County Championship Division Two 2026
Lancashire vs Middlesex, 20th Match
Middlesex won by 6 wkts
Lancashire (LANCS)
201/10 (67.2 ov)
84/10 (38.4 ov)
Middlesex (MDX)
169/10 (43.2 ov)
117/4 (21.5 ov)
TEST
Completed
Completed
Match information
- Series
- County Championship Division Two 2026
- Match
- 20th Match · TEST
- Start date and time
- Venue
- Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, England
- Toss
- Middlesex opt to bowl
- Umpires
- Graham Lloyd, Naeem Ashraf
Playing XI
Lancashire
- Keaton Jennings · Batsman
- George Balderson · Bowling Allrounder
- Josh Bohannon · Batting Allrounder
- Marcus Harris · Batsman
- Michael Jones · Batsman
- Matthew Hurst (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Chris Green · Bowling Allrounder
- Tom Hartley · Bowler
- Tom Bailey · Bowler
- Mitchell Stanley · Bowler
- Sir James Anderson (c) · Bowler
Middlesex
- Sam Robson · Batsman
- Ben Geddes · Batsman
- Max Holden · Batsman
- Leus du Plooy (c) · Batsman
- Caleb Falconer · Batting Allrounder
- Ryan Higgins · Bowling Allrounder
- Joe Cracknell (wk) · WK-Batsman
- Zafar Gohar · Batting Allrounder
- Toby Roland-Jones · Bowler
- Sebastian Morgan · Bowler
- Naavya Sharma · Bowler
- Harry Duke · WK-Batsman
Lancashire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Balderson | lbw b Ryan Higgins | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 72.73 |
| Keaton Jennings | c Cracknell b Roland-Jones | 67 | 148 | 7 | 1 | 45.27 |
| Josh Bohannon | c Cracknell b Ryan Higgins | 15 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 31.25 |
| Marcus Harris | c Naavya Sharma b Roland-Jones | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 |
| Michael Jones | b Sebastian Morgan | 27 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 60 |
| Matthew Hurst | c Ryan Higgins b Naavya Sharma | 7 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 29.17 |
| Chris Green | b Sebastian Morgan | 35 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 46.67 |
| Tom Hartley | c Cracknell b Ryan Higgins | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Tom Bailey | c Cracknell b Sebastian Morgan |
Middlesex innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Robson | c Michael Jones b James Anderson | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46.15 |
| Ben Geddes | c and b James Anderson | 12 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 46.15 |
| Max Holden | b James Anderson | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Leus du Plooy | c Michael Jones b Balderson | 67 | 89 | 7 | 1 | 75.28 |
| Caleb Falconer | lbw b T Bailey | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 55 |
| Ryan Higgins | c James Anderson b Balderson | 32 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 106.67 |
| Harry Duke | c Matthew Hurst b James Anderson | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18.75 |
| Zafar Gohar | c Mitchell Stanley b T Bailey | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80 |
| Sebastian Morgan | c Matthew Hurst b Mitchell Stanley |
Lancashire innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Balderson | c Duke b Ryan Higgins | 15 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 40.54 |
| Keaton Jennings | c S Robson b Ryan Higgins | 18 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 36.73 |
| Mitchell Stanley | b Roland-Jones | 8 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 15.69 |
| Josh Bohannon | c S Robson b Ryan Higgins | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Marcus Harris | c Duke b Ryan Higgins | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.25 |
| Michael Jones | lbw b Roland-Jones | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 47.62 |
| Matthew Hurst | c Ryan Higgins b Naavya Sharma | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 25.93 |
| Chris Green | c Roland-Jones b Naavya Sharma | 5 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Tom Hartley | c Duke b Naavya Sharma |
Middlesex innings
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Robson | c T Bailey b Balderson | 14 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 77.78 |
| Ben Geddes | batting | 41 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 110.81 |
| Max Holden | c Matthew Hurst b Mitchell Stanley | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 75 |
| Leus du Plooy | c Matthew Hurst b Mitchell Stanley | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Caleb Falconer | c Matthew Hurst b Balderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Higgins | batting | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 |
| Joe Cracknell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zafar Gohar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Toby Roland-Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 |