Former England batter Mark Ramprakash has left his role on Middlesex’s coaching staff. The 55-year-old had been consultant batting coach for the club since 2021. Ramprakash scored 2,350 runs in 52 Tests for England in his playing career, hitting two centuries. He began his professional career with Middlesex and spent 13 years with the club...
Division Two leaders Leicestershire crashed to their first County Championship defeat of the season by an emphatic innings and 127 runs as Middlesex handsomely avenged their opponents’ victory at Lord’s in May. Following on after being dismissed for 205 in their first innings in reply to Middlesex’s 534, Leicestershire were bowled out for 202 in...
Ben Geddes scored his first century for Middlesex and Naavya Sharma took four wickets to put Division Two leaders Leicestershire under pressure on day two of their County Championship match at the Uptonsteel County Ground. Badly dropped on 11 on the first evening, Geddes, 23, was eventually out for a career-best 137 as the visitors...
After beating Middlesex at Lord’s for the first time in 45 years last month, County Championship Division Two leaders Leicestershire were made to toil against the same opponents on home soil. Opener Sam Robson (133) posted his first championship hundred of the season as Middlesex finished on 336-5, after Josh De Caires – still looking...
Luke Procter and James Sales both hit brilliant centuries to crown a remarkable Northamptonshire run chase against Middlesex as they reached their 311-run target in just over two sessions with 10 overs to spare at Wantage Road. It took Northamptonshire to their second County Championship win of the season by four wickets and keeps their...
Josh de Caires struck 87, his highest first-class score, following a five-for by Zafar Gohar to put Middlesex in a strong position at the end of day three of their County Championship match against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. Playing his first game of the season, de Caires, who has batted at seven for the last...
Beginning the day just three runs short of a fourth batting bonus point, Middlesex quickly secured that when Toby Roland-Jones hooked Procter to the boundary – and a fifth even looked within the realm of possibility. Those hopes were dashed when Calvin Harrison pouched an outstanding one-handed catch at point, leaping to his right to...
Geddes drove Procter handsomely through extra cover but departed soon afterwards, edging behind off a Broad delivery which held its line. That brought together Cracknell and Hollman who started briskly, Cracknell pulling and driving Broad for consecutive boundaries. Northamptonshire fielded four spinners and both batters took a liking to them with the ball offering little...
Middlesex’s director of cricket, Alan Coleman, told the club website, external: “Dane has a wealth of experience to offer our squad, and I believe that we will all benefit from his presence and leadership across the rest of this season. “Though Dane is still early in his coaching career, having only finished playing for Lancashire...
Somerset made a fast start after being put in at Taunton and were 70-1 after 38 balls as Will Smeed brought up his half-century from 29 deliveries. When Smeed fell to Eddie Jack for 68 from 37 balls, with nine fours and three sixes, Somerset were 116-3 with more than nine overs to come, but...
Middlesex have parted ways with first-team coach Richard Johnson as “results have fallen below expectations”. The 50-year-old has been at the helm since the start of the 2022 season, having previously worked as assistant coach under Richard Scott and taking over the lead role on an interim basis in 2018. Johnson guided Middlesex to promotion...
With the prospect of weather playing a part, Hampshire won the toss and asked Surrey to bat first. Dom Sibley cracked James Fuller over the ropes as Surrey put on 18 from the opening two overs of seam but South African spinner Bjorn Fortuin, making his debut in place of Liam Dawson, tempted Sibley into...
The Glamorgan flag was flying at half-mast in memory of former Glamorgan groundsman Len Smith as Middlesex followed on 228 runs behind. The visitors surprised everyone with Robson and Max Holden racing along at a run a ball for the first hour in an opening stand of 98. Robson hit seamers James Harris and Andy...
Resuming on 334-7 under thick cloud, Glamorgan managed a third batting point as Andy Gorvin ran three boundaries down to third man before being bowled by Ryan Higgins for 17. Middlesex missed out on the third bowling point but Dane Paterson switched ends to trap Chris Cooke lbw for a solid 47, and Higgins claimed...
While Middlesex were unchanged, Glamorgan gave a surprise one-off appearance to Australia left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnemann in place of Sri Lanka paceman Asitha Fernando, with Tom Bevan replacing in-form Ben Kellaway, who is sitting university exams. Roland-Jones took the initiative on a fairly grassy wicket as he had Zain Ul Hassan caught behind for 11...