Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Stoneman	b Zaman Akhter	29	52	57	6	0	55.76
Nathan Fernandes	c †Bracey b de Lange	24	43	72	3	0	55.81
Max Holden	c Price b de Lange	1	2	5	0	0	50.00
Leus du Plooy (c)	c †Bracey b Goodman	20	41	64	3	0	48.78
Ryan Higgins	c Bancroft b de Lange	30	56	84	3	0	53.57
Stephen Eskinazi	c sub b Goodman	15	27	27	2	0	55.55
Jack Davies †	c Bancroft b de Lange	3	10	21	0	0	30.00
Joshua De Caires	c Goodman b de Lange	37	77	87	5	1	48.05
Tom Helm	b de Lange	22	34	64	3	0	64.70
Henry Brookes	c & b van Buuren	8	12	14	1	0	66.66
Ethan Bamber	not out	1	8	10	0	0	12.50
Extras	(lb 7, nb 6)	13
Total	59.5 Ov (RR: 3.39)	203
Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Mark Stoneman, 13.6 ov), 2-58 (Max Holden, 14.4 ov), 3-59 (Nathan Fernandes, 16.5 ov), 4-105 (Leus du Plooy, 29.3 ov), 5-127 (Stephen Eskinazi, 35.6 ov), 6-127 (Ryan Higgins, 36.2 ov), 7-136 (Jack Davies, 40.4 ov), 8-194 (Tom Helm, 56.1 ov), 9-195 (Joshua De Caires, 56.5 ov), 10-203 (Henry Brookes, 59.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ajeet Singh Dale	14	2	71	0	5.07	53	9	1	0	1
Dominic Goodman	13	2	39	2	3.00	61	5	0	0	2
29.3 to JL du Plooy, . 105/4 35.6 to SS Eskinazi, . 127/5
Marchant de Lange	16	2	49	6	3.06	69	7	0	0	0
14.4 to MDE Holden, . 58/2 16.5 to N Fernandes, . 59/3 36.2 to RF Higgins, . 127/6 40.4 to JLB Davies, . 136/7 56.1 to TG Helm, . 194/8 56.5 to JM De Caires, . 195/9
Zaman Akhter	11	3	16	1	1.45	57	2	0	0	0
13.6 to MD Stoneman, . 55/1
Oliver Price	2	0	13	0	6.50	5	2	0	0	0
Graeme van Buuren	3.5	1	8	1	2.08	18	1	0	0	0
59.5 to HJH Brookes, . 203/10

Gloucestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Cameron Bancroft	b Higgins	12	55	74	1	0	21.81
Chris Dent	b Bamber	3	13	16	0	0	23.07
Oliver Price	c †Davies b Helm	33	74	97	4	0	44.59
Miles Hammond	c du Plooy b Bamber	81	111	190	9	1	72.97
James Bracey †	c Higgins b Helm	16	27	36	3	0	59.25
Graeme van Buuren (c)	b De Caires	75	103	123	10	2	72.81
Ben Charlesworth	c Holden b Brookes	43	101	138	7	0	42.57
Zaman Akhter	b Helm	27	73	89	4	0	36.98
Dominic Goodman	c Helm b Brookes	11	31	49	1	0	35.48
Marchant de Lange	c †Davies b Brookes	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Ajeet Singh Dale	not out	1	1	3	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 7, nb 8)	20
Total	98 Ov (RR: 3.28)	322
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Chris Dent, 4.1 ov), 2-43 (Cameron Bancroft, 19.2 ov), 3-75 (Oliver Price, 28.2 ov), 4-113 (James Bracey, 36.2 ov), 5-231 (Miles Hammond, 63.1 ov), 6-233 (Graeme van Buuren, 64.3 ov), 7-304 (Zaman Akhter, 87.5 ov), 8-321 (Ben Charlesworth, 97.1 ov), 9-321 (Marchant de Lange, 97.4 ov), 10-322 (Dominic Goodman, 97.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ethan Bamber	26	5	89	2	3.42	119	14	1	0	1
4.1 to CDJ Dent, . 5/1 63.1 to MAH Hammond, . 231/5
Tom Helm	27	6	102	3	3.77	116	12	2	0	0
28.2 to OJ Price, . 75/3 36.2 to JR Bracey, . 113/4 87.5 to Zaman Akhter, . 304/7
Ryan Higgins	21	7	35	1	1.66	102	2	0	0	1
19.2 to CT Bancroft, . 43/2
Henry Brookes	13	0	55	3	4.23	53	7	0	0	2
97.1 to BG Charlesworth, . 321/8 97.4 to M de Lange, . 321/9 97.6 to DC Goodman, . 322/10
Joshua De Caires	10	3	19	1	1.90	48	2	0	0	0
64.3 to GL van Buuren, . 233/6
Leus du Plooy	1	0	10	0	10.00	2	2	0	0	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nathan Fernandes	c Zaman Akhter b Goodman	5	12	16	0	0	41.66
Mark Stoneman	c †Bracey b Dale	0	20	27	0	0	0.00
Max Holden	c Price b Dale	111	164	246	15	1	67.68
Leus du Plooy (c)	c Dent b Goodman	30	54	79	5	1	55.55
Ryan Higgins	c Hammond b van Buuren	155	174	214	17	5	89.08
Stephen Eskinazi	not out	65	96	134	8	0	67.70
Jack Davies †	c sub b de Lange	33	32	41	5	1	103.12
Joshua De Caires	c Dale b Goodman	17	24	30	1	0	70.83
Tom Helm	not out	4	5	7	0	0	80.00
Extras	(lb 16, nb 10, w 3)	29
Total	96 Ov (RR: 4.67)	449/7d
Did not bat: Henry Brookes, Ethan Bamber
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Nathan Fernandes, 3.4 ov), 2-9 (Mark Stoneman, 6.4 ov), 3-79 (Leus du Plooy, 23.3 ov), 4-280 (Max Holden, 63.1 ov), 5-352 (Ryan Higgins, 78.4 ov), 6-397 (Jack Davies, 87.4 ov), 7-438 (Joshua De Caires, 94.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ajeet Singh Dale	22	4	80	2	3.63	91	11	1	0	0
6.4 to MD Stoneman, . 9/2 63.1 to MDE Holden, . 280/4
Dominic Goodman	21	2	94	3	4.47	87	11	0	0	5
3.4 to N Fernandes, . 5/1 23.3 to JL du Plooy, . 79/3 94.3 to JM De Caires, . 438/7
Zaman Akhter	8	1	32	0	4.00	38	7	0	1	0
Marchant de Lange	21	2	109	1	5.19	76	13	3	0	0
87.4 to JLB Davies, . 397/6
Graeme van Buuren	19	2	81	1	4.26	66	5	2	2	0
78.4 to RF Higgins, . 352/5
Oliver Price	5	0	37	0	7.40	15	4	2	0	0

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings (T: 331 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Cameron Bancroft	c du Plooy b Helm	32	63	97	4	0	50.79
Chris Dent	c †Davies b Helm	0	4	8	0	0	0.00
Oliver Price	not out	52	128	156	7	0	40.62
Miles Hammond	c Stoneman b Brookes	11	22	33	2	0	50.00
James Bracey †	not out	14	27	33	3	0	51.85
Extras	(b 4, nb 14)	18
Total	39.3 Ov (RR: 3.21)	127/3
Did not bat: Ben Charlesworth, Graeme van Buuren (c), Dominic Goodman, Marchant de Lange, Zaman Akhter, Ajeet Singh Dale
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Chris Dent, 1.4 ov), 2-75 (Cameron Bancroft, 23.2 ov), 3-102 (Miles Hammond, 30.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ethan Bamber	11	2	38	0	3.45	49	6	0	0	1
Tom Helm	9	3	25	2	2.77	44	4	0	0	1
1.4 to CDJ Dent, . 0/1 23.2 to CT Bancroft, . 75/2
Henry Brookes	9.3	1	34	1	3.57	46	3	0	0	5
30.3 to MAH Hammond, . 102/3
Ryan Higgins	5	1	15	0	3.00	23	2	0	0	0
Joshua De Caires	5	1	11	0	2.20	23	1	0	0	0

Close of Play

Fri, 26 Apr - day 1 - Gloucs 1st innings 82/3 (Miles Hammond 25*, James Bracey 3*, 29.4 ov)

Sat, 27 Apr - day 2 - Gloucs 1st innings 271/6 (Ben Charlesworth 21*, Zaman Akhter 16*, 80 ov)

Sun, 28 Apr - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 262/3 (Max Holden 30*, Ryan Higgins 102*, 60 ov)

Mon, 29 Apr - day 4 - Gloucs 2nd innings 127/3 (39.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Bristol
Toss	Gloucestershire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2024
Hours of play (local time)	11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	26,27,28,29 April 2024 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Neil Pratt Surendiran Shanmugam
Match Referee	Mike Smith
Points	Middlesex 11, Gloucestershire 13

Match Coverage

Ollie Price fifty frustrates Middlesex ambition

Holden, Higgins turn the tables on Gloucestershire

Miles Hammond, Graeme van Buuren fifties fire Gloucestershire

Marchant de Lange tears through Middlesex with six-for

Instant answers to T20 questions

Gloucs Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
ER Bamber	11	2	38	0	3.45 (1 nb)
TG Helm	9	3	25	2	2.77 (1 nb)
HJH Brookes	9.3	1	34	1	3.57 (5 nb)
RF Higgins	5	1	15	0	3
JM De Caires	5	1	11	0	2.2

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