Multi-dayMen

Middlesex v Lancashire

Middlesex won by 160 runs

County Championship, Match 442 September 2026 to 4 September 2026Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood

MID

Middlesexbatted first

247 & 20044 ov

LAN

Lancashire

151 & 13643.4 ov

Middlesex won the toss and chose to bat

MIDMiddlesex innings

24768.3 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SD Robson	b JM Anderson	8	16	1	0	50.0
LBK Hollman	b JM Anderson	54	116	11	0	46.6
MDE Holden	b JM Anderson	0	3	0	0	0.0
JL du Plooy	c KK Jennings b GP Balderson	41	71	7	0	57.7
BBA Geddes	lbw b GP Balderson	28	54	5	0	51.9
RF Higgins	lbw b GP Balderson	44	76	7	0	57.9
HG Duke	b BL Walkden	10	24	1	0	41.7
Zafar Gohar	b BL Walkden	0	2	0	0	0.0
TS Roland-Jones	lbw b BL Walkden	18	28	4	0	64.3
TG Helm	not out	22*	19	2	1	115.8
N Sharma	c MS Harris b TE Bailey	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 9, lb 9, nb 4	22
Total	all out, 68.3 overs, run rate 3.61	247

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250

1-20 SD Robson2-20 MDE Holden3-92 JL du Plooy4-141 LBK Hollman5-151 BBA Geddes6-177 HG Duke7-177 Zafar Gohar8-209 TS Roland-Jones9-242 RF Higgins10-247 N Sharma

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
JM Anderson	19	8	40	3	2.11	98	8	0	0
TE Bailey	21.3	4	68	1	3.16	91	9	0	0
GP Balderson	16	2	60	3	3.75	67	10	0	0
BL Walkden	12	1	61	3	5.08	53	11	1	2

LANLancashire innings

15148.5 ov

Lancashire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
KK Jennings	lbw b TG Helm	2	17	0	0	11.8
MF Hurst	b N Sharma	46	108	5	0	42.6
Harry Singh	c HG Duke b TG Helm	0	2	0	0	0.0
MS Harris	lbw b RF Higgins	15	34	2	0	44.1
R Flintoff	b N Sharma	2	4	0	0	50.0
AR Shetty	c HG Duke b TG Helm	22	19	3	1	115.8
BL Walkden	c SD Robson b N Sharma	28	28	5	0	100.0
GP Balderson	c HG Duke b TG Helm	20	41	3	0	48.8
Nauman Ali	c TS Roland-Jones b RF Higgins	4	21	0	0	19.0
TE Bailey	not out	4*	9	1	0	44.4
JM Anderson	b RF Higgins	0	10	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 5, lb 3	8
Total	all out, 48.5 overs, run rate 3.09	151

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250

1-3 KK Jennings2-3 Harry Singh3-32 MS Harris4-35 R Flintoff5-75 AR Shetty6-119 BL Walkden7-126 MF Hurst8-147 GP Balderson9-151 Nauman Ali10-151 JM Anderson

Bowling to Lancashire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
TS Roland-Jones	13	4	27	0	2.08	63	3	0
TG Helm	13	3	40	4	3.08	61	7	0
RF Higgins	11.5	2	37	3	3.13	55	6	0
N Sharma	11	2	39	3	3.55	44	3	1

MIDMiddlesex innings

20044 ov

Middlesex batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
LBK Hollman	b TE Bailey	22	44	3	0	50.0
SD Robson	b GP Balderson	10	32	1	0	31.3
MDE Holden	c Harry Singh b JM Anderson	51	60	9	0	85.0
BBA Geddes	lbw b JM Anderson	28	28	6	0	100.0
JL du Plooy	b GP Balderson	15	19	3	0	78.9
RF Higgins	c MF Hurst b JM Anderson	1	14	0	0	7.1
HG Duke	b GP Balderson	16	10	4	0	160.0
Zafar Gohar	c MF Hurst b GP Balderson	0	6	0	0	0.0
TS Roland-Jones	c MF Hurst b BL Walkden	37	44	6	1	84.1
TG Helm	lbw b GP Balderson	0	1	0	0	0.0
N Sharma	not out	0*	7	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 8, lb 9, w 1, nb 2	20
Total	all out, 44 overs, run rate 4.55	200

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250

1-28 SD Robson2-58 LBK Hollman3-120 BBA Geddes4-137 JL du Plooy5-137 MDE Holden6-154 HG Duke7-154 RF Higgins8-160 Zafar Gohar9-160 TG Helm10-200 TS Roland-Jones

Bowling to Middlesex
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
JM Anderson	13	3	56	3	4.31	54	10	0	0	0
TE Bailey	10	3	40	1	4.00	43	5	0	1	1
GP Balderson	16	6	54	5	3.38	71	9	1	0	0
BL Walkden	5	0	33	1	6.60	20	8	0	0	0

LANLancashire innings

13643.4 ov

Lancashire batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
KK Jennings	c BBA Geddes b RF Higgins	38	72	5	0	52.8
MF Hurst	c BBA Geddes b TG Helm	38	90	6	0	42.2
Harry Singh	c SD Robson b N Sharma	4	4	1	0	100.0
MS Harris	c TG Helm b N Sharma	0	1	0	0	0.0
R Flintoff	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	13	27	1	0	48.1
AR Shetty	lbw b TG Helm	8	14	2	0	57.1
BL Walkden	c HG Duke b TS Roland-Jones	1	4	0	0	25.0
GP Balderson	b TG Helm	0	3	0	0	0.0
Nauman Ali	c TS Roland-Jones b RF Higgins	12	23	2	0	52.2
TE Bailey	c TS Roland-Jones b TG Helm	10	8	2	0	125.0
JM Anderson	not out	3*	16	0	0	18.8
Extras	b 2, lb 5, w 2	9
Total	all out, 43.4 overs, run rate 3.11	136

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250

1-57 KK Jennings2-64 Harry Singh3-64 MS Harris4-97 R Flintoff5-107 MF Hurst6-108 AR Shetty7-108 BL Walkden8-108 GP Balderson9-120 TE Bailey10-136 Nauman Ali

Bowling to Lancashire
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd
TG Helm	15	2	36	4	2.40	69	5	0
TS Roland-Jones	12	4	37	2	3.08	55	6	0
RF Higgins	8.4	2	27	2	3.12	39	4	2
N Sharma	7	1	27	2	3.86	30	4	0
Zafar Gohar	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0

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Match facts

Format: Multi-day match
Competition: County Championship
Toss: Middlesex, chose to bat
Umpires: JD Shantry and S Widdup
Match referee: JJ Swift
Season: 2026

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 21 / 14°C, 0.7 mm rain
Day 2: 25 / 17°C, 1.4 mm rain
Day 3: 21 / 13°C, 0.9 mm rain

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