f63598 cc22736	Lancashire v Middlesex
	Rothesay County Championship 2026 (Division 2)
Venue	Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester on 8th, 9th, 10th May 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Middlesex won by 6 wickets
Points	Lancashire 3 (Bowling 3); Middlesex 19 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	GD Lloyd, Naeem Ashraf
Referee	IN Ramage (Scotland)
Scorers	GL Morgan (Lancashire), DK Shelley (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 38/2 (Geddes 11*, du Plooy 12*; 9 overs)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 45/3 (Stanley 2*, Harris 1*; 20 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
GP Balderson	lbw b Higgins	8	11	8	2	-	9
KK Jennings	c Cracknell b Roland-Jones	67	148	219	7	1	109
JJ Bohannon	c Cracknell b Higgins	15	48	89	2	-	40
MS Harris	c Sharma b Roland-Jones	5	11	13	1	-	9
MA Jones	b Morgan	27	45	55	1	-	29
+MF Hurst	c Higgins b Sharma	7	24	22	1	-	21
CJ Green	b Morgan	35	75	99	2	-	55
TW Hartley	c Cracknell b Higgins	3	10	17	-	-	7
TE Bailey	c Cracknell b Morgan	11	20	32	-	-	14
MT Stanley	b Roland-Jones	1	10	13	-	-	9
*JM Anderson	not out	3	4	6	-	-	2
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb, 4 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 291 minutes, 67.2 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Balderson, 1.6 ov), 2-65 (Bohannon, 23.1 ov), 3-74 (Harris, 26.2 ov), 4-115 (Jones, 39.5 ov), 5-128 (Hurst, 44.5 ov), 6-151 (Jennings, 50.6 ov), 7-164 (Hartley, 55.3 ov), 8-188 (Bailey, 63.1 ov), 9-197 (Stanley, 66.1 ov), 10-201 (Green, 67.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roland-Jones	17	2	45	3	-	-	74	1	1
Higgins	19	3	48	3	-	-	86	5	-
Sharma	17	2	52	1	-	-	77	6	-
Morgan	14.2	4	41	3	-	2	66	4	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
SD Robson	c Jones b Anderson	6	13	17	1	-	11
BBA Geddes	c and b Anderson	12	26	45	2	-	20
MDE Holden	b Anderson	5	10	9	1	-	8
*JL du Plooy	c Jones b Balderson	67	89	159	7	1	53
CM Falconer	lbw b Bailey	11	20	23	1	-	15
RF Higgins	c Anderson b Balderson	32	30	38	3	1	15
HG Duke	c Hurst b Anderson	3	16	21	-	-	13
Zafar Gohar	c Stanley b Bailey	4	5	6	1	-	4
SHB Morgan	c Hurst b Stanley	15	48	54	2	-	39
TS Roland-Jones	c Hurst b Balderson	0	4	10	-	-	4
N Sharma	not out	0	3	4	-	-	3
Extras	(6 lb, 8 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 198 minutes, 43.2 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Robson, 4.1 ov), 2-24 (Holden, 6.2 ov), 3-39 (Geddes, 10.1 ov), 4-64 (Falconer, 15.3 ov), 5-108 (Higgins, 23.3 ov), 6-119 (Duke, 28.4 ov), 7-124 (Zafar Gohar, 29.6 ov), 8-169 (du Plooy, 41.4 ov), 9-169 (Morgan, 42.3 ov), 10-169 (Roland-Jones, 43.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Anderson	16	1	67	4	-	-	67	11	-
Bailey	16	1	49	2	-	3	73	6	-
Stanley	7	1	28	1	-	-	23	-	1
Balderson	4.2	0	19	3	-	1	19	1	1

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
GP Balderson	c +Duke b Higgins	15	37	52	3	-	31
KK Jennings	c Robson b Higgins	18	49	62	3	-	41
MT Stanley	b Roland-Jones	8	51	69	1	-	47
JJ Bohannon	c Robson b Higgins	2	4	2	-	-	3
MS Harris	c +Duke b Higgins	1	16	23	-	-	15
MA Jones	lbw b Roland-Jones	10	21	25	1	-	15
+MF Hurst	c Higgins b Sharma	7	27	32	-	-	22
CJ Green	c Roland-Jones b Sharma	5	25	40	1	-	23
TW Hartley	c +Duke b Sharma	0	1	1	-	-	1
TE Bailey	c du Plooy b Sharma	4	4	3	1	-	3
*JM Anderson	not out	0	0	8	-	-	0
Extras	(2 lb, 6 nb, 1 w, 5 pen)	14
Total	(all out, 164 minutes, 38.4 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Balderson, 13.3 ov), 2-40 (Jennings, 15.2 ov), 3-42 (Bohannon, 15.6 ov), 4-48 (Harris, 21.6 ov), 5-63 (Jones, 28.4 ov), 6-64 (Stanley, 30.2 ov), 7-77 (Hurst, 36.1 ov), 8-77 (Hartley, 36.2 ov), 9-81 (Bailey, 36.6 ov), 10-84 (Green, 38.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roland-Jones	12	4	20	2	1	-	63	3	-
Higgins	17	7	27	4	-	1	88	3	-
Sharma	4.4	1	17	4	-	-	23	4	-
Morgan	5	1	13	0	-	2	24	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
SD Robson	c Bailey b Balderson	14	18	25	2	-	12
BBA Geddes	not out	73	70	91	6	3	37
MDE Holden	c Hurst b Stanley	9	12	12	1	-	8
*JL du Plooy	c Hurst b Stanley	1	2	4	-	-	1
CM Falconer	c Hurst b Balderson	0	1	2	-	-	1
RF Higgins	not out	7	32	46	-	-	27
Zafar Gohar	did not bat
SHB Morgan	did not bat
TS Roland-Jones	did not bat
N Sharma	did not bat
HG Duke	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 8 nb)	13
Total	(4 wickets, 90 minutes, 21.5 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Robson, 6.1 ov), 2-57 (Holden, 9.1 ov), 3-63 (du Plooy, 9.6 ov), 4-64 (Falconer, 10.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Anderson	4	1	16	0	-	-	18	3	-
Bailey	4.5	0	38	0	-	4	15	2	1
Balderson	8	1	23	2	-	-	34	1	-
Stanley	5	0	35	2	-	-	16	3	2

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Middlesex full substitute: HG Duke for +JB Cracknell (after 9 overs of the Middlesex first innings) (injury)
--> Day 1 Lunch: Lancashire (1) 78/3 (Jennings 44*, Jones 2*; 28 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Lancashire (1) 172/7 (Green 22*, Bailey 5*; 60.1 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Middlesex (1) 116/5 (du Plooy 39*, Duke 3*; 26 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Middlesex (1) 169 all out
--> Day 3 Lunch: Middlesex (2) 57/2 (Geddes 25*; 9.1 overs)
--> Lancashire first innings: 50 in 18.2 overs
--> Lancashire first innings: 100 in 34.5 overs
--> Lancashire first innings: 150 in 48.5 overs
--> Lancashire first innings: 200 in 66.6 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 50 in 12.6 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 100 in 23.1 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 150 in 36.5 overs
--> Lancashire second innings: 50 in 24.3 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 50 in 7.5 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 100 in 19.2 overs
--> CM Falconer made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CM Falconer made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MS Harris made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MS Harris made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MT Stanley made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> SHB Morgan made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> SHB Morgan made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JB Cracknell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JB Cracknell made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> KK Jennings (1) 50 in 107 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> JL du Plooy (1) 50 in 69 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> JL du Plooy (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 65
--> BBA Geddes (2) 50 in 47 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes
--> N Sharma achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 4-43)
--> N Sharma achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 4-43)
--> GP Balderson reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed SD Robson, his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> KK Jennings (34) and JJ Bohannon (15) added 50 in 118 balls for the Lancashire 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> BBA Geddes (41) and RF Higgins (7) added 50 in 69 balls for the Middlesex 5th wicket in the second innings

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