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Middlesex v Leicestershire

Leicestershire won by 7 wickets

County Championship, Match 2316 May 2025 to 18 May 2025Lord's, London

MID

Middlesexbatted first

232 & 14357.5 ov

LEI

Leicestershire

274 & 102/324.3 ov

Leicestershire won the toss and chose to field

MIDMiddlesex innings

23286.2 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	lbw b IG Holland	0	5	0	0	0.0
MDE Holden	b IG Holland	7	13	0	0	53.8
LBK Hollman	c OB Cox b TAR Scriven	33	69	5	0	47.8
JL du Plooy	c SG Budinger b IG Holland	0	2	0	0	0.0
RF Higgins	b IG Holland	44	98	4	0	44.9
BBA Geddes	c LJ Hill b J Hull	23	62	2	0	37.1
JLB Davies	b BGF Green	49	90	6	0	54.4
Zafar Gohar	c SG Budinger b Rehan Ahmed	36	109	4	0	33.0
TS Roland-Jones	c RK Patel b LV van Beek	29	48	4	0	60.4
N Sharma	not out	1*	20	0	0	5.0
D Paterson	c TAR Scriven b IG Holland	1	3	0	0	33.3
Extras	lb 6, w 1, nb 2	9
Total	all out, 86.2 overs, run rate 2.69	232

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-0 SD Robson2-19 MDE Holden3-19 JL du Plooy4-56 LBK Hollman5-101 RF Higgins6-124 BBA Geddes7-198 JLB Davies8-206 Zafar Gohar9-231 TS Roland-Jones10-232 D Paterson

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
IG Holland	20.2	4	35	5	1.72	101	3	0	1
LV van Beek	16	2	51	1	3.19	67	6	0	0
J Hull	10	1	33	1	3.30	38	2	1	0
TAR Scriven	14	0	47	1	3.36	58	7	0	0
BGF Green	18	5	47	1	2.61	83	6	0	0
Rehan Ahmed	8	2	13	1	1.63	38	1	0	0

LEILeicestershire innings

27496.4 ov

Leicestershire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
RK Patel	lbw b RF Higgins	6	19	0	0	31.6
SG Budinger	b D Paterson	29	52	3	1	55.8
Rehan Ahmed	b TS Roland-Jones	20	42	2	0	47.6
LJ Hill	b TS Roland-Jones	12	23	1	0	52.2
PSP Handscomb	c JL du Plooy b Zafar Gohar	87	202	8	0	43.1
IG Holland	b Zafar Gohar	37	115	3	0	32.2
OB Cox	lbw b Zafar Gohar	0	14	0	0	0.0
LV van Beek	lbw b Zafar Gohar	4	28	0	0	14.3
BGF Green	lbw b RF Higgins	36	47	7	1	76.6
TAR Scriven	b N Sharma	16	29	1	0	55.2
J Hull	not out	2*	14	0	0	14.3
Extras	b 12, lb 3, nb 10	25
Total	all out, 96.4 overs, run rate 2.83	274

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-22 RK Patel2-56 SG Budinger3-70 Rehan Ahmed4-81 LJ Hill5-174 IG Holland6-184 OB Cox7-196 LV van Beek8-255 PSP Handscomb9-257 BGF Green10-274 TAR Scriven

Bowling to Leicestershire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	20	7	46	2	2.30	97	6	0	0
D Paterson	19	4	51	1	2.68	91	4	1	3
RF Higgins	16	0	46	2	2.88	69	3	0	0
N Sharma	12.4	0	56	1	4.42	49	7	0	0
Zafar Gohar	20	6	34	4	1.70	99	2	0	2
LBK Hollman	9	1	26	0	2.89	42	3	1	0

MIDMiddlesex innings

14357.5 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
MDE Holden	lbw b TAR Scriven	18	64	0	0	28.1
SD Robson	lbw b BGF Green	23	55	3	0	41.8
LBK Hollman	b BGF Green	42	107	5	0	39.3
JL du Plooy	lbw b LV van Beek	4	21	0	0	19.0
RF Higgins	c PSP Handscomb b LV van Beek	0	1	0	0	0.0
BBA Geddes	c RK Patel b IG Holland	6	18	0	0	33.3
JLB Davies	b LV van Beek	1	5	0	0	20.0
Zafar Gohar	b BGF Green	14	47	1	0	29.8
TS Roland-Jones	not out	16*	13	3	0	123.1
N Sharma	lbw b Rehan Ahmed	1	15	0	0	6.7
D Paterson	b Rehan Ahmed	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 17, w 1	18
Total	all out, 57.5 overs, run rate 2.47	143

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-51 SD Robson2-65 MDE Holden3-73 JL du Plooy4-73 RF Higgins5-80 BBA Geddes6-85 JLB Davies7-125 Zafar Gohar8-140 LBK Hollman9-143 N Sharma10-143 D Paterson

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd
IG Holland	14	5	17	1	1.21	70	0	0
LV van Beek	11	2	28	3	2.55	51	4	1
J Hull	8	0	25	0	3.13	31	3	0
BGF Green	15	4	32	3	2.13	74	3	0
TAR Scriven	8	1	23	1	2.88	33	2	0
Rehan Ahmed	1.5	1	1	2	0.55	10	0	0

LEILeicestershire innings

102/324.3 ov

Leicestershire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
RK Patel	c MDE Holden b Zafar Gohar	20	40	2	0	50.0
SG Budinger	b D Paterson	25	22	2	1	113.6
Rehan Ahmed	c JLB Davies b N Sharma	20	24	2	0	83.3
LJ Hill	not out	23*	27	2	0	85.2
PSP Handscomb	not out	14*	34	1	0	41.2
Extras		0
Total	3 wickets, 24.3 overs, run rate 4.16	102

Did not batIG Holland, OB Cox, LV van Beek, BGF Green, TAR Scriven, J Hull

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-30 SG Budinger2-51 RK Patel3-79 Rehan Ahmed

Bowling to Leicestershire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
TS Roland-Jones	5	1	11	0	2.20	20	0	0
D Paterson	4	0	25	1	6.25	13	3	1
Zafar Gohar	8	0	33	1	4.13	28	3	0
N Sharma	6	1	24	1	4.00	22	2	0
LBK Hollman	1.3	0	9	0	6.00	3	1	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Leicestershire, chose to field
Umpires: RA Kettleborough and RJ Bailey
Match referee: DA Cosker
Season: 2025

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 18 / 7°C, dry
Day 2: 18 / 6°C, dry
Day 3: 17 / 6°C, dry

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