Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	c †McManus b Sanderson	57	108	139	8	0	52.77
Max Holden	lbw b Sanderson	151	282	348	19	1	53.54
Kane Williamson	lbw b Guthrie	114	159	213	14	1	71.69
Leus du Plooy (c)	not out	105	152	226	10	1	69.07
Ryan Higgins	lbw b Zaib	35	45	54	5	0	77.77
Ben Geddes	b Zaib	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Joe Cracknell †	c Guthrie b Leech	73	98	106	9	2	74.48
Zafar Gohar	c Chahal b Leech	0	5	11	0	0	0.00
Toby Roland-Jones	st †McManus b Zaib	7	18	23	1	0	38.88
Tom Helm	not out	30	34	29	2	2	88.23
Extras	(nb 52, w 1)	53
Total	146 Ov (RR: 4.28)	625/8d
Did not bat: Noah Cornwell
Fall of wickets: 1-122 (Sam Robson, 33.5 ov), 2-361 (Max Holden, 87.6 ov), 3-361 (Kane Williamson, 88.2 ov), 4-428 (Ryan Higgins, 101.4 ov), 5-428 (Ben Geddes, 101.5 ov), 6-552 (Joe Cracknell, 129.4 ov), 7-560 (Zafar Gohar, 131.4 ov), 8-573 (Toby Roland-Jones, 136.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Liam Guthrie	21	3	114	1	5.42	76	-	-	1	3
Ben Sanderson	24	5	75	2	3.12	114	-	-	0	7
Dominic Leech	29	1	144	2	4.96	112	-	-	0	8
Yuzvendra Chahal	43	3	175	0	4.06	174	-	-	0	8
Rob Keogh	11	2	31	0	2.81	47	-	-	0	0
Saif Zaib	15	1	70	3	4.66	52	-	-	0	0
George Bartlett	3	0	16	0	5.33	11	-	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	c du Plooy b Higgins	19	47	60	3	0	40.42
Lewis McManus (c)†	lbw b Higgins	39	49	70	8	0	79.59
Aadi Sharma	lbw b Roland-Jones	33	51	69	5	1	64.70
James Sales	c Higgins b Zafar Gohar	2	10	14	0	0	20.00
George Bartlett	c Higgins b Helm	26	67	82	4	0	38.80
Saif Zaib	b Cornwell	82	159	202	8	1	51.57
Rob Keogh	c †Cracknell b Cornwell	18	36	74	1	0	50.00
Dominic Leech	c Williamson b Higgins	23	65	72	4	0	35.38
Ben Sanderson	lbw b Higgins	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Liam Guthrie	not out	0	7	21	0	0	0.00
Yuzvendra Chahal	b Cornwell	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 8, w 2)	19
Total	81.3 Ov (RR: 3.20)	261
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 14.5 ov), 2-63 (Lewis McManus, 16.5 ov), 3-66 (James Sales, 19.3 ov), 4-114 (Aadi Sharma, 32.6 ov), 5-138 (George Bartlett, 41.4 ov), 6-193 (Rob Keogh, 58.3 ov), 7-257 (Dominic Leech, 76.5 ov), 8-257 (Ben Sanderson, 76.6 ov), 9-261 (Saif Zaib, 81.2 ov), 10-261 (Yuzvendra Chahal, 81.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	15	3	33	1	2.20	74	-	-	0	0
Noah Cornwell	11.3	2	48	3	4.17	51	-	-	0	0
Tom Helm	16	1	50	1	3.12	73	-	-	1	0
Ryan Higgins	16	2	51	4	3.18	72	-	-	1	3
Zafar Gohar	10	3	24	1	2.40	49	-	-	0	0
Sam Robson	9	0	22	0	2.44	41	-	-	0	1
Leus du Plooy	4	1	24	0	6.00	15	-	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	lbw b Higgins	9	15	17	2	0	60.00
Lewis McManus (c)†	b Roland-Jones	30	69	99	5	0	43.47
Aadi Sharma	b Higgins	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
James Sales	b Roland-Jones	26	34	48	5	0	76.47
George Bartlett	c Roland-Jones b Helm	9	20	39	1	0	45.00
Saif Zaib	c †Cracknell b Helm	44	77	130	7	0	57.14
Rob Keogh	not out	61	192	291	8	0	31.77
Dominic Leech	b Cornwell	14	33	42	3	0	42.42
Ben Sanderson	c Higgins b Geddes	12	62	63	1	0	19.35
Liam Guthrie	c †Cracknell b Higgins	8	18	28	2	0	44.44
Yuzvendra Chahal	b Cornwell	20	19	37	5	0	105.26
Extras	(b 12, lb 1, w 11)	24
Total	90 Ov (RR: 2.85)	257
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 4.1 ov), 2-10 (Aadi Sharma, 4.2 ov), 3-50 (James Sales, 14.6 ov), 4-75 (Lewis McManus, 22.4 ov), 5-75 (George Bartlett, 23.3 ov), 6-138 (Saif Zaib, 51.1 ov), 7-170 (Dominic Leech, 59.4 ov), 8-195 (Ben Sanderson, 76.3 ov), 9-210 (Liam Guthrie, 82.6 ov), 10-257 (Yuzvendra Chahal, 89.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Ryan Higgins	22	8	54	3	2.45	111	-	-	1
Noah Cornwell	16	3	63	2	3.93	72	-	-	0
Toby Roland-Jones	20	4	47	2	2.35	96	-	-	0
Tom Helm	18	5	61	2	3.38	89	-	-	2
Sam Robson	11	1	13	0	1.18	54	-	-	0
Leus du Plooy	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	-	-	0
Ben Geddes	2	0	5	1	2.50	10	-	-	0

Close of Play

Tue, 22 Jul - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 319/1 (Max Holden 137*, Kane Williamson 88*, 80 ov)

Wed, 23 Jul - day 2 - Northants 1st innings 126/4 (George Bartlett 19*, Saif Zaib 8*, 38 ov)

Thu, 24 Jul - day 3 - Northants 2nd innings 64/3 (Lewis McManus 21*, George Bartlett 7*, 19 ov)

Fri, 25 Jul - day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 257 (90 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Match Details

Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood
Toss	Northamptonshire, 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	22,23,24,25 July 2025 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Anthony Harris Hassan Adnan
Match Referee	Wayne Noon
Points	Middlesex 24, Northamptonshire 2

Match Coverage

Zaib, Keogh battle in vain as Middlesex close out innings win

Higgins four-for helps dominant Middlesex enforce follow-on

Du Plooy, Williamson centuries grind Northamptonshire down

Holden holds firm as Middlesex pile on the runs

Instant answers to T20 questions

Northants Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RF Higgins	22	8	54	3	2.45
NB Cornwell	16	3	63	2	3.93
TS Roland-Jones	20	4	47	2	2.35
TG Helm	18	5	61	2	3.38
SD Robson	11	1	13	0	1.18
JL du Plooy	1	0	1	0	1
BBA Geddes	2	0	5	1	2.5

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