Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Compton	b Higgins	14	56	73	2	0	25.00
Zak Crawley	lbw b Paterson	6	9	22	0	0	66.66
Daniel Bell-Drummond (c)	c †Davies b Roland-Jones	5	13	18	1	0	38.46
Tawanda Muyeye	c Higgins b Roland-Jones	29	53	80	4	0	54.71
Jack Leaning	c Higgins b Roland-Jones	26	50	56	4	0	52.00
Joey Evison	lbw b Paterson	5	13	23	1	0	38.46
Chris Benjamin †	c †Davies b Roland-Jones	9	22	38	2	0	40.90
Jamal Richards	c Geddes b Roland-Jones	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Matt Parkinson	c †Davies b Brookes	17	50	71	3	0	34.00
George Garrett	c Robson b Brookes	5	17	26	0	0	29.41
Kashif Ali	not out	10	16	26	0	0	62.50
Extras	(lb 3)	3
Total	50.3 Ov (RR: 2.55)	129
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Zak Crawley, 5.1 ov), 2-19 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 8.6 ov), 3-44 (Ben Compton, 16.3 ov), 4-75 (Tawanda Muyeye, 28.3 ov), 5-80 (Jack Leaning, 30.4 ov), 6-90 (Joey Evison, 33.5 ov), 7-91 (Jamal Richards, 34.4 ov), 8-102 (Chris Benjamin, 38.6 ov), 9-112 (George Garrett, 44.6 ov), 10-129 (Matt Parkinson, 50.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Toby Roland-Jones	14	3	33	5	2.35	70	-	-
Dane Paterson	13	4	29	2	2.23	65	-	-
Ryan Higgins	11	3	16	1	1.45	56	-	-
Henry Brookes	8.3	1	35	2	4.11	35	-	-
Zafar Gohar	4	0	13	0	3.25	17	-	-

Middlesex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Eskinazi	b Garrett	6	11	19	1	0	54.54
Sam Robson	lbw b Garrett	10	26	37	1	0	38.46
Max Holden	c Leaning b Evison	16	36	64	1	0	44.44
Luke Hollman	c †Benjamin b Parkinson	42	65	93	6	0	64.61
Ryan Higgins	b Garrett	54	101	137	6	0	53.46
Ben Geddes	c Evison b Kashif Ali	29	72	87	5	0	40.27
Jack Davies †	c & b Parkinson	29	28	56	3	1	103.57
Zafar Gohar	c †Benjamin b Kashif Ali	1	3	8	0	0	33.33
Toby Roland-Jones (c)	c Leaning b Evison	24	29	29	5	0	82.75
Henry Brookes	c Leaning b Evison	2	18	24	0	0	11.11
Dane Paterson	not out	1	5	6	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 14, lb 2, nb 8)	24
Total	65 Ov (RR: 3.66)	238
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Stephen Eskinazi, 3.3 ov), 2-22 (Sam Robson, 7.2 ov), 3-65 (Max Holden, 17.1 ov), 4-96 (Luke Hollman, 27.5 ov), 5-177 (Ben Geddes, 50.6 ov), 6-177 (Ryan Higgins, 51.2 ov), 7-178 (Zafar Gohar, 52.2 ov), 8-220 (Toby Roland-Jones, 58.5 ov), 9-234 (Jack Davies, 63.5 ov), 10-238 (Henry Brookes, 64.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Kashif Ali	17	2	57	2	3.35	77	-	-	1
George Garrett	14	2	57	3	4.07	58	-	-	0
Joey Evison	14	5	43	3	3.07	65	-	-	0
Jamal Richards	3	0	21	0	7.00	12	-	-	1
Matt Parkinson	14	1	37	2	2.64	62	-	-	2
Jack Leaning	3	1	7	0	2.33	14	-	-	0

Kent 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley	lbw b Paterson	68	114	139	10	0	59.64
Ben Compton	c Robson b Roland-Jones	8	7	14	2	0	114.28
Daniel Bell-Drummond (c)	c Eskinazi b Brookes	223	360	522	23	3	61.94
Tawanda Muyeye	lbw b Higgins	13	27	47	1	0	48.14
Jack Leaning	c Holden b Roland-Jones	18	37	44	3	0	48.64
Joey Evison	c & b Brookes	35	64	83	2	1	54.68
Chris Benjamin †	b Higgins	34	52	69	4	0	65.38
Jamal Richards	lbw b Zafar Gohar	43	80	94	5	0	53.75
Matt Parkinson	c †Davies b Roland-Jones	4	14	13	1	0	28.57
George Garrett	b Hollman	8	24	32	0	0	33.33
Kashif Ali	not out	2	8	17	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 11, nb 4)	17
Total	130.5 Ov (RR: 3.61)	473
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Ben Compton, 2.6 ov), 2-128 (Zak Crawley, 34.4 ov), 3-179 (Tawanda Muyeye, 45.6 ov), 4-210 (Jack Leaning, 56.5 ov), 5-272 (Joey Evison, 76.6 ov), 6-346 (Chris Benjamin, 94.1 ov), 7-424 (Jamal Richards, 116.4 ov), 8-431 (Matt Parkinson, 119.3 ov), 9-451 (George Garrett, 127.3 ov), 10-473 (Daniel Bell-Drummond, 130.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	29	5	107	3	3.68	123	-	-	0
Dane Paterson	29	2	116	1	4.00	120	-	-	1
Henry Brookes	15.5	0	68	2	4.29	60	-	-	0
Ryan Higgins	24	5	71	2	2.95	110	-	-	1
Zafar Gohar	29	1	85	1	2.93	122	-	-	0
Luke Hollman	4	0	13	1	3.25	16	-	-	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings (T: 365 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	b Garrett	9	10	9	2	0	90.00
Stephen Eskinazi	lbw b Evison	41	145	243	3	0	28.27
Max Holden	b Evison	38	66	90	6	0	57.57
Henry Brookes	c Crawley b Evison	10	20	21	2	0	50.00
Luke Hollman	c Compton b Parkinson	103	192	290	10	0	53.64
Ryan Higgins	run out (Parkinson)	11	35	50	1	0	31.42
Ben Geddes	c Muyeye b Parkinson	15	53	46	0	0	28.30
Jack Davies †	c Richards b Parkinson	59	83	97	8	2	71.08
Zafar Gohar	not out	30	75	89	0	1	40.00
Toby Roland-Jones (c)	not out	23	42	75	3	0	54.76
Extras	(b 6, lb 2, nb 14, w 5)	27
Total	119 Ov (RR: 3.07)	366/8
Did not bat: Dane Paterson
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Sam Robson, 1.5 ov), 2-62 (Max Holden, 22.2 ov), 3-74 (Henry Brookes, 26.2 ov), 3-138* (Stephen Eskinazi, retired not out), 4-173 (Ryan Higgins, 62.2 ov), 5-216 (Ben Geddes, 76.3 ov), 6-309 (Luke Hollman, 96.5 ov), 7-312 (Jack Davies, 98.1 ov), 8-314 (Stephen Eskinazi, 101.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kashif Ali	19	6	35	0	1.84	98	-	-	0	1
George Garrett	23	6	85	1	3.69	109	-	-	0	5
Joey Evison	24	2	71	3	2.95	104	-	-	0	0
Jamal Richards	6	2	30	0	5.00	25	-	-	1	0
Matt Parkinson	38	6	105	3	2.76	162	-	-	0	0
Jack Leaning	9	1	32	0	3.55	33	-	-	0	1

Close of Play

Fri, 02 May - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 158/4 (Ryan Higgins 44*, Ben Geddes 25*, 45 ov)

Sat, 03 May - day 2 - Kent 2nd innings 226/4 (Daniel Bell-Drummond 103*, Joey Evison 7*, 60.3 ov)

Sun, 04 May - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 81/3 (Stephen Eskinazi 16*, Luke Hollman 6*, 29 ov)

Mon, 05 May - day 4 - Middlesex 2nd innings 366/8 (119 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Match Details

Lord's, London
Toss	Kent, 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	2,3,4,5 May 2025 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Anthony Harris Rob Bailey
Match Referee	Peter Such
Points	Middlesex 19, Kent 3

Match Coverage

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Middlesex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
Kashif Ali	19	6	35	0	1.84 (1 nb)
GA Garrett	23	6	85	1	3.69 (5 nb)
JDM Evison	24	2	71	3	2.95
JA Richards	6	2	30	0	5
MW Parkinson	38	6	105	3	2.76
JA Leaning	9	1	32	0	3.55 (1 nb)

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