Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Eskinazi	b Stewart	14	29	28	3	0	48.27
Nathan Fernandes	b Gilchrist	4	15	20	1	0	26.66
Max Holden	c †Finch b Gilchrist	26	85	121	3	0	30.58
Leus du Plooy	c †Finch b Kashif Ali	25	32	59	5	0	78.12
Ryan Higgins	c †Finch b Gilchrist	14	31	42	1	0	45.16
Ben Geddes	c Evison b Jaskaran Singh	13	15	21	3	0	86.66
Jack Davies †	not out	47	77	120	8	0	61.03
Zafar Gohar	b Kashif Ali	11	25	30	2	0	44.00
Toby Roland-Jones (c)	b Kashif Ali	13	12	14	3	0	108.33
Blake Cullen	b Jaskaran Singh	33	41	60	6	0	80.48
Henry Brookes	c Leaning b Stewart	5	7	7	1	0	71.42
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 12)	17
Total	60.3 Ov (RR: 3.66)	222
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Nathan Fernandes, 4.6 ov), 2-21 (Stephen Eskinazi, 7.2 ov), 3-62 (Leus du Plooy, 20.6 ov), 4-90 (Ryan Higgins, 30.3 ov), 5-95 (Max Holden, 32.5 ov), 6-109 (Ben Geddes, 35.1 ov), 7-130 (Zafar Gohar, 42.3 ov), 8-150 (Toby Roland-Jones, 44.6 ov), 9-217 (Blake Cullen, 59.2 ov), 10-222 (Henry Brookes, 60.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Nathan Gilchrist	16	5	43	3	2.68	78	-	-	1
Grant Stewart	14.3	3	42	2	2.89	70	-	-	1
Kashif Ali	13	0	60	3	4.61	52	-	-	4
Jaskaran Singh	12	4	47	2	3.91	55	-	-	0
Joey Evison	5	1	25	0	5.00	20	-	-	0

Kent 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Compton	c †Davies b Cullen	32	60	82	6	0	53.33
Zak Crawley	lbw b Roland-Jones	0	4	9	0	0	0.00
Daniel Bell-Drummond (c)	b Higgins	6	7	7	1	0	85.71
Tawanda Muyeye	c Eskinazi b Cullen	29	26	40	5	0	111.53
Jack Leaning	c †Davies b Brookes	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Joey Evison	c †Davies b Cullen	4	2	4	1	0	200.00
Harry Finch †	lbw b Higgins	52	71	106	10	0	73.23
Grant Stewart	c Zafar Gohar b Higgins	56	56	81	3	1	100.00
Jaskaran Singh	b Cullen	16	31	54	2	0	51.61
Kashif Ali	run out (Zafar Gohar)	17	35	44	2	0	48.57
Nathan Gilchrist	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 1, nb 4, w 1)	6
Total	49 Ov (RR: 4.44)	218
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Zak Crawley, 2.1 ov), 2-9 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 3.3 ov), 3-58 (Tawanda Muyeye, 12.6 ov), 4-63 (Jack Leaning, 13.6 ov), 5-72 (Joey Evison, 14.5 ov), 6-79 (Ben Compton, 18.4 ov), 7-180 (Grant Stewart, 37.1 ov), 8-189 (Harry Finch, 39.1 ov), 9-218 (Kashif Ali, 48.4 ov), 10-218 (Jaskaran Singh, 48.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	12	1	57	1	4.75	46	-	-	0	0
Ryan Higgins	15	2	37	3	2.46	71	-	-	1	1
Blake Cullen	11	0	60	4	5.45	41	-	-	0	1
Henry Brookes	9	1	51	1	5.66	34	-	-	0	0
Zafar Gohar	2	0	12	0	6.00	8	-	-	0	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nathan Fernandes	lbw b Gilchrist	1	4	10	0	0	25.00
Stephen Eskinazi	lbw b Jaskaran Singh	57	147	189	6	0	38.77
Max Holden	c Bell-Drummond b Gilchrist	5	10	11	1	0	50.00
Leus du Plooy	c Leaning b Stewart	26	41	88	3	0	63.41
Ryan Higgins	b Evison	15	19	20	2	0	78.94
Ben Geddes	c Evison b Leaning	75	142	207	7	0	52.81
Jack Davies †	c Bell-Drummond b Leaning	27	97	130	4	0	27.83
Blake Cullen	c Bell-Drummond b Stewart	22	45	66	2	0	48.88
Zafar Gohar	c Jaskaran Singh b Gilchrist	57	85	105	6	1	67.05
Toby Roland-Jones (c)	lbw b Stewart	0	5	9	0	0	0.00
Henry Brookes	not out	3	21	49	0	0	14.28
Extras	(b 8, lb 1, nb 12, w 2)	23
Total	101.4 Ov (RR: 3.05)	311
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Nathan Fernandes, 2.2 ov), 2-14 (Max Holden, 4.5 ov), 3-70 (Leus du Plooy, 23.1 ov), 4-90 (Ryan Higgins, 27.2 ov), 5-131 (Stephen Eskinazi, 41.6 ov), 6-221 (Jack Davies, 74.5 ov), 7-230 (Ben Geddes, 78.2 ov), 8-272 (Blake Cullen, 89.5 ov), 9-272 (Toby Roland-Jones, 91.4 ov), 10-311 (Zafar Gohar, 101.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nathan Gilchrist	21.4	2	86	3	3.96	88	-	-	0	1
Grant Stewart	22	4	52	3	2.36	99	-	-	0	1
Kashif Ali	19	2	56	0	2.94	87	-	-	0	3
Jaskaran Singh	15	1	46	1	3.06	63	-	-	2	1
Joey Evison	12	2	30	1	2.50	52	-	-	0	0
Jack Leaning	12	1	32	2	2.66	50	-	-	0	0

Kent 2nd Innings (T: 316 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley	b Zafar Gohar	58	66	92	9	1	87.87
Ben Compton	not out	124	196	267	16	1	63.26
Daniel Bell-Drummond (c)	b Zafar Gohar	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Tawanda Muyeye	not out	125	127	172	13	5	98.42
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 4)	9
Total	64.4 Ov (RR: 4.88)	316/2
Did not bat: Jack Leaning, Joey Evison, Harry Finch †, Kashif Ali, Grant Stewart, Nathan Gilchrist, Jaskaran Singh
Fall of wickets: 1-91 (Zak Crawley, 21.1 ov), 2-91 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 21.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	11	1	54	0	4.90	43	-	-	0
Ryan Higgins	11	2	32	0	2.90	52	-	-	1
Blake Cullen	8	1	39	0	4.87	31	-	-	0
Henry Brookes	11	0	70	0	6.36	38	-	-	0
Zafar Gohar	20	1	91	2	4.55	78	-	-	1
Nathan Fernandes	3.4	0	25	0	6.81	9	-	-	0

Close of Play

Fri, 11 Apr - day 1 - Kent 1st innings 172/6 (Harry Finch 46*, Grant Stewart 49*, 35 ov)

Sat, 12 Apr - day 2 - Middlesex 2nd innings 222/6 (Ben Geddes 73*, Blake Cullen 1*, 75.2 ov)

Sun, 13 Apr - day 3 - Kent 2nd innings 316/2 (64.4 ov) - end of match

Match Details

St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Toss	Kent, 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	11,12,13 April 2025 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Jack Shantry Surendiran Shanmugam
Match Referee	James Whitaker
Points	Kent 19, Middlesex 3

Match Coverage

Muyeye, Compton tons see Kent canter home in testing chase

Eskinazi, Geddes bat Middlesex into commanding position

Bowlers on top as Crawley's misery continues at Canterbury

Instant answers to T20 questions

Kent Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
TS Roland-Jones	11	1	54	0	4.9
RF Higgins	11	2	32	0	2.9 (1 nb)
BC Cullen	8	1	39	0	4.87
HJH Brookes	11	0	70	0	6.36
Zafar Gohar	20	1	91	2	4.55 (1 nb)
N Fernandes	3.4	0	25	0	6.81

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