Kent v Middlesex, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 29th Match, County Championship Division Two, 2026

County Championship Division Two 29th Match: Kent v Middlesex at Canterbury, June 19, 2026

Kent

KEN

416/10 (114.5) & 257/10 (74.4)

Middlesex

MID

443/10 (102.1) & 181/10 (60.5)

Finished

KEN won by 49 runs

Kent 1st inningKEN 1st inn.416/10 (114.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ben Dawkins	c MDE Holden b SB Morgan	50	111	10	0	45.04
c MDE Holden b SB Morgan
Ben Compton	c JB Cracknell b TG Helm	53	137	8	0	38.68
c JB Cracknell b TG Helm
Sam Northeast	b TG Helm	42	86	5	0	48.83
b TG Helm
Daniel Bell-Drummond(C)	c JB Cracknell b TG Helm	5	15	0	0	33.33
c JB Cracknell b TG Helm
Ekansh Singh	c JB Cracknell b SB Morgan	17	50	2	0	34.00
c JB Cracknell b SB Morgan
Chris Benjamin(WK)	c JB Cracknell b SB Morgan	70	81	11	0	86.41
c JB Cracknell b SB Morgan
Grant Stewart	b SB Morgan	48	55	5	1	87.27
b SB Morgan
Keith Dudgeon	c JLdu Plooy b SB Morgan	30	56	4	0	53.57
c JLdu Plooy b SB Morgan
Matt Milnes	c JB Cracknell b TG Helm	18	33	3	0	54.54
c JB Cracknell b TG Helm
Matt Parkinson	c TG Helm b TS Roland-Jones	13	35	1	1	37.14
c TG Helm b TS Roland-Jones
Hasan Mahmud	Not out	22	39	3	0	56.41
Not out
Extra	48 (b 7, w 3, nb 18, lb 20)
Total	416/10 (114.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Toby Roland-Jones	18.5	4	43	1	2.28
Tom Helm	26	6	83	4	3.19
Sebastian Morgan	26	2	104	5	4
Naavya Sharma	22	6	74	0	3.36
Zafar Gohar	22	2	85	0	3.86

Fall of wickets: 1-82 (B Dawkins - 31.6 ov), 2-158 (B Compton - 50.5 ov), 3-166 (DJ Bell-Drummond - 54.3 ov), 4-181 (SA Northeast - 58.5 ov), 5-241 (E Singh - 73.3 ov), 6-305 (C Benjamin - 85.5 ov), 7-334 (G Stewart - 91.3 ov), 8-372 (M Milnes - 100.4 ov), 9-386 (KJ Dudgeon - 103.4 ov), 10-416 (MW Parkinson - 114.5 ov)

Middlesex 1st inningMID 1st inn.443/10 (102.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Sam Robson	lbw b M Milnes	1	4	0	0	25.00
lbw b M Milnes
Ben Geddes	c G Stewart b M Milnes	9	12	2	0	75.00
c G Stewart b M Milnes
Max Holden	c C Benjamin b KJ Dudgeon	182	243	23	1	74.89
c C Benjamin b KJ Dudgeon
Leus du Plooy(C)	b H Mahmud	14	27	3	0	51.85
b H Mahmud
Caleb Falconer	b H Mahmud	9	17	2	0	52.94
b H Mahmud
Joe Benjamin Cracknell(WK)	c KJ Dudgeon b MW Parkinson	40	53	5	0	75.47
c KJ Dudgeon b MW Parkinson
Sebastian Morgan	c KJ Dudgeon b MW Parkinson	6	23	1	0	26.08
c KJ Dudgeon b MW Parkinson
Zafar Gohar	c B Compton b KJ Dudgeon	95	192	12	0	49.47
c B Compton b KJ Dudgeon
Toby Roland-Jones	c empty & b KJ Dudgeon	28	25	3	1	112.00
c empty & b KJ Dudgeon
Tom Helm	c DJ Bell-Drummond b KJ Dudgeon	11	20	2	0	55.00
c DJ Bell-Drummond b KJ Dudgeon
Naavya Sharma	Not out	1	5	0	0	20.00
Not out
Extra	47 (b 17, w 2, nb 16, lb 12)
Total	443/10 (102.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Matt Milnes	20	2	78	2	3.9
Keith Dudgeon	18.1	3	93	4	5.11
Hasan Mahmud	20	2	77	2	3.85
Grant Stewart	16	2	47	0	2.93
Matt Parkinson	24	3	97	2	4.04
Ekansh Singh	4	0	22	0	5.5

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (SD Robson - 2.1 ov), 2-17 (B Geddes - 4.1 ov), 3-35 (JLdu Plooy - 10.3 ov), 4-47 (C Falconer - 16.2 ov), 5-136 (JB Cracknell - 31.6 ov), 6-159 (SB Morgan - 39.1 ov), 7-397 (ZG Gohar - 92.6 ov), 8-412 (MDE Holden - 96.2 ov), 9-440 (TG Helm - 100.2 ov), 10-443 (TS Roland-Jones - 102.1 ov)

Kent 2nd inningKEN 2nd inn.257/10 (74.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ben Dawkins	b N Sharma	11	66	2	0	16.66
b N Sharma
Ben Compton	c JB Cracknell b TG Helm	4	9	1	0	44.44
c JB Cracknell b TG Helm
Sam Northeast	lbw b SB Morgan	46	91	7	0	50.54
lbw b SB Morgan
Daniel Bell-Drummond(C)	b N Sharma	60	91	9	1	65.93
b N Sharma
Ekansh Singh	lbw b TG Helm	46	78	6	1	58.97
lbw b TG Helm
Chris Benjamin(WK)	c JB Cracknell b SB Morgan	16	15	4	0	106.66
c JB Cracknell b SB Morgan
Grant Stewart	b N Sharma	8	5	2	0	160.00
b N Sharma
Keith Dudgeon	c TS Roland-Jones b TG Helm	37	56	3	1	66.07
c TS Roland-Jones b TG Helm
Matt Milnes	c B Geddes b TG Helm	11	35	1	0	31.42
c B Geddes b TG Helm
Matt Parkinson	lbw b N Sharma	0	1	0	0	0.00
lbw b N Sharma
Hasan Mahmud	Not out	0	5	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	18 (b 2, w 1, nb 8, lb 7)
Total	257/10 (74.4)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Toby Roland-Jones	12	5	28	0	2.33
Tom Helm	20.4	4	72	4	3.48
Sebastian Morgan	12	3	52	2	4.33
Zafar Gohar	15	1	56	0	3.73
Naavya Sharma	15	4	40	4	2.66

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (B Compton - 3.6 ov), 2-40 (B Dawkins - 20.4 ov), 3-80 (SA Northeast - 35.3 ov), 4-162 (DJ Bell-Drummond - 49.3 ov), 5-184 (C Benjamin - 53.4 ov), 6-193 (G Stewart - 54.5 ov), 7-220 (E Singh - 62.1 ov), 8-240 (M Milnes - 70.6 ov), 9-241 (MW Parkinson - 71.4 ov), 10-257 (KJ Dudgeon - 74.4 ov)

Middlesex 2nd inningMID 2nd inn.181/10 (60.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ben Geddes	lbw b M Milnes	11	31	2	0	35.48
lbw b M Milnes
Sam Robson	b M Milnes	7	16	1	0	43.75
b M Milnes
Max Holden	b KJ Dudgeon	9	18	2	0	50.00
b KJ Dudgeon
Leus du Plooy(C)	b KJ Dudgeon	13	27	1	0	48.14
b KJ Dudgeon
Caleb Falconer	b H Mahmud	12	62	1	0	19.35
b H Mahmud
Joe Benjamin Cracknell(WK)	c SA Northeast b M Milnes	16	19	3	0	84.21
c SA Northeast b M Milnes
Sebastian Morgan	lbw b G Stewart	8	16	2	0	50.00
lbw b G Stewart
Zafar Gohar	Not out	66	110	8	0	60.00
Not out
Toby Roland-Jones	lbw b M Milnes	17	40	0	0	42.50
lbw b M Milnes
Tom Helm	lbw b M Milnes	4	22	0	0	18.18
lbw b M Milnes
Naavya Sharma	lbw b KJ Dudgeon	0	7	0	0	0.00
lbw b KJ Dudgeon
Extra	18 (b 5, w 0, nb 6, lb 7)
Total	181/10 (60.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Matt Milnes	18	6	31	5	1.72
Hasan Mahmud	15	3	51	1	3.4
Grant Stewart	8	2	22	1	2.75
Keith Dudgeon	9.5	0	36	3	3.66
Matt Parkinson	10	2	29	0	2.9

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (SD Robson - 4.6 ov), 2-24 (B Geddes - 8.5 ov), 3-35 (MDE Holden - 12.4 ov), 4-52 (JLdu Plooy - 18.1 ov), 5-70 (JB Cracknell - 24.4 ov), 6-85 (SB Morgan - 29.3 ov), 7-93 (C Falconer - 34.1 ov), 8-147 (TS Roland-Jones - 50.3 ov), 9-167 (TG Helm - 56.6 ov), 10-181 (N Sharma - 60.5 ov)

Date

2026-06-19 15:30 PM

Venue

St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

Toss

Kent elected to bat

Umpires

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