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Kent v Middlesex

Kent won by 46 runs

County Championship, Match 3320 August 2026 to 23 August 2026Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood

KEN

Kentbatted first

350 & 25468.4 ov

MID

Middlesex

249 & 30973.4 ov

Kent won the toss and chose to bat

KENKent innings

35091.3 ov

Kent batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
BG Compton	lbw b TG Helm	13	26	2	0	50.0
Z Crawley	c TG Helm b RF Higgins	81	115	13	0	70.4
SA Northeast	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	87	166	10	0	52.4
TS Muyeye	c SD Robson b TS Roland-Jones	13	22	2	0	59.1
DJ Bell-Drummond	c JB Cracknell b TS Roland-Jones	8	38	0	0	21.1
CG Benjamin	b TG Helm	27	46	4	0	58.7
Ekansh Singh	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	19	62	3	0	30.6
KJ Dudgeon	c JB Cracknell b RF Higgins	13	26	3	0	50.0
ME Milnes	b RF Higgins	32	44	6	0	72.7
MW Parkinson	c JB Cracknell b TS Roland-Jones	0	6	0	0	0.0
MR Quinn	not out	0*	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 19, lb 26, nb 12	57
Total	all out, 91.3 overs, run rate 3.83	350

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-25 BG Compton2-167 Z Crawley3-185 TS Muyeye4-219 DJ Bell-Drummond5-274 SA Northeast6-278 CG Benjamin7-301 KJ Dudgeon8-338 Ekansh Singh9-344 MW Parkinson10-350 ME Milnes

Bowling to Kent
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
TS Roland-Jones	27	7	71	5	2.63	126	10	0
TG Helm	24	8	74	2	3.08	108	11	1
E Bosch	10	1	61	0	6.10	37	9	3
RF Higgins	25.3	3	86	3	3.37	108	12	2
Zafar Gohar	5	1	13	0	2.60	21	1	0

MIDMiddlesex innings

24955.4 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	c TS Muyeye b ME Milnes	5	19	1	0	26.3
LBK Hollman	c SA Northeast b MR Quinn	25	47	5	0	53.2
MDE Holden	b ME Milnes	18	36	3	0	50.0
JL du Plooy	c CG Benjamin b ME Milnes	7	13	1	0	53.8
BBA Geddes	c CG Benjamin b MR Quinn	8	16	2	0	50.0
RF Higgins	b ME Milnes	33	42	6	0	78.6
JB Cracknell	c CG Benjamin b MR Quinn	38	49	5	1	77.6
Zafar Gohar	lbw b ME Milnes	1	10	0	0	10.0
E Bosch	not out	43*	52	7	0	82.7
TS Roland-Jones	c TS Muyeye b Ekansh Singh	36	26	4	2	138.5
TG Helm	c Ekansh Singh b MR Quinn	26	24	4	0	108.3
Extras	lb 8, w 1	9
Total	all out, 55.4 overs, run rate 4.47	249

Did not batNB Cornwell

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-6 SD Robson2-48 LBK Hollman3-52 MDE Holden4-63 BBA Geddes5-63 JL du Plooy6-122 JB Cracknell7-138 RF Higgins8-147 Zafar Gohar9-193 TS Roland-Jones10-249 TG Helm

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
ME Milnes	16	3	53	5	3.31	73	8	1	1
MR Quinn	14.4	3	52	4	3.55	68	9	1	0
KJ Dudgeon	9	0	42	0	4.67	37	7	0	0
Ekansh Singh	10	1	66	1	6.60	32	10	1	0
MW Parkinson	6	0	28	0	4.67	22	4	0	0

KENKent innings

25468.4 ov

Kent batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c JB Cracknell b TS Roland-Jones	0	2	0	0	0.0
BG Compton	c MDE Holden b TG Helm	65	141	7	0	46.1
SA Northeast	c BBA Geddes b RF Higgins	5	10	1	0	50.0
TS Muyeye	lbw b Zafar Gohar	64	71	9	1	90.1
DJ Bell-Drummond	b Zafar Gohar	39	49	9	0	79.6
CG Benjamin	c MDE Holden b TG Helm	45	83	6	0	54.2
Ekansh Singh	b TG Helm	0	1	0	0	0.0
KJ Dudgeon	c JL du Plooy b RF Higgins	1	6	0	0	16.7
ME Milnes	lbw b RF Higgins	6	15	1	0	40.0
MW Parkinson	c RF Higgins b TS Roland-Jones	17	22	3	0	77.3
MR Quinn	not out	2*	12	0	0	16.7
Extras	b 4, lb 4, w 2	10
Total	all out, 68.4 overs, run rate 3.70	254

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-0 Z Crawley2-9 SA Northeast3-102 TS Muyeye4-167 DJ Bell-Drummond5-191 BG Compton6-191 Ekansh Singh7-196 KJ Dudgeon8-204 ME Milnes9-241 MW Parkinson10-254 CG Benjamin

Bowling to Kent
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
TS Roland-Jones	20	5	65	2	3.25	88	8	1	0
RF Higgins	16	0	83	3	5.19	63	16	0	0
TG Helm	15.4	2	31	3	1.98	75	2	0	1
Zafar Gohar	9	0	17	2	1.89	39	0	0	0
NB Cornwell	6	0	45	0	7.50	20	9	0	1
LBK Hollman	2	0	5	0	2.50	10	1	0	0

MIDMiddlesex innings

30973.4 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
LBK Hollman	c CG Benjamin b Ekansh Singh	36	79	5	0	45.6
SD Robson	c CG Benjamin b Ekansh Singh	36	53	7	0	67.9
MDE Holden	b Ekansh Singh	13	27	2	0	48.1
JL du Plooy	b ME Milnes	40	64	5	0	62.5
BBA Geddes	c MW Parkinson b KJ Dudgeon	37	26	8	0	142.3
RF Higgins	b MR Quinn	13	22	2	0	59.1
JB Cracknell	not out	65*	97	7	0	67.0
Zafar Gohar	lbw b MR Quinn	1	10	0	0	10.0
TS Roland-Jones	b KJ Dudgeon	8	12	1	0	66.7
TG Helm	c DJ Bell-Drummond b MW Parkinson	33	53	5	0	62.3
NB Cornwell	b MW Parkinson	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 5, lb 15, w 3, nb 4	27
Total	all out, 73.4 overs, run rate 4.19	309

Did not batE Bosch

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-68 SD Robson2-92 MDE Holden3-103 LBK Hollman4-171 BBA Geddes5-190 RF Higgins6-209 JL du Plooy7-210 Zafar Gohar8-225 TS Roland-Jones9-309 TG Helm10-309 NB Cornwell

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
ME Milnes	23	2	81	1	3.52	96	10	2	0
MR Quinn	15	4	44	2	2.93	71	8	0	0
Ekansh Singh	13	2	62	3	4.77	51	10	0	1
KJ Dudgeon	14	0	80	2	5.71	46	12	1	1
MW Parkinson	8.4	1	22	2	2.54	37	2	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Kent, chose to bat
Umpires: Mark Newell and Surendiran Shanmugam
Match referee: Wayne Noon
Season: 2026

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 24 / 14°C, 1.2 mm rain
Day 2: 22 / 12°C, 0.6 mm rain
Day 3: 24 / 10°C, dry
Day 4: 26 / 11°C, dry

GET/v1/matches/2026-08-20-kent-v-middlesex/scorecard200

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  "result": "Kent won by 46 runs",
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    { "team": "Middlesex", "runs": 249, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Kent", "runs": 254, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Middlesex", "runs": 309, "wickets": 10 }
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