Middlesex vs Gloucs, 42nd Match at Cheltenham, County DIV2, Jul 29 2025 - Full Scorecard

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	c Price b Taylor	4	9	14	1	0	44.44
Joshua De Caires	lbw b Charlesworth	58	94	131	11	0	61.70
Max Holden	c †Bracey b Taylor	14	38	50	2	0	36.84
Kane Williamson	c Bancroft b Murphy	153	183	261	18	2	83.60
Leus du Plooy (c)	lbw b Taylor	57	86	119	6	0	66.27
Ryan Higgins	c †Bracey b van Buuren	28	46	68	4	0	60.86
Ben Geddes	c Charlesworth b Zaman Akhter	44	72	97	6	1	61.11
Joe Cracknell †	lbw b Murphy	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Luke Hollman	not out	60	95	124	8	1	63.15
Tom Helm	lbw b Murphy	13	26	33	2	0	50.00
Noah Cornwell	b Zaman Akhter	0	6	9	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 10)	14
Total	108.5 Ov (RR: 4.08)	445
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Sam Robson, 2.2 ov), 2-54 (Max Holden, 14.3 ov), 3-117 (Joshua De Caires, 30.6 ov), 4-268 (Leus du Plooy, 59.2 ov), 5-323 (Ryan Higgins, 74.2 ov), 6-325 (Kane Williamson, 77.2 ov), 7-325 (Joe Cracknell, 77.5 ov), 8-413 (Ben Geddes, 100.1 ov), 9-442 (Tom Helm, 107.1 ov), 10-445 (Noah Cornwell, 108.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Matt Taylor	24	2	88	3	3.66	107	-	-	3
Josh Shaw	19	3	84	0	4.42	79	-	-	0
Todd Murphy	31	5	106	3	3.41	124	-	-	0
Zaman Akhter	16.5	0	83	2	4.93	60	-	-	2
Ben Charlesworth	5	0	20	1	4.00	22	-	-	0
Graeme van Buuren	13	1	60	1	4.61	49	-	-	0

Gloucestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Cameron Bancroft (c)	b Cornwell	58	109	155	10	0	53.21
Ben Charlesworth	b De Caires	18	33	50	3	0	54.54
Joe Phillips	c Cornwell b Higgins	136	182	236	19	0	74.72
Oliver Price	c †Cracknell b Robson	34	59	77	5	0	57.62
Miles Hammond	c du Plooy b Higgins	71	81	111	5	2	87.65
James Bracey †	c Helm b De Caires	4	9	12	0	0	44.44
Graeme van Buuren	c Higgins b Hollman	11	14	12	1	0	78.57
Zaman Akhter	c Helm b Hollman	8	9	17	1	0	88.88
Todd Murphy	not out	24	22	40	3	0	109.09
Matt Taylor	c †Cracknell b Cornwell	10	9	11	2	0	111.11
Josh Shaw	not out	13	7	13	0	1	185.71
Extras	(b 1, lb 10, nb 4, w 2)	17
Total	88.4 Ov (RR: 4.55)	404/9
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Ben Charlesworth, 11.1 ov), 2-126 (Cameron Bancroft, 38.4 ov), 3-216 (Oliver Price, 57.6 ov), 4-282 (Joe Phillips, 70.1 ov), 5-299 (James Bracey, 73.5 ov), 6-314 (Graeme van Buuren, 76.5 ov), 7-338 (Zaman Akhter, 80.6 ov), 8-369 (Miles Hammond, 84.4 ov), 9-383 (Matt Taylor, 86.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tom Helm	15	1	41	0	2.73	69	-	-	1	0
Noah Cornwell	11.4	1	55	2	4.71	46	-	-	0	0
Ryan Higgins	19	2	79	2	4.15	78	-	-	1	1
Joshua De Caires	27	2	113	2	4.18	104	-	-	0	1
Luke Hollman	9	0	61	2	6.77	23	-	-	0	0
Sam Robson	7	0	44	1	6.28	19	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Tue, 29 Jul - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 232/3 (Kane Williamson 104*, Leus du Plooy 42*, 52 ov)

Wed, 30 Jul - day 2 - Gloucs 1st innings 54/1 (Cameron Bancroft 25*, Joe Phillips 11*, 21 ov)

Thu, 31 Jul - day 3 - no play

Fri, 01 Aug - day 4 - Gloucs 1st innings 404/9 (88.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 4

Match Details

College Ground, Cheltenham
Toss	Middlesex, elected to bat 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	29,30,31 July, 1 August 2025 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Neil Pratt Sue Redfern
Match Referee	Jason Swift
Points	Middlesex 15, Gloucestershire 15

Match Coverage

Phillips hundred highlights final-day scramble for bonus points

Middlesex cement dominance as Du Plooy, Hollman build on Williamson hundred

Kane Williamson hundred leads way for Middlesex on rain-shortened day

Instant answers to T20 questions

Gloucs Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Helm	15	1	41	0	2.73
NB Cornwell	11.4	1	55	2	4.71
RF Higgins	19	2	79	2	4.15 (1 nb)
JM De Caires	27	2	113	2	4.18 (1 nb)
LBK Hollman	9	0	61	2	6.77
SD Robson	7	0	44	1	6.28

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