Middlesex v Gloucestershire - Cricket - BBC Sport

Fri 3 Apr 2026 - Mon 6 Apr 2026Rothesay County Championship Division 2 - Day 4 of 4

Middlesexwin by an innings and 14 runs

Middlesex 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Robson,leg before wicket, bowled Williams Robson, leg before wicket, bowled Williams	33	89	72	3	0	105	37.08
de Caires,caught Bracey, bowled Taylor de Caires, caught Bracey, bowled Taylor	12	51	45	1	0	78	23.53
Holden,bowled Williams Holden, bowled Williams	32	95	78	3	0	132	33.68
du Plooy,bowled Hammond du Plooy, bowled Hammond	182	274	160	17	1	430	66.42
Geddes,caught Bracey, bowled Price Geddes, caught Bracey, bowled Price	25	44	31	2	1	47	56.82
Higgins,caught Price, bowled Bell Higgins, caught Price, bowled Bell	5	17	13	0	0	16	29.41
Cracknell,bowled van Buuren Cracknell, bowled van Buuren	97	143	99	14	0	184	67.83
Gohar,caught Phillips, bowled Price Gohar, caught Phillips, bowled Price	26	45	31	4	0	46	57.78
Morgan,not out Morgan, not out	14	21	13	2	0	33	66.67
Roland-Jones,leg before wicket, bowled Hammond Roland-Jones, leg before wicket, bowled Hammond	1	3	2	0	0	2	33.33
Sharma,not out Sharma, not out	2	4	2	0	0	4	50.00
Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 5, leg byes 9, total 16 Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 5, leg byes 9, total 16
Total,445 for 9 declared 131.0 overs Total,445 for 9 declared 131.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Williams	29.0	3	75	2	131	0	0	8	0	2.58
Bell	26.0	8	68	1	121	0	0	8	0	2.61
Taylor	25.0	4	75	1	117	0	0	11	1	3.00
Miles	19.0	1	74	0	79	0	1	9	1	3.89
Charlesworth	7.0	0	46	0	19	0	1	5	0	6.57
van Buuren	13.0	0	51	1	41	0	0	3	0	3.92
Price	11.0	0	40	2	34	0	0	2	0	3.63
Hammond	1.0	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	2.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
40 for 1(19.4 overs)	de Caires
51 for 2(25.1 overs)	Robson
135 for 3(49.6 overs)	Holden
182 for 4(61.3 overs)	Geddes
194 for 5(65.6 overs)	Higgins
375 for 6(110.4 overs)	Cracknell
419 for 7(122.5 overs)	Gohar
435 for 8(129.1 overs)	du Plooy
437 for 9(129.5 overs)	Roland-Jones

Gloucestershire 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Bancroft,bowled Roland-Jones Bancroft, bowled Roland-Jones	6	25	22	0	0	27	24.00
Charlesworth,bowled Roland-Jones Charlesworth, bowled Roland-Jones	9	23	18	1	0	36	39.13
Phillips,bowled Roland-Jones Phillips, bowled Roland-Jones	3	22	20	0	0	33	13.64
Hammond,caught Sharma, bowled Roland-Jones Hammond, caught Sharma, bowled Roland-Jones	77	172	130	9	0	236	44.77
Price,caught Holden, bowled Sharma Price, caught Holden, bowled Sharma	29	104	89	2	0	141	27.88
Bracey,caught Higgins, bowled Roland-Jones Bracey, caught Higgins, bowled Roland-Jones	21	41	33	3	0	51	51.22
van Buuren,bowled Gohar van Buuren, bowled Gohar	26	40	25	2	0	65	65.00
Miles,caught Sharma, bowled Gohar Miles, caught Sharma, bowled Gohar	13	25	20	2	0	25	52.00
Taylor,caught du Plooy, bowled Gohar Taylor, caught du Plooy, bowled Gohar	0	9	9	0	0	14	0.00
Williams,not out Williams, not out	2	36	34	0	0	47	5.56
Bell,caught Geddes, bowled Sharma Bell, caught Geddes, bowled Sharma	11	27	21	1	0	38	40.74
Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 5, leg byes 10, total 19 Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 5, leg byes 10, total 19
Total,216 all out 87.0 overs Total,216 all out 87.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Roland-Jones	22.0	9	37	5	110	0	0	2	0	1.68
Morgan	17.0	5	48	0	84	2	0	6	0	2.82
Higgins	15.0	5	29	0	75	0	0	3	0	1.93
Sharma	13.0	2	39	2	59	0	0	3	0	3.00
Gohar	19.0	2	47	3	87	0	0	6	0	2.47
de Caires	1.0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
16 for 1(6.4 overs)	Bancroft
17 for 2(8.4 overs)	Charlesworth
26 for 3(14.6 overs)	Phillips
116 for 4(48.4 overs)	Price
152 for 5(60.6 overs)	Bracey
159 for 6(64.6 overs)	Hammond
180 for 7(71.4 overs)	Miles
198 for 8(75.2 overs)	Taylor
199 for 9(77.1 overs)	van Buuren
216 for 10(86.6 overs)	Bell

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Bancroft,bowled Morgan Bancroft, bowled Morgan	0	8	8	0	0	13	0.00
Charlesworth,bowled Roland-Jones Charlesworth, bowled Roland-Jones	33	125	106	4	0	158	26.40
Phillips,bowled Morgan Phillips, bowled Morgan	45	85	68	8	0	111	52.94
Hammond,caught Cracknell, bowled Morgan Hammond, caught Cracknell, bowled Morgan	21	110	97	1	0	147	19.09
Price,bowled Higgins Price, bowled Higgins	44	158	135	3	0	199	27.85
Bracey,leg before wicket, bowled Morgan Bracey, leg before wicket, bowled Morgan	0	1	1	0	0	4	0.00
van Buuren,bowled Higgins van Buuren, bowled Higgins	15	32	25	2	0	50	46.88
Miles,leg before wicket, bowled Higgins Miles, leg before wicket, bowled Higgins	0	10	10	0	0	9	0.00
Taylor,not out Taylor, not out	23	69	55	2	0	105	33.33
Williams,caught Cracknell, bowled de Caires Williams, caught Cracknell, bowled de Caires	14	61	53	1	0	72	22.95
Bell,bowled Gohar Bell, bowled Gohar	6	19	16	1	0	15	31.58
Extras, no balls 6, wides 0, byes 2, leg byes 6, total 14 Extras, no balls 6, wides 0, byes 2, leg byes 6, total 14
Total,215 all out 112.3 overs Total,215 all out 112.3 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Roland-Jones	22.0	9	46	1	111	0	0	5	0	2.09
Morgan	20.0	5	48	4	99	1	0	7	0	2.40
Sharma	12.0	3	43	0	53	0	0	6	0	3.58
Higgins	21.0	11	18	3	116	1	0	0	0	0.85
Gohar	33.3	12	47	1	171	0	0	4	0	1.40
de Caires	4.0	1	5	1	21	1	0	0	0	1.25

Fall of wicket	Batter
1 for 1(3.2 overs)	Bancroft
78 for 2(32.1 overs)	Phillips
93 for 3(40.5 overs)	Charlesworth
132 for 4(68.6 overs)	Hammond
134 for 5(70.1 overs)	Bracey
165 for 6(83.2 overs)	van Buuren
169 for 7(85.6 overs)	Miles
176 for 8(89.2 overs)	Price
206 for 9(107.5 overs)	Williams
215 for 10(112.3 overs)	Bell

home team,Middlesex

Sam Robson
Josh de Caires
Max Holden
Leus du Plooy, Captain
Ben Geddes
Ryan Higgins
Joe Cracknell, Wicket Keeper
Seb Morgan
Zafar Gohar
Toby Roland-Jones
Naavya Sharma

away team,Gloucestershire

Cameron Bancroft, Captain
Ben Charlesworth
Ollie Price
Miles Hammond
James Bracey, Wicket Keeper
Graeme van Buuren
Matt Taylor
Craig Miles
Gabe Bell
Will Williams
Joe Phillips

Middlesex
Gloucestershire

home team,Middlesex

Sam Robson
Josh de Caires
Max Holden
Leus du Plooy, Captain
Ben Geddes
Ryan Higgins
Joe Cracknell, Wicket Keeper
Seb Morgan
Zafar Gohar
Toby Roland-Jones
Naavya Sharma

Start Time:: 11:00
Toss:: Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Officials:: Jack Shantry, Ben Debenham, Wayne Noon