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f62947 cc22606	Middlesex v Kent
	Rothesay County Championship 2025 (Division 2)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th May 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 2 wickets
Points	Middlesex 19 (Bowling 3); Kent 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	RJ Bailey, AC Harris
Referee	PM Such
Scorers	LAR Hart (Kent), DK Shelley (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 158/4 (Higgins 44, Geddes 25; 45 overs)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 226/4 (Bell-Drummond 103, Evison 7; 60.3 overs)
Close of play day 3	Middlesex (2) 81/3 (Eskinazi 16, Hollman 6; 29 overs)

Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BG Compton	b Higgins	14	56	72	2	-	50
Z Crawley	lbw b Paterson	6	9	22	-	-	5
*DJ Bell-Drummond	c Davies b Roland-Jones	5	13	16	1	-	11
TS Muyeye	c Higgins b Roland-Jones	29	53	80	4	-	39
JA Leaning	c Higgins b Roland-Jones	26	50	56	4	-	38
JDM Evison	lbw b Paterson	5	13	24	1	-	11
+CG Benjamin	c Davies b Roland-Jones	9	22	37	2	-	19
JA Richards	c Geddes b Roland-Jones	0	4	4	-	-	4
MW Parkinson	c Davies b Brookes	17	50	70	3	-	42
GA Garrett	c Robson b Brookes	5	17	24	-	-	13
Kashif Ali	not out	10	16	25	-	-	11
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 50.3 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Crawley, 5.1 ov), 2-19 (Bell-Drummond, 8.6 ov), 3-44 (Compton, 16.3 ov), 4-75 (Muyeye, 28.3 ov), 5-80 (Leaning, 30.4 ov), 6-90 (Evison, 33.5 ov), 7-91 (Richards, 34.4 ov), 8-102 (Benjamin, 38.6 ov), 9-112 (Garrett, 44.6 ov), 10-129 (Parkinson, 50.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roland-Jones	14	3	33	5	-	-	70	6	-
Paterson	13	4	29	2	-	-	65	4	-
Higgins	11	3	16	1	-	-	56	1	-
Brookes	8.3	1	35	2	-	-	35	4	-
Zafar Gohar	4	0	13	0	-	-	17	2	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
SS Eskinazi	b Garrett	6	11	17	1	-	8
SD Robson	lbw b Garrett	10	26	35	1	-	22
MDE Holden	c Leaning b Evison	16	36	64	1	-	27
LBK Hollman	c Benjamin b Parkinson	42	65	92	6	-	48
RF Higgins	b Garrett	54	101	135	6	-	69
BBA Geddes	c Evison b Kashif Ali	29	72	85	5	-	59
+JLB Davies	c and b Parkinson	29	28	55	3	1	15
Zafar Gohar	c Benjamin b Kashif Ali	1	3	4	-	-	2
*TS Roland-Jones	c Leaning b Evison	24	29	27	5	-	21
HJH Brookes	c Leaning b Evison	2	18	21	-	-	16
D Paterson	not out	1	5	4	-	-	4
Extras	(14 b, 2 lb, 8 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Eskinazi, 3.3 ov), 2-22 (Robson, 7.2 ov), 3-65 (Holden, 17.1 ov), 4-96 (Hollman, 27.5 ov), 5-177 (Geddes, 50.6 ov), 6-177 (Higgins, 51.2 ov), 7-178 (Zafar Gohar, 52.2 ov), 8-220 (Roland-Jones, 58.5 ov), 9-234 (Davies, 63.5 ov), 10-238 (Brookes, 64.6 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Kashif Ali	17	2	57	2	-	1	77	8	-
Garrett	14	2	57	3	-	-	58	6	-
Evison	14	5	43	3	-	-	65	6	1
Richards	3	0	21	0	-	1	12	4	-
Parkinson	14	1	37	2	-	2	62	3	-
Leaning	3	1	7	0	-	-	14	1	-

Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
Z Crawley	lbw b Paterson	68	114	140	10	-	84
BG Compton	c Robson b Roland-Jones	8	7	13	2	-	5
*DJ Bell-Drummond	c Eskinazi b Brookes	223	360	525	23	3	240
TS Muyeye	lbw b Higgins	13	27	44	1	-	21
JA Leaning	c Holden b Roland-Jones	18	37	43	3	-	28
JDM Evison	c and b Brookes	35	64	80	2	1	47
+CG Benjamin	b Higgins	34	52	70	4	-	36
JA Richards	lbw b Zafar Gohar	43	80	94	5	-	55
MW Parkinson	c Davies b Roland-Jones	4	14	11	1	-	13
GA Garrett	b Hollman	8	24	29	-	-	18
Kashif Ali	not out	2	8	15	-	-	6
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 4 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 130.5 overs)	473
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Compton, 2.6 ov), 2-128 (Crawley, 34.4 ov), 3-179 (Muyeye, 45.6 ov), 4-210 (Leaning, 56.5 ov), 5-272 (Evison, 76.6 ov), 6-346 (Benjamin, 94.1 ov), 7-424 (Richards, 116.4 ov), 8-431 (Parkinson, 119.3 ov), 9-451 (Garrett, 127.3 ov), 10-473 (Bell-Drummond, 130.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roland-Jones	29	5	107	3	-	-	123	15	-
Paterson	29	2	116	1	-	1	120	15	-
Brookes	15.5	0	68	2	-	-	60	6	1
Higgins	24	5	71	2	-	1	110	10	-
Zafar Gohar	29	1	85	1	-	-	122	5	2
Hollman	4	0	13	1	-	-	16	-	1

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
SD Robson	b Garrett	9	10	8	2	-	7
SS Eskinazi	lbw b Evison	41	145		3	-	120
MDE Holden	b Evison	38	66	89	6	-	48
HJH Brookes	c Crawley b Evison	10	20	17	2	-	16
LBK Hollman	c Compton b Parkinson	103	192	284	10	-	129
RF Higgins	run out (Parkinson)	11	35	45	1	-	29
BBA Geddes	c Muyeye b Parkinson	15	53	44	-	-	41
+JLB Davies	c Richards b Parkinson	59	83	93	8	2	62
Zafar Gohar	not out	30	75	88	-	1	55
*TS Roland-Jones	not out	23	42	74	3	-	29
D Paterson	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 14 nb, 5 w)	27
Total	(8 wickets, 119 overs)	366
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Robson, 1.5 ov), 2-62 (Holden, 22.2 ov), 3-74 (Brookes, 26.2 ov), 4-173 (Higgins, 62.2 ov), 5-216 (Geddes, 76.3 ov), 6-309 (Hollman, 96.5 ov), 7-312 (Davies, 98.1 ov), 8-314 (Eskinazi, 101.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Kashif Ali	19	6	35	0	-	1	98	4	-
Garrett	23	6	85	1	-	5	109	10	2
Evison	24	2	71	3	-	-	104	7	-
Richards	6	2	30	0	1	-	25	4	-
Parkinson	38	6	105	3	-	-	162	8	1
Leaning	9	1	32	0	-	1	33	2	-

Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Kent (1) 75/4 (Leaning 21*; 28.3 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Kent (1) 129 all out
--> Day 2 Lunch: Kent (2) 25/1 (Crawley 9*, Bell-Drummond 5*; 5 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Kent (2) 167/2 (Bell-Drummond 74*, Muyeye 11*; 42 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Kent (2) 339/5 (Bell-Drummond 157*, Benjamin 30*; 91 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Kent (2) 436/8 (Bell-Drummond 195*, Garrett 3*; 122 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Middlesex (2) 146/3 (Hollman 39*, Higgins 1*; 52.1 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Middlesex (2) 243/5 (Hollman 87*, Davies 17*; 86 overs)
--> Kent first innings: 50 in 17.6 overs
--> Kent first innings: 100 in 38.4 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 50 in 14 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 100 in 29.3 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 150 in 40.1 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 200 in 54.5 overs
--> Kent second innings: 50 in 12.5 overs
--> Kent second innings: 100 in 21.6 overs
--> Kent second innings: 150 in 38.5 overs
--> Kent second innings: 200 in 52.4 overs
--> Kent second innings: 250 in 70.5 overs
--> Kent second innings: 300 in 83.3 overs
--> Kent second innings: 350 in 95.4 overs
--> Kent second innings: 400 in 109.2 overs
--> Kent second innings: 450 in 126.6 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 50 in 18.2 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 100 in 36.3 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 150 in 53.1 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 200 in 72.3 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 250 in 87.4 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 300 in 94.4 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 350 in 114.4 overs
--> JA Richards made his debut in County Championship matches
--> Z Crawley made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JDM Evison made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JDM Evison made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JA Richards made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JA Richards made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SS Eskinazi made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SS Eskinazi made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> HJH Brookes made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HJH Brookes made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> RF Higgins (1) 50 in 91 balls with 6 fours
--> Z Crawley (2) 50 in 62 balls with 8 fours
--> DJ Bell-Drummond (2) 50 in 91 balls with 8 fours
--> DJ Bell-Drummond (2) 100 in 168 balls with 16 fours
--> DJ Bell-Drummond (2) 150 in 253 balls with 21 fours
--> DJ Bell-Drummond (2) 200 in 342 balls with 23 fours
--> DJ Bell-Drummond (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 163
--> JA Richards (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> LBK Hollman (2) 50 in 107 balls with 7 fours
--> LBK Hollman (2) passed his previous highest score of 82 in First-Class matches
--> LBK Hollman (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> LBK Hollman (2) passed his previous highest score of 82 in County Championship matches
--> LBK Hollman (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> LBK Hollman (2) 100 in 184 balls with 10 fours
--> JLB Davies (2) 50 in 71 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes
--> GA Garrett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-75)
--> GA Garrett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-75)
--> RF Higgins (24) and BBA Geddes (23) added 50 in 71 balls for the Middlesex 5th wicket in the first innings
--> Z Crawley (27) and DJ Bell-Drummond (22) added 50 in 68 balls for the Kent 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> Z Crawley (51) and DJ Bell-Drummond (48) added 100 in 179 balls for the Kent 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> DJ Bell-Drummond (35) and TS Muyeye (13) added 50 in 63 balls for the Kent 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> DJ Bell-Drummond (21) and JDM Evison (28) added 50 in 98 balls for the Kent 5th wicket in the second innings
--> DJ Bell-Drummond (26) and CG Benjamin (24) added 50 in 61 balls for the Kent 6th wicket in the second innings
--> DJ Bell-Drummond (21) and JA Richards (28) added 50 in 81 balls for the Kent 7th wicket in the second innings
--> SS Eskinazi (13) and MDE Holden (36) added 50 in 115 balls for the Middlesex 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> SS Eskinazi (21) and LBK Hollman (28) added 50 in 115 balls for the Middlesex 4th wicket in the second innings
--> LBK Hollman (21) and JLB Davies (25) added 50 in 97 balls for the Middlesex 6th wicket in the second innings
--> Zafar Gohar (29) and TS Roland-Jones (23) added 50 in 106 balls for the Middlesex 9th wicket in the second innings
--> SS Eskinazi retired hurt in the Middlesex second innings having scored 39 (team score 138/3) - he returned when the score was 309/6 (retired after 50.2 overs)