Northamptonshire vs Middlesex — Match Centre

54th Match · TEST · Thu 24 Sep 2026 · 3:30 PM Bangladesh time · Lord's, London · County Championship Division Two 2026

Northamptonshire103/10 (37.0)285/10 (105.3)

Middlesex255/10 (54.5)134/3 (41.3)

MDX won

Toss: Northamptonshire chose to bat

Cricket ball resting on a floodlit outfield

Match details

Status: Result · MDX won
Match: 54th Match · TEST · domestic
Series: County Championship Division Two 2026
Scheduled start: Thu 24 Sep 2026 · 3:30 PM Bangladesh time
Thu 24 Sep · 10:30 AM (local time, UTC+01:00)
Scheduled end: Sun 27 Sep 2026 · 10:30 PM Bangladesh time
Sun 27 Sep · 5:30 PM (local time, UTC+01:00)
Scheduled length: 3 days
Ball-by-ball (provider): first update Wed 23 Sep 2026 · 5:17 PM Bangladesh time
last update Fri 25 Sep 2026 · 11:15 PM Bangladesh time (2 days)
Venue: Lord's, London, England
Toss: Northamptonshire chose to bat
Match referee: James Whitaker (ENG)
Umpire: Ben Debenham (ENG)
Umpire: Paul Baldwin (ENG)
Data: Scores fetched Tue 13 Oct 2026 · 2:45 PM Bangladesh time

Scorecard

Northamptonshire · 103/10 (37.0)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
RRicardo Vasconcelos	c S Robson b Ferns	26	45	4	57.78
Luke Procter (c)	lbw b Roland-Jones	0	3	0	0.00
GGus Miller	lbw b Ryan Higgins	10	10	1	100.00
SSaif Zaib	c Tom Helm b Ryan Higgins	2	10	0	20.00
CCalvin Harrison	c Ben Geddes b Ferns	1	6	0	16.67
JJames Sales	b Ferns	43	79	7	54.43
LLewis McManus †	c and b Tom Helm	13	30	1	43.33
LLouis Kimber	c Tom Helm b Ryan Higgins	0	9	0	0.00
Ben Sanderson	b Ryan Higgins	2	15	0	13.33
Harry Conway	lbw b Ferns	5	9	1	55.56
Yuzvendra Chahal	not out	0	6	0	0.00

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TToby Roland-Jones	8.0	1	28	1	3.50
Ryan Higgins	12.0	3	30	4	2.50
DDanru Ferns	11.0	3	29	4	2.60
Tom Helm	6.0	2	15	1	2.50

Middlesex · 255/10 (54.5)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
SSam Robson	lbw b Ben Sanderson	2	4	0	50.00
NNathan Fernandes	lbw b Ben Sanderson	8	9	2	88.89
MMax Holden (c)	c Lewis McManus b Ben Sanderson	1	13	0	7.69
BBen Geddes	b Gus Miller	57	81	9	70.37
Caleb Falconer	lbw b Ben Sanderson	0	3	0	0.00
Ryan Higgins	c Saif Zaib b Yuzvendra Chahal	115	124	14	92.74
HHarry Duke †	b L Procter	28	41	4	68.29
Zafar Gohar	b James Sales	15	44	1	34.09
TToby Roland-Jones	b Yuzvendra Chahal	0	6	0	0.00
Tom Helm	b Calvin Harrison	7	8	1	87.50
DDanru Ferns	batting	1	3	0	33.33

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ben Sanderson	17.0	2	68	4	4.00
Harry Conway	13.0	2	53	0	4.10
GGus Miller	5.0	0	43	1	8.60
Luke Procter	8.0	1	43	1	5.40
JJames Sales	5.0	0	16	1	3.20
Yuzvendra Chahal	6.0	0	23	2	3.80
CCalvin Harrison	0.5	0	2	1	2.40

Northamptonshire · 285/10 (105.3)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
RRicardo Vasconcelos	lbw b Ferns	69	178	8	0	38.76
Luke Procter (c)	lbw b Ferns	27	78	2	0	34.62
LLewis McManus †	c Tom Helm b Zafar Gohar	13	41	2	0	31.71
GGus Miller	lbw b Zafar Gohar	6	21	0	0	28.57
SSaif Zaib	c Harry Duke b Tom Helm	110	169	9	3	65.09
JJames Sales	c S Robson b Zafar Gohar	8	24	1	0	33.33
CCalvin Harrison	c Harry Duke b Tom Helm	15	67	0	0	22.39
LLouis Kimber	b Tom Helm	0	4	0	0	0.00
Ben Sanderson	c Harry Duke b Tom Helm	23	36	3	0	63.89
Harry Conway	lbw b Roland-Jones	0	2	0	0	0.00
Yuzvendra Chahal	not out	4	14	1	0	28.57

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TToby Roland-Jones	23.0	7	53	1	2.30
Ryan Higgins	18.0	2	38	0	2.10
DDanru Ferns	19.0	2	68	2	3.60
Tom Helm	24.3	3	62	4	2.50
Zafar Gohar	21.0	4	57	3	2.70

Middlesex · 134/3 (41.3)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NNathan Fernandes	c Calvin Harrison b Conway	3	13	0	0	23.08
SSam Robson	c Lewis McManus b Conway	3	12	0	0	25.00
MMax Holden (c)	c and b Calvin Harrison	50	87	4	1	57.47
BBen Geddes	not out	59	128	3	2	46.09
Caleb Falconer	not out	5	14	0	0	35.71

Did not bat: Ryan Higgins, Harry Duke, Zafar Gohar, Toby Roland-Jones, Tom Helm, Danru Ferns

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ben Sanderson	11.0	1	33	0	3.00
Harry Conway	9.0	2	13	2	1.40
Yuzvendra Chahal	9.3	0	34	0	3.60
CCalvin Harrison	12.0	0	50	1	4.20

Commentary

Day 2: Stumps: Northamptonshire 249/7 (96.0), lead by 97 runs

95.6

Zafar Gohar to Saif Zaib, no run

95.5

FOUR! Zafar Gohar to Saif Zaib,

95.4

Zafar Gohar to Saif Zaib, no run

95.3

Zafar Gohar to Saif Zaib, no run

95.2

Zafar Gohar to Saif Zaib, no run

95.1

Zafar Gohar to Saif Zaib, no run

94.6

Ferns to Ben Sanderson, no run

94.5

Ferns to Ben Sanderson, no run

87.5

OUT! Tom Helm to Louis Kimber, Bowled!!

Tom Helm to Louis Kimber, Bowled!!

87.4

Tom Helm to Louis Kimber, no run

87.3

Tom Helm to Louis Kimber, no run

87.2

Tom Helm to Louis Kimber, no run

87.1

OUT! Tom Helm to Calvin Harrison, Caught by Harry Duke!!

Tom Helm to Calvin Harrison, Caught!!

86.6

Roland-Jones to Saif Zaib, no run

82.6

Roland-Jones to Saif Zaib, no run

82.5

Roland-Jones to Saif Zaib, byes, 2 runs

82.4

Roland-Jones to Saif Zaib, no run

82.3

Roland-Jones to Saif Zaib, no run

82.2

SIX! Roland-Jones to Saif Zaib,

82.1

Roland-Jones to Saif Zaib, no run

81.6

Ryan Higgins to Calvin Harrison, no run

81.5

Ryan Higgins to Calvin Harrison, no run

81.4

Ryan Higgins to Saif Zaib, 1 run

81.3

Ryan Higgins to Saif Zaib, no run

81.2

Ryan Higgins to Saif Zaib, no run

81.1

Ryan Higgins to Saif Zaib, no run

80.6

Roland-Jones to Calvin Harrison, no run

80.5

Roland-Jones to Calvin Harrison, no run

80.4

Roland-Jones to Calvin Harrison, no run

71.3

Zafar Gohar to Calvin Harrison, no run

71.2

Zafar Gohar to Saif Zaib, 1 run

71.1

Zafar Gohar to Calvin Harrison, 1 run

70.6

Tom Helm to Saif Zaib, 2 runs

70.5

Tom Helm to Saif Zaib, no run

70.4

Tom Helm to Saif Zaib, no run

70.3

Tom Helm to Saif Zaib, no run

70.2

Tom Helm to Saif Zaib, no run

70.1

Tom Helm to Saif Zaib, no run

69.6

Zafar Gohar to Calvin Harrison, no run

67.6

Zafar Gohar to Calvin Harrison, no run

67.5

Zafar Gohar to Calvin Harrison, no run

67.4

Zafar Gohar to Calvin Harrison, no run

67.3

Zafar Gohar to Calvin Harrison, no run

67.2

Zafar Gohar to Calvin Harrison, no run

67.1

Zafar Gohar to Saif Zaib, 1 run

66.6

Tom Helm to Calvin Harrison, no run

66.5

Tom Helm to Calvin Harrison, no run

66.4

Tom Helm to Saif Zaib, 1 run

66.3

FOUR! Tom Helm to Saif Zaib,

64.5

Tom Helm to Saif Zaib, no run

64.4

Tom Helm to Saif Zaib, no run

64.3

Tom Helm to Saif Zaib, no run

64.2

Tom Helm to Saif Zaib, 2 runs

64.1

Tom Helm to Saif Zaib, no run

Day 2: Tea Break

63.6

Zafar Gohar to James Sales, no run

63.5

Zafar Gohar to James Sales, no run

63.4

Zafar Gohar to James Sales, no run

61.6

Ferns to Saif Zaib, no run

61.5

Ferns to Saif Zaib, no run

61.4

Ferns to Saif Zaib, no run

61.3

Ferns to Saif Zaib, no run

61.2

Ferns to Saif Zaib, no run

61.1

Ferns to Saif Zaib, 2 runs

60.6

Roland-Jones to James Sales, no run

60.5

Roland-Jones to James Sales, no run

60.4

Roland-Jones to James Sales, no run

60.3

Roland-Jones to James Sales, no run

57.6

Ferns to Vasconcelos, Lbw!!

57.5

Ferns to Vasconcelos, no run

57.4

Ferns to Vasconcelos, no run

57.3

Ferns to Saif Zaib, 1 run

57.2

Ferns to Saif Zaib, no run

57.2

Ferns to Saif Zaib,

57.1

Ferns to Saif Zaib, no run

56.6

Tom Helm to Vasconcelos, no run

Preview

Head-to-Head · recent meetings

NHNTS

wins

Played

1 no-result

MDX

wins

NHNTS v MDX MDX won	TEST · Sep 2026
NHNTS v MDX Middlesex won by 4 wkts	ODI · Aug 2025
MDX v NHNTS Middlesex won by an innings and 107 runs	TEST · Jul 2025
NHNTS v MDX Northamptonshire won by 4 wkts	TEST · Jun 2025
MDX v NHNTS Middlesex won by 8 wkts	TEST · Aug 2024
MDX v NHNTS Middlesex won by 5 wkts	ODI · Jul 2024
NHNTS v MDX Match drawn	TEST · Apr 2024

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Northamptonshire

LDWLD

Last: MDX won

Middlesex

WWDLW

Last: MDX won

W won · L lost · D drawn or tied · NR no result

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Info

Result	MDX won
Match	54th Match · TEST
Series	County Championship Division Two 2026
Date & time	Thu 24 Sep 2026 · 3:30 PM Bangladesh time
Ended	Sun 27 Sep 2026 · 10:30 PM Bangladesh time
Venue	Lord's, London
Toss	Toss: Northamptonshire chose to bat
Match referee	James Whitaker (ENG)
Umpire	Ben Debenham (ENG)
Umpire	Paul Baldwin (ENG)