Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	c Vasconcelos b Sanderson	4	23	34	0	0	17.39
Mark Stoneman	c †McManus b Sanderson	3	20	27	0	0	15.00
Pieter Malan	c Hassan Azad b Sanderson	2	8	11	0	0	25.00
Stephen Eskinazi	lbw b White	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Max Holden	lbw b Tremain	7	23	36	1	0	30.43
John Simpson †	b Procter	32	57	72	6	0	56.14
Ryan Higgins	c Procter b Tremain	70	85	135	9	0	82.35
Luke Hollman	c Vasconcelos b Procter	0	12	13	0	0	0.00
Toby Roland-Jones (c)	lbw b White	5	16	19	0	0	31.25
Tom Helm	c & b Tremain	4	28	29	0	0	14.28
Ethan Bamber	not out	8	17	34	1	0	47.05
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 2)	14
Total	48.4 Ov (RR: 3.06)	149
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Mark Stoneman, 6.4 ov), 2-10 (Sam Robson, 8.1 ov), 3-11 (Pieter Malan, 8.5 ov), 4-11 (Stephen Eskinazi, 9.2 ov), 5-36 (Max Holden, 17.2 ov), 6-81 (John Simpson, 27.1 ov), 7-85 (Luke Hollman, 29.5 ov), 8-93 (Toby Roland-Jones, 33.4 ov), 9-110 (Tom Helm, 40.3 ov), 10-149 (Ryan Higgins, 48.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Sanderson	13	5	19	3	1.46	66	1	0	0	0
6.4 to MD Stoneman, . 7/1 8.1 to SD Robson, . 10/2 8.5 to PJ Malan, . 11/3 See all photos
Jack White	15	2	42	2	2.80	67	3	0	0	1
9.2 to SS Eskinazi, . 11/4 33.4 to TS Roland-Jones, . 93/8
Gareth Berg	4	1	22	0	5.50	17	5	0	0	0
Chris Tremain	10.4	2	34	3	3.18	51	5	0	0	0
17.2 to MDE Holden, . 36/5 40.3 to TG Helm, . 110/9 48.4 to RF Higgins, . 149/10 See all photos
Luke Procter	6	2	20	2	3.33	29	3	0	0	0
27.1 to JA Simpson, . 81/6 29.5 to LBK Hollman, . 85/7

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	c Helm b Bamber	9	12	10	2	0	75.00
Hassan Azad	c †Simpson b Roland-Jones	33	87	131	5	0	37.93
Sam Whiteman	lbw b Higgins	13	45	53	1	0	28.88
Luke Procter (c)	c Eskinazi b Bamber	39	88	123	5	0	44.31
Rob Keogh	not out	75	128	182	9	2	58.59
Josh Cobb	c †Simpson b Roland-Jones	4	16	22	1	0	25.00
Lewis McManus †	c †Simpson b Bamber	5	9	22	1	0	55.55
Gareth Berg	c sub b Helm	3	15	19	0	0	20.00
Chris Tremain	lbw b Higgins	5	16	23	1	0	31.25
Ben Sanderson	c †Simpson b Roland-Jones	5	24	23	1	0	20.83
Jack White	b Roland-Jones	0	5	20	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 3)	7
Total	74.2 Ov (RR: 2.66)	198
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 2.2 ov), 2-31 (Sam Whiteman, 15.4 ov), 3-81 (Hassan Azad, 32.2 ov), 4-111 (Luke Procter, 45.5 ov), 5-126 (Josh Cobb, 50.5 ov), 6-139 (Lewis McManus, 55.6 ov), 7-146 (Gareth Berg, 60.2 ov), 8-165 (Chris Tremain, 65.4 ov), 9-174 (Ben Sanderson, 70.5 ov), 10-198 (Jack White, 74.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ethan Bamber	20	8	42	3	2.10	101	5	0	0	0
2.2 to R Vasconcelos, . 10/1 45.5 to LA Procter, . 111/4 55.6 to LD McManus, . 139/6
Toby Roland-Jones	19.2	5	53	4	2.74	93	8	0	0	0
32.2 to Hassan Azad, . 81/3 50.5 to JJ Cobb, . 126/5 70.5 to BW Sanderson, . 174/9 74.2 to CJ White, . 198/10
Ryan Higgins	18	7	46	2	2.55	92	6	2	0	0
15.4 to SM Whiteman, . 31/2 65.4 to CP Tremain, . 165/8
Tom Helm	17	5	50	1	2.94	78	7	0	0	0
60.2 to GK Berg, . 146/7

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Stoneman	lbw b White	24	67	83	3	0	35.82
Sam Robson	b Sanderson	12	29	48	2	0	41.37
Pieter Malan	b Sanderson	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Stephen Eskinazi	b Tremain	37	71	85	6	0	52.11
Max Holden	c Procter b Berg	7	28	43	1	0	25.00
John Simpson †	c Cobb b Tremain	15	35	52	2	0	42.85
Ryan Higgins	c †McManus b Tremain	0	6	10	0	0	0.00
Luke Hollman	c Berg b Procter	30	69	95	2	0	43.47
Toby Roland-Jones (c)	st †McManus b Keogh	37	29	43	5	1	127.58
Tom Helm	b Procter	3	7	6	0	0	42.85
Ethan Bamber	not out	0	6	14	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2)	2
Total	58.1 Ov (RR: 2.87)	167
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Sam Robson, 12.1 ov), 2-29 (Pieter Malan, 12.3 ov), 3-44 (Mark Stoneman, 20.3 ov), 4-73 (Max Holden, 31.3 ov), 5-80 (Stephen Eskinazi, 33.2 ov), 6-84 (Ryan Higgins, 35.2 ov), 7-107 (John Simpson, 43.2 ov), 8-159 (Toby Roland-Jones, 53.5 ov), 9-162 (Tom Helm, 54.6 ov), 10-167 (Luke Hollman, 58.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Sanderson	12	3	23	2	1.91	58	2	0	0	0
12.1 to SD Robson, . 29/1 12.3 to PJ Malan, . 29/2
Jack White	13	3	41	1	3.15	61	6	1	0	0
20.3 to MD Stoneman, . 44/3
Gareth Berg	5	1	20	1	4.00	24	4	0	0	0
31.3 to MDE Holden, . 73/4
Chris Tremain	13	4	41	3	3.15	59	6	0	0	0
33.2 to SS Eskinazi, . 80/5 35.2 to RF Higgins, . 84/6 43.2 to JA Simpson, . 107/7
Luke Procter	9.1	1	19	2	2.07	44	2	0	0	0
54.6 to TG Helm, . 162/9 58.1 to LBK Hollman, . 167/10
Rob Keogh	6	0	21	1	3.50	21	1	0	0	0
53.5 to TS Roland-Jones, . 159/8

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 119 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	b Higgins	13	44	47	2	0	29.54
Hassan Azad	lbw b Roland-Jones	14	28	57	1	0	50.00
Chris Tremain	lbw b Bamber	13	39	46	1	0	33.33
Sam Whiteman	not out	60	79	106	7	1	75.94
Luke Procter (c)	not out	16	49	69	0	0	32.65
Extras	(nb 4)	4
Total	39.3 Ov (RR: 3.03)	120/3
Did not bat: Rob Keogh, Josh Cobb, Lewis McManus †, Gareth Berg, Ben Sanderson, Jack White
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 11.4 ov), 2-30 (Hassan Azad, 13.2 ov), 3-52 (Chris Tremain, 22.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ethan Bamber	11	4	16	1	1.45	58	1	0	0	0
22.3 to CP Tremain, . 52/3
Toby Roland-Jones	9	4	26	1	2.88	43	3	0	0	0
13.2 to Hassan Azad, . 30/2
Ryan Higgins	8	1	18	1	2.25	39	2	0	0	1
11.4 to R Vasconcelos, . 27/1
Tom Helm	9	2	34	0	3.77	40	2	1	0	0
Luke Hollman	2	0	20	0	10.00	5	2	0	0	1
Sam Robson	0.3	0	6	0	12.00	0	1	0	0	0

Close of Play

Thu, 13 Apr - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 111/3 (Luke Procter 39*, Rob Keogh 17*, 45 ov)

Fri, 14 Apr - day 2 - no play

Sat, 15 Apr - day 3 - Northants 2nd innings 30/1 (Hassan Azad 14*, Chris Tremain 3*, 13 ov)

Sun, 16 Apr - day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 120/3 (39.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Northamptonshire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2023
Match days	13,14,15,16 April 2023 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Nigel Llong Steve O'Shaughnessy
Match Referee	Steve Davis
Points	Northamptonshire 19, Middlesex 3

Match Coverage

Sam Whiteman's unbeaten half-century seals victory for Northamptonshire

Rob Keogh masterminds first-innings lead, Northamptonshire on cusp of victory

Ryan Higgins provides timely backbone as fragile Middlesex implode once again

Instant answers to T20 questions

Northants Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
ER Bamber	11	4	16	1	1.45
TS Roland-Jones	9	4	26	1	2.88
RF Higgins	8	1	18	1	2.25 (1 nb)
TG Helm	9	2	34	0	3.77
LBK Hollman	2	0	20	0	10 (1 nb)
SD Robson	0.3	0	6	0	12

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