Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	c Ahmed b Dale	14	16	23	3	0	87.50
Joshua De Caires	c †Bracey b Dale	10	22	35	2	0	45.45
Luke Hollman	c †Bracey b Dale	55	81	118	11	0	67.90
Leus du Plooy (c)	not out	263	358	536	21	2	73.46
Ryan Higgins	lbw b Dale	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Ben Geddes	lbw b van Buuren	60	100	120	7	1	60.00
Joe Cracknell †	c Price b Dale	64	118	113	8	1	54.23
Zafar Gohar	b van Buuren	24	40	41	4	0	60.00
Sebastian Morgan	st †Bracey b Price	97	143	143	13	1	67.83
Toby Roland-Jones	c JMR Taylor b Price	19	9	10	1	2	211.11
Extras	(b 16, lb 2, nb 4, w 6)	28
Total	147.4 Ov (RR: 4.29)	634/9d
Did not bat: Noah Cornwell
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Sam Robson, 5.1 ov), 2-34 (Joshua De Caires, 7.2 ov), 3-161 (Luke Hollman, 31.3 ov), 4-161 (Ryan Higgins, 31.4 ov), 5-282 (Ben Geddes, 66.2 ov), 6-398 (Joe Cracknell, 97.4 ov), 7-431 (Zafar Gohar, 108.1 ov), 8-610 (Sebastian Morgan, 145.4 ov), 9-634 (Toby Roland-Jones, 147.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matt Taylor	26	2	128	0	4.92	97	-	-	0	0
Ajeet Singh Dale	25	1	108	5	4.32	99	-	-	0	0
Marchant de Lange	25	1	106	0	4.24	94	-	-	0	0
Daaryoush Ahmed	6.4	0	23	0	3.45	29	-	-	2	2
Graeme van Buuren	32	2	90	2	2.81	137	-	-	2	0
Ben Charlesworth	4	0	24	0	6.00	12	-	-	0	0
Oliver Price	17	1	62	2	3.64	60	-	-	0	0
Miles Hammond	8	1	44	0	5.50	24	-	-	0	0
Jack Taylor	4	0	31	0	7.75	10	-	-	0	0

Gloucestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joe Phillips	lbw b Zafar Gohar	36	96	124	3	0	37.50
Ben Charlesworth	c †Cracknell b Roland-Jones	63	80	112	10	1	78.75
Oliver Price	c Robson b Cornwell	12	83	108	2	0	14.45
Miles Hammond	c Geddes b Zafar Gohar	6	10	16	1	0	60.00
James Bracey (c)†	c †Cracknell b Zafar Gohar	60	114	152	10	0	52.63
Graeme van Buuren	b Cornwell	12	18	32	1	0	66.66
Jack Taylor	c †Cracknell b Cornwell	6	8	14	1	0	75.00
Matt Taylor	c Morgan b Cornwell	36	77	90	5	0	46.75
Ajeet Singh Dale	c Cornwell b Zafar Gohar	5	17	17	0	0	29.41
Marchant de Lange	st †Cracknell b Zafar Gohar	24	17	30	4	1	141.17
Daaryoush Ahmed	not out	0	10	13	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 20, lb 3, nb 2, w 1)	26
Total	88.1 Ov (RR: 3.24)	286
Fall of wickets: 1-109 (Ben Charlesworth, 27.2 ov), 2-111 (Joe Phillips, 30.6 ov), 3-117 (Miles Hammond, 34.3 ov), 4-168 (Oliver Price, 54.5 ov), 5-194 (Graeme van Buuren, 62.1 ov), 6-204 (Jack Taylor, 64.3 ov), 7-220 (James Bracey, 71.6 ov), 8-234 (Ajeet Singh Dale, 77.1 ov), 9-278 (Marchant de Lange, 85.2 ov), 10-286 (Matt Taylor, 88.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	17	7	33	1	1.94	88	-	-	1	0
Ryan Higgins	17	7	47	0	2.76	83	-	-	0	0
Noah Cornwell	15.1	2	58	4	3.82	67	-	-	0	0
Zafar Gohar	23	6	53	5	2.30	115	-	-	0	0
Sebastian Morgan	8	0	38	0	4.75	35	-	-	0	1
Joshua De Caires	1	0	4	0	4.00	5	-	-	0	0
Luke Hollman	7	0	30	0	4.28	25	-	-	0	0

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joe Phillips	not out	10	38	67	2	0	26.31
Ben Charlesworth	c †Cracknell b Roland-Jones	9	34	35	0	0	26.47
Oliver Price	not out	17	25	32	2	0	68.00
Extras	(lb 1, nb 2)	3
Total	16 Ov (RR: 2.43)	39/1
Yet to bat: James Bracey (c)†, Miles Hammond, Graeme van Buuren, Jack Taylor, Daaryoush Ahmed, Matt Taylor, Ajeet Singh Dale, Marchant de Lange
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Ben Charlesworth, 8.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	8	2	11	1	1.37	40	-	-	0
Ryan Higgins	5	1	14	0	2.80	24	-	-	1
Zafar Gohar	2	0	8	0	4.00	9	-	-	0
Joshua De Caires	1	0	5	0	5.00	4	-	-	0

Close of Play

Wed, 24 Sep - day 1 - Middlesex 1st innings 394/5 (Leus du Plooy 171*, Joe Cracknell 63*, 96 ov)

Thu, 25 Sep - day 2 - Gloucs 1st innings 146/3 (Oliver Price 11*, James Bracey 17*, 42 ov)

Fri, 26 Sep - day 3 - Gloucs 2nd innings 39/1 (Joe Phillips 10*, Oliver Price 17*, 16 ov)

Match Details

Lord's, London
Toss	Middlesex, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2025
Hours of play (local time)	10.30 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.40, Close 17.30
Match days	24,25,26,27 September 2025 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Daaryoush Ahmed
Umpires	Ian Blackwell Neil Pratt
Match Referee	Simon Hinks
Points	Middlesex 7, Gloucestershire 3

Match Coverage

Zafar Gohar five-for has Gloucestershire on the ropes

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Gloucs Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
TS Roland-Jones	8	2	11	1	1.37
RF Higgins	5	1	14	0	2.8 (1 nb)
Zafar Gohar	2	0	8	0	4
JM De Caires	1	0	5	0	5

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