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BBC News
09-07-2025
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Du Plooy named Middlesex captain
Middlesex have named Leus du Plooy as captain of the club's County Championship and T20 Blast 30-year-old has taken over the roles with immediate effect ahead of his side's Blast fixture against Hampshire Hawks on Eskinazi has stepped down as T20 captain due to personal reasons, while former red-ball skipper, Toby Roland-Jones, has left his role by mutual consent, Middlesex Plooy moved to Middlesex from Derbyshire ahead of the 2024 season and has scored 1,601 runs in 36 appearances across both formats for the club."I am extremely proud to have been asked to captain Middlesex in both formats and am very much looking forward to a strong finish to this season and to working with the leadership group ahead of 2026," he told the club's website, external."I've been lucky enough to be a part of the Middlesex playing squad since the start of last season and have high hopes for what this talented group of players can achieve."Alan Coleman, Middlesex's director of cricket, said Du Plooy had shown himself to be a "natural leader at all times" and a "terrific influence" on young players."Appointing Leus as captain allows us to build for the long-term, as we look to develop this group of players and continue to build a successful and winning team in all formats."
BBC News
25-06-2025
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Northants chase 311 to beat Middlesex
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, County Ground, Northampton (day four)Middlesex 413 & 332-8 dec: De Caires 87; Harrison 4-107Northamptonshire 435 & 313-6: Sales 108, Procter 107Northants (22 pts) beat Middlesex (7 pts) by four wicketsMatch scorecard 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 hopes of promotion played a true captain's innings of 107, his second ton of the campaign in a third wicket partnership of 156 in 26.4 overs with Sales who picked up the mantle when his captain fell, going on to make skipper Toby Roland-Jones (2-48) was left to rue his declaration calculations despite the visitors adding another 117 runs for the loss of five wickets in the morning session, Max Holden making 54 and Ryan Higgins a quickfire 44. With Roland-Jones calling time on 332-8, Calvin Harrison finished with figures of 4-107, while Liam Guthrie (2-60) took a further wicket to register a career best match haul of left Northamptonshire with 73 overs to reach their target at 4.2 runs per over, a rate they matched and then exceeded as the day wore on. Middlesex will also reflect on their fielding performance with Procter given three lives off dropped catches on 12, 27 and Middlesex resumed on 215-3 and were proactive from the outset as they went in search of quick runs to set up the was unable to press on further after his half-century, bowled by Guthrie, but Higgins motored on, hooking Guthrie for six, flat batting Procter down the ground and attacking the spinners. Harrison had the final word when Higgins was deceived by the wrong'un as he attempted to sweep, the ball hitting the base of middle stump.A brilliant piece of fielding from Ricardo Vasconcelos accounted for Ben Geddes (24) as he swept Harrison. Vasconcelos took the catch on the square leg boundary, throwing the ball up as he stepped over the rope before walking in to pouch it lower order tried to keep up the pace, but lost a couple of quick wickets, Luke Hollman coming down the wicket to Lloyd Pope and picking out long-off while Zafar Gohar cut Harrison straight to extra runs drying up, Roland-Jones called time to give Northamptonshire an awkward 20 minutes before lunch. It almost paid off when Vasconcelos edged Tom Helm, but Leus du Plooy shelled the chance at hosts were gifted another life after the interval when Procter was put down by a diving Josh de Caires at midwicket, but they picked up Vasconcelos three balls later when he drove loosely against Roland-Jones, Hollman taking a tumbling catch at found turn straight away, causing problems for the left-handers, bowling into the rough outside off-stump and almost removed Procter when he swept out to the square leg boundary. Hollman took an excellent running catch but could not hold a fiery but expensive spell from Higgins, Procter powered one down the ground while Harrison cracked him over midwicket for six before the bowler trapped him lbw with one that kept ran a single off de Caires to take Northamptonshire to 100 off 26 overs and dispatched Gohar over cow corner for six before Procter swept Gohar to bring up his was using his feet well against the spinners, coming down the wicket to drive Gohar through the covers, going back to cut him behind square and when Hollman dropped short, he whipped him through midwicket. On the stroke of tea, he swung de Caires high over midwicket as Northamptonshire went in on 149-2, still needing 162 in 39 came out firing after tea, Sales hooking Helm in front of square as he reached his half-century. Procter ran a quick two off Robson to reach his century, while Sales disdainfully put away a half-tracker, dissecting two kept flowing as Procter reverse swept Gohar for four to take the run rate required below three and bring up the 150 partnership, before he was trapped lbw by Robinson deposited a Robson full toss over extra cover, while Sales steered Roland-Jones down to third to take the target down to 50 and move into the lost a fourth wicket when Robinson lofted Roland-Jones to wide mid-off, but Sales continued to attack, coming down the track against Gohar to move to 99 before working Roland-Jones to fine leg to reach his was some late drama when Saif Zaib was caught on the boundary off Hollman and Sales finally departed, edging to slip off Robson. But with Justin Broad deploying his favourite sweep shot, Northamptonshire duly sealed the Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
BBC News
23-05-2025
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Northeast and Carlson tons boost Glam v Middlesex
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (day one)Glamorgan 334-7 (96 overs): Northeast 122, Carlson 109; Roland-Jones 4-73, Higgins 3-44 Middlesex: Yet to batGlamorgan 2 pts, Middlesex 2 ptsMatch scorecard Hundreds from Sam Northeast and Kiran Carlson took Glamorgan to a solid 334-7 after being put in to bat by Toby Roland-Jones led from the front for the visitors, taking two wickets with each of the new Northeast's composed 122 and a more aggressive 109 from Carlson dominated the middle of the day in a stand of 228. It marked a remarkable recovery from 52-3 when Australia's Marnus Labuschagne was dismissed by Ryan Higgins for 23, following a hostile opening spell from Middlesex claimed four wickets late in the evening to fight back towards parity. 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 and Asa Tribe caught at slip for 12 in a typically threatening spell on a ground where he has often done African Dane Paterson had Labuschagne in early trouble in a rehearsal of a potential World Test Championship final battle, beating him several times as he got off the mark with an edged four and conceding just nine runs in seven had four boundaries, including one bonus from overthrows, when he was squared up and edged Ryan Higgins low to Leus du Plooy at second slip. Northeast rode his luck initially as he dug in alongside Carlson, who was more fluent as they brought up the 100 in the 38th over. But the perils eased in the afternoon sunshine with the pair rotating the strike efficiently and increasing the run-rate without taking too many second century of the season saw his innings include 11 fours as he took on the challenges laid down by the bowlers. Northeast, using his years of experience, struck 10 fours and a straight six off Zafar Gohar. But the second new ball brought much-needed relief for Middlesex as Roland-Jones had Carlson caught behind and Bevan lbw for three, while Higgins finally got his just rewards as he bowled Northeast and had Timm van der Gugten caught at gully in the same over. Chris Cooke (32 not out) batted out the day to give the hosts hope of building further on day two.
