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f63002 cc22638	Northamptonshire v Middlesex
	Rothesay County Championship 2025 (Division 2)
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th June 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 4 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 22 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Middlesex 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	Hasan Adnan, CM Watts
Referee	SG Hinks
Scorers	TR Owen (Northamptonshire), DK Shelley (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 397/8 (Cracknell 106, Roland-Jones 33; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 308/5 (Zaib 83, McManus 55; 89 overs)
Close of play day 3	Middlesex (2) 215/3 (Holden 35, Higgins 11; 57 overs)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
SD Robson	c Harrison b Guthrie	14	24	34	3	-	19
JM de Caires	c Broad b Guthrie	2	3	6	-	-	2
MDE Holden	lbw b Guthrie	16	9	9	3	-	4
JL du Plooy	c Keogh b Guthrie	66	95	126	10	-	63
RF Higgins	lbw b Broad	25	43	50	2	-	31
BBA Geddes	c McManus b Broad	27	50	71	4	-	40
+JB Cracknell	c Harrison b Guthrie	112	173	228	11	1	111
LBK Hollman	c Pope b Guthrie	51	86	94	8	-	63
Zafar Gohar	c Vasconcelos b Guthrie	34	62	64	4	-	46
*TS Roland-Jones	not out	42	58	58	8	-	40
TG Helm	b Pope	0	5	4	-	-	5
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	24
Total	(all out, 101 overs)	413
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (de Caires, 1.3 ov), 2-24 (Holden, 3.5 ov), 3-33 (Robson, 7.6 ov), 4-95 (Higgins, 21.2 ov), 5-155 (du Plooy, 35.3 ov), 6-160 (Geddes, 38.3 ov), 7-263 (Hollman, 67.2 ov), 8-344 (Zafar Gohar, 85.4 ov), 9-412 (Cracknell, 99.4 ov), 10-413 (Helm, 100.6 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Procter	17	4	59	0	2	-	78	10	-
Guthrie	21	2	94	7	1	-	84	14	-
Robinson	1	0	8	0	-	1	5	1	-
Keogh	12	1	42	0	-	-	50	3	1
Broad	17	1	81	2	-	-	67	11	-
Pope	13	2	53	1	1	1	52	6	-
Harrison	18	3	57	0	-	-	78	8	-
Zaib	2	0	3	0	-	-	9	-	-

Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
RS Vasconcelos	c du Plooy b Zafar Gohar	34	64	83	5	-	49
*LA Procter	c Geddes b Zafar Gohar	62	130	174	7	-	97
CG Harrison	c Cracknell b Zafar Gohar	20	30	37	2	1	22
JJG Sales	lbw b Hollman	4	13	21	-	-	9
TB Robinson	lbw b Zafar Gohar	43	92	100	6	-	68
SA Zaib	c de Caires b Zafar Gohar	102	170	224	13	-	112
+LD McManus	c Cracknell b Higgins	71	115	166	9	-	77
J Broad	b Robson	70	81	114	10	-	47
RI Keogh	b Higgins	0	1	3	-	-	1
LCJ Guthrie	c Zafar Gohar b Higgins	0	1	1	-	-	1
LAJ Pope	not out	11	60	92	2	-	56
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 125.2 overs)	435
Fall of wickets:
1-69 (Vasconcelos, 19.1 ov), 2-103 (Harrison, 29.3 ov), 3-112 (Sales, 34.4 ov), 4-132 (Procter, 43.3 ov), 5-197 (Robinson, 63.3 ov), 6-342 (Zaib, 99.6 ov), 7-350 (McManus, 102.6 ov), 8-350 (Keogh, 104.1 ov), 9-350 (Guthrie, 104.2 ov), 10-435 (Broad, 125.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roland-Jones	13	3	44	0	-	-	55	5	-
Helm	24	0	94	0	1	-	98	11	1
Zafar Gohar	42	11	121	5	-	1	195	19	-
Higgins	14	2	48	3	-	4	64	6	-
de Caires	14	2	42	0	-	-	57	3	-
Hollman	15	0	68	1	-	-	53	9	-
Robson	3.2	0	11	1	-	-	13	1	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JM de Caires	c Harrison b Guthrie	87	144	128	12	-	99
SD Robson	lbw b Harrison	48	59	68	7	-	39
MDE Holden	b Guthrie	54	104	152	6	-	70
JL du Plooy	c McManus b Keogh	28	51	46	3	-	35
RF Higgins	b Harrison	44	51	73	4	1	27
BBA Geddes	c Vasconcelos b Harrison	24	30	34	-	-	11
LBK Hollman	c Zaib b Pope	10	12	18	-	-	5
+JB Cracknell	not out	13	9	21	-	1	2
Zafar Gohar	c Vasconcelos b Harrison	9	8	6	-	-	2
*TS Roland-Jones	not out	0	1	1	-	-	1
TG Helm	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 78 overs)	332
Fall of wickets:
1-89 (Robson, 20.6 ov), 2-154 (de Caires, 38.1 ov), 3-202 (du Plooy, 52.1 ov), 4-248 (Holden, 64.5 ov), 5-294 (Higgins, 71.5 ov), 6-297 (Geddes, 73.3 ov), 7-321 (Hollman, 76.1 ov), 8-332 (Zafar Gohar, 77.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Guthrie	13	1	60	2	-	-	48	6	1
Procter	7	0	32	0	1	1	24	3	-
Pope	11	1	48	1	-	-	37	4	-
Harrison	25	0	107	4	-	-	90	10	1
Keogh	16	3	55	1	-	-	68	7	-
Zaib	6	0	18	0	-	-	24	2	-

Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
RS Vasconcelos	c Hollman b Roland-Jones	11	19	26	2	-	15
*LA Procter	b Robson	107	137	198	14	-	75
CG Harrison	lbw b Higgins	24	55	62	1	1	42
JJG Sales	c Higgins b Robson	108	120	161	12	2	68
TB Robinson	c Geddes b Roland-Jones	17	18	21	2	-	11
SA Zaib	c Helm b Hollman	17	22	26	3	-	14
+LD McManus	not out	4	4	7	1	-	3
J Broad	not out	10	5	4	2	-	1
RI Keogh	did not bat
LCJ Guthrie	did not bat
LAJ Pope	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 10 nb)	15
Total	(6 wickets, 62.3 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Vasconcelos, 6.4 ov), 2-83 (Harrison, 21.3 ov), 3-239 (Procter, 48.1 ov), 4-264 (Robinson, 53.3 ov), 5-299 (Zaib, 60.5 ov), 6-299 (Sales, 61.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roland-Jones	13	2	48	2	-	-	56	7	-
Helm	11	0	49	0	-	-	39	6	-
Zafar Gohar	20	0	99	0	-	1	67	11	1
Higgins	5	1	28	1	-	2	21	3	1
de Caires	5	0	20	0	-	1	21	1	1
Hollman	3.3	0	22	1	-	1	10	3	-
Robson	5	0	42	2	-	-	10	6	-

Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Middlesex (1) 130/4 (du Plooy 53*, Geddes 12*; 30 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Middlesex (1) 250/6 (Cracknell 43*, Hollman 46*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Northamptonshire (1) 71/1 (Procter 34*, Harrison 2*; 21 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Northamptonshire (1) 172/4 (Robinson 39*, Zaib 12*; 57 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Northamptonshire (1) 433/9 (Broad 68*, Pope 11*; 123 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Middlesex (2) 107/1 (de Caires 50*, Holden 3*; 25 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Northamptonshire (2) 18/0 (Vasconcelos 11*, Procter 7*; 5 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Northamptonshire (2) 149/2 (Procter 58*, Sales 45*; 34 overs)
--> Middlesex first innings: 50 in 11.2 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 100 in 22.6 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 150 in 34.2 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 200 in 52.3 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 250 in 63.3 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 300 in 76.4 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 350 in 86.3 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 400 in 96.4 overs
--> Northamptonshire first innings: 50 in 12.3 overs
--> Northamptonshire first innings: 100 in 28.3 overs
--> Northamptonshire first innings: 150 in 50.1 overs
--> Northamptonshire first innings: 200 in 64.5 overs
--> Northamptonshire first innings: 250 in 73.5 overs
--> Northamptonshire first innings: 300 in 85.5 overs
--> Northamptonshire first innings: 350 in 102.4 overs
--> Northamptonshire score at 110 overs in the first innings was 367-9
--> Northamptonshire first innings: 400 in 117.3 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 50 in 13.3 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 100 in 23.1 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 150 in 36.1 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 200 in 50.5 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 250 in 64.6 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 300 in 73.6 overs
--> Northamptonshire second innings: 50 in 14.2 overs
--> Northamptonshire second innings: 100 in 25.6 overs
--> Northamptonshire second innings: 150 in 34.2 overs
--> Northamptonshire second innings: 200 in 42.5 overs
--> Northamptonshire second innings: 250 in 49.2 overs
--> Northamptonshire second innings: 300 in 61.3 overs
--> TB Robinson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> LAJ Pope made his debut in County Championship matches
--> LAJ Pope made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JL du Plooy (1) 50 in 73 balls with 8 fours
--> JB Cracknell (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in First-Class matches
--> JB Cracknell (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> JB Cracknell (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in County Championship matches
--> JB Cracknell (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> JB Cracknell (1) 50 in 95 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> JB Cracknell (1) 100 in 151 balls with 11 fours and 1 six
--> LBK Hollman (1) 50 in 85 balls with 8 fours
--> LA Procter (1) 50 in 92 balls with 6 fours
--> SA Zaib (1) 50 in 87 balls with 6 fours
--> SA Zaib (1) 100 in 166 balls with 13 fours
--> LD McManus (1) 50 in 55 balls with 7 fours
--> J Broad (1) 50 in 65 balls with 7 fours
--> JM de Caires (2) 50 in 84 balls with 7 fours
--> JM de Caires (2) passed his previous highest score of 80 in First-Class matches
--> JM de Caires (2) passed his previous highest score of 80 in County Championship matches
--> MDE Holden (2) 50 in 97 balls with 5 fours
--> LA Procter (2) 50 in 68 balls with 7 fours
--> LA Procter (2) 100 in 129 balls with 13 fours
--> JJG Sales (2) 50 in 55 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes
--> JJG Sales (2) 100 in 112 balls with 12 fours and 2 sixes
--> LAJ Pope made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> TB Robinson made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> LCJ Guthrie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JB Cracknell in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 6-60)
--> LCJ Guthrie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed JL du Plooy in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 3-34)
--> LCJ Guthrie achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings
--> RF Higgins completed a hat-trick in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> RF Higgins reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed LD McManus, his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> JL du Plooy (25) and RF Higgins (20) added 50 in 53 balls for the Middlesex 4th wicket in the first innings
--> JL du Plooy (23) and BBA Geddes (23) added 50 in 76 balls for the Middlesex 5th wicket in the first innings
--> JB Cracknell (24) and LBK Hollman (26) added 50 in 97 balls for the Middlesex 7th wicket in the first innings
--> JB Cracknell (49) and LBK Hollman (51) added 100 in 169 balls for the Middlesex 7th wicket in the first innings
--> JB Cracknell (29) and Zafar Gohar (17) added 50 in 70 balls for the Middlesex 8th wicket in the first innings
--> JB Cracknell (13) and TS Roland-Jones (31) added 50 in 46 balls for the Middlesex 9th wicket in the first innings
--> RS Vasconcelos (17) and LA Procter (32) added 50 in 75 balls for the Northamptonshire 1st wicket in the first innings
--> TB Robinson (30) and SA Zaib (19) added 50 in 93 balls for the Northamptonshire 5th wicket in the first innings
--> SA Zaib (25) and LD McManus (27) added 50 in 60 balls for the Northamptonshire 6th wicket in the first innings
--> SA Zaib (48) and LD McManus (50) added 100 in 132 balls for the Northamptonshire 6th wicket in the first innings
--> J Broad (41) and LAJ Pope (5) added 50 in 81 balls for the Northamptonshire 10th wicket in the first innings
--> JM de Caires (20) and SD Robson (27) added 50 in 81 balls for the Middlesex 1st wicket in the second innings
--> JM de Caires (42) and MDE Holden (9) added 50 in 81 balls for the Middlesex 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> LA Procter (26) and CG Harrison (18) added 50 in 79 balls for the Northamptonshire 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> LA Procter (14) and JJG Sales (33) added 50 in 64 balls for the Northamptonshire 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> LA Procter (41) and JJG Sales (55) added 100 in 112 balls for the Northamptonshire 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> LA Procter (64) and JJG Sales (80) added 150 in 153 balls for the Northamptonshire 3rd wicket in the second innings