Middlesex vs Northamptonshire

Middlesex vs Northamptonshire, County Championship, 17 Apr 2026 Test

Result

Middlesex (88.5 ov) 341 & 353/
Northamptonshire (111.4 ov) 409

Match drawn

Full scorecard

Middlesex — 1st innings

341 (88.5 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
SD Robson c CG Harrison b HNA Conway 13 30 2 0 43.33
JM De Caires c JJG Sales b BW Sanderson 2 5 0 0 40.00
MDE Holden c JJG Sales b HNA Conway 1 6 0 0 16.67
JL du Plooy c R Vasconcelos b BW Sanderson 51 66 6 0 77.27
BBA Geddes c CG Harrison b BW Sanderson 65 80 9 0 81.25
RF Higgins c SA Zaib b CG Harrison 14 36 2 0 38.89
JB Cracknell c L Guthrie b CG Harrison 79 136 9 0 58.09
Zafar Gohar c & b HNA Conway 83 133 6 1 62.41
TS Roland-Jones c GA Bartlett b BW Sanderson 17 19 3 0 89.47
TG Helm c HNA Conway b BW Sanderson 5 21 0 0 23.81
N Sharma * not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 2, nb 2) 11
Total 10 wkts, 88.5 ov 341

Did not bat LBK Hollman

Fall of wickets 1-6 (JM De Caires, 1.5 ov), 2-7 (MDE Holden, 2.5 ov), 3-20 (SD Robson, 8.6 ov), 4-105 (JL du Plooy, 25.2 ov), 5-150 (BBA Geddes, 35.2 ov), 6-164 (RF Higgins, 40.6 ov), 7-304 (JB Cracknell, 78.4 ov), 8-325 (TS Roland-Jones, 83.1 ov), 9-341 (TG Helm, 87.4 ov), 10-341 (Zafar Gohar, 88.5 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
HNA Conway 20.5 2 74 3 3.55 0 0
BW Sanderson 19 3 62 5 3.26 0 2
LA Procter 8 0 36 0 4.50 0 0
L Guthrie 13 0 77 0 5.92 2 0
CG Harrison 21 2 65 2 3.10 0 0
JJG Sales 3 0 14 0 4.67 0 0
SA Zaib 3 0 5 0 1.67 0 0
NA McSweeney 1 0 1 0 1.00 0 0

Northamptonshire — 2nd innings

409 (111.4 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
R Vasconcelos c JB Cracknell b TS Roland-Jones 27 29 3 0 93.10
LA Procter lbw b TG Helm 13 26 2 0 50.00
CG Harrison c BBA Geddes b TS Roland-Jones 0 2 0 0 0.00
NA McSweeney c RF Higgins b TG Helm 107 191 16 0 56.02
SA Zaib c SD Robson b N Sharma 14 47 2 0 29.79
JJG Sales c JL du Plooy b RF Higgins 164 265 24 2 61.89
GA Bartlett b N Sharma 1 7 0 0 14.29
LD McManus c JB Cracknell b RF Higgins 9 34 1 0 26.47
BW Sanderson c SD Robson b N Sharma 7 16 1 0 43.75
L Guthrie c SD Robson b TS Roland-Jones 51 49 8 1 104.08
HNA Conway * not out 4 7 1 0 57.14
Extras (b 5, lb 1, nb 6) 12
Total 10 wkts, 111.4 ov 409

Fall of wickets 1-30 (LA Procter, 7.6 ov), 2-37 (CG Harrison, 8.4 ov), 3-42 (R Vasconcelos, 10.3 ov), 4-98 (SA Zaib, 26.4 ov), 5-262 (NA McSweeney, 73.1 ov), 6-263 (GA Bartlett, 74.4 ov), 7-290 (LD McManus, 85.5 ov), 8-307 (BW Sanderson, 92.3 ov), 9-381 (L Guthrie, 106.6 ov), 10-409 (JJG Sales, 111.4 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
TS Roland-Jones 29 7 83 3 2.86 0 0
TG Helm 22 3 77 2 3.50 0 0
RF Higgins 29.4 4 105 2 3.54 0 6
N Sharma 25 5 92 3 3.68 0 0
LBK Hollman 4 0 37 0 9.25 0 0
JM De Caires 2 0 9 0 4.50 0 0

Middlesex — 3rd innings

353/3 (104 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
JM De Caires lbw b LA Procter 15 52 2 0 28.85
SD Robson c LD McManus b L Guthrie 162 305 21 0 53.11
MDE Holden b CG Harrison 86 144 14 0 59.72
JL du Plooy * not out 66 118 7 0 55.93
BBA Geddes * not out 0 7 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 9, lb 10, w 1, nb 4) 24
Total 3 wkts, 104 ov 353

Did not bat LBK Hollman, RF Higgins, JB Cracknell, Zafar Gohar, TS Roland-Jones, TG Helm, N Sharma

Fall of wickets 1-34 (JM De Caires, 16.6 ov), 2-199 (MDE Holden, 63.5 ov), 3-351 (SD Robson, 101.4 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
BW Sanderson 17 5 45 0 2.65 0 2
HNA Conway 15 7 17 0 1.13 0 0
LA Procter 12 2 49 1 4.08 0 2
L Guthrie 17 0 89 1 5.24 0 0
CG Harrison 24 2 75 1 3.13 0 0
NA McSweeney 3 1 17 0 5.67 0 0
SA Zaib 11 1 24 0 2.18 0 0
JJG Sales 5 0 18 0 3.60 1 0

Middlesex — 1st innings · 89 overs

Runs per over peak 13
Over 1 HNA Conway 4 4 runs
Over 2 BW Sanderson 2 W 1 3 runs 1 wkt
Over 3 HNA Conway W 0 runs 1 wkt
Over 4 BW Sanderson 0 runs
Over 5 HNA Conway 1 1 run
Over 6 BW Sanderson 1 2 1 4 runs
Over 7 HNA Conway 1 1 run
Over 8 BW Sanderson 1 2 3 runs
Over 9 HNA Conway 4 W 4 runs 1 wkt
Over 10 BW Sanderson 1nb 1 4 4 11 runs
Over 11 HNA Conway 1 1 run
Over 12 BW Sanderson 1 1 2 runs
Over 13 LA Procter 3 3 runs
Over 14 L Guthrie 1 4 4 9 runs
Over 15 LA Procter 4 4 4 12 runs
Over 16 L Guthrie 1 2 1 4 runs
Over 17 LA Procter 2lb 1 3 runs
Over 18 L Guthrie 2 1 1 4 runs
Over 19 LA Procter 4 4 runs
Over 20 L Guthrie 4 wd 1 2 1 1 10 runs
Over 21 LA Procter 1 3 4 runs
Over 22 BW Sanderson 3 3 runs
Over 23 HNA Conway 3 1 4 runs
Over 24 BW Sanderson 2 2 2 6 runs
Over 25 HNA Conway 4 4 runs
Over 26 BW Sanderson W 1 1 run 1 wkt
Over 27 HNA Conway 1 4 1 4 10 runs
Over 28 BW Sanderson 4 1 5 runs
Over 29 HNA Conway 4 1 5 runs
Over 30 BW Sanderson 4 1lb 5 runs
Over 31 HNA Conway 2 1 3 runs
Over 32 BW Sanderson 1 1 run
Over 33 LA Procter 4 1 5 runs
Over 34 BW Sanderson 1 4 5 runs
Over 35 LA Procter 1 1 1 1 1 5 runs
Over 36 BW Sanderson W 0 runs 1 wkt
Over 37 LA Procter 1 1 2 runs
Over 38 BW Sanderson 0 runs
Over 39 CG Harrison 1 4 1 6 runs
Over 40 HNA Conway 2 3 5 runs
Over 41 CG Harrison 1 W 1 run 1 wkt
Over 42 HNA Conway 1 1 run
Over 43 CG Harrison 1 2 1 4 runs
Over 44 HNA Conway 4 1 4 4 13 runs
Over 45 CG Harrison 1 1 run
Over 46 L Guthrie 2 6 2 10 runs
Over 47 CG Harrison 0 runs
Over 48 L Guthrie 1 1 run
Over 49 CG Harrison 0 runs
Over 50 L Guthrie 1 4 5 runs
Over 51 CG Harrison 1 1 2 runs
Over 52 L Guthrie 3 1 4 runs
Over 53 CG Harrison 1 1 2 runs
Over 54 JJG Sales 1 3 1 5 runs
Over 55 CG Harrison 1 1 2 runs
Over 56 JJG Sales 1 1 run
Over 57 CG Harrison 4b 1 2 1 8 runs
Over 58 JJG Sales 2 4 1 1 8 runs
Over 59 CG Harrison 1 1 run
Over 60 SA Zaib 1 1 run
Over 61 CG Harrison 4 4 8 runs
Over 62 SA Zaib 1 1 1 3 runs
Over 63 NA McSweeney 1 1 run
Over 64 SA Zaib 1 1 run
Over 65 CG Harrison 3 3 runs
Over 66 HNA Conway 1 2 1 4 runs
Over 67 CG Harrison 1 1 4 4 10 runs
Over 68 HNA Conway 1 1 2 runs
Over 69 CG Harrison 2 2 runs
Over 70 HNA Conway 1 1 run
Over 71 CG Harrison 4 2 6 runs
Over 72 L Guthrie 1 1 1 1 1 5 runs
Over 73 CG Harrison 1 1 3 5 runs
Over 74 L Guthrie 1 1 2 runs
Over 75 CG Harrison 1 1 2 runs
Over 76 L Guthrie 4 1 5 runs
Over 77 CG Harrison 1 1 2 runs
Over 78 L Guthrie 1 4 1 1 wd 8 runs
Over 79 CG Harrison 1 W 1 run 1 wkt
Over 80 L Guthrie 1 4 4 1 10 runs
Over 81 CG Harrison 1 1 1 3 runs
Over 82 BW Sanderson 1 2 3 runs
Over 83 HNA Conway 4 1 5 runs
Over 84 BW Sanderson W 3 3 runs 1 wkt
Over 85 HNA Conway 0 runs
Over 86 BW Sanderson 4 1 1 6 runs
Over 87 HNA Conway 1 4 1 6 runs
Over 88 BW Sanderson 1 W 1 run 1 wkt
Over 89 HNA Conway W 0 runs 1 wkt

Northamptonshire — 2nd innings · 112 overs

Runs per over peak 15
Over 1 TS Roland-Jones 1b 4 5 runs
Over 2 TG Helm 0 runs
Over 3 TS Roland-Jones 0 runs
Over 4 TG Helm 4 1 1lb 2 8 runs
Over 5 TS Roland-Jones 3 3 6 runs
Over 6 TG Helm 1 1 2 runs
Over 7 TS Roland-Jones 1 1 4 6 runs
Over 8 TG Helm 2 1 W 3 runs 1 wkt
Over 9 TS Roland-Jones 4 3 W 7 runs 1 wkt
Over 10 TG Helm 4 1 5 runs
Over 11 TS Roland-Jones W 2 2 runs 1 wkt
Over 12 TG Helm 4 4 runs
Over 13 TS Roland-Jones 0 runs
Over 14 TG Helm 1 1 run
Over 15 TS Roland-Jones 1 1 run
Over 16 TG Helm 4 1 4 4 13 runs
Over 17 TS Roland-Jones 1 4b 5 runs
Over 18 RF Higgins nb 1 run
Over 19 TS Roland-Jones 1 1 2 runs
Over 20 RF Higgins 4 2 6 runs
Over 21 N Sharma 2 2 runs
Over 22 RF Higgins 4 4 4 12 runs
Over 23 N Sharma 0 runs
Over 24 RF Higgins 1 1 run
Over 25 N Sharma 0 runs
Over 26 RF Higgins 1 4 5 runs
Over 27 N Sharma W 2 2 runs 1 wkt
Over 28 RF Higgins 2 2 runs
Over 29 N Sharma 4 4 runs
Over 30 RF Higgins 1 1 run
Over 31 N Sharma 4 4 runs
Over 32 RF Higgins 0 runs
Over 33 TS Roland-Jones 4 1 5 runs
Over 34 RF Higgins 4 4 runs
Over 35 TS Roland-Jones 4 1 5 runs
Over 36 TG Helm 4 4 runs
Over 37 TS Roland-Jones 1 1 run
Over 38 TG Helm 2 1 3 runs
Over 39 TS Roland-Jones 0 runs
Over 40 TG Helm 4 1 1 6 runs
Over 41 TS Roland-Jones 2 1 3 runs
Over 42 TG Helm 1 1 run
Over 43 TS Roland-Jones 1 4 1 6 runs
Over 44 RF Higgins 4 4 8 runs
Over 45 N Sharma 0 runs
Over 46 RF Higgins 4 4 runs
Over 47 N Sharma 1 4 3 8 runs
Over 48 RF Higgins 4nb 4 9 runs
Over 49 LBK Hollman 1 4 2 7 runs
Over 50 N Sharma 2 4 1 7 runs
Over 51 LBK Hollman 1 1 run
Over 52 N Sharma 4 4 runs
Over 53 LBK Hollman 4 1 4 4 1 14 runs
Over 54 N Sharma 2 2 runs
Over 55 RF Higgins 4 4 2 1 11 runs
Over 56 N Sharma 4 4 runs
Over 57 TS Roland-Jones 0 runs
Over 58 RF Higgins 0 runs
Over 59 TS Roland-Jones 4 4 runs
Over 60 RF Higgins 4 4 runs
Over 61 TS Roland-Jones 1 4 5 runs
Over 62 RF Higgins 1 1 run
Over 63 TS Roland-Jones 0 runs
Over 64 RF Higgins 0 runs
Over 65 TS Roland-Jones 0 runs
Over 66 RF Higgins 0 runs
Over 67 N Sharma 2 1 3 runs
Over 68 RF Higgins 1 1 run
Over 69 N Sharma 4 4 runs
Over 70 RF Higgins 1 2 3 runs
Over 71 N Sharma 4 4 runs
Over 72 TG Helm 2 1 3 runs
Over 73 N Sharma 1 1 run
Over 74 TG Helm W 1 1 run 1 wkt
Over 75 N Sharma W 1 3 4 runs 1 wkt
Over 76 TG Helm 0 runs
Over 77 N Sharma 0 runs
Over 78 TG Helm 1 4 1 1 7 runs
Over 79 N Sharma 4 1 1 6 runs
Over 80 TG Helm 1 1 run
Over 81 TS Roland-Jones 1 1 run
Over 82 TG Helm 0 runs
Over 83 TS Roland-Jones 1 1 run
Over 84 RF Higgins 4 2 6 runs
Over 85 TS Roland-Jones 0 runs
Over 86 RF Higgins 1 W 1 run 1 wkt
Over 87 TS Roland-Jones 2 1 3 runs
Over 88 RF Higgins 1 1 1 3 runs
Over 89 N Sharma 0 runs
Over 90 RF Higgins nb 2 3 runs
Over 91 N Sharma 1 1 run
Over 92 RF Higgins 1 4 5 runs
Over 93 N Sharma 1 W 4 5 runs 1 wkt
Over 94 RF Higgins 2 2 runs
Over 95 N Sharma 2 4 4 2 12 runs
Over 96 RF Higgins 1 1 2 runs
Over 97 N Sharma 4 4 runs
Over 98 RF Higgins 1 1 1 3 runs
Over 99 N Sharma 1 4 4 1 1 11 runs
Over 100 TG Helm 2 2 runs
Over 101 JM De Caires 1 2 1 4 runs
Over 102 TG Helm 1 1 2 runs
Over 103 JM De Caires 1 1 1 2 5 runs
Over 104 TG Helm 1 1 1 3 runs
Over 105 TS Roland-Jones 6 4 10 runs
Over 106 TG Helm 4 1 4 9 runs
Over 107 TS Roland-Jones 1 W 1 run 1 wkt
Over 108 LBK Hollman 6 6 2 1 15 runs
Over 109 TS Roland-Jones 4 4 runs
Over 110 RF Higgins 4 4 runs
Over 111 TS Roland-Jones 4 1 5 runs
Over 112 RF Higgins W 0 runs 1 wkt

Middlesex — 3rd innings · 104 overs

Runs per over peak 15
Over 1 BW Sanderson 2 4 6 runs
Over 2 HNA Conway 0 runs
Over 3 BW Sanderson 1 1 run
Over 4 HNA Conway 0 runs
Over 5 BW Sanderson 1 1 1 3 runs
Over 6 HNA Conway 1 1 run
Over 7 BW Sanderson 0 runs
Over 8 HNA Conway 1lb 1 run
Over 9 BW Sanderson 0 runs
Over 10 HNA Conway 4 1 5 runs
Over 11 LA Procter 0 runs
Over 12 HNA Conway 1 1 run
Over 13 LA Procter 1 1 run
Over 14 BW Sanderson 1 4 1 6 runs
Over 15 LA Procter 4 4 runs
Over 16 BW Sanderson 4 4 runs
Over 17 LA Procter 1 W 1 run 1 wkt
Over 18 BW Sanderson 1 1 2 runs
Over 19 LA Procter 0 runs
Over 20 BW Sanderson nb 1 2 runs
Over 21 LA Procter 1 4 5 runs
Over 22 BW Sanderson 4 4 runs
Over 23 L Guthrie 1 1 1 4 7 runs
Over 24 HNA Conway 0 runs
Over 25 L Guthrie 1 1 2 runs
Over 26 HNA Conway 1 1 run
Over 27 L Guthrie 4 3 7 runs
Over 28 HNA Conway 0 runs
Over 29 L Guthrie 4 4 8 runs
Over 30 CG Harrison 1 2 3 runs
Over 31 L Guthrie 1 1 1 3 runs
Over 32 CG Harrison 4 4 runs
Over 33 LA Procter 4 1 1 6 runs
Over 34 CG Harrison 4 1 5 runs
Over 35 LA Procter 4 4 runs
Over 36 CG Harrison 0 runs
Over 37 LA Procter 4 4 8 runs
Over 38 CG Harrison 1 1 1 3 runs
Over 39 BW Sanderson 1 4 5 runs
Over 40 HNA Conway 1 1 run
Over 41 BW Sanderson 4lb 4 runs
Over 42 HNA Conway 1 1 2 runs
Over 43 BW Sanderson 0 runs
Over 44 HNA Conway 0 runs
Over 45 BW Sanderson 0 runs
Over 46 HNA Conway 1 1 run
Over 47 BW Sanderson 1 1 2 runs
Over 48 HNA Conway 0 runs
Over 49 BW Sanderson 4 4 8 runs
Over 50 HNA Conway 4 1 5 runs
Over 51 BW Sanderson 1 1 run
Over 52 L Guthrie 1 4 5 runs
Over 53 LA Procter 1 1 2 runs
Over 54 L Guthrie 1 1 2 runs
Over 55 LA Procter 4b 4 4 nb 13 runs
Over 56 L Guthrie 4 1 5 runs
Over 57 LA Procter 1 1 4 1 1 8 runs
Over 58 CG Harrison 4 1 1 6 runs
Over 59 L Guthrie 1 1 1 3 runs
Over 60 CG Harrison 1 1 run
Over 61 L Guthrie 4 1 1 1 1 8 runs
Over 62 CG Harrison 0 runs
Over 63 L Guthrie 1 4 5 runs
Over 64 CG Harrison 1 1 W 1 3 runs 1 wkt
Over 65 L Guthrie 4 1 5 runs
Over 66 CG Harrison 1 4 1 6 runs
Over 67 NA McSweeney 0 runs
Over 68 CG Harrison 4b 2 1 7 runs
Over 69 NA McSweeney 2 1 4 1 8 runs
Over 70 CG Harrison 1 1 1 3 runs
Over 71 NA McSweeney 1 1 1 4 1 1 9 runs
Over 72 CG Harrison 2 2 runs
Over 73 SA Zaib 1 1 2 runs
Over 74 CG Harrison 1 4 1 1 4 4lb 15 runs
Over 75 SA Zaib 1 1 2 runs
Over 76 CG Harrison 1 2 1 4 runs
Over 77 SA Zaib 1 1 run
Over 78 CG Harrison 1 1 run
Over 79 SA Zaib 1 1 2 runs
Over 80 CG Harrison 1 3 1 5 runs
Over 81 SA Zaib 1 1 2 runs
Over 82 CG Harrison 2 2 runs
Over 83 SA Zaib 2 1 3 runs
Over 84 CG Harrison 1 1 run
Over 85 SA Zaib 1b 1 run
Over 86 CG Harrison 1 1 1 3 runs
Over 87 SA Zaib 4 4 runs
Over 88 CG Harrison 1 1 run
Over 89 SA Zaib 1 1 run
Over 90 CG Harrison 1 1 run
Over 91 SA Zaib 1 1 2 runs
Over 92 CG Harrison 1 1 4 6 runs
Over 93 SA Zaib 4 1 5 runs
Over 94 L Guthrie 2 1 1 2 6 runs
Over 95 JJG Sales 4 1 2 1 8 runs
Over 96 L Guthrie 4 4 8 runs
Over 97 JJG Sales 1 1 wd 1 4 runs
Over 98 L Guthrie 1 1 run
Over 99 JJG Sales 1 2 1 4 runs
Over 100 L Guthrie 4 1 1 6 runs
Over 101 JJG Sales 1 1lb 2 runs
Over 102 L Guthrie 4 4 W 8 runs 1 wkt
Over 103 JJG Sales 1 1 run
Over 104 CG Harrison 1 1 run

Run progression

Middlesex 340 Northamptonshire 406 Middlesex 351 wicket
0 102 204 306 0 14 28 42 56 70 84 98 112

Overs

Partnerships

Middlesex — 1st innings

1 6 SD Robson 4 · JM De Caires 2
2 1 MDE Holden 1
3 13 SD Robson 9 · JL du Plooy 4
4 84 JL du Plooy 46 · BBA Geddes 33
5 45 BBA Geddes 32 · RF Higgins 12
6 14 JB Cracknell 12 · RF Higgins 2
7 140 Zafar Gohar 68 · JB Cracknell 67
8 21 TS Roland-Jones 17 · Zafar Gohar 4
9 16 TG Helm 5 · Zafar Gohar 11
10 0 Zafar Gohar 0 · N Sharma 0

Northamptonshire — 2nd innings

1 30 LA Procter 13 · R Vasconcelos 15
2 7 R Vasconcelos 7 · CG Harrison 0
3 5 NA McSweeney 0 · R Vasconcelos 5
4 55 NA McSweeney 36 · SA Zaib 14
5 163 JJG Sales 87 · NA McSweeney 71
6 1 GA Bartlett 1 · JJG Sales 0
7 27 LD McManus 9 · JJG Sales 18
8 16 JJG Sales 8 · BW Sanderson 7
9 74 L Guthrie 51 · JJG Sales 23
10 28 JJG Sales 24 · HNA Conway 4

Middlesex — 3rd innings

1 34 JM De Caires 15 · SD Robson 18
2 163 MDE Holden 86 · SD Robson 67
3 152 SD Robson 77 · JL du Plooy 64
4 2 BBA Geddes 0 · JL du Plooy 2

Bars show the full stand including extras; the two figures beside each are the runs each batter made off the bat.

Match details

Format MDM
Ground County Ground, Northampton, Northampton
Season 2026
Toss Middlesex won the toss and chose to bat
Match referee AM Smith