Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	c †Simpson b Higgins	24	40	43	3	0	60.00
Emilio Gay	lbw b De Caires	24	81	119	3	0	29.62
Justin Broad	lbw b Helm	31	78	95	5	0	39.74
Sam Whiteman	c Eskinazi b Higgins	11	46	58	1	0	23.91
Luke Procter (c)	c †Simpson b Roland-Jones	25	78	108	1	0	32.05
Rob Keogh	b Roland-Jones	12	40	61	2	0	30.00
Saif Zaib	b Bamber	49	83	119	5	2	59.03
Lewis McManus †	lbw b Bamber	24	67	85	2	0	35.82
Tom Taylor	c & b Helm	2	5	6	0	0	40.00
Ben Sanderson	run out (Helm)	4	15	25	0	0	26.66
Jack White	not out	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 7, nb 6)	13
Total	88.4 Ov (RR: 2.46)	219
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 10.6 ov), 2-71 (Emilio Gay, 30.2 ov), 3-89 (Justin Broad, 35.1 ov), 4-101 (Sam Whiteman, 44.4 ov), 5-132 (Rob Keogh, 59.5 ov), 6-135 (Luke Procter, 61.3 ov), 7-190 (Lewis McManus, 82.4 ov), 8-195 (Tom Taylor, 83.5 ov), 9-215 (Saif Zaib, 88.2 ov), 10-219 (Ben Sanderson, 88.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	20	4	49	2	2.45	96	7	0	0	0
59.5 to RI Keogh, . 132/5 61.3 to LA Procter, . 135/6
Tom Helm	20	3	64	2	3.20	94	6	2	0	0
35.1 to J Broad, . 89/3 83.5 to TAI Taylor, . 195/8
Ryan Higgins	18	5	33	2	1.83	92	1	0	0	3
10.6 to R Vasconcelos, . 30/1 44.4 to SM Whiteman, . 101/4
Ethan Bamber	18.4	4	33	2	1.76	94	4	0	0	0
82.4 to LD McManus, . 190/7 88.2 to SA Zaib, . 215/9
Joshua De Caires	12	2	33	1	2.75	55	4	0	0	0
30.2 to EN Gay, . 71/2

Middlesex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Stoneman	b White	51	72	110	6	1	70.83
Ethan Bamber	b Sanderson	11	39	48	2	0	28.20
Sam Robson	c †McManus b White	28	48	55	5	0	58.33
Pieter Malan	c Gay b Sanderson	15	19	29	3	0	78.94
Max Holden	lbw b Keogh	41	68	94	6	0	60.29
John Simpson †	c †McManus b Taylor	1	9	12	0	0	11.11
Ryan Higgins	not out	64	105	153	6	0	60.95
Joshua De Caires	lbw b Keogh	10	28	33	1	0	35.71
Stephen Eskinazi	c Gay b Taylor	8	27	27	1	0	29.62
Toby Roland-Jones (c)	lbw b Sanderson	16	21	26	2	0	76.19
Tom Helm	st †McManus b Keogh	5	8	11	0	0	62.50
Extras	(b 6, lb 11, nb 8, w 2)	27
Total	73.2 Ov (RR: 3.77)	277
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Ethan Bamber, 12.2 ov), 2-103 (Sam Robson, 24.6 ov), 3-110 (Mark Stoneman, 26.4 ov), 4-122 (Pieter Malan, 31.6 ov), 5-127 (John Simpson, 34.5 ov), 6-191 (Max Holden, 49.1 ov), 7-215 (Joshua De Caires, 57.2 ov), 8-230 (Stephen Eskinazi, 64.4 ov), 9-270 (Toby Roland-Jones, 70.6 ov), 10-277 (Tom Helm, 73.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Sanderson	20	3	77	3	3.85	83	10	0	0	0
12.2 to ER Bamber, . 43/1 31.6 to PJ Malan, . 122/4 70.6 to TS Roland-Jones, . 270/9
Jack White	19	4	59	2	3.10	90	7	1	0	1
24.6 to SD Robson, . 103/2 26.4 to MD Stoneman, . 110/3
Tom Taylor	16	3	62	2	3.87	69	8	0	0	3
34.5 to JA Simpson, . 127/5 64.4 to SS Eskinazi, . 230/8
Luke Procter	3	1	10	0	3.33	14	1	0	0	0
Rob Keogh	15.2	2	52	3	3.39	63	6	0	2	0
49.1 to MDE Holden, . 191/6 57.2 to JM De Caires, . 215/7 73.2 to TG Helm, . 277/10

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	b Higgins	22	35	36	2	0	62.85
Emilio Gay	run out (†Simpson)	89	173	253	5	1	51.44
Justin Broad	c †Simpson b Higgins	5	18	33	0	0	27.77
Sam Whiteman	b Roland-Jones	114	248	313	11	0	45.96
Luke Procter (c)	c De Caires b Helm	63	166	224	2	0	37.95
Saif Zaib	c Bamber b De Caires	2	4	6	0	0	50.00
Tom Taylor	c Higgins b De Caires	11	16	18	1	0	68.75
Rob Keogh	run out (Stoneman)	48	46	61	5	1	104.34
Lewis McManus †	c †Simpson b Helm	2	5	5	0	0	40.00
Ben Sanderson	c Malan b Helm	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Jack White	not out	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 8, nb 10)	24
Total	118.2 Ov (RR: 3.21)	380
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 8.6 ov), 2-44 (Justin Broad, 16.6 ov), 2-60* (Emilio Gay, retired not out), 3-218 (Luke Procter, 87.1 ov), 4-267 (Sam Whiteman, 97.4 ov), 5-272 (Saif Zaib, 98.4 ov), 6-292 (Tom Taylor, 102.4 ov), 7-372 (Rob Keogh, 116.3 ov), 8-377 (Lewis McManus, 117.4 ov), 9-379 (Ben Sanderson, 117.5 ov), 10-380 (Emilio Gay, 118.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	22	3	68	1	3.09	93	8	0	0	0
97.4 to SM Whiteman, . 267/4
Tom Helm	26	4	75	3	2.88	108	4	0	0	2
87.1 to LA Procter, . 218/3 117.4 to LD McManus, . 377/8 117.5 to BW Sanderson, . 379/9
Ryan Higgins	22	3	81	2	3.68	90	6	0	0	3
8.6 to R Vasconcelos, . 28/1 16.6 to J Broad, . 44/2
Ethan Bamber	18.2	4	42	0	2.29	85	4	0	0	0
Joshua De Caires	22	6	67	2	3.04	92	4	2	0	0
98.4 to SA Zaib, . 272/5 102.4 to TAI Taylor, . 292/6
Sam Robson	8	0	33	0	4.12	20	0	0	0	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings (T: 323 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Eskinazi	retired not out	4	5	8	0	0	80.00
Mark Stoneman	lbw b Sanderson	12	32	46	1	0	37.50
Sam Robson	not out	126	252	359	11	0	50.00
Pieter Malan	b Sanderson	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Max Holden	b Keogh	37	63	78	6	0	58.73
John Simpson †	c Procter b White	75	158	190	8	0	47.46
Ryan Higgins	c Broad b Procter	5	5	7	0	0	100.00
Toby Roland-Jones (c)	c Gay b Taylor	34	18	19	1	3	188.88

Joshua De Caires	not out	17	21	30	1	0	80.95
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 6, w 1)	12
Total	92 Ov (RR: 3.50)	322/6
Did not bat: Tom Helm, Ethan Bamber
Fall of wickets: 0-4* (Stephen Eskinazi, retired not out), 1-21 (Mark Stoneman, 10.3 ov), 2-21 (Pieter Malan, 10.4 ov), 3-84 (Max Holden, 31.3 ov), 4-234 (John Simpson, 81.1 ov), 5-241 (Ryan Higgins, 82.2 ov), 6-283 (Toby Roland-Jones, 85.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Sanderson	20	2	62	2	3.10	86	7	0	0	0
10.3 to MD Stoneman, . 21/1 10.4 to PJ Malan, . 21/2
Jack White	20	5	63	1	3.15	92	6	1	0	0
81.1 to JA Simpson, . 234/4
Tom Taylor	18	1	76	1	4.22	72	6	1	1	2
85.6 to TS Roland-Jones, grabbed on the legs, TRJ hauls another pull across the line but that's a steepling top-edge, cramped for room, and Gay steadies himself well, strolling in from mid-on. 283/6
Rob Keogh	22	0	71	1	3.22	84	6	0	0	0
31.3 to MDE Holden, . 84/3
Saif Zaib	4	2	7	0	1.75	20	1	0	0	0
Justin Broad	2	0	5	0	2.50	9	0	0	0	1
Luke Procter	6	1	33	1	5.50	20	2	1	0	0
82.2 to RF Higgins, . 241/5

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Mon, 10 Jul - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 23/0 (Mark Stoneman 8*, Ethan Bamber 8*, 5 ov)

Tue, 11 Jul - day 2 - Northants 2nd innings 55/2 (Emilio Gay 21*, Sam Whiteman 6*, 25 ov)

Wed, 12 Jul - day 3 - Northants 2nd innings 372/7 (Emilio Gay 85*, 116.3 ov)

Thu, 13 Jul - day 4 - Middlesex 2nd innings 322/6 (92 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

EN Gay (2) retired hurt on 24* from 60/2 to 218/3
SS Eskinazi retired hurt at 4/0 (4. 2 overs)
Batting and Bowling points: Middlesex 4, Northamptonshire 3

Match Details

Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood
Toss	Northamptonshire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2023
Match days	10,11,12,13 July 2023 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Justin Broad
Umpires	Paul Pollard Tom Lungley
Match Referee	Simon Hinks
Points	Northamptonshire 8, Middlesex 12

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Middlesex Innings

Player Name		R	B
SS Eskinazi	retired not out	4	5
MD Stoneman	lbw	12	32
SD Robson	not out	126	252
PJ Malan	bowled	0	1
MDE Holden	bowled	37	63
JA Simpson	caught	75	158
RF Higgins	caught	5	5
TS Roland-Jones	caught	34	18
JM De Caires	not out	17	21
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 6, w 1)
Total	322(6 wkts; 92 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
BW Sanderson	20	2	62	2	3.1
CJ White	20	5	63	1	3.15
TAI Taylor	18	1	76	1	4.22 (2 nb)
RI Keogh	22	0	71	1	3.22
SA Zaib	4	2	7	0	1.75
J Broad	2	0	5	0	2.5 (1 nb)
LA Procter	6	1	33	1	5.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	4	Mark Stoneman	Stephen Eskinazi
2nd	17	Mark Stoneman	Sam Robson
3rd	0	Sam Robson	Pieter Malan
4th	63	Sam Robson	Max Holden
5th	150	John Simpson	Sam Robson
6th	7	Sam Robson	Ryan Higgins
7th	42	Sam Robson	Toby Roland-Jones
8th	39	Sam Robson	Joshua De Caires

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County Championship Division One

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	2	4	216
ESS	14	7	3	4	196
HAM	14	8	4	2	192
WAR	14	6	4	4	179
LAN	14	3	1	10	161
NOT	14	4	4	6	151
SOM	14	3	4	7	148
KEN	14	2	7	5	111
MID	14	3	9	2	104
NOR	14	2	8	4	96

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	2	4	216
ESS	14	7	3	4	196
HAM	14	8	4	2	192
WAR	14	6	4	4	179
LAN	14	3	1	10	161
NOT	14	4	4	6	151
SOM	14	3	4	7	148
KEN	14	2	7	5	111
MID	14	3	9	2	104
NOR	14	2	8	4	96

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	2	4	216
ESS	14	7	3	4	196
HAM	14	8	4	2	192
WAR	14	6	4	4	179
LAN	14	3	1	10	161
NOT	14	4	4	6	151
SOM	14	3	4	7	148
KEN	14	2	7	5	111
MID	14	3	9	2	104
NOR	14	2	8	4	96

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	14	8	2	4	216
ESS	14	7	3	4	196
HAM	14	8	4	2	192
WAR	14	6	4	4	179
LAN	14	3	1	10	161
NOT	14	4	4	6	151
SOM	14	3	4	7	148
KEN	14	2	7	5	111
MID	14	3	9	2	104
NOR	14	2	8	4	96