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Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Middlesex which has effectively been subsumed within the ceremonial county of Greater London. The club was founded in 1864 but teams representing the county have played top-class cricket since the early 18th century and the club has always held first-class status. Middlesex have competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.

The club plays most of its home games at Lord's Cricket Ground, which is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club, in St John's Wood. The club also plays some games at the Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground (historically Middlesex) and the Old Deer Park in Richmond (historically Surrey). Until October 2014, the club played limited overs cricket as the Middlesex Panthers, having changed from Middlesex Crusaders in 2009 following complaints from Muslims and Jews. On 24 October 2014, the club announced that they would use the name Middlesex County Cricket Club in all forms of the sport with immediate effect. (1) – 1866

  • County Championship (11) – 1903, 1920, 1921, 1947, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1993, 2016; shared (2) – 1949, 1977

:Division Two (1): 2011

  • FP Trophy (4) – 1977, 1980, 1984, 1988
  • National League (1) – 1992

:Division Two (1): 2004

  • Twenty20 Cup (1) – 2008
  • Benson & Hedges Cup (2) – 1983, 1986

Second XI honours

  • Second XI Championship (5) – 1974, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2000; shared (1) – 2013
  • Second XI Trophy (2) – 2007, 2018
  • Second XI T20 (2) – 2015, 2016
  • Minor Counties Championship (1) – 1935

History

Earliest cricket

It is almost certain that cricket reached London, and thereby Middlesex, by the 16th century. Early references to the game in London or Middlesex are often interchangeable and sometimes it is not clear if a particular team represents the city or the county.

See: History of cricket to 1696 and History of cricket 1697 - 1725

The first definite mention of cricket in London or Middlesex dates from 1680. It is a clear reference to "the two umpires" (the earliest mention of an umpire in what seems to be a cricket connection) and strongly suggests that the double wicket form of the game was already well known in London.

The earliest known match in Middlesex took place at Lamb's Conduit Fields in Holborn on 3 July 1707 involving teams from London and Croydon. In 1718, the first reference is found to White Conduit Fields in Islington, which later became a very famous London venue.

2011 saw a dramatic improvement in form for Middlesex, as they won the LV= County Championship Division Two for the first time in their history, sealing promotion to Division One for the 2012 season. They narrowly missed out on a place in the CB40 semi-finals, after coming joint top of their group with the Sussex Sharks, missing out only via net run-rate.

In 2016, Middlesex were unbeaten in the County Championship and secured the title on the final day of the season when they defeated one of their main challengers Yorkshire in the title decider at Lord's. A defeat for Middlesex in that match would have meant the title going to Yorkshire and a draw would have meant it going to Somerset.

The following season, 2017, Middlesex finished in the bottom two of the County Championship and were subsequently relegated down to the second Division. In 2022 they secured promotion back to the top flight of the County Championship on the penultimate day of the season by finishing runners up to Nottinghamshire in Division two.

Sponsorship

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

!rowspan=2|Year

!rowspan=2|Kit manufacturer

!colspan=3|Shirt sponsors

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!First-Class

!One-Day

!T20

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!2003

| rowspan="5" |Crusader Sport

| rowspan="6" colspan="3"|Northern Rock

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!2004

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!2005

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!2006

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!2007

|-

!2008

| rowspan="9" |MKK Sports

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!2009

| rowspan="3" colspan="3" |Ignis

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!2010

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!2011

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!2012

| rowspan="7" colspan="3"|Brooks Macdonald

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!2013

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!2014

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!2015

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!2016

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!2017

| rowspan="7" |Nike

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!2018

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!2019

| rowspan="3" |Brooks Macdonald

| JMAN Group

| Kingspan

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!2020

| rowspan="2" |Perfect Smile

| rowspan="2" |Knight Frank

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!2021

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!2022

| colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Knight Frank

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!2023

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!2024

| rowspan="2" |Castore

| colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Dafabet

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!2025

|-

|}

Records

First-class

Team records

  • Highest total for – 676–5 declared v. Sussex, Hove, 2021
  • Highest total against – 850–7 declared by Somerset, Taunton, 2007
  • Lowest total for – 20 v. MCC, Lord's, 1864
  • Lowest total against – 31 by Gloucestershire, Bristol, 1924

Batting records

  • Highest score – 331 J. D. B. Robertson v. Worcestershire, Worcester, 1949
  • Highest score against – 341 C. M. Spearman for Gloucestershire, Gloucester, 2004
  • Most runs in season – 2,669 E. H. Hendren, 1923

Most runs for Middlesex <br />

Qualification – 20,000 runs

{| class="wikitable"

! Batsman!!Runs

|-

| Patsy Hendren|| 40,302 (1907–1937)

|-

| Mike Gatting|| 28,411 (1975–1998)

|-

| Jack Hearne|| 27,612 (1909–1936)

|-

| Jack Robertson || 27,088 (1937–1959)

|-

| Bill Edrich || 25,738 (1937–1959)

|-

| Clive Radley || 24,147 (1964–1987)

|-

| Eric Russell || 23,103 (1956–1972)

|-

| Denis Compton || 21,781 (1936–1958)

|-

| Peter Parfitt || 21,302 (1956–1972)

|}

Bowling records

  • Best bowling – 10–40 G. O. B. Allen v. Lancashire, Lord's, 1929
  • Best bowling against – 9–38 R. C. Robertson-Glasgow for Somerset, Lord's, 1924
  • Best match bowling
  • 16–114 G. Burton v. Yorkshire, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, 1888
  • 16–114 J. T. Hearne v. Lancashire, Old Trafford, Manchester, 1898
  • Best match bowling against – 16–100 J. E. B. B. P. Q. C. Dwyer for Sussex, Hove, 1906
  • Wickets in season – 158 F. J. Titmus, 1955

Most wickets for Middlesex <br />

Qualification – 1,000 wickets

{| class="wikitable"

! Bowler!!Wickets

|-

| Fred Titmus|| 2,361 (1949–1982)

|-

| J. T. Hearne|| 2,093 (1888–1923)

|-

| J. W. Hearne|| 1,438 (1909–1936)

|-

| Jim Sims || 1,257 (1929–1952)

|-

| John Emburey || 1,250 (1973–1995)

|-

| Jack Young || 1,182 (1933–1956)

|-

| Jack Durston || 1,178 (1919–1933)

|-

| Alan Moss || 1,088 (1950–1963)

|-

| Frank Tarrant || 1,005 (1904–1914)

|}

Wicket-keeping records

Most dismissals for Middlesex <br />

Qualification – 500 dismissals

{| class="wikitable col2right col3right col4right"

! rowspan=2|Wicketkeeper!!colspan=3|Total dismissals!!rowspan=2|Period

|-

!Total!!Catches!!Stumpings

|-

| John Murray || 1,223||1,023|| 200|| 1952–1975

|-

| Fred Price || 940 ||629|| 311||1926–1947

|-

| Joe Murrell || 765||502||263||1906–1926

|-

| John Simpson || 658||621|||37||2009–2023

|-

| Leslie Compton || 566||437||129||1938–1956

|-

| Paul Downton || 547||484||63||1980–1991

|}

Best partnership for each wicket

{| class="wikitable"

! Partnership

! Runs

! Players

! Opposition

! Venue

! Season

|-

| 1st wicket || 376 || Sam Robson & Mark Stoneman || v. Sussex || Hove || 2021

|-

| 2nd wicket || 380 || Frank Tarrant & Jack Hearne || v. Lancashire || Lord's || 1914

|-

| 3rd wicket || 424* || Bill Edrich & Denis Compton || v. Somerset || Lord's || 1948

|-

| 4th wicket || 325 || Jack Hearne & Patsy Hendren || v. Hampshire || Lord's || 1919

|-

| 5th wicket || 338 || Robert Lucas & Tim O'Brien || v. Sussex || Hove || 1895

|-

| 6th wicket || 270 || John Carr & Paul Weekes || v. Gloucestershire || Lord's || 1994

|-

| 7th wicket || 271* || Patsy Hendren & Frank Mann || v. Nottinghamshire || Nottingham || 1925

|-

| 8th wicket || 182* || Mordaunt Doll & Joe Murrell || v. Nottinghamshire || Lord's || 1913

|-

| 9th wicket || 172 || Gareth Berg & Tim Murtagh || v. Leicestershire || Leicester || 2011

|-

| 10th wicket || 230 || Richard Nicholls & Mickey Roche || v. Kent || Lord's || 1899

|-

| colspan=6 | <small>Source: Highest Partnership for Each Wicket for Middlesex CricketArchive.com; Last updated: 14 April 2024</small>

|}

<nowiki>* </nowiki> – Indicates that the partnership was unbroken

List A

Team records

  • Highest total for – 390–5 (50 overs) v. Durham, Chester-le-Street, 2025
  • Highest total against – 404–4 (50 overs) by Sussex, Hove, 2022
  • Lowest total for – 23 (19.4 overs) v. Yorkshire, Leeds, 1974
  • Lowest total against – 41 (32 overs) by Northamptonshire, Northampton, 1975

Batting records

  • Highest score – 182, S.S. Eskinazi, Radlett, 2022
  • Highest score against – 189* T. P. Alsop for Sussex, Hove, 2022

Bowling records

  • Best bowling for – 7–12 W. W. Daniel v. Minor Counties East, Ipswich, 1978
  • Best bowling against – 6–27 J. C. Tredwell for Kent, Southgate, 2009

Best partnership for each wicket

  • 1st – 221* Paul Stirling & Dawid Malan v. Leicestershire, Leicester, 2013
  • 2nd – 268 Dawid Malan & Nick Gubbins v. Sussex, Hove, 2015
  • 3rd – 277 Nick Compton & Eoin Morgan v. Kent, Canterbury, 2009
  • 4th – 220 Ed Joyce & Jamie Dalrymple v. Glamorgan, Lord's, 2004
  • 5th – 184* Stephen Eskinazi & Nick Gubbins v. Gloucestershire, Lord's, 2019
  • 6th – 197 James Harris & John Simpson v. Lancashire, Lord's, 2019
  • 7th – 132 Keith Brown & Neil Williams v. Somerset, Lord's, 1988
  • 8th – 80 Ben Hutton & Chad Keegan v. Durham, Chester-le-Street, 2003
  • 9th – 84* Neil Dexter & Steven Finn v. Glamorgan, Cardiff, 2014
  • 10th – 57* Eoin Morgan & Mohammad Ali v. Somerset, Bath, 2006

<nowiki>* Denotes not out/unbroken partnership</nowiki>

Club captains

Current squad

  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
  • denotes players with international caps.
  • denotes a player who has been awarded a county cap.

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! No.

! Name

! Nationality

! Birth date

! Batting style

! Bowling style

! Notes

|-

! colspan="7" | Batters

|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"

|style="text-align:center"|4|| Max Holden* ||| || || Left-handed || Right-arm off break ||

|-

|style="text-align:center"|9|| Aaryan Sawant || || || Right-handed || Right-arm off break ||

|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"

|style="text-align:center"|12|| Sam Robson*&nbsp; || || || Right-handed || Right-arm leg break ||

|-

|style="text-align:center"|14|| Ben Geddes || || || Right-handed || Right-arm medium ||

|-

|style="text-align:center"|36|| Matt Boyle || || || Left-handed || Right-arm leg break || Overseas player (T20 only)

|-

|style="text-align:center"|76|| Leus du Plooy || || || Left-handed || Slow left-arm orthodox || Hungarian passport; <br> Club captain

|-

! colspan="7" | All-rounders

|-

|style="text-align:center"|18|| Nathan Fernandes || || || Left-handed || Slow left-arm orthodox ||

|-

|style="text-align:center"|23|| Caleb Falconer || || || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium ||

|-

|style="text-align:center"|25|| Josh de Caires || || || Right-handed || Right-arm off break ||

|- bgcolor="CFECEC"

|style="text-align:center"|29|| Ryan Higgins* || || || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium ||

|-

|style="text-align:center"|56|| Luke Hollman || || || Left-handed || Right-arm leg break ||

|-

! colspan="7" | Wicket-keepers

|-

|style="text-align:center"|11|| Adam Rossington || || || Right-handed || — || White ball contract

|-

|style="text-align:center"|17|| Jack Davies || || || Left-handed || — ||

|-

|style="text-align:center"|48|| Joe Cracknell || || || Right-handed || — ||

|-

! colspan="7" | Bowlers

|-

|style="text-align:center"|2|| Naavya Sharma || || || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium ||

|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"

|style="text-align:center"|7|| Tom Helm* || || || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium ||

|-

|style="text-align:center"|8|| Henry Brookes || || || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium ||

|-

|style="text-align:center"|10|| Noah Cornwell || || || Left-handed || Left-arm fast-medium ||

|-

|style="text-align:center"|13|| James Feldman || || || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium ||

|-

|style="text-align:center"|16|| Sebastian Morgan || || || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium ||

|-

|style="text-align:center"|19|| Blake Cullen || || || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium ||

|- bgcolor="#CFECEC"

|style="text-align:center"|21|| Toby Roland-Jones*&nbsp; || || || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium ||

|-

|style="text-align:center"|22|| Ishaan Kaushal || || || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium ||

|-

|style="text-align:center"|66|| Eathan Bosch&nbsp; || || || Right-handed || Right-arm fast-medium || Overseas player

|-

|style="text-align:center"|77|| Zafar Gohar&nbsp; || || || Left-handed || Slow left-arm orthodox || Domestic player

|-

! colspan="7" | Source: Updated: 15 March 2026

|}

Club presidents

Club chairs

Board of directors

Officers

  • President Naynesh Desai
  • Chair Richard Sykes
  • CEO Andrew Cornish
  • CFO Illa Sharma

Directors

Observers

  • Asif Ahmed
  • Shiv Haria Shah

Directors of cricket

  • Alan Coleman 2022 to date

Managing directors of cricket

  • Angus Fraser 2009–2021

Club coaches

Club scorers

See also

References

Notes

Bibliography

  • Harry Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962
  • Derek Birley, A Social History of English Cricket, Aurum, 1999
  • Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
  • Roy Webber, The Playfair Book of Cricket Records, Playfair Books, 1951
  • Playfair Cricket Annual – various editions
  • Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions
  • Brooks Macdonald sign a three year sponsorship agreement with Middlesex
  • Dave Houghton's batting analysis
  • ESPN Cricinfo
  • Middlesex Cricket Archive
  • Richard Johnson leaves Middlesex