Middlesex v Northamptonshire - Cricket - BBC Sport

Thu 24 Sep 2026 - Sun 27 Sep 2026Rothesay County Championship Division 2 - Day 3 of 4

Middlesexwin by 7 wickets

Report: Northants miss out on promotion

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Vasconcelos,caught Robson, bowled Ferns Vasconcelos, caught Robson, bowled Ferns	26	45	35	4	0	66	57.78
Procter,leg before wicket, bowled Roland-Jones Procter, leg before wicket, bowled Roland-Jones	0	3	3	0	0	3	0.00
Miller,leg before wicket, bowled Higgins Miller, leg before wicket, bowled Higgins	10	10	6	1	0	19	100.00
Zaib,caught Helm, bowled Higgins Zaib, caught Helm, bowled Higgins	2	10	9	0	0	14	20.00
Harrison,caught Geddes, bowled Ferns Harrison, caught Geddes, bowled Ferns	1	6	5	0	0	5	16.67
Sales,bowled Ferns Sales, bowled Ferns	43	79	60	7	0	123	54.43
McManus,caught and bowled Helm McManus, caught and bowled Helm	13	30	24	1	0	40	43.33
Kimber,caught Helm, bowled Higgins Kimber, caught Helm, bowled Higgins	0	9	9	0	0	15	0.00
Sanderson,bowled Higgins Sanderson, bowled Higgins	2	15	13	0	0	17	13.33
Conway,leg before wicket, bowled Ferns Conway, leg before wicket, bowled Ferns	5	9	7	1	0	6	55.56
Chahal,not out Chahal, not out	0	6	6	0	0	19	0.00
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 1 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 1
Total,103 all out 37.0 overs Total,103 all out 37.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Roland-Jones	8.0	1	28	1	36	0	0	3	0	3.50
Higgins	12.0	3	30	4	58	0	0	4	0	2.50
Ferns	11.0	3	29	4	54	0	0	5	0	2.63
Helm	6.0	2	15	1	29	0	0	2	0	2.50

Fall of wicket	Batter
1 for 1(0.4 overs)	Procter
24 for 2(5.3 overs)	Miller
32 for 3(9.1 overs)	Zaib
33 for 4(10.1 overs)	Harrison
46 for 5(14.5 overs)	Vasconcelos
79 for 6(23.6 overs)	McManus
83 for 7(27.6 overs)	Kimber
89 for 8(31.3 overs)	Sanderson
94 for 9(32.6 overs)	Conway
103 for 10(36.6 overs)	Sales

Middlesex 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Robson,leg before wicket, bowled Sanderson Robson, leg before wicket, bowled Sanderson	2	4	3	0	0	3	50.00
Fernandes,leg before wicket, bowled Sanderson Fernandes, leg before wicket, bowled Sanderson	8	9	7	2	0	14	88.89
Holden,caught McManus, bowled Sanderson Holden, caught McManus, bowled Sanderson	1	13	12	0	0	22	7.69
Geddes,bowled Miller Geddes, bowled Miller	57	81	58	9	0	95	70.37
Falconer,leg before wicket, bowled Sanderson Falconer, leg before wicket, bowled Sanderson	0	3	3	0	0	15	0.00
Higgins,caught Zaib, bowled Chahal Higgins, caught Zaib, bowled Chahal	115	124	70	14	0	202	92.74
Duke,bowled Procter Duke, bowled Procter	28	41	28	4	0	63	68.29
Gohar,bowled Sales Gohar, bowled Sales	15	44	35	1	0	53	34.09
Roland-Jones,bowled Chahal Roland-Jones, bowled Chahal	0	6	6	0	0	4	0.00
Helm,bowled Harrison Helm, bowled Harrison	7	8	5	1	0	13	87.50
Ferns,not out Ferns, not out	1	3	2	0	0	5	33.33
Extras, no balls 14, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 7, total 21 Extras, no balls 14, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 7, total 21
Total,255 all out 54.5 overs Total,255 all out 54.5 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Sanderson	17.0	2	68	4	74	5	0	6	0	4.00
Conway	13.0	2	53	0	54	0	0	9	0	4.07
Miller	5.0	0	43	1	16	0	0	8	0	8.60
Procter	8.0	1	43	1	33	2	0	4	0	5.37
Sales	5.0	0	16	1	20	0	0	1	0	3.20
Chahal	6.0	0	23	2	24	0	0	3	0	3.83
Harrison	0.5	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	2.40

Fall of wicket	Batter
6 for 1(0.2 overs)	Robson
15 for 2(2.5 overs)	Fernandes
22 for 3(4.6 overs)	Holden
32 for 4(8.2 overs)	Falconer
108 for 5(23.6 overs)	Geddes
177 for 6(38.3 overs)	Duke
239 for 7(50.5 overs)	Gohar
240 for 8(51.6 overs)	Roland-Jones
253 for 9(53.4 overs)	Higgins
255 for 10(54.5 overs)	Helm

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Vasconcelos,leg before wicket, bowled Ferns Vasconcelos, leg before wicket, bowled Ferns	69	178	141	8	0	248	38.76
Procter,leg before wicket, bowled Ferns Procter, leg before wicket, bowled Ferns	27	78	62	2	0	124	34.62
McManus,caught Helm, bowled Gohar McManus, caught Helm, bowled Gohar	13	41	35	2	0	59	31.71
Miller,leg before wicket, bowled Gohar Miller, leg before wicket, bowled Gohar	6	21	17	0	0	22	28.57
Zaib,caught Duke, bowled Helm Zaib, caught Duke, bowled Helm	110	169	111	9	3	241	65.09
Sales,caught Robson, bowled Gohar Sales, caught Robson, bowled Gohar	8	24	19	1	0	32	33.33
Harrison,caught Duke, bowled Helm Harrison, caught Duke, bowled Helm	15	67	55	0	0	78	22.39
Kimber,bowled Helm Kimber, bowled Helm	0	4	4	0	0	3	0.00
Sanderson,caught Duke, bowled Helm Sanderson, caught Duke, bowled Helm	23	36	26	3	0	42	63.89
Conway,leg before wicket, bowled Roland-Jones Conway, leg before wicket, bowled Roland-Jones	0	2	2	0	0	4	0.00
Chahal,not out Chahal, not out	4	14	13	1	0	33	28.57
Extras, no balls 2, wides 1, byes 4, leg byes 3, total 10 Extras, no balls 2, wides 1, byes 4, leg byes 3, total 10
Total,285 all out 105.3 overs Total,285 all out 105.3 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Roland-Jones	23.0	7	53	1	110	0	0	1	3	2.30
Higgins	18.0	2	38	0	84	0	0	3	0	2.11
Ferns	19.0	2	68	2	80	1	0	8	0	3.57
Helm	24.3	3	62	4	116	0	1	8	0	2.53
Gohar	21.0	4	57	3	94	0	0	6	0	2.71

Fall of wicket	Batter
75 for 1(30.2 overs)	Procter
104 for 2(43.3 overs)	McManus
112 for 3(49.3 overs)	Miller
155 for 4(57.6 overs)	Vasconcelos
169 for 5(65.4 overs)	Sales
220 for 6(87.1 overs)	Harrison
220 for 7(87.5 overs)	Kimber
254 for 8(97.5 overs)	Sanderson
255 for 9(98.5 overs)	Conway
285 for 10(105.3 overs)	Zaib

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Fernandes,caught Harrison, bowled Conway Fernandes, caught Harrison, bowled Conway	3	13	10	0	0	14	23.08
Robson,caught McManus, bowled Conway Robson, caught McManus, bowled Conway	3	12	10	0	0	25	25.00
Holden,caught and bowled Harrison Holden, caught and bowled Harrison	50	87	59	4	1	123	57.47
Geddes,not out Geddes, not out	59	128	96	3	2	128	46.09
Falconer,not out Falconer, not out	5	14	9	0	0	14	35.71
Extras, no balls 10, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 4, total 14 Extras, no balls 10, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 4, total 14
Total,134 for 3 41.3 overs Total,134 for 3 41.3 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Sanderson	11.0	1	33	0	51	3	0	3	0	3.00
Conway	9.0	2	13	2	48	1	0	1	0	1.44
Chahal	9.3	0	34	0	35	1	0	1	1	3.57
Harrison	12.0	0	50	1	45	0	0	2	2	4.16

Fall of wicket	Batter
5 for 1(3.3 overs)	Fernandes
12 for 2(5.4 overs)	Robson
116 for 3(36.4 overs)	Holden

home team,Middlesex

Sam Robson
Nathan Fernandes
Max Holden, Captain
Ben Geddes
Caleb Falconer
Ryan Higgins
Harry Duke, Wicket Keeper
Zafar Gohar
Toby Roland-Jones
Tom Helm
Danru Ferns

away team,Northamptonshire

Ricardo Vasconcelos
Luke Procter, Captain
Gus Miller
Saif Zaib
Calvin Harrison
James Sales
Lewis McManus, Wicket Keeper
Louis Kimber
Ben Sanderson
Harry Conway
Yuzvendra Chahal

Middlesex
Northamptonshire

home team,Middlesex

Sam Robson
Nathan Fernandes
Max Holden, Captain
Ben Geddes
Caleb Falconer
Ryan Higgins
Harry Duke, Wicket Keeper
Zafar Gohar
Toby Roland-Jones
Tom Helm
Danru Ferns

Start Time:: 10:30
Toss:: Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Venue:: Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
Officials:: Paul Baldwin, Ben Debenham, James Whitaker

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