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Worcestershire v Middlesex

Worcestershire won by 57 runs

County Championship, Match 510 April 2026 to 12 April 2026Lord's, London

WOR

Worcestershirebatted first

191 & 25382.2 ov

MID

Middlesex

183 & 20470.3 ov

Middlesex won the toss and chose to field

WORWorcestershire innings

19154.5 ov

Worcestershire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DH Lategan	lbw b RF Higgins	31	44	6	0	70.5
JD Libby	b SHB Morgan	0	8	0	0	0.0
Kashif Ali	b RF Higgins	14	43	0	0	32.6
AJ Hose	c JB Cracknell b N Sharma	11	18	2	0	61.1
BL D'Oliveira	c MDE Holden b SHB Morgan	75	109	10	2	68.8
GH Roderick	c JB Cracknell b N Sharma	0	6	0	0	0.0
EA Brookes	c JM De Caires b TS Roland-Jones	9	33	1	0	27.3
MJ Waite	run out (N Sharma)	0	4	0	0	0.0
TAI Taylor	c JB Cracknell b Zafar Gohar	19	30	3	0	63.3
AW Finch	b RF Higgins	14	27	2	0	51.9
OJ Hannon-Dalby	not out	1*	7	0	0	14.3
Extras	lb 16, w 1	17
Total	all out, 54.5 overs, run rate 3.48	191

Did not batBJ Gibbon

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-10 JD Libby2-40 DH Lategan3-56 AJ Hose4-60 Kashif Ali5-61 GH Roderick6-106 EA Brookes7-106 MJ Waite8-158 TAI Taylor9-180 BL D'Oliveira10-191 AW Finch

Bowling to Worcestershire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
TS Roland-Jones	11	3	27	1	2.45	54	5	0	0
SHB Morgan	15	3	54	2	3.60	65	5	2	0
RF Higgins	13.5	4	39	3	2.82	67	7	0	0
N Sharma	11	1	45	2	4.09	45	6	0	1
Zafar Gohar	4	0	10	1	2.50	17	1	0	0

MIDMiddlesex innings

18363.1 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	c & b TAI Taylor	6	22	1	0	27.3
JM De Caires	c GH Roderick b OJ Hannon-Dalby	10	20	2	0	50.0
MDE Holden	c AJ Hose b TAI Taylor	25	73	3	0	34.2
JL du Plooy	c GH Roderick b AW Finch	10	21	2	0	47.6
BBA Geddes	c AJ Hose b OJ Hannon-Dalby	34	45	7	0	75.6
RF Higgins	b OJ Hannon-Dalby	2	6	0	0	33.3
JB Cracknell	c GH Roderick b OJ Hannon-Dalby	7	19	0	0	36.8
Zafar Gohar	c GH Roderick b EA Brookes	42	91	4	0	46.2
SHB Morgan	c EA Brookes b AW Finch	25	45	3	0	55.6
TS Roland-Jones	b AW Finch	16	28	0	1	57.1
N Sharma	not out	0*	10	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 2, w 2, nb 2	6
Total	all out, 63.1 overs, run rate 2.90	183

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-16 SD Robson2-16 JM De Caires3-32 JL du Plooy4-86 BBA Geddes5-86 MDE Holden6-88 RF Higgins7-109 JB Cracknell8-153 SHB Morgan9-170 Zafar Gohar10-183 TS Roland-Jones

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
TAI Taylor	19	6	41	2	2.16	97	4	1	2	1
OJ Hannon-Dalby	19	6	45	4	2.37	94	5	0	0	0
AW Finch	10.1	0	61	3	6.00	32	8	0	0	0
MJ Waite	11	5	23	0	2.09	52	3	0	0	0
EA Brookes	4	1	11	1	2.75	19	2	0	0	0

WORWorcestershire innings

25382.2 ov

Worcestershire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DH Lategan	b RF Higgins	65	63	10	1	103.2
JD Libby	c JM De Caires b RF Higgins	79	142	4	0	55.6
Kashif Ali	c JB Cracknell b N Sharma	34	95	4	0	35.8
AJ Hose	lbw b N Sharma	4	9	1	0	44.4
BL D'Oliveira	b TS Roland-Jones	3	24	0	0	12.5
GH Roderick	b TS Roland-Jones	18	72	1	0	25.0
EA Brookes	lbw b RF Higgins	1	21	0	0	4.8
AW Finch	b RF Higgins	0	7	0	0	0.0
MJ Waite	c SD Robson b SHB Morgan	34	57	6	0	59.6
TAI Taylor	c SHB Morgan b TS Roland-Jones	2	4	0	0	50.0
OJ Hannon-Dalby	not out	0*	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 10, nb 2	13
Total	all out, 82.2 overs, run rate 3.07	253

Did not batBJ Gibbon

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-112 DH Lategan2-179 JD Libby3-184 AJ Hose4-193 BL D'Oliveira5-195 Kashif Ali6-198 EA Brookes7-198 AW Finch8-247 GH Roderick9-253 MJ Waite10-253 TAI Taylor

Bowling to Worcestershire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	15.2	3	40	3	2.61	69	3	0	0
SHB Morgan	14	4	51	1	3.64	62	7	0	1
RF Higgins	24	7	68	4	2.83	112	9	0	0
N Sharma	16	5	39	2	2.44	79	5	0	0
Zafar Gohar	13	2	44	0	3.38	53	2	1	0

MIDMiddlesex innings

20470.3 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
JM De Caires	lbw b OJ Hannon-Dalby	17	35	4	0	48.6
SD Robson	lbw b MJ Waite	31	54	4	0	57.4
MDE Holden	c GH Roderick b OJ Hannon-Dalby	40	86	4	0	46.5
JL du Plooy	c & b TAI Taylor	19	28	3	0	67.9
BBA Geddes	b TAI Taylor	7	25	1	0	28.0
RF Higgins	b MJ Waite	11	35	1	0	31.4
JB Cracknell	not out	43*	92	4	0	46.7
Zafar Gohar	run out (DH Lategan)	13	21	1	1	61.9
SHB Morgan	b BJ Gibbon	4	16	0	0	25.0
TS Roland-Jones	run out (EA Brookes)	16	13	2	0	123.1
N Sharma	c GH Roderick b TAI Taylor	3	18	0	0	16.7
Extras		0
Total	all out, 70.3 overs, run rate 2.89	204

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260

1-29 JM De Caires2-59 SD Robson3-96 JL du Plooy4-114 BBA Geddes5-118 MDE Holden6-128 RF Higgins7-150 Zafar Gohar8-157 SHB Morgan9-186 TS Roland-Jones10-204 N Sharma

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
TAI Taylor	20.3	4	50	3	2.44	97	7	0
OJ Hannon-Dalby	19	7	54	2	2.84	88	7	0
MJ Waite	11	3	29	2	2.64	53	3	1
BJ Gibbon	13	1	52	1	4.00	48	5	0
EA Brookes	7	2	19	0	2.71	33	2	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Middlesex, chose to field
Umpires: JC Tredwell and RA Kettleborough
Match referee: Phil Whitticase
Season: 2026

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 12 / 4°C, dry
Day 2: 12 / 7°C, 0.2 mm rain
Day 3: 14 / 5°C, 0.7 mm rain

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