f63610 cc22746	Middlesex v Derbyshire
	Rothesay County Championship 2026 (Division 2)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th May 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Derbyshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Derbyshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Middlesex 3 (Bowling 3); Derbyshire 22 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	RK Illingworth, S Widdup
Referee	SJ Davis (Australia)
Scorers	JEM Hough (Derbyshire), DK Shelley (Derbyshire)
Close of play day 1	Derbyshire (1) 106/4 (Potts 17*, Aitchison 3*; 35 overs)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 13/1 (Geddes 3*, Holden 4*; 4.5 overs)
Close of play day 3	Middlesex (2) 278/8 (Duke 31*, Roland-Jones 2*; 88 overs)
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
SD Robson	c Madsen b Haydon	31	71	111	3	-	53
BBA Geddes	c Came b Andersson	18	42	62	-	-	31
MDE Holden	lbw b Aitchison	13	39	41	1	-	33
*JL du Plooy	lbw b Aitchison	5	12	18	1	-	10
CM Falconer	lbw b Aitchison	9	19	30	1	-	15
RF Higgins	c Guest b Haydon	5	15	12	1	-	13
+HG Duke	c Guest b Potts	10	36	55	-	-	27
Zafar Gohar	c Jewell b Aitchison	24	56	81	2	-	41
E Bosch	c Montgomery b Bashir	29	49	66	2	2	38
TS Roland-Jones	b Aitchison	9	10	8	2	-	7
N Sharma	not out	5	16	26	1	-	14
Extras	(17 lb, 2 w)	19
Total	(all out, 261 minutes, 60.5 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (Geddes, 14.4 ov), 2-66 (Holden, 24.3 ov), 3-66 (Robson, 25.5 ov), 4-76 (du Plooy, 28.6 ov), 5-85 (Higgins, 31.6 ov), 6-89 (Falconer, 32.6 ov), 7-119 (Duke, 45.2 ov), 8-149 (Zafar Gohar, 52.3 ov), 9-159 (Roland-Jones, 54.2 ov), 10-177 (Bosch, 60.5 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Aitchison	20	6	47	5	-	-	97	7	-
Haydon	19	6	60	2	-	-	87	4	2
Andersson	11	1	25	1	1	-	51	1	-
Potts	10	1	28	1	1	-	42	2	-
Bashir	0.5	0	0	1	-	-	5	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
HRC Came	c Duke b Higgins	15	38	46	2	-	32
LM Reece	c Higgins b Bosch	20	34	51	4	-	26
M Montgomery	lbw b Roland-Jones	23	63	73	3	-	52
CP Jewell	b Higgins	24	41	73	3	-	28
NJ Potts	b Higgins	31	55	65	5	-	43
BW Aitchison	c Holden b Roland-Jones	112	157	243	14	-	105
*WL Madsen	lbw b Bosch	119	161	217	11	1	97
MK Andersson	b Higgins	0	4	5	-	-	4
+BD Guest	c Duke b Bosch	13	32	48	-	1	25
ROL Haydon	c Duke b Sharma	0	8	11	-	-	8
S Bashir	not out	0	1	6	-	-	1
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 425 minutes, 98.4 overs)	376
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Came, 11.3 ov), 2-37 (Reece, 12.3 ov), 3-86 (Montgomery, 28.5 ov), 4-90 (Jewell, 29.2 ov), 5-130 (Potts, 44.2 ov), 6-338 (Aitchison, 86.5 ov), 7-341 (Andersson, 87.6 ov), 8-365 (Madsen, 94.6 ov), 9-370 (Haydon, 97.5 ov), 10-376 (Guest, 98.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roland-Jones	24	4	99	2	-	-	95	14	-
Higgins	30	5	98	4	-	1	133	12	-
Bosch	17.4	1	82	3	1	1	73	9	1
Sharma	18	5	49	1	-	-	84	6	-
Zafar Gohar	8	1	31	0	-	-	31	1	1
Robson	1	0	3	0	-	-	3	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
SD Robson	c Madsen b Aitchison	4	9	10	-	-	7
BBA Geddes	c Madsen b Haydon	10	54	61	1	-	48
MDE Holden	lbw b Aitchison	22	84	121	1	-	69
*JL du Plooy	c Bashir b Andersson	95	117	188	8	-	63
CM Falconer	c Guest b Potts	48	104	123	5	-	77
RF Higgins	b Montgomery	34	48	64	4	-	29
+HG Duke	not out	43	106	154	4	-	79
Zafar Gohar	c Guest b Aitchison	12	16	20	2	-	10
E Bosch	lbw b Haydon	7	11	15	1	-	8
TS Roland-Jones	c Guest b Potts	28	47	52	4	-	33
N Sharma	lbw b Potts	4	4	3	1	-	3
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 411 minutes, 99.5 overs)	320
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Robson, 2.3 ov), 2-20 (Geddes, 15.5 ov), 3-84 (Holden, 32.4 ov), 4-191 (du Plooy, 60.4 ov), 5-191 (Falconer, 61.3 ov), 6-245 (Higgins, 76.5 ov), 7-257 (Zafar Gohar, 82.2 ov), 8-266 (Bosch, 85.6 ov), 9-316 (Roland-Jones, 99.1 ov), 10-320 (Sharma, 99.5 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Aitchison	27	3	67	3	-	-	119	5	-
Haydon	25	7	73	2	-	-	116	10	-
Andersson	12	1	41	1	-	-	51	4	-
Potts	17.5	2	71	3	-	1	72	7	-
Bashir	16	1	52	0	-	-	60	5	-
Montgomery	2	0	5	1	-	-	7	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
HRC Came	c Robson b Sharma	34	85	105	3	-	68
LM Reece	c Geddes b Higgins	12	31	48	1	-	22
M Montgomery	not out	21	83	107	3	-	73
CP Jewell	c Duke b Sharma	4	3	2	1	-	2
*WL Madsen	not out	31	38	46	5	-	23
MK Andersson	did not bat
+BD Guest	did not bat
BW Aitchison	did not bat
NJ Potts	did not bat
S Bashir	did not bat
ROL Haydon	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 5 w)	22
Total	(3 wickets, 155 minutes, 39.5 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Reece, 12.4 ov), 2-67 (Came, 27.1 ov), 3-71 (Jewell, 27.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roland-Jones	10	1	25	0	-	-	47	3	-
Higgins	14	4	21	1	-	-	72	2	-
Sharma	7	1	34	2	1	-	28	4	-
Bosch	5	1	18	0	-	1	24	3	-
Zafar Gohar	3.5	2	11	0	-	-	16	1	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Middlesex (1) 70/3 (du Plooy 4*, Falconer 0*; 28 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Middlesex (1) 177 all out
--> Day 2 Lunch: Derbyshire (1) 228/5 (Aitchison 64*, Madsen 41*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Derbyshire (1) 376 all out
--> Day 3 Lunch: Middlesex (2) 97/3 (du Plooy 49*, Falconer 8*; 38 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Middlesex (2) 209/5 (Higgins 8*, Duke 10*; 68 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Derbyshire (2) 37/1 (Came 20*, Montgomery 0*; 17 overs)
--> Middlesex first innings: 50 in 14.6 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 100 in 37.4 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 150 in 52.6 overs
--> Derbyshire first innings: 50 in 14.5 overs
--> Derbyshire first innings: 100 in 34.2 overs
--> Derbyshire first innings: 150 in 49.6 overs
--> Derbyshire first innings: 200 in 60.2 overs
--> Derbyshire first innings: 250 in 69.3 overs
--> Derbyshire first innings: 300 in 79.5 overs
--> Derbyshire first innings: 350 in 92.3 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 50 in 23.3 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 100 in 38.6 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 150 in 52.4 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 200 in 64.2 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 250 in 81.2 overs
--> Middlesex second innings: 300 in 95.4 overs
--> Derbyshire second innings: 50 in 21.1 overs
--> Derbyshire second innings: 100 in 32.6 overs
--> SD Robson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MDE Holden made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JL du Plooy made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CM Falconer made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RF Higgins made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HG Duke made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Zafar Gohar made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> E Bosch made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TS Roland-Jones made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HRC Came made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LM Reece made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> M Montgomery made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CP Jewell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NJ Potts made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BW Aitchison made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WL Madsen made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MK Andersson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BD Guest made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> ROL Haydon made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> S Bashir made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> E Bosch (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> NJ Potts (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> NJ Potts (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> BW Aitchison (1) 50 in 81 balls with 7 fours
--> BW Aitchison (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in County Championship matches
--> BW Aitchison (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> BW Aitchison (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in First-Class matches
--> BW Aitchison (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> BW Aitchison (1) 100 in 151 balls with 12 fours
--> WL Madsen (1) 50 in 79 balls with 4 fours
--> WL Madsen (1) 100 in 136 balls with 9 fours and 1 six
--> JL du Plooy (2) 50 in 61 balls with 5 fours
--> CM Falconer (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> CM Falconer (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> RF Higgins reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed MK Andersson, his 4th wicket in the Derbyshire first innings
--> BW Aitchison (17) and WL Madsen (32) added 50 in 73 balls for the Derbyshire 6th wicket in the first innings
--> BW Aitchison (54) and WL Madsen (42) added 100 in 124 balls for the Derbyshire 6th wicket in the first innings
--> BW Aitchison (69) and WL Madsen (73) added 150 in 190 balls for the Derbyshire 6th wicket in the first innings
--> BW Aitchison (99) and WL Madsen (92) added 200 in 240 balls for the Derbyshire 6th wicket in the first innings
--> MDE Holden (16) and JL du Plooy (32) added 50 in 72 balls for the Middlesex 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> JL du Plooy (19) and CM Falconer (34) added 50 in 100 balls for the Middlesex 4th wicket in the second innings
--> JL du Plooy (50) and CM Falconer (44) added 100 in 162 balls for the Middlesex 4th wicket in the second innings
--> RF Higgins (32) and HG Duke (18) added 50 in 85 balls for the Middlesex 6th wicket in the second innings
--> HG Duke (22) and TS Roland-Jones (28) added 50 in 78 balls for the Middlesex 9th wicket in the second innings
--> M Montgomery (11) and WL Madsen (31) added 50 in 73 balls for the Derbyshire 4th wicket in the second innings

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