Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	c Harrison b Guthrie	14	24	34	3	0	58.33
Joshua De Caires	c Broad b Guthrie	2	3	7	0	0	66.66
Max Holden	lbw b Guthrie	16	9	10	3	0	177.77
Leus du Plooy	c Keogh b Guthrie	66	95	128	10	0	69.47
Ryan Higgins	lbw b Broad	25	43	51	2	0	58.13
Ben Geddes	c †McManus b Broad	27	50	73	4	0	54.00
Joe Cracknell †	c Harrison b Guthrie	112	173	229	11	1	64.73
Luke Hollman	c Pope b Guthrie	51	86	95	8	0	59.30
Zafar Gohar	c Vasconcelos b Guthrie	34	62	64	4	0	54.83
Toby Roland-Jones (c)	not out	42	58	60	8	0	72.41
Tom Helm	b Pope	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 8, nb 4, w 4)	24
Total	101 Ov (RR: 4.08)	413
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Joshua De Caires, 1.3 ov), 2-24 (Max Holden, 3.5 ov), 3-33 (Sam Robson, 7.6 ov), 4-95 (Ryan Higgins, 21.2 ov), 5-155 (Leus du Plooy, 35.3 ov), 6-160 (Ben Geddes, 38.3 ov), 7-263 (Luke Hollman, 67.2 ov), 8-344 (Zafar Gohar, 85.4 ov), 9-412 (Joe Cracknell, 99.4 ov), 10-413 (Tom Helm, 100.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Luke Procter	17	4	59	0	3.47	78	-	-	2	0
Liam Guthrie	21	2	94	7	4.47	84	-	-	1	0
Tim Robinson	1	0	8	0	8.00	5	-	-	0	1
Rob Keogh	12	1	42	0	3.50	50	-	-	0	0
Justin Broad	17	1	81	2	4.76	67	-	-	0	0
Lloyd Pope	13	2	53	1	4.07	52	-	-	1	1
Calvin Harrison	18	3	57	0	3.16	78	-	-	0	0
Saif Zaib	2	0	3	0	1.50	9	-	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	c du Plooy b Zafar Gohar	34	64	83	5	0	53.12
Luke Procter (c)	c Geddes b Zafar Gohar	62	130	175	7	0	47.69
Calvin Harrison	c †Cracknell b Zafar Gohar	20	30	39	2	1	66.66
James Sales	lbw b Hollman	4	13	23	0	0	30.76
Tim Robinson	lbw b Zafar Gohar	43	92	103	6	0	46.73
Saif Zaib	c De Caires b Zafar Gohar	102	170	226	13	0	60.00
Lewis McManus †	c †Cracknell b Higgins	71	115	168	9	0	61.73
Justin Broad	b Robson	70	81	116	10	0	86.41
Rob Keogh	b Higgins	0	1	6	0	0	0.00
Liam Guthrie	c Zafar Gohar b Higgins	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Lloyd Pope	not out	11	60	94	2	0	18.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 10, w 1)	18
Total	125.2 Ov (RR: 3.47)	435
Fall of wickets: 1-69 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 19.1 ov), 2-103 (Calvin Harrison, 29.3 ov), 3-112 (James Sales, 34.4 ov), 4-132 (Luke Procter, 43.3 ov), 5-197 (Tim Robinson, 63.3 ov), 6-342 (Saif Zaib, 99.6 ov), 7-350 (Lewis McManus, 102.6 ov), 8-350 (Rob Keogh, 104.1 ov), 9-350 (Liam Guthrie, 104.2 ov), 10-435 (Justin Broad, 125.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	13	3	44	0	3.38	55	-	-	0	0
Tom Helm	24	0	94	0	3.91	98	-	-	1	0
Zafar Gohar	42	11	121	5	2.88	195	-	-	0	1
Ryan Higgins	14	2	48	3	3.42	64	-	-	0	4
Joshua De Caires	14	2	42	0	3.00	57	-	-	0	0
Luke Hollman	15	0	68	1	4.53	53	-	-	0	0
Sam Robson	3.2	0	11	1	3.30	13	-	-	0	0

Middlesex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joshua De Caires	c Harrison b Guthrie	87	144	128	12	0	60.41
Sam Robson	lbw b Harrison	48	59	68	7	0	81.35
Max Holden	b Guthrie	54	104	153	6	0	51.92
Leus du Plooy	c †McManus b Keogh	28	51	46	3	0	54.90
Ryan Higgins	b Harrison	44	51	74	4	1	86.27
Ben Geddes	c Vasconcelos b Harrison	24	30	35	0	0	80.00
Luke Hollman	c Zaib b Pope	10	12	20	0	0	83.33
Joe Cracknell †	not out	13	9	23	0	1	144.44
Zafar Gohar	c Vasconcelos b Harrison	9	8	9	0	0	112.50
Toby Roland-Jones (c)	not out	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 3, nb 2, w 1)	15
Total	78 Ov (RR: 4.25)	332/8d
Did not bat: Tom Helm
Fall of wickets: 1-89 (Sam Robson, 20.6 ov), 2-154 (Joshua De Caires, 38.1 ov), 3-202 (Leus du Plooy, 52.1 ov), 4-248 (Max Holden, 64.5 ov), 5-294 (Ryan Higgins, 71.5 ov), 6-297 (Ben Geddes, 73.3 ov), 7-321 (Luke Hollman, 76.1 ov), 8-332 (Zafar Gohar, 77.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Liam Guthrie	13	1	60	2	4.61	48	-	-	0	0
Luke Procter	7	0	32	0	4.57	24	-	-	1	1
Lloyd Pope	11	1	48	1	4.36	37	-	-	0	0
Calvin Harrison	25	0	107	4	4.28	90	-	-	0	0
Rob Keogh	16	3	55	1	3.43	68	-	-	0	0
Saif Zaib	6	0	18	0	3.00	24	-	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 311 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos	c Hollman b Roland-Jones	11	19	29	2	0	57.89
Luke Procter (c)	b Robson	107	137	199	14	0	78.10
Calvin Harrison	lbw b Higgins	24	55	63	1	1	43.63
James Sales	c Higgins b Robson	108	120	162	12	2	90.00
Tim Robinson	c Geddes b Roland-Jones	17	18	23	2	0	94.44
Saif Zaib	c Helm b Hollman	17	22	28	3	0	77.27
Lewis McManus †	not out	4	4	8	1	0	100.00
Justin Broad	not out	10	5	6	2	0	200.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 10)	15
Total	62.3 Ov (RR: 5.00)	313/6
Did not bat: Rob Keogh, Liam Guthrie, Lloyd Pope
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 6.4 ov), 2-83 (Calvin Harrison, 21.3 ov), 3-239 (Luke Procter, 48.1 ov), 4-264 (Tim Robinson, 53.3 ov), 5-299 (Saif Zaib, 60.5 ov), 6-299 (James Sales, 61.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	13	2	48	2	3.69	56	-	-	0
Tom Helm	11	0	49	0	4.45	39	-	-	0
Zafar Gohar	20	0	99	0	4.95	67	-	-	1
Ryan Higgins	5	1	28	1	5.60	21	-	-	2
Joshua De Caires	5	0	20	0	4.00	21	-	-	1
Luke Hollman	3.3	0	22	1	6.28	10	-	-	1
Sam Robson	5	0	42	2	8.40	10	-	-	0

Close of Play

Sun, 22 Jun - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 397/8 (Joe Cracknell 106*, Toby Roland-Jones 33*, 96 ov)

Mon, 23 Jun - day 2 - Northants 1st innings 308/5 (Saif Zaib 83*, Lewis McManus 55*, 89 ov)

Tue, 24 Jun - day 3 - Middlesex 2nd innings 215/3 (Max Holden 35*, Ryan Higgins 11*, 57 ov)

Wed, 25 Jun - day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 313/6 (62.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Middlesex, 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	22,23,24,25 June 2025 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Chris Watts Hassan Adnan
Match Referee	Simon Hinks
Points	Northamptonshire 22, Middlesex 7

Match Coverage

Procter, Sales centuries propel Northants to memorable 311-run chase

Josh de Caires takes opening chance to strengthen Middlesex position

Saif Zaib sparkles again as Northants build strong reply

Cracknell hundred carries day for Middlesex after Guthrie six-for

Instant answers to T20 questions

Northants Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
TS Roland-Jones	13	2	48	2	3.69
TG Helm	11	0	49	0	4.45
Zafar Gohar	20	0	99	0	4.95 (1 nb)
RF Higgins	5	1	28	1	5.6 (2 nb)
JM De Caires	5	0	20	0	4 (1 nb)
LBK Hollman	3.3	0	22	1	6.28 (1 nb)
SD Robson	5	0	42	2	8.4

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