kent, chose to bat
Umpires: AC Harris and RJ Bailey
Match referee: PM Such
Season: 2025

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 23 / 10°C, dry
Day 2: 19 / 6°C, dry
Day 3: 14 / 5°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 4: 14 / 3°C, 0.5 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2025-05-02-kent-v-middlesex/scorecard200

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  "result": "Middlesex won by 2 wickets",
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    { "team": "Middlesex", "runs": 238, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Kent", "runs": 473, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Middlesex", "runs": 366, "wickets": 8 }
  ],
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  "bowling": [ ... 23 rows ... ]
}

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