Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	lbw b Wells	70	83	116	11	0	84.33
Nathan Fernandes	c †Hurst b Bailey	1	14	19	0	0	7.14
Max Holden	c †Hurst b Williams	69	115	156	7	1	60.00
Leus du Plooy	lbw b Aspinwall	41	102	142	4	0	40.19
Ryan Higgins	c †Hurst b Balderson	13	24	39	2	0	54.16
Ben Geddes	c Harris b Sutton	10	25	29	1	0	40.00
Jack Davies †	lbw b Sutton	4	6	9	1	0	66.66
Zafar Gohar	b Aspinwall	6	24	31	0	0	25.00
Toby Roland-Jones (c)	b Aspinwall	1	2	4	0	0	50.00
Blake Cullen	not out	12	18	28	2	0	66.66
Henry Brookes	lbw b Aspinwall	4	5	8	1	0	80.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 4, nb 16, w 1)	29
Total	68.2 Ov (RR: 3.80)	260
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Nathan Fernandes, 4.2 ov), 2-127 (Sam Robson, 27.5 ov), 3-178 (Max Holden, 41.5 ov), 4-215 (Ryan Higgins, 50.4 ov), 5-232 (Ben Geddes, 57.4 ov), 6-237 (Jack Davies, 59.4 ov), 7-237 (Leus du Plooy, 60.3 ov), 8-241 (Toby Roland-Jones, 60.6 ov), 9-254 (Zafar Gohar, 66.6 ov), 10-260 (Henry Brookes, 68.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tom Bailey	14	1	68	1	4.85	60	6	0	0	8
4.2 to N Fernandes, . 5/1
Will Williams	13	2	46	1	3.53	56	5	0	0	0
41.5 to MDE Holden, . 178/3
George Balderson	15	6	25	1	1.66	78	4	0	0	0
50.4 to RF Higgins, . 215/4
Tom Aspinwall	9.2	3	32	4	3.42	42	5	0	0	0
60.3 to JL du Plooy, . 237/7 60.6 to TS Roland-Jones, . 241/8 66.6 to Zafar Gohar, . 254/9 68.2 to HJH Brookes, . 260/10
Ollie Sutton	11	0	57	2	5.18	39	7	1	1	0
57.4 to BBA Geddes, . 232/5 59.4 to JLB Davies, . 237/6
Luke Wells	6	1	20	1	3.33	24	2	0	0	0
27.5 to SD Robson, . 127/2

Lancashire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Jones	c †Davies b Roland-Jones	40	156	231	2	0	25.64
Keaton Jennings (c)	c Robson b Higgins	55	123	169	9	0	44.71
Josh Bohannon	b Zafar Gohar	27	70	106	3	0	38.57
Marcus Harris	lbw b Zafar Gohar	138	197	288	21	0	70.05
Matty Hurst †	c Fernandes b Cullen	4	20	22	0	0	20.00
Luke Wells	c †Davies b Cullen	38	98	131	3	2	38.77
George Balderson	lbw b Zafar Gohar	20	27	31	4	0	74.07
Tom Aspinwall	b Roland-Jones	0	6	13	0	0	0.00
Tom Bailey	c Geddes b Zafar Gohar	9	22	25	1	0	40.90
Will Williams	c Geddes b Brookes	1	13	16	0	0	7.69
Ollie Sutton	not out	2	9	11	0	0	22.22
Extras	(b 5, lb 20)	25
Total	123.3 Ov (RR: 2.90)	359
Fall of wickets: 1-97 (Keaton Jennings, 38.4 ov), 2-129 (Michael Jones, 53.4 ov), 3-150 (Josh Bohannon, 63.1 ov), 4-167 (Matty Hurst, 68.5 ov), 5-287 (Luke Wells, 102.1 ov), 6-320 (George Balderson, 109.5 ov), 7-331 (Tom Aspinwall, 112.3 ov), 8-352 (Tom Bailey, 117.5 ov), 9-353 (Will Williams, 120.6 ov), 10-359 (Marcus Harris, 123.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	26	6	78	2	3.00	120	12	0	0	0
53.4 to MA Jones, . 129/2 112.3 to TH Aspinwall, . 331/7
Ryan Higgins	23	8	44	1	1.91	115	5	0	0	0
38.4 to KK Jennings, . 97/1
Henry Brookes	24	5	60	1	2.50	113	8	0	0	0
120.6 to WSA Williams, . 353/9
Blake Cullen	22	7	73	2	3.31	99	10	0	0	0
68.5 to MF Hurst, . 167/4 102.1 to LWP Wells, . 287/5
Zafar Gohar	28.3	8	79	4	2.77	129	8	2	0	0
63.1 to JJ Bohannon, . 150/3 109.5 to GP Balderson, . 320/6 117.5 to TE Bailey, . 352/8 123.3 to MS Harris, . 359/10

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nathan Fernandes	c †Hurst b Bailey	3	10	10	0	0	30.00
Sam Robson	lbw b Bailey	3	19	27	0	0	15.78
Max Holden	c Jones b Sutton	184	335	473	20	2	54.92
Leus du Plooy	c †Hurst b Bailey	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Ryan Higgins	b Balderson	43	91	127	6	0	47.25
Ben Geddes	c †Hurst b Williams	74	133	186	7	0	55.63
Blake Cullen	c †Hurst b Balderson	7	8	8	1	0	87.50
Henry Brookes	c Jennings b Bailey	1	15	19	0	0	6.66
Jack Davies †	c Aspinwall b Bailey	28	73	79	5	0	38.35
Zafar Gohar	b Wells	22	36	44	2	0	61.11
Toby Roland-Jones (c)	not out	3	5	13	0	0	60.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 12, nb 18, w 1)	39
Total	119.4 Ov (RR: 3.40)	407
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Nathan Fernandes, 2.1 ov), 2-7 (Sam Robson, 6.1 ov), 3-7 (Leus du Plooy, 6.3 ov), 4-113 (Ryan Higgins, 38.1 ov), 5-276 (Ben Geddes, 85.1 ov), 6-287 (Blake Cullen, 86.4 ov), 7-288 (Henry Brookes, 91.1 ov), 8-357 (Jack Davies, 110.2 ov), 9-387 (Max Holden, 117.2 ov), 10-407 (Zafar Gohar, 119.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tom Bailey	26	3	79	5	3.03	120	5	0	0	7
2.1 to N Fernandes, . 4/1 6.1 to SD Robson, . 7/2 6.3 to JL du Plooy, . 7/3 91.1 to HJH Brookes, . 288/7 110.2 to JLB Davies, . 357/8
Will Williams	23	7	48	1	2.08	112	5	0	0	0
85.1 to BBA Geddes, . 276/5
Tom Aspinwall	16	4	49	0	3.06	74	7	1	0	0
George Balderson	28	7	85	2	3.03	131	11	1	1	1
38.1 to RF Higgins, . 113/4 86.4 to BC Cullen, . 287/6
Luke Wells	13.4	0	65	1	4.75	40	4	0	0	1
119.4 to Zafar Gohar, . 407/10
Ollie Sutton	10	1	53	1	5.30	36	9	0	0	0
117.2 to MDE Holden, . 387/9
Josh Bohannon	3	0	8	0	2.66	10	0	0	0	0

Lancashire 2nd Innings (T: 309 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Jones	b Roland-Jones	44	83	108	6	1	53.01

Keaton Jennings (c)	b Cullen	49	52	86	7	0	94.23

Josh Bohannon	b Zafar Gohar	0	8	7	0	0	0.00

Marcus Harris	c du Plooy b Zafar Gohar	52	71	99	7	0	73.23
Matty Hurst †	c Higgins b Zafar Gohar	2	16	28	0	0	12.50

Luke Wells	c †Davies b Cullen	47	67	108	3	1	70.14
George Balderson	not out	36	76	104	4	1	47.36
Tom Aspinwall	b Brookes	2	12	16	0	0	16.66
Tom Bailey	lbw b Brookes	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Will Williams	not out	4	16	33	1	0	25.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 13, nb 2, w 3)	26
Total	66.5 Ov (RR: 3.92)	262/8
Did not bat: Ollie Sutton
Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Keaton Jennings, 20.1 ov), 2-98 (Josh Bohannon, 21.4 ov), 3-102 (Michael Jones, 24.6 ov), 4-119 (Matty Hurst, 31.4 ov), 5-174 (Marcus Harris, 43.5 ov), 6-240 (Luke Wells, 55.1 ov), 7-247 (Tom Aspinwall, 58.5 ov), 8-247 (Tom Bailey, 58.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	11	3	34	1	3.09	48	5	0	0	0
24.6 to MA Jones, what a delivery! Out of nowhere, a massive inswinger, not quite on a yorker length, but no less surprising for that. Jones is trapped on the crease, jamming hopelessly down the wrong line as his stumps get wrecked. Middlesex are on a surge here. 102/3
Ryan Higgins	9	0	42	0	4.66	33	6	0	0	0
Henry Brookes	10	0	54	2	5.40	36	4	2	0	0
58.5 to TH Aspinwall, . 247/7 58.6 to TE Bailey, . 247/8
Blake Cullen	13.5	4	47	2	3.39	67	8	0	3	0
20.1 to KK Jennings, back of a length, angled across the left-hander, Jennings looks to punch the ball a bit flat-footedly, and gets an inside-edge down onto his stumps as the ball gets big on him. A fine opening hand, but that's a dent in their chase. 93/1 55.1 to LWP Wells, . 240/6
Zafar Gohar	23	2	64	3	2.78	100	5	1	0	1
21.4 to JJ Bohannon, Beaten on the angle from round the wicket, Bohannon makes as though it's kept low on him but that's just skidded on a touch, through his back-foot push, into the leg stump. Two quick wickets to dent Lancashire's charge. 98/2 31.4 to MF Hurst, spits from a good length, takes the shoulder of the bat, and a very sharp catch by Higgins at slip, falling backwards to cushion the ball as reared at his face. There's an opening.... 119/4 43.5 to MS Harris, . 174/5

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Fri, 04 Apr - day 1 - Lancashire 1st innings 68/0 (Michael Jones 17*, Keaton Jennings 41*, 25 ov)

Sat, 05 Apr - day 2 - Lancashire 1st innings 353/9 (Marcus Harris 134*, 121 ov)

Sun, 06 Apr - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 288/6 (Max Holden 135*, Henry Brookes 1*, 91 ov)

Mon, 07 Apr - day 4 - Lancashire 2nd innings 262/8 (66.5 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Lord's, London
Toss	Lancashire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2025
Hours of play (local time)	11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	4,5,6,7 April 2025 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Ollie Sutton
Umpires	Paul Baldwin Surendiran Shanmugam
Match Referee	Phil Whitticase
Points	Middlesex 11, Lancashire 13

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Lancashire Innings

Player Name		R	B
MA Jones	bowled	44	83
KK Jennings	bowled	49	52
JJ Bohannon	bowled	0	8
MS Harris	caught	52	71
MF Hurst	caught	2	16
LWP Wells	caught	47	67
GP Balderson	not out	36	76
TH Aspinwall	bowled	2	12
TE Bailey	lbw	0	1
WSA Williams	not out	4	16
Extras	(b 8, lb 13, nb 2, w 3)
Total	262(8 wkts; 66.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
TS Roland-Jones	11	3	34	1	3.09
RF Higgins	9	0	42	0	4.66
HJH Brookes	10	0	54	2	5.4
BC Cullen	13.5	4	47	2	3.39
Zafar Gohar	23	2	64	3	2.78 (1 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	93	Keaton Jennings	Michael Jones
2nd	5	Josh Bohannon	Michael Jones
3rd	4	Marcus Harris	Michael Jones
4th	17	Marcus Harris	Matty Hurst
5th	55	Luke Wells	Marcus Harris
6th	66	Luke Wells	George Balderson
7th	7	George Balderson	Tom Aspinwall
8th	0	Tom Bailey	George Balderson
9th	15	Will Williams	George Balderson

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County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
LEI	14	7	1	6	241
GLA	14	5	3	6	193
DER	14	3	2	9	188
MID	14	5	4	5	182
LAN	14	3	3	8	175
GLO	14	2	4	8	166
NOR	14	2	6	6	143
KEN	14	2	6	6	114

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
LEI	14	7	1	6	241
GLA	14	5	3	6	193
DER	14	3	2	9	188
MID	14	5	4	5	182
LAN	14	3	3	8	175
GLO	14	2	4	8	166
NOR	14	2	6	6	143
KEN	14	2	6	6	114

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
LEI	14	7	1	6	241
GLA	14	5	3	6	193
DER	14	3	2	9	188
MID	14	5	4	5	182
LAN	14	3	3	8	175
GLO	14	2	4	8	166
NOR	14	2	6	6	143
KEN	14	2	6	6	114

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
LEI	14	7	1	6	241
GLA	14	5	3	6	193
DER	14	3	2	9	188
MID	14	5	4	5	182
LAN	14	3	3	8	175
GLO	14	2	4	8	166
NOR	14	2	6	6	143
KEN	14	2	6	6	114