04/04Result

3rd Match, County Championship Division Two at London, Apr 4-7 2025

Match drawn

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Batters set up Lancashire victory push but tense battle ends in draw

Zafar Gohar, Henry Brookes leave visitors eight down but Middlesex can't snare final wickets

Match Centre

Match Details

Lord's, London

Series

County Championship Division Two 2025

Toss

Lancashire , elected to field first

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

4,5,6,7 April 2025 (4-day match)

Points

Lancashire 13, Middlesex 11

Scorecard Summary

MIDDLESEX 260(68.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

Sam Robson70 (83)
Max Holden69 (115)

Ollie Sutton2/57 (11)
Tom Aspinwall4/32 (9.2)

LANCASHIRE 359(123.3 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

Marcus Harris138 (197)
Keaton Jennings55 (123)

Zafar Gohar4/79 (28.3)
Blake Cullen2/73 (22)

MIDDLESEX 407(119.4 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Max Holden184 (335)
Ben Geddes74 (133)

Tom Bailey5/79 (26)
George Balderson2/85 (28)

LANCASHIRE 262/8(66.5 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Marcus Harris52 (71)
Keaton Jennings49 (52)

Zafar Gohar3/64 (23)
Blake Cullen2/47 (13.5)

66.5

Cullen to Balderson, no run,

66.4

Cullen to Balderson, no run,

66.3

Cullen to Balderson, no run,

66.2

Cullen to Balderson, no run,

66.1

Cullen to Balderson, no run,

END OF OVER:
66 | 1 Run | LANCS: 262/8

Will Williams4 (16b)
George Balderson36 (71b)

Zafar Gohar23-2-64-3
Blake Cullen13-4-47-2

65.6

Zafar Gohar to Williams, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Batters set up Lancashire victory push but tense battle ends in draw
Zafar Gohar, Henry Brookes leave visitors eight down but Middlesex can't snare final wickets
Max Holden century leads Middlesex fightback
Tom Bailey's superb opening salvo had home side struggling at 7 for 3
Marcus Harris stars on Lancashire debut to take command at Lord's
Gohar's three-for keeps Middlesex fighting but big deficit is on the cards
Tom Aspinwall four-for gets Lancashire off to front-foot start
Fifties for Robson and Holden but Middlesex fall away from strong position to post 260
Kane and Dane stardust gives Middlesex a chance to park the off-field angst
After a winter of financial wrangling, arrivals of Williamson and Paterson offer an overdue sense of optimism

Lancashire INNINGS		R	B
MA Jones	bowled	44	83
KK Jennings	bowled	49	52
JJ Bohannon	bowled	0	8
MS Harris	caught	52	71
MF Hurst	caught	2	16
LWP Wells	caught wk	47	67
GP Balderson	not out	36	76
TH Aspinwall	bowled	2	12
TE Bailey	lbw	0	1
WSA Williams	not out	4	16
OW Sutton
EXTRAS	(b 8, lb 13, w 3, nb 2)
TOTAL	262 (8 wkts; 66.5 ovs)

Middlesex BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
TS Roland-Jones	11.0	3	34	1	3.09
RF Higgins	9.0	0	42	0	4.66
HJH Brookes	10.0	0	54	2	5.4
BC Cullen	13.5	4	47	2	3.39	(3w)
Zafar Gohar	23.0	2	64	3	2.78	(1nb)

Lancashire 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	93	KK Jennings	MA Jones
2nd	5	JJ Bohannon	MA Jones
3rd	4	MS Harris	MA Jones
4th	17	MS Harris	MF Hurst
5th	55	LWP Wells	MS Harris
6th	66	LWP Wells	GP Balderson
7th	7	GP Balderson	TH Aspinwall
8th	0	TE Bailey	GP Balderson
9th	15	WSA Williams	GP Balderson

County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
LEICS	1	1	0	0	23
DERBS	1	1	0	0	22
KENT	1	1	0	0	19
LANCS	1	0	0	1	13
MIDDX	1	0	0	1	11
GLOUC	1	0	1	0	3
NHNTS	1	0	1	0	3
GLAM	1	0	1	0	2

Series

Toss

Season

Hours of play (local time)

Match days

First-class debut

Umpires

Match Referee

Points

MIDDLESEX 260(68.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

LANCASHIRE 359(123.3 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

MIDDLESEX 407(119.4 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

LANCASHIRE 262/8(66.5 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:66 | 1 Run | LANCS: 262/8

MIDDLESEX 260(68.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

LANCASHIRE 359(123.3 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

MIDDLESEX 407(119.4 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

LANCASHIRE 262/8(66.5 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
66 | 1 Run | LANCS: 262/8