County Championship Division Two 2026
Northamptonshire vs Middlesex, 9th Match
Match drawn
Northamptonshire (NHNTS)
341/10 (88.5 ov)
353/3 (103.6 ov)
Middlesex (MDX)
409/10 (111.4 ov)
TEST
Completed
Completed
Match information
- Series
- County Championship Division Two 2026
- Match
- 9th Match · TEST
- Start date and time
- Venue
- County Ground, Northampton, England
- Toss
- Middlesex opt to bat
- Umpires
- Sue Redfern, Surendiran Shanmugam
- Match referee
- Mike Smith
Playing XI
Northamptonshire
- Ricardo Vasconcelos · WK-Batsman
- Luke Procter (c) · Bowling Allrounder
- Calvin Harrison · Bowling Allrounder
- Nathan McSweeney · Batting Allrounder
- Saif Zaib · Batting Allrounder
- James Sales · Batting Allrounder
- George Bartlett · Batsman
- Lewis McManus (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Ben Sanderson · Bowler
- Liam Guthrie · Bowler
- Harry Conway · Bowler
Middlesex
- Sam Robson · Batsman
- Joshua De Caires · Batting Allrounder
- Max Holden · Batsman
- Leus du Plooy (c) · Batsman
- Ben Geddes · Batsman
- Ryan Higgins · Bowling Allrounder
- Joe Cracknell (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Zafar Gohar · Batting Allrounder
- Toby Roland-Jones · Bowler
- Tom Helm · Bowler
- Naavya Sharma · Bowler
Middlesex innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Robson | c Calvin Harrison b Conway | 13 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 43.33 |
| Joshua De Caires | c James Sales b Ben Sanderson | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Max Holden | c James Sales b Conway | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 |
| Leus du Plooy | c Ricardo Vasconcelos b Ben Sanderson | 51 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 77.27 |
| Ben Geddes | c Calvin Harrison b Ben Sanderson | 65 | 80 | 9 | 0 | 81.25 |
| Ryan Higgins | c Saif Zaib b Calvin Harrison | 14 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 38.89 |
| Joe Cracknell | c Liam Guthrie b Calvin Harrison | 79 | 136 | 9 | 0 | 58.09 |
| Zafar Gohar | c and b Conway | 83 | 133 | 6 | 1 | 62.41 |
| Toby Roland-Jones | c Bartlett b Ben Sanderson |
Northamptonshire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Vasconcelos | c Cracknell b Roland-Jones | 27 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 93.1 |
| Luke Procter | lbw b Tom Helm | 13 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 50 |
| Calvin Harrison | c Ben Geddes b Roland-Jones | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan McSweeney | c Ryan Higgins b Tom Helm | 107 | 191 | 16 | 0 | 56.02 |
| Saif Zaib | c S Robson b Naavya Sharma | 14 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 29.79 |
| James Sales | c Leus du Plooy b Ryan Higgins | 164 | 265 | 24 | 2 | 61.89 |
| George Bartlett | b Naavya Sharma | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 |
| Lewis McManus | c Cracknell b Ryan Higgins | 9 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 26.47 |
| Ben Sanderson | c S Robson b Naavya Sharma |
Middlesex innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua De Caires | lbw b L Procter | 15 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 28.85 |
| Sam Robson | c Lewis McManus b Liam Guthrie | 162 | 305 | 21 | 0 | 53.11 |
| Max Holden | b Calvin Harrison | 86 | 144 | 14 | 0 | 59.72 |
| Leus du Plooy | not out | 66 | 118 | 7 | 0 | 55.93 |
| Ben Geddes | not out | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Higgins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Cracknell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zafar Gohar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Toby Roland-Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |