County Championship Division Two Test match

Middlesex vs Kent

Kent 350

Middlesex 249

309 · RR 4.22

Kent won by 46 runs

Start: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00
Venue: Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood
Toss: Kent, elected to bat first

Match report

Kent won by 46 runs in the County Championship Division Two at Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood. Kent won the toss and elected to bat first. Kent made 350 and Middlesex replied with 249. Sam Northeast top-scored with 87 from 166 balls (10 fours). Toby Roland-Jones took 5/71 from 27 overs.

Scorecard

Kent 1 INN

Batting: Kent 1 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ben Compton	lbw b Helm	13	26	2	0	50.00
Zak Crawley	c Helm b Higgins	81	115	13	0	70.43
Sam Northeast	lbw b Roland-Jones	87	166	10	0	52.40
Tawanda Muyeye	c Robson b Roland-Jones	13	22	2	0	59.09
Daniel Bell-Drummond	c Cracknell b Roland-Jones	8	38	0	0	21.05
Chris Benjamin	b Helm	27	46	4	0	58.69
Ekansh Singh	lbw b Roland-Jones	19	62	3	0	30.64
Keith Dudgeon	c Cracknell b Higgins	13	26	3	0	50.00
Matt Milnes	b Higgins	32	44	6	0	72.72
Matt Parkinson	c Cracknell b Roland-Jones	0	6	0	0	0.00
Matt Quinn	not out	0	4	0	0	0.00
Total	350 (91.3) (lb 26)

Bowling: Kent 1 INN
Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Toby Roland-Jones	27.00	7	71	5	2.62
Tom Helm	24.00	8	74	2	3.08
Eathan Bosch	10.00	1	61	0	6.10
Ryan Higgins	25.30	3	86	3	3.37
Zafar Gohar	5.00	1	13	0	2.60

Middlesex 2 INN

Batting: Middlesex 2 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sam Robson	c Muyeye b Milnes	5	19	1	0	26.31
Luke Hollman	c Northeast b Quinn	25	47	5	0	53.19
Max Holden	b Milnes	18	36	3	0	50.00
Leus du Plooy	c Benjamin b Milnes	7	13	1	0	53.84
Ben Geddes	c Benjamin b Quinn	8	16	2	0	50.00
Ryan Higgins	b Milnes	33	42	6	0	78.57
Joe Cracknell	c Benjamin b Quinn	38	49	5	1	77.55
Zafar Gohar	lbw b Milnes	1	10	0	0	10.00
Eathan Bosch	not out	43	52	7	0	82.69
Toby Roland-Jones	c Muyeye b Ekansh Singh	36	26	4	2	138.46
Tom Helm	c Ekansh Singh b Quinn	26	24	4	0	108.33
Noah Cornwell		0	0	0	0	0.00
Total	249 (55.4) (w 1, lb 8)

Bowling: Middlesex 2 INN
Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Matt Milnes	16.00	3	53	5	3.31
Matt Quinn	14.40	3	52	4	3.54
Keith Dudgeon	9.00	0	42	0	4.66
Ekansh Singh	10.00	1	66	1	6.60
Matt Parkinson	6.00	0	28	0	4.66

Kent 3 INN

Batting: Kent 3 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley	c Cracknell b Roland-Jones	0	2	0	0	0.00
Ben Compton	c Holden b Helm	65	141	7	0	46.09
Sam Northeast	c Geddes b Higgins	5	10	1	0	50.00
Tawanda Muyeye	lbw b Zafar Gohar	64	71	9	1	90.14
Daniel Bell-Drummond	b Zafar Gohar	39	49	9	0	79.59
Chris Benjamin	c Holden b Helm	45	83	6	0	54.21
Ekansh Singh	b Helm	0	1	0	0	0.00
Keith Dudgeon	c du Plooy b Higgins	1	6	0	0	16.66
Matt Milnes	lbw b Higgins	6	15	1	0	40.00
Matt Parkinson	c Higgins b Roland-Jones	17	22	3	0	77.27
Matt Quinn	not out	2	12	0	0	16.66
Total	254 (68.4) (w 2, lb 4)

Bowling: Kent 3 INN
Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Toby Roland-Jones	20.00	5	65	2	3.25
Ryan Higgins	16.00	0	83	3	5.18
Tom Helm	15.40	2	31	3	1.97
Zafar Gohar	9.00	0	17	2	1.88
Noah Cornwell	6.00	0	45	0	7.50
Luke Hollman	2.00	0	5	0	2.50

Middlesex 4 INN

Batting: Middlesex 4 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Luke Hollman	c Benjamin b Ekansh Singh	36	79	5	0	45.56
Sam Robson	c Benjamin b Ekansh Singh	36	53	7	0	67.92
Max Holden	b Ekansh Singh	13	27	2	0	48.14
Leus du Plooy	b Milnes	40	64	5	0	62.50
Ben Geddes	c Parkinson b Dudgeon	37	26	8	0	142.30
Ryan Higgins	b Quinn	13	22	2	0	59.09
Joe Cracknell	not out	65	97	7	0	67.01
Zafar Gohar	lbw b Quinn	1	10	0	0	10.00
Toby Roland-Jones	b Dudgeon	8	12	1	0	66.66
Tom Helm	c Bell-Drummond b Parkinson	33	53	5	0	62.26
Noah Cornwell	b Parkinson	0	1	0	0	0.00
Eathan Bosch		0	0	0	0	0.00
Total	309 (73.4) (w 3, lb 15)

Bowling: Middlesex 4 INN
Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Matt Milnes	23.00	2	81	1	3.52
Matt Quinn	15.00	4	44	2	2.93
Ekansh Singh	13.00	2	62	3	4.76
Keith Dudgeon	14.00	0	80	2	5.71
Matt Parkinson	8.40	1	22	2	2.53

Fall of wickets

Kent 1 INN

25/1 9.2 ov lbw b Helm 13
167/2 38.5 ov c Helm b Higgins 81
274/5 66.6 ov lbw b Roland-Jones 87
185/3 44.5 ov c Robson b Roland-Jones 13
219/4 54.4 ov c ?Cracknell b Roland-Jones 8
278/6 69.1 ov b Helm 27
338/8 88.1 ov lbw b Roland-Jones 19
301/7 76.5 ov c ?Cracknell b Higgins 13
350/10 91.3 ov b Higgins 32
344/9 90.2 ov c ?Cracknell b Roland-Jones 0

Middlesex 1 INN

6/1 4.5 ov c Muyeye b Milnes 5
48/2 15.4 ov c Northeast b Quinn 25
52/3 18.2 ov b Milnes 18
63/5 22.2 ov c ?Benjamin b Milnes 7
63/4 21.3 ov c ?Benjamin b Quinn 8
138/7 38.2 ov b Milnes 33
122/6 35.4 ov c ?Benjamin b Quinn 38
147/8 40.1 ov lbw b Milnes 1
193/9 47.1 ov c Muyeye b Ekansh Singh 36
249/10 55.4 ov c Ekansh Singh b Quinn 26

Kent 2 INN

0/1 0.2 ov c ?Cracknell b Roland-Jones 0
191/5 50.2 ov c Holden b Helm 65
9/2 3.1 ov c Geddes b Higgins 5
102/3 25.3 ov lbw b Zafar Gohar 64
167/4 39.6 ov b Zafar Gohar 39
254/10 68.4 ov c Holden b Helm 45
191/6 50.3 ov b Helm 0
196/7 53.1 ov c du Plooy b Higgins 1
204/8 55.6 ov lbw b Higgins 6
241/9 62.4 ov c Higgins b Roland-Jones 17

Middlesex 2 INN

103/3 27.5 ov c ?Benjamin b Ekansh Singh 36
68/1 17.2 ov c ?Benjamin b Ekansh Singh 36
92/2 25.3 ov b Ekansh Singh 13
209/6 48.1 ov b Milnes 40
171/4 36.5 ov c Parkinson b Dudgeon 37
190/5 43.2 ov b Quinn 13
210/7 49.5 ov lbw b Quinn 1
225/8 54.1 ov b Dudgeon 8
309/9 73.3 ov c Bell-Drummond b Parkinson 33

Head to head

Previous meetings
Date	Match	Result
20 Aug 2026	Kent v Middlesex Day 1 - Kent chose to bat.	299/6
12 Jul 2026	Kent v Middlesex Middlesex won by 14 runs	158/7 - 172/6
19 Jun 2026	Kent v Middlesex Kent won by 49 runs	416 & 257 - 443 & 181
22 May 2026	Middlesex v Kent Kent won by 27 runs	181/8 - 208/6
19 Aug 2025	Kent v Middlesex Middlesex won by 6 wickets (with 30 balls remaining)	279/6 - 283/4

County Championship Division Two table

League standings
#	Team	MP	W	L	Pts
1	Durham	9	6	0	169
2	Kent	0	4	1	123
3	Northamptonshire	0	3	2	119
4	Middlesex	0	3	3	102
5	Derbyshire	9	3	5	102
6	Worcestershire	0	3	3	99
7	Lancashire	0	2	4	84
8	Gloucestershire	0	1	7	41

Line-ups

Kent

Sam Robson
Luke Hollman
Max Holden
Leus du Plooy
Ben Geddes
Ryan Higgins
Joe Cracknell
Zafar Gohar
Eathan Bosch
Toby Roland-Jones
Tom Helm
Noah Cornwell

Middlesex

Ben Compton
Zak Crawley
Sam Northeast
Tawanda Muyeye
Daniel Bell-Drummond
Chris Benjamin
Ekansh Singh
Keith Dudgeon
Matt Milnes
Matt Parkinson
Matt Quinn