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f63542 cc22701	Middlesex v Gloucestershire
	Rothesay County Championship 2026 (Division 2)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th April 2026 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 14 runs
Points	Middlesex 22 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Gloucestershire -1 (Bowling 1, slow over-rate -2)
Umpires	BJ Debenham, JD Shantry
Referee	WM Noon
Scorers	DK Shelley (Middlesex), MW Turner (Gloucestershire)
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 279/5 (du Plooy 98, Cracknell 58; 84.4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 116/4 (Hammond 59*; 48.4 overs)
Close of play day 3	Gloucestershire (2) 120/3 (Hammond 17, Price 13; 56 overs)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
SD Robson	lbw b Williams	33	89	105	3	-	72
JM de Caires	c Bracey b Taylor	12	51	78	1	-	45
MDE Holden	b Williams	32	95	132	3	-	78
*JL du Plooy	b Hammond	182	274	430	17	1	160
BBA Geddes	c Bracey b Price	25	44	47	2	1	31
RF Higgins	c Price b Bell	5	17	16	-	-	13
+JB Cracknell	b van Buuren	97	143	184	14	-	99
Zafar Gohar	c Phillips b Price	26	45	46	4	-	31
SHB Morgan	not out	14	21	33	2	-	13
TS Roland-Jones	lbw b Hammond	1	3	2	-	-	2
N Sharma	not out	2	4	4	-	-	2
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 2 w)	16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 545 minutes, 131 overs)	445
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (de Caires, 19.4 ov), 2-51 (Robson, 25.1 ov), 3-135 (Holden, 49.6 ov), 4-182 (Geddes, 61.3 ov), 5-194 (Higgins, 65.6 ov), 6-375 (Cracknell, 110.4 ov), 7-419 (Zafar Gohar, 122.5 ov), 8-435 (du Plooy, 129.1 ov), 9-437 (Roland-Jones, 129.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Williams	29	3	75	2	-	-	131	8	-
Bell	26	8	68	1	-	-	121	8	-
Taylor	25	4	75	1	-	-	117	11	1
Miles	19	1	74	0	1	-	79	9	1
Charlesworth	7	0	46	0	1	-	19	5	-
van Buuren	13	0	51	1	-	-	41	3	-
Price	11	0	40	2	-	-	34	2	-
Hammond	1	0	2	2	-	-	4	-	-

Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*CT Bancroft	b Roland-Jones	6	25	27	-	-	22
BG Charlesworth	b Roland-Jones	9	23	36	1	-	18
JP Phillips	b Roland-Jones	3	22	33	-	-	20
MAH Hammond	c Sharma b Roland-Jones	77	172	236	9	-	130
OJ Price	c Holden b Sharma	29	104	141	2	-	89
+JR Bracey	c Higgins b Roland-Jones	21	41	51	3	-	33
GL van Buuren	b Zafar Gohar	26	40	65	2	-	25
CN Miles	c Sharma b Zafar Gohar	13	25	25	2	-	20
MD Taylor	c du Plooy b Zafar Gohar	0	9	14	-	-	9
WSA Williams	not out	2	36	47	-	-	34
GT Bell	c Geddes b Sharma	11	27	38	1	-	21
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb, 4 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 362 minutes, 87 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Bancroft, 6.4 ov), 2-17 (Charlesworth, 8.4 ov), 3-26 (Phillips, 14.6 ov), 4-116 (Price, 48.4 ov), 5-152 (Bracey, 60.6 ov), 6-159 (Hammond, 64.6 ov), 7-180 (Miles, 71.4 ov), 8-198 (Taylor, 75.2 ov), 9-199 (van Buuren, 77.1 ov), 10-216 (Bell, 86.6 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roland-Jones	22	9	37	5	-	-	110	2	-
Morgan	17	5	48	0	-	2	84	6	-
Higgins	15	5	29	0	-	-	75	3	-
Sharma	13	2	39	2	-	-	59	3	-
Zafar Gohar	19	2	47	3	-	-	87	6	-
de Caires	1	0	1	0	-	-	5	-	-

Gloucestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*CT Bancroft	b Morgan	0	8	13	-	-	8
BG Charlesworth	b Roland-Jones	33	125	158	4	-	106
JP Phillips	b Morgan	45	85	111	8	-	68
MAH Hammond	c Cracknell b Morgan	21	110	147	1	-	97
OJ Price	b Higgins	44	158	199	3	-	135
+JR Bracey	lbw b Morgan	0	1	4	-	-	1
GL van Buuren	b Higgins	15	32	50	2	-	25
CN Miles	lbw b Higgins	0	10	9	-	-	10
MD Taylor	not out	23	69	105	2	-	55
WSA Williams	c Cracknell b de Caires	14	61	72	1	-	53
GT Bell	b Zafar Gohar	6	19	15	1	-	16
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 449 minutes, 112.3 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Bancroft, 3.2 ov), 2-78 (Phillips, 32.1 ov), 3-93 (Charlesworth, 40.5 ov), 4-132 (Hammond, 68.6 ov), 5-134 (Bracey, 70.1 ov), 6-165 (van Buuren, 83.2 ov), 7-169 (Miles, 85.6 ov), 8-176 (Price, 89.2 ov), 9-206 (Williams, 107.5 ov), 10-215 (Bell, 112.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roland-Jones	22	9	46	1	-	-	111	5	-
Morgan	20	5	48	4	-	1	99	7	-
Sharma	12	3	43	0	-	-	53	6	-
Higgins	21	11	18	3	-	1	116	-	-
Zafar Gohar	33.3	12	47	1	-	-	171	4	-
de Caires	4	1	5	1	-	1	21	-	-

Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Middlesex (1) 45/1 (Robson 27*, Holden 0*; 23 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Middlesex (1) 188/4 (du Plooy 66*, Higgins 5*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Middlesex (1) 382/6 (du Plooy 160*, Zafar Gohar 2*; 114 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Gloucestershire (1) 17/2 (Phillips 0*; 8.4 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Gloucestershire (1) 214/9 (Williams 2*, Bell 9*; 86 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Gloucestershire (2) 57/1 (Charlesworth 22*, Phillips 26*; 24 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Gloucestershire (2) 166/6 (Price 38*, Miles 0*; 85 overs)
--> Middlesex first innings: 50 in 24.4 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 100 in 41.4 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 150 in 54.5 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 200 in 68.5 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 250 in 80.1 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 300 in 92.2 overs
--> Middlesex first innings: 350 in 106.4 overs
--> Middlesex score at 110 overs in the first innings was 374-5
--> Middlesex first innings: 400 in 117.6 overs
--> Gloucestershire first innings: 50 in 25.4 overs
--> Gloucestershire first innings: 100 in 42.4 overs
--> Gloucestershire first innings: 150 in 59.6 overs
--> Gloucestershire first innings: 200 in 79.4 overs
--> Gloucestershire second innings: 50 in 21.1 overs
--> Gloucestershire second innings: 100 in 44.1 overs
--> Gloucestershire second innings: 150 in 76.2 overs
--> Gloucestershire second innings: 200 in 105.1 overs
--> GT Bell made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JL du Plooy (1) 50 in 70 balls with 6 fours
--> JL du Plooy (1) 100 in 148 balls with 10 fours
--> JL du Plooy (1) 150 in 219 balls with 17 fours and 1 six
--> JB Cracknell (1) 50 in 57 balls with 7 fours
--> JB Cracknell (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> MAH Hammond (1) 50 in 108 balls with 6 fours
--> MAH Hammond (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> GT Bell made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> SHB Morgan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed MAH Hammond in the Gloucestershire second innings (previous best was 2-82)
--> SHB Morgan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed MAH Hammond in the Gloucestershire second innings (previous best was 2-82)
--> MDE Holden (17) and JL du Plooy (30) added 50 in 99 balls for the Middlesex 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> JL du Plooy (17) and JB Cracknell (32) added 50 in 80 balls for the Middlesex 6th wicket in the first innings
--> JL du Plooy (32) and JB Cracknell (67) added 100 in 152 balls for the Middlesex 6th wicket in the first innings
--> JL du Plooy (73) and JB Cracknell (79) added 150 in 235 balls for the Middlesex 6th wicket in the first innings
--> MAH Hammond (36) and OJ Price (14) added 50 in 137 balls for the Gloucestershire 4th wicket in the first innings
--> BG Charlesworth (19) and JP Phillips (25) added 50 in 108 balls for the Gloucestershire 2nd wicket in the second innings