Northamptonshire v Middlesex - Cricket - BBC Sport

Fri 17 Apr 2026 - Mon 20 Apr 2026Rothesay County Championship Division 2 - Day 4 of 4

Middlesex lead Northamptonshire by 41 runs with 9 wickets remaining

Middlesex 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Robson,caught Harrison, bowled Conway Robson, caught Harrison, bowled Conway	13	30	24	2	0	42	43.33
de Caires,caught Sales, bowled Sanderson de Caires, caught Sales, bowled Sanderson	2	5	4	0	0	9	40.00
Holden,caught Sales, bowled Conway Holden, caught Sales, bowled Conway	1	6	5	0	0	5	16.67
du Plooy,caught Vasconcelos, bowled Sanderson du Plooy, caught Vasconcelos, bowled Sanderson	51	66	41	6	0	100	77.27
Geddes,caught Harrison, bowled Sanderson Geddes, caught Harrison, bowled Sanderson	65	80	50	9	0	117	81.25
Higgins,caught Zaib, bowled Harrison Higgins, caught Zaib, bowled Harrison	14	36	28	2	0	66	38.89
Cracknell,caught Guthrie, bowled Harrison Cracknell, caught Guthrie, bowled Harrison	79	136	93	9	0	162	58.09
Gohar,caught and bowled Conway Gohar, caught and bowled Conway	83	133	84	6	1	189	62.41
Roland-Jones,caught Bartlett, bowled Sanderson Roland-Jones, caught Bartlett, bowled Sanderson	17	19	11	3	0	20	89.47
Helm,caught Conway, bowled Sanderson Helm, caught Conway, bowled Sanderson	5	21	18	0	0	19	23.81
Sharma,not out Sharma, not out	0	2	2	0	0	6	0.00
Extras, no balls 2, wides 2, byes 4, leg byes 3, total 11 Extras, no balls 2, wides 2, byes 4, leg byes 3, total 11
Total,341 all out 88.5 overs Total,341 all out 88.5 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Conway	20.5	2	74	3	91	0	0	11	0	3.55
Sanderson	19.0	3	62	5	84	1	0	6	0	3.26
Procter	8.0	0	36	0	31	0	0	5	0	4.50
Guthrie	13.0	0	77	0	39	0	2	8	1	5.92
Harrison	21.0	2	65	2	87	0	0	6	0	3.09
Sales	3.0	0	14	0	10	0	0	1	0	4.66
Zaib	3.0	0	5	0	13	0	0	0	0	1.66
McSweeney	1.0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
6 for 1 (1.5 overs)	de Caires
7 for 2 (2.5 overs)	Holden
20 for 3 (8.6 overs)	Robson
105 for 4 (25.2 overs)	du Plooy
150 for 5 (35.2 overs)	Geddes
164 for 6 (40.6 overs)	Higgins
304 for 7 (78.4 overs)	Cracknell
325 for 8 (83.1 overs)	Roland-Jones
341 for 9 (87.4 overs)	Helm
341 for 10 (88.5 overs)	Gohar

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Vasconcelos,caught Cracknell, bowled Roland-Jones Vasconcelos, caught Cracknell, bowled Roland-Jones	27	29	17	3	0	47	93.10
Procter,leg before wicket, bowled Helm Procter, leg before wicket, bowled Helm	13	26	21	2	0	34	50.00
Harrison,caught Geddes, bowled Roland-Jones Harrison, caught Geddes, bowled Roland-Jones	0	2	2	0	0	4	0.00
McSweeney,caught Higgins, bowled Helm McSweeney, caught Higgins, bowled Helm	107	191	141	16	0	259	56.02
Zaib,caught Robson, bowled Sharma Zaib, caught Robson, bowled Sharma	14	47	41	2	0	65	29.79
Sales,caught du Plooy, bowled Higgins Sales, caught du Plooy, bowled Higgins	164	265	197	24	2	358	61.89
Bartlett,bowled Sharma Bartlett, bowled Sharma	1	7	6	0	0	6	14.29
McManus,caught Cracknell, bowled Higgins McManus, caught Cracknell, bowled Higgins	9	34	28	1	0	47	26.47
Sanderson,caught Robson, bowled Sharma Sanderson, caught Robson, bowled Sharma	7	16	13	1	0	27	43.75
Guthrie,caught Robson, bowled Roland-Jones Guthrie, caught Robson, bowled Roland-Jones	51	49	29	8	1	61	104.08
Conway,not out Conway, not out	4	7	6	1	0	24	57.14
Extras, no balls 6, wides 0, byes 5, leg byes 1, total 12 Extras, no balls 6, wides 0, byes 5, leg byes 1, total 12
Total,409 all out 111.4 overs Total,409 all out 111.4 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Roland-Jones	29.0	7	83	3	138	0	0	11	1	2.86
Helm	22.0	3	77	2	93	0	0	11	0	3.50
Higgins	29.4	4	105	2	138	3	0	17	0	3.53
Sharma	25.0	5	92	3	114	0	0	15	0	3.68
Hollman	4.0	0	37	0	11	0	0	4	2	9.25
de Caires	2.0	0	9	0	5	0	0	0	0	4.50

Fall of wicket	Batter
30 for 1 (7.6 overs)	Procter
37 for 2 (8.4 overs)	Harrison
42 for 3 (10.3 overs)	Vasconcelos
98 for 4 (26.4 overs)	Zaib
262 for 5 (73.1 overs)	McSweeney
263 for 6 (74.4 overs)	Bartlett
290 for 7 (85.5 overs)	McManus
307 for 8 (92.3 overs)	Sanderson
381 for 9 (106.6 overs)	Guthrie
409 for 10 (111.4 overs)	Sales

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
de Caires,leg before wicket, bowled Procter de Caires, leg before wicket, bowled Procter	15	52	44	2	0	73	28.85
batting,Robson,not out batting, Robson, not out	49	102	78	8	0	161	48.04
batting,Holden,not out batting, Holden, not out	42	75	56	7	0	87	56.00
Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 3 Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 3
Total,109 for 1 38.0 overs Total,109 for 1 38.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Sanderson	10.0	2	29	0	46	1	0	4	0	2.90
Conway	9.0	5	8	0	49	0	0	1	0	0.88
Procter	9.0	2	29	1	43	0	0	6	0	3.22
Guthrie	5.0	0	27	0	17	0	0	4	0	5.40
Harrison, bowling	5.0	1	15	0	22	0	0	2	0	3.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
34 for 1 (16.6 overs)	de Caires

home team, Northamptonshire

Ricardo Vasconcelos
Luke Procter , Captain
Calvin Harrison
Nathan McSweeney
Saif Zaib
James Sales
George Bartlett
Lewis McManus , Wicket Keeper
Ben Sanderson
Liam Guthrie
Harry Conway

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home team, Northamptonshire

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away team, Middlesex

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

away team, Middlesex

Luke Hollman

home team, Northamptonshire

Ricardo Vasconcelos
Luke Procter , Captain
Calvin Harrison
Nathan McSweeney
Saif Zaib
James Sales
George Bartlett
Lewis McManus , Wicket Keeper
Ben Sanderson
Liam Guthrie
Harry Conway

Substitutes

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Start Time:: 11:00
Toss:: Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Venue:: County Ground, Northampton
Officials:: Sue Redfern, Surendiran Shanmugam, Mike Smith