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f62916 cc22581	Kent v Middlesex
	Rothesay County Championship 2025 (Division 2)
Venue	Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury on 11th, 12th, 13th April 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to field
Result	Kent won by 8 wickets
Points	Kent 19 (Bowling 3); Middlesex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	S Shanmugam, JD Shantry
Referee	JJ Whitaker
Scorers	LAR Hart (Kent), DK Shelley (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 172/6 (Finch 46, Stewart 49; 35 overs)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 222/6 (Geddes 73, Cullen 1; 75.2 overs)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
SS Eskinazi	b Stewart	14	29	28	3	-	24
NS Fernandes	b Gilchrist	4	15	18	1	-	14
MDE Holden	c Finch b Gilchrist	26	85	120	3	-	69
JL du Plooy	c Finch b Kashif Ali	25	32	58	5	-	22
RF Higgins	c Finch b Gilchrist	14	31	40	1	-	24
BBA Geddes	c Evison b Singh	13	15	20	3	-	11
+JLB Davies	not out	47	77	120	8	-	56
Zafar Gohar	b Kashif Ali	11	25	29	2	-	21
*TS Roland-Jones	b Kashif Ali	13	12	11	3	-	8
BC Cullen	b Singh	33	41	59	6	-	27
HJH Brookes	c Leaning b Stewart	5	7	5	-	-	5
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 12 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 60.3 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Fernandes, 4.6 ov), 2-21 (Eskinazi, 7.2 ov), 3-62 (du Plooy, 20.6 ov), 4-90 (Higgins, 30.3 ov), 5-95 (Holden, 32.5 ov), 6-109 (Geddes, 35.1 ov), 7-130 (Zafar Gohar, 42.3 ov), 8-150 (Roland-Jones, 44.6 ov), 9-217 (Cullen, 59.2 ov), 10-222 (Brookes, 60.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Gilchrist	16	5	43	3	-	1	78	7	-
Stewart	14.3	3	42	2	-	1	70	7	-
Kashif Ali	13	0	60	3	-	4	52	7	-
Singh	12	4	47	2	-	-	55	9	-
Evison	5	1	25	0	-	-	20	5	-

Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BG Compton	c Davies b Cullen	32	60	82	6	-	46
Z Crawley	lbw b Roland-Jones	0	4	8	-	-	4
*DJ Bell-Drummond	b Higgins	6	7	5	1	-	5
TS Muyeye	c Eskinazi b Cullen	29	26	38	5	-	15
JA Leaning	c Davies b Brookes	0	4	4	-	-	4
JDM Evison	c Davies b Cullen	4	2	3	1	-	1
+HZ Finch	lbw b Higgins	52	71	104	10	-	50
G Stewart	c Zafar Gohar b Higgins	56	56	79	3	1	28
J Singh	b Cullen	16	31	53	2	-	23
Kashif Ali	run out (Zafar Gohar->Cullen)	17	35	41	2	-	26
NN Gilchrist	not out	0	0	1	-	-	0
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 49 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Crawley, 2.1 ov), 2-9 (Bell-Drummond, 3.3 ov), 3-58 (Muyeye, 12.6 ov), 4-63 (Leaning, 13.6 ov), 5-72 (Evison, 14.5 ov), 6-79 (Compton, 18.4 ov), 7-180 (Stewart, 37.1 ov), 8-189 (Finch, 39.1 ov), 9-218 (Kashif Ali, 48.4 ov), 10-218 (Singh, 48.6 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roland-Jones	12	1	57	1	-	-	46	6	1
Higgins	15	2	37	3	1	1	71	4	-
Cullen	11	0	60	4	-	1	41	10	-
Brookes	9	1	51	1	-	-	34	8	-
Zafar Gohar	2	0	12	0	-	-	8	2	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
NS Fernandes	lbw b Gilchrist	1	4	9	-	-	3
SS Eskinazi	lbw b Singh	57	147	188	6	-	110
MDE Holden	c Bell-Drummond b Gilchrist	5	10	9	1	-	8
JL du Plooy	c Leaning b Stewart	26	41	86	3	-	26
RF Higgins	b Evison	15	19	18	2	-	11
BBA Geddes	c Evison b Leaning	75	142	204	7	-	94
+JLB Davies	c Bell-Drummond b Leaning	27	97	128	4	-	83
BC Cullen	c Bell-Drummond b Stewart	22	45	60	2	-	31
Zafar Gohar	c Singh b Gilchrist	57	85	103	6	1	55
*TS Roland-Jones	lbw b Stewart	0	5	7	-	-	5
HJH Brookes	not out	3	21	46	-	-	18
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 12 nb, 2 w)	23
Total	(all out, 101.4 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Fernandes, 2.2 ov), 2-14 (Holden, 4.5 ov), 3-70 (du Plooy, 23.1 ov), 4-90 (Higgins, 27.2 ov), 5-131 (Eskinazi, 41.6 ov), 6-221 (Davies, 74.5 ov), 7-230 (Geddes, 78.2 ov), 8-272 (Cullen, 89.5 ov), 9-272 (Roland-Jones, 91.4 ov), 10-311 (Zafar Gohar, 101.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Gilchrist	21.4	2	86	3	-	1	88	10	1
Stewart	22	4	52	3	-	1	99	5	-
Kashif Ali	19	2	56	0	-	3	87	6	-
Singh	15	1	46	1	2	1	63	4	-
Evison	12	2	30	1	-	-	52	3	-
Leaning	12	1	32	2	-	-	50	3	-

Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
Z Crawley	b Zafar Gohar	58	66	91	9	1	43
BG Compton	not out	124	196	267	16	1	137
*DJ Bell-Drummond	b Zafar Gohar	0	1	1	-	-	1
TS Muyeye	not out	125	127	171	13	5	72
JA Leaning	did not bat
+HZ Finch	did not bat
G Stewart	did not bat
Kashif Ali	did not bat
NN Gilchrist	did not bat
JDM Evison	did not bat
J Singh	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(2 wickets, 64.4 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-91 (Crawley, 21.1 ov), 2-91 (Bell-Drummond, 21.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roland-Jones	11	1	54	0	-	-	43	8	1
Higgins	11	2	32	0	-	1	52	4	-
Cullen	8	1	39	0	-	-	31	6	-
Brookes	11	0	70	0	-	-	38	9	2
Zafar Gohar	20	1	91	2	-	1	78	10	3
Fernandes	3.4	0	25	0	-	-	9	1	1

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Middlesex (1) 89/3 (Holden 25*, Higgins 14*; 29 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Middlesex (1) 222 all out
--> Day 2 Lunch: Middlesex (2) 33/2 (Eskinazi 14*, du Plooy 9*; 11 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Middlesex (2) 147/5 (Geddes 25*, Davies 7*; 48 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Middlesex (2) 311 all out
--> Day 3 Tea: Kent (2) 164/2 (Compton 59*, Muyeye 39*; 38 overs)
--> Middlesex first innings: 50 in 17.3 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 100 in 33.3 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 150 in 44.3 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 200 in 56.1 overs
--> Kent first innings: 50 in 12.2 overs
--> Kent first innings: 100 in 22.4 overs
--> Kent first innings: 150 in 30.4 overs
--> Kent first innings: 200 in 44.6 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 50 in 16.3 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 100 in 31.6 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 150 in 50.1 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 200 in 66.2 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 250 in 82.6 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 300 in 99.5 overs
--> Kent second innings: 50 in 12.5 overs
--> Kent second innings: 100 in 25.5 overs
--> Kent second innings: 150 in 34.4 overs
--> Kent second innings: 200 in 45.5 overs
--> Kent second innings: 250 in 55.2 overs
--> Kent second innings: 300 in 62.1 overs
--> Kashif Ali made his debut in County Championship matches
--> BC Cullen (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in County Championship matches
--> HZ Finch (1) 50 in 68 balls with 10 fours
--> G Stewart (1) 50 in 50 balls with 3 fours and 1 six
--> SS Eskinazi (2) 50 in 128 balls with 5 fours
--> BBA Geddes (2) 50 in 109 balls with 4 fours
--> BBA Geddes (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> Zafar Gohar (2) 50 in 78 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> BG Compton (2) 50 in 94 balls with 8 fours
--> BG Compton (2) 100 in 177 balls with 15 fours
--> BG Compton (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 61
--> BG Compton (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 45
--> Z Crawley (2) 50 in 60 balls with 8 fours and 1 six
--> Z Crawley (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> TS Muyeye (2) 50 in 71 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> TS Muyeye (2) 100 in 111 balls with 12 fours and 3 sixes
--> Kashif Ali made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> BC Cullen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed J Singh in the Kent first innings (previous best was 3-30)
--> BC Cullen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed J Singh in the Kent first innings (previous best was 3-30)
--> JLB Davies (19) and BC Cullen (29) added 50 in 68 balls for the Middlesex 9th wicket in the first innings
--> HZ Finch (15) and G Stewart (34) added 50 in 55 balls for the Kent 7th wicket in the first innings
--> HZ Finch (42) and G Stewart (55) added 100 in 109 balls for the Kent 7th wicket in the first innings
--> SS Eskinazi (21) and JL du Plooy (24) added 50 in 88 balls for the Middlesex 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> BBA Geddes (25) and JLB Davies (18) added 50 in 119 balls for the Middlesex 6th wicket in the second innings
--> Z Crawley (37) and BG Compton (14) added 50 in 77 balls for the Kent 1st wicket in the second innings
--> BG Compton (19) and TS Muyeye (29) added 50 in 77 balls for the Kent 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> BG Compton (34) and TS Muyeye (58) added 100 in 137 balls for the Kent 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> BG Compton (51) and TS Muyeye (90) added 150 in 199 balls for the Kent 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> BG Compton (76) and TS Muyeye (115) added 200 in 239 balls for the Kent 3rd wicket in the second innings