Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	lbw b Holland	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
Max Holden	b Holland	7	13	28	0	0	53.84
Luke Hollman	c †Cox b Scriven	33	69	89	5	0	47.82
Leus du Plooy	c Budinger b Holland	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Ryan Higgins	b Holland	44	98	123	4	0	44.89
Ben Geddes	c Hill b Hull	23	62	96	2	0	37.09
Jack Davies †	b Green	49	90	128	6	0	54.44
Zafar Gohar	c Budinger b Rehan Ahmed	36	109	116	4	0	33.02
Toby Roland-Jones (c)	c Patel b van Beek	29	48	50	4	0	60.41
Naavya Sharma	not out	1	20	35	0	0	5.00
Dane Paterson	c Scriven b Holland	1	3	6	0	0	33.33
Extras	(lb 6, nb 2, w 1)	9
Total	86.2 Ov (RR: 2.68)	232
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sam Robson, 0.5 ov), 2-19 (Max Holden, 6.3 ov), 3-19 (Leus du Plooy, 6.5 ov), 4-56 (Luke Hollman, 22.1 ov), 5-101 (Ryan Higgins, 38.2 ov), 6-124 (Ben Geddes, 46.4 ov), 7-198 (Jack Davies, 72.1 ov), 8-206 (Zafar Gohar, 77.6 ov), 9-231 (Toby Roland-Jones, 85.3 ov), 10-232 (Dane Paterson, 86.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ian Holland	20.2	4	35	5	1.72	101	-	-	0	1
Logan van Beek	16	2	51	1	3.18	68	-	-	0	0
Josh Hull	10	1	33	1	3.30	38	-	-	1	0
Tom Scriven	14	0	47	1	3.35	59	-	-	0	0
Ben Green	18	5	47	1	2.61	84	-	-	0	0
Rehan Ahmed	8	2	13	1	1.62	38	-	-	0	0

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rishi Patel	lbw b Higgins	6	19	30	0	0	31.57
Sol Budinger	b Paterson	29	52	67	3	1	55.76
Rehan Ahmed	b Roland-Jones	20	42	59	2	0	47.61
Lewis Hill	b Roland-Jones	12	23	42	1	0	52.17
Peter Handscomb (c)	c du Plooy b Zafar Gohar	87	202	275	8	0	43.06
Ian Holland	b Zafar Gohar	37	115	164	3	0	32.17
Ben Cox †	lbw b Zafar Gohar	0	14	16	0	0	0.00
Logan van Beek	lbw b Zafar Gohar	4	28	20	0	0	14.28
Ben Green	lbw b Higgins	36	47	64	7	1	76.59
Tom Scriven	b Sharma	16	29	34	1	0	55.17
Josh Hull	not out	2	14	27	0	0	14.28
Extras	(b 12, lb 3, nb 10)	25
Total	96.4 Ov (RR: 2.83)	274
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Rishi Patel, 6.6 ov), 2-56 (Sol Budinger, 15.5 ov), 3-70 (Rehan Ahmed, 20.2 ov), 4-81 (Lewis Hill, 24.5 ov), 5-174 (Ian Holland, 65.3 ov), 6-184 (Ben Cox, 69.5 ov), 7-196 (Logan van Beek, 75.4 ov), 8-255 (Peter Handscomb, 89.1 ov), 9-257 (Ben Green, 90.4 ov), 10-274 (Tom Scriven, 96.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	20	7	46	2	2.30	98	-	-	0
Dane Paterson	19	4	51	1	2.68	93	-	-	3
Ryan Higgins	16	0	46	2	2.87	70	-	-	0
Naavya Sharma	12.4	0	56	1	4.42	49	-	-	0
Zafar Gohar	20	6	34	4	1.70	100	-	-	2
Luke Hollman	9	1	26	0	2.88	42	-	-	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Max Holden	lbw b Scriven	18	64	91	0	0	28.12
Sam Robson	lbw b Green	23	55	74	3	0	41.81
Luke Hollman	b Green	42	107	159	5	0	39.25
Leus du Plooy	lbw b van Beek	4	21	31	0	0	19.04
Ryan Higgins	c Handscomb b van Beek	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Ben Geddes	c Patel b Holland	6	18	20	0	0	33.33
Jack Davies †	b van Beek	1	5	13	0	0	20.00
Zafar Gohar	b Green	14	47	64	1	0	29.78
Toby Roland-Jones (c)	not out	16	13	24	3	0	123.07
Naavya Sharma	lbw b Rehan Ahmed	1	15	13	0	0	6.66
Dane Paterson	b Rehan Ahmed	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 17, w 1)	18
Total	57.5 Ov (RR: 2.47)	143
Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Sam Robson, 18.1 ov), 2-65 (Max Holden, 21.6 ov), 3-73 (Leus du Plooy, 29.3 ov), 4-73 (Ryan Higgins, 29.4 ov), 5-80 (Ben Geddes, 34.2 ov), 6-85 (Jack Davies, 37.3 ov), 7-125 (Zafar Gohar, 52.2 ov), 8-140 (Luke Hollman, 54.2 ov), 9-143 (Naavya Sharma, 57.4 ov), 10-143 (Dane Paterson, 57.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Ian Holland	14	5	17	1	1.21	71	-	-	0
Logan van Beek	11	2	28	3	2.54	53	-	-	1
Josh Hull	8	0	25	0	3.12	32	-	-	0
Ben Green	15	4	32	3	2.13	74	-	-	0
Tom Scriven	8	1	23	1	2.87	34	-	-	0
Rehan Ahmed	1.5	1	1	2	0.54	10	-	-	0

Leicestershire 2nd Innings (T: 102 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rishi Patel	c Holden b Zafar Gohar	20	40	49	2	0	50.00
Sol Budinger	b Paterson	25	22	27	2	1	113.63
Rehan Ahmed	c †Davies b Sharma	20	24	44	2	0	83.33
Lewis Hill	not out	23	27	45	2	0	85.18
Peter Handscomb (c)	not out	14	34	25	1	0	41.17
Extras		0
Total	24.3 Ov (RR: 4.16)	102/3
Did not bat: Ian Holland, Ben Cox †, Logan van Beek, Ben Green, Tom Scriven, Josh Hull
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Sol Budinger, 5.6 ov), 2-51 (Rishi Patel, 11.5 ov), 3-79 (Rehan Ahmed, 16.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Toby Roland-Jones	5	1	11	0	2.20	20	-	-
Dane Paterson	4	0	25	1	6.25	13	-	-
Zafar Gohar	8	0	33	1	4.12	28	-	-
Naavya Sharma	6	1	24	1	4.00	22	-	-
Luke Hollman	1.3	0	9	0	6.00	3	-	-

Close of Play

Fri, 16 May - day 1 - LEICS 1st innings 22/1 (Sol Budinger 14*, 7 ov)

Sat, 17 May - day 2 - Middlesex 2nd innings 10/0 (Max Holden 2*, Sam Robson 3*, 4 ov)

Sun, 18 May - day 3 - LEICS 2nd innings 102/3 (24.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 3

Match Details

Lord's, London
Toss	Leicestershire, 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	16,17,18 May 2025 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Naavya Sharma
Umpires	Richard Kettleborough Rob Bailey
Match Referee	Dean Cosker
Points	Leicestershire 20, Middlesex 3

Match Coverage

Flying Foxes end Lord's drought to extend lead at the top

Handscomb returns to haunt his old team, not for the first time

Instant answers to T20 questions

LEICS Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
TS Roland-Jones	5	1	11	0	2.2
D Paterson	4	0	25	1	6.25
Zafar Gohar	8	0	33	1	4.12
N Sharma	6	1	24	1	4
LBK Hollman	1.3	0	9	0	6

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