Middlesex County Cricket Club
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Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. Its limited overs team is called the Middlesex Crusaders.
The club mostly plays its home matches at Lord's Cricket Ground, which is owned by the Marylebone Cricket Club. It also uses The Walker Ground, Southgate, The Old Deer Park, Richmond, Uxbridge CC, Uxbridge and The Denis Compton Oval, Shenley.
Middlesex also has its indoor coaching school at Finchley with the Middlesex academy officially opening in October 2003 to provide coaching to the 12 best county prospects.
The current 1st XI coach is the former Middlesex and Sussex batsman Toby Radford. He was appointed coach in November 2007 as a permanent replacement after the departure of Richard Pybus. Ed Smith was also re-appointed county captain for the 2008 season.
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Honours
First XI honours
- County Championship (10) - 1903, 1920, 1921, 1947, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1993; shared (2) - 1949, 1977
- FP Trophy (4) - 1977, 1980, 1984, 1988
- National League (1) - 1992
- Division Two (1) - 2004
- Twenty20 Cup (0) -
- Benson & Hedges Cup (2) - 1983, 1986
Second XI honours
- Second XI Championship (5) - 1974, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2000
- Second XI Trophy (1) - 2007
- Minor Counties Championship (1) - 1935
Records
First-class
Team records
- Highest Total For - 642-3 declared v Hampshire at Southampton 1923
- Highest Total Against - 850-7 declared by Somerset at Taunton 2007
- Lowest Total For - 20 v MCC at Lord's 1864
- Lowest Total Against - 31 by Gloucestershire at Bristol 1924
Batting records
- Highest Score - 331 JDB Robertson v Worcestershire at Worcester 1949
- Highest Score Against - 341 CM Spearman for Gloucestershire at Gloucester 2004
- Most Runs in Season - 2669 EH Hendren in 1923
Bowling records
- Best Bowling - 10-40 GOB Allen v Lancashire at Lord's 1929
- Best Bowling Against - 9-38 RC Robertson-Glasgow for Somerset at Lord's 1924
- Best Match Bowling - 16-114 G Burton v Yorkshire at Sheffield 1888
- Best Match Bowling Against - 16-100 JEBBPQC Dwyer for Sussex at Hove 1906
- Most Wickets in Season - 158 FJ Titmus in 1955
List A
Team records
- Highest Total For - 337-5 (45 overs) v Somerset at Southgate 2003
- Highest Total Against - 353-8 (45 Overs) by Hampshire at Lord's 2005
- Lowest Total For - 23 (32 overs) v Yorkshire at Leeds 1974
- Lowest Total Against - 41 (19.4 overs) by Northamptonshire at Northampton 1972
Batting records
- Highest Score - 158 GD Barlow v Lancashire at Lord's 1984
- Highest Score Against - 163 CJ Adams for Sussex at Arundel 1999
Bowling records
- Best Bowling For - 7-12 WW Daniel v Minor Counties East at Ipswich 1978
- Best Bowling Against - 6-28 AW Greig for Sussex at Hove 1971
Best partnership for each wicket
- 1st - 210* PN Weekes & ET Smith v Northumberland at Jesmond 2005
- 2nd - 223 MJ Smith & CT Radley v Hampshire at Lord's 1977
- 3rd - 165 MR Ramprakash & JD Carr v Nottinghamshire at Lord's 1993
- 4th - 220 EC Joyce & JWM Dalrymple v Glamorgan at Lord's 2004
- 5th - 147 MR Ramprakash & JD Carr v Leicestershire at Leicester 1992
- 6th - 142* BL Hutton & NRD Compton v Lancashire at Shenley 2002
- 7th - 132 KR Brown & NF Williams v Somerset at Lord's 1988
- 8th - 112 DC Nash & AA Noffke v Sussex at Lord's 2002
- 9th - 73 DC Nash & ARC Fraser v Northamptonshire at Lord's 1999
- 10th - 57* EJG Morgan & Mohammad Ali v Somerset at Bath 2006
* Denotes not out/unbroken partnership
Formation
The club was officially founded on 15th December 1863, mainly through the work of the Walkers of Southgate. Middlesex CCC then played its initial first-class match versus Sussex CCC at Islington on 6 & 7 June 1864.
Recent History
- 2006- Middlesex endured one of the worst seasons in their history with relegation from both the County Championship and the Natwest Pro40 League, as well as finishing bottom of the South group in the Twenty20 Cup. Despite some good individual performances from Nick Compton and Chris Silverwood the team was unable to string any sequence of wins together, especially in the latter half of the season.
- 2007- Under new captain Ed Smith Middlesex had a markedly better season finishing 3rd in the 2nd division of the County Championship and earning promotion via the playoff to the 1st division of the Pro40. This was despite the shock departue of coach Richard Pybus mid-season. During their Twenty20 campaign Middlesex wore Pink shirts in aid of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity, this is to be repeated in 2008.
