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f62903 cc22574	Middlesex v Lancashire
	Rothesay County Championship 2025 (Division 2)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th April 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 11 (Batting 1, Bowling 2); Lancashire 13 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	PK Baldwin, S Shanmugam
Referee	P Whitticase
Scorers	GL Morgan (Lancashire), DK Shelley (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 68/0 (Jones 17, Jennings 41; 25 overs)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 353/9 (Harris 134*; 121 overs)
Close of play day 3	Middlesex (2) 288/6 (Holden 135, Brookes 1; 91 overs)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
SD Robson	lbw b Wells	70	83	117	11	-	56
NS Fernandes	c Hurst b Bailey	1	14	18	-	-	13
MDE Holden	c Hurst b Williams	69	115	155	7	1	80
JL du Plooy	lbw b Aspinwall	41	102	140	4	-	76
RF Higgins	c Hurst b Balderson	13	24	38	2	-	19
BBA Geddes	c Harris b Sutton	10	25	28	1	-	20
+JLB Davies	lbw b Sutton	4	6	8	1	-	5
Zafar Gohar	b Aspinwall	6	24	29	-	-	20
*TS Roland-Jones	b Aspinwall	1	2	2	-	-	1
BC Cullen	not out	12	18	27	2	-	12
HJH Brookes	lbw b Aspinwall	4	5	5	1	-	4
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 16 nb, 1 w)	29
Total	(all out, 68.2 overs)	260
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Fernandes, 4.2 ov), 2-127 (Robson, 27.5 ov), 3-178 (Holden, 41.5 ov), 4-215 (Higgins, 50.4 ov), 5-232 (Geddes, 57.4 ov), 6-237 (Davies, 59.4 ov), 7-237 (du Plooy, 60.3 ov), 8-241 (Roland-Jones, 60.6 ov), 9-254 (Zafar Gohar, 66.6 ov), 10-260 (Brookes, 68.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Bailey	14	1	68	1	-	8	60	6	-
Williams	13	2	46	1	-	-	56	5	-
Balderson	15	6	25	1	-	-	78	4	-
Aspinwall	9.2	3	32	4	-	-	42	5	-
Sutton	11	0	57	2	1	-	39	7	1
Wells	6	1	20	1	-	-	24	2	-

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
MA Jones	c Davies b Roland-Jones	40	156	230	2	-	130
*KK Jennings	c Robson b Higgins	55	123	167	9	-	96
JJ Bohannon	b Zafar Gohar	27	70	104	3	-	57
MS Harris	lbw b Zafar Gohar	138	197	286	21	-	132
+MF Hurst	c Fernandes b Cullen	4	20	21	-	-	18
LWP Wells	c Davies b Cullen	38	98	128	3	2	80
GP Balderson	lbw b Zafar Gohar	20	27	29	4	-	19
TH Aspinwall	b Roland-Jones	0	6	11	-	-	6
TE Bailey	c Geddes b Zafar Gohar	9	22	23	1	-	18
WSA Williams	c Geddes b Brookes	1	13	13	-	-	12
OW Sutton	not out	2	9	10	-	-	8
Extras	(5 b, 20 lb)	25
Total	(all out, 123.3 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-97 (Jennings, 38.4 ov), 2-129 (Jones, 53.4 ov), 3-150 (Bohannon, 63.1 ov), 4-167 (Hurst, 68.5 ov), 5-287 (Wells, 102.1 ov), 6-320 (Balderson, 109.5 ov), 7-331 (Aspinwall, 112.3 ov), 8-352 (Bailey, 117.5 ov), 9-353 (Williams, 120.6 ov), 10-359 (Harris, 123.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roland-Jones	26	6	78	2	-	-	120	12	-
Higgins	23	8	44	1	-	-	115	5	-
Brookes	24	5	60	1	-	-	113	8	-
Cullen	22	7	73	2	-	-	99	10	-
Zafar Gohar	28.3	8	79	4	-	-	129	8	2

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
NS Fernandes	c Hurst b Bailey	3	10	8	-	-	8
SD Robson	lbw b Bailey	3	19	26	-	-	16
MDE Holden	c Jones b Sutton	184	335	473	20	2	238
JL du Plooy	c Hurst b Bailey	0	2	2	-	-	2
RF Higgins	b Balderson	43	91	127	6	-	72
BBA Geddes	c Hurst b Williams	74	133	184	7	-	86
BC Cullen	c Hurst b Balderson	7	8	7	1	-	6
HJH Brookes	c Jennings b Bailey	1	15	17	-	-	14
+JLB Davies	c Aspinwall b Bailey	28	73	78	5	-	62
Zafar Gohar	b Wells	22	36	43	2	-	25
*TS Roland-Jones	not out	3	5	12	-	-	2
Extras	(8 b, 12 lb, 18 nb, 1 w)	39
Total	(all out, 119.4 overs)	407
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Fernandes, 2.1 ov), 2-7 (Robson, 6.1 ov), 3-7 (du Plooy, 6.3 ov), 4-113 (Higgins, 38.1 ov), 5-276 (Geddes, 85.1 ov), 6-287 (Cullen, 86.4 ov), 7-288 (Brookes, 91.1 ov), 8-357 (Davies, 110.2 ov), 9-387 (Holden, 117.2 ov), 10-407 (Zafar Gohar, 119.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Bailey	26	3	79	5	-	7	120	5	-
Williams	23	7	48	1	-	-	112	5	-
Aspinwall	16	4	49	0	-	-	74	7	1
Balderson	28	7	85	2	1	1	131	11	1
Wells	13.4	0	65	1	-	1	40	4	-
Sutton	10	1	53	1	-	-	36	9	-
Bohannon	3	0	8	0	-	-	10	-	-

Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
MA Jones	b Roland-Jones	44	83	108	6	1	66
*KK Jennings	b Cullen	49	52	85	7	-	32
JJ Bohannon	b Zafar Gohar	0	8	6	-	-	8
MS Harris	c du Plooy b Zafar Gohar	52	71	96	7	-	43
+MF Hurst	c Higgins b Zafar Gohar	2	16	24	-	-	14
LWP Wells	c Davies b Cullen	47	67	107	3	1	38
GP Balderson	not out	36	76	103	4	1	58
TH Aspinwall	b Brookes	2	12	14	-	-	10
TE Bailey	lbw b Brookes	0	1	1	-	-	1
WSA Williams	not out	4	16	32	1	-	15
OW Sutton	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 13 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	26
Total	(8 wickets, 66.5 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-93 (Jennings, 20.1 ov), 2-98 (Bohannon, 21.4 ov), 3-102 (Jones, 24.6 ov), 4-119 (Hurst, 31.4 ov), 5-174 (Harris, 43.5 ov), 6-240 (Wells, 55.1 ov), 7-247 (Aspinwall, 58.5 ov), 8-247 (Bailey, 58.6 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roland-Jones	11	3	34	1	-	-	48	5	-
Higgins	9	0	42	0	-	-	33	6	-
Brookes	10	0	54	2	-	-	36	4	2
Cullen	13.5	4	47	2	3	-	67	8	-
Zafar Gohar	23	2	64	3	-	1	100	5	1

Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Middlesex (1) 130/2 (Holden 47*, du Plooy 2*; 29 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Middlesex (1) 245/8 (Zafar Gohar 5*, Cullen 2*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Lancashire (1) 129/2 (Bohannon 16*, Harris 0*; 55 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Lancashire (1) 241/4 (Harris 70*, Wells 22*; 89 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Middlesex (2) 78/3 (Holden 37*, Higgins 29*; 26 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Middlesex (2) 171/4 (Holden 83*, Geddes 27*; 59 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Middlesex (2) 407 all out
--> Day 4 Tea: Lancashire (2) 109/3 (Harris 6*, Hurst 1*; 28 overs)
--> Middlesex first innings: 50 in 13.2 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 100 in 23.3 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 150 in 33.5 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 200 in 48.3 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 250 in 65.4 overs
--> Lancashire first innings: 50 in 16.5 overs
--> Lancashire first innings: 100 in 39.2 overs
--> Lancashire first innings: 150 in 61.6 overs
--> Lancashire first innings: 200 in 78.4 overs
--> Lancashire first innings: 250 in 93.4 overs
--> Lancashire first innings: 300 in 104.1 overs
--> Lancashire score at 110 overs in the first innings was 320-6
--> Lancashire first innings: 350 in 116.6 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 50 in 20.1 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 100 in 33.6 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 150 in 53.1 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 200 in 64.3 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 250 in 74.6 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 300 in 95.6 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 350 in 107.2 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 400 in 118.1 overs
--> Lancashire second innings: 50 in 11.2 overs
--> Lancashire second innings: 100 in 23.2 overs
--> Lancashire second innings: 150 in 38.5 overs
--> Lancashire second innings: 200 in 49.5 overs
--> OW Sutton made his debut in First-Class matches
--> OW Sutton made his debut in County Championship matches
--> TH Aspinwall made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> TH Aspinwall made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> OW Sutton made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> OW Sutton made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SD Robson (1) 50 in 60 balls with 9 fours
--> SD Robson (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> MDE Holden (1) 50 in 76 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> KK Jennings (1) 50 in 103 balls with 8 fours
--> KK Jennings (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 14
--> MS Harris (1) 50 in 79 balls with 8 fours
--> MS Harris (1) 100 in 145 balls with 15 fours
--> MDE Holden (2) 50 in 105 balls with 6 fours
--> MDE Holden (2) 100 in 193 balls with 13 fours
--> MDE Holden (2) 150 in 298 balls with 18 fours
--> BBA Geddes (2) 50 in 95 balls with 5 fours
--> KK Jennings (2) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> MS Harris (2) 50 in 67 balls with 7 fours
--> BBA Geddes made his debut for Middlesex in County Championship matches
--> BBA Geddes made his debut for Middlesex in First-Class matches
--> Zafar Gohar made his debut for Middlesex in County Championship matches
--> Zafar Gohar made his debut for Middlesex in First-Class matches
--> SD Robson (29) and MDE Holden (15) added 50 in 57 balls for the Middlesex 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> SD Robson (53) and MDE Holden (38) added 100 in 120 balls for the Middlesex 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> MDE Holden (23) and JL du Plooy (21) added 50 in 84 balls for the Middlesex 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> MA Jones (14) and KK Jennings (32) added 50 in 101 balls for the Lancashire 1st wicket in the first innings
--> MS Harris (28) and LWP Wells (20) added 50 in 75 balls for the Lancashire 5th wicket in the first innings
--> MS Harris (63) and LWP Wells (35) added 100 in 184 balls for the Lancashire 5th wicket in the first innings
--> MDE Holden (26) and RF Higgins (20) added 50 in 92 balls for the Middlesex 4th wicket in the second innings
--> MDE Holden (48) and RF Higgins (43) added 100 in 181 balls for the Middlesex 4th wicket in the second innings
--> MDE Holden (26) and BBA Geddes (22) added 50 in 101 balls for the Middlesex 5th wicket in the second innings
--> MDE Holden (52) and BBA Geddes (46) added 100 in 176 balls for the Middlesex 5th wicket in the second innings
--> MDE Holden (72) and BBA Geddes (72) added 150 in 257 balls for the Middlesex 5th wicket in the second innings
--> MDE Holden (22) and JLB Davies (21) added 50 in 76 balls for the Middlesex 8th wicket in the second innings
--> MA Jones (24) and KK Jennings (26) added 50 in 68 balls for the Lancashire 1st wicket in the second innings
--> MS Harris (34) and LWP Wells (13) added 50 in 64 balls for the Lancashire 5th wicket in the second innings
--> LWP Wells (23) and GP Balderson (20) added 50 in 57 balls for the Lancashire 6th wicket in the second innings