Durham vs Middlesex - Preview, Predictions & H2H · County Championship Division Two
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County Championship Division Two · Division 2
The Statz verdict
This head-to-head is level at 0–0. The season batting edge is DUR's, 397.9 runs per game vs 315.9, while DUR's attack takes 10.0 wickets a match, the better bowling unit.
Season comparison
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Projected win probability
toss pending · blend of both scenariosPlayer projections
expected XI · per-player output| Durham | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | Ov | Wkts | Conc | Econ | Ct | St | RO | Perf | D11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lees | 63.6 | 115 | 56 | 8.4 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | 0.1 | 69.2 | 113.8 |
| Graham Clark | 46.9 | 94 | 50 | 5.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | 0.0 | 51.5 | 80.5 |
| Ben McKinney | 66.6 | 108 | 62 | 9.7 | 0.7 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | 76.3 | 129.1 |
| Will Rhodes | 60.6 | 119 | 51 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 10.1 | 0.6 | 30 | 3.0 | 0.5 | - | 0.0 | 77.6 | 120.8 |
| Colin Ackermann | 59.6 | 122 | 49 | 9.8 | 0.2 | 7.1 | 0.3 | 22 | 3.0 | 1.0 | - | - | 76.1 | 125.6 |
| David Bedingham | 105.9 | 148 | 72 | 12.2 | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | - | 111.0 | 186.2 |
| Ben Stokes | 49.3 | 72 | 69 | 7.4 | 0.4 | 26.7 | 4.3 | 87 | 3.3 | 0.3 | - | - | 138.3 | 191.6 |
| Ollie George Robinson | 47.0 | 69 | 68 | 5.9 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 2.9 | - | 0.1 | 75.8 | 105.1 |
| Ben Raine | 44.8 | 62 | 73 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 33.0 | 4.4 | 85 | 2.6 | 0.3 | - | 0.0 | 135.8 | 181.7 |
| Kasey Aldridge | 38.4 | 73 | 53 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 20.5 | 2.4 | 71 | 3.4 | 1.4 | - | 0.0 | 100.1 | 131.3 |
| Matty Potts | 36.9 | 67 | 55 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 34.8 | 4.7 | 100 | 2.9 | 0.5 | - | 0.0 | 136.0 | 176.8 |
| Callum Parkinson | 14.4 | 40 | 36 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 36.2 | 2.0 | 95 | 2.6 | 0.2 | - | - | 57.3 | 72.4 |
| ▾ Full squad projections (15 more) | ||||||||||||||
| Emilio Gay | 81.2 | 133 | 61 | 10.9 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.7 | - | - | 87.9 | 145.0 |
| Brydon Carse | 39.5 | 77 | 51 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 26.1 | 2.1 | 104 | 4.0 | 0.4 | - | - | 86.5 | 121.4 |
| Duanne Olivier | 12.3 | 30 | 42 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 28.5 | 3.6 | 99 | 3.5 | 0.2 | - | - | 86.7 | 108.7 |
| James Minto | 39.7 | 70 | 56 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 15.9 | 1.3 | 62 | 3.9 | 0.4 | - | - | 70.2 | 104.9 |
| Kemar Roach | 9.4 | 33 | 28 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 24.6 | 3.1 | 75 | 3.1 | 0.3 | - | - | 74.3 | 91.0 |
| Scott Borthwick | 46.1 | 99 | 47 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 4.8 | 1.1 | - | 0.1 | 57.3 | 87.5 |
| Daniel Hogg | 8.5 | 29 | 29 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 20.0 | 2.2 | 73 | 3.7 | 0.3 | - | - | 55.8 | 69.8 |
| Sam Conners | 10.4 | 18 | 57 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 22.2 | 2.1 | 90 | 4.1 | 0.2 | - | - | 55.3 | 69.1 |
| Archie Bailey | 7.7 | 17 | 46 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 12.8 | 2.2 | 64 | 5.0 | 0.3 | - | - | 55.1 | 69.0 |
| Haydon Mustard | 20.3 | 16 | 135 | 1.7 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 23.3 | 40.0 |
| Shafiqullah Ghafari | 5.7 | 6 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 17.2 | 1.1 | 99 | 5.7 | 0.0 | - | - | 27.4 | 37.2 |
| Nathan Sowter | 11.3 | 9 | 130 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 25 | 7.1 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 24.3 | 36.9 |
| Stanley McAlindon | 11.3 | 9 | 130 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 25 | 7.1 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 24.3 | 36.9 |
| Luke Robinson | 5.7 | 6 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 11.7 | 0.8 | 64 | 5.4 | 0.0 | - | - | 21.4 | 30.3 |
| Mark Wood | 5.7 | 6 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 25 | 7.1 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 18.7 | 27.6 |
| Middlesex | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | Ov | Wkts | Conc | Econ | Ct | St | RO | Perf | D11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Robson | 50.2 | 98 | 51 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 13 | 5.0 | 0.9 | - | - | 64.0 | 97.6 |
| Max Holden | 60.7 | 120 | 51 | 7.5 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | 64.2 | 105.3 |
| Leus du Plooy | 77.8 | 123 | 63 | 7.7 | 0.3 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | 83.9 | 128.8 |
| Ben Geddes | 42.0 | 81 | 52 | 4.7 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | 0.7 | - | - | 49.4 | 77.1 |
| Joe Cracknell | 46.5 | 80 | 58 | 5.5 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 3.1 | - | 0.1 | 77.4 | 104.2 |
| Caleb Falconer | 26.1 | 54 | 48 | 3.2 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | - | 31.2 | 48.6 |
| Zafar Gohar | 39.8 | 75 | 53 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 30.6 | 2.5 | 92 | 3.0 | 0.2 | - | 0.1 | 92.6 | 126.9 |
| Toby Roland-Jones | 19.8 | 27 | 74 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 30.0 | 3.8 | 83 | 2.8 | 0.3 | - | 0.1 | 99.4 | 127.6 |
| Sebastian Morgan | 25.5 | 43 | 59 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 25.2 | 3.6 | 94 | 3.7 | 0.2 | - | - | 100.3 | 130.4 |
| Tom Helm | 13.3 | 27 | 49 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 29.6 | 3.7 | 93 | 3.1 | 0.9 | - | 0.1 | 96.7 | 117.6 |
| Naavya Sharma | 5.3 | 17 | 30 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 24.5 | 3.9 | 82 | 3.3 | 0.3 | - | 0.1 | 87.0 | 107.5 |
| ▾ Full squad projections (12 more) | ||||||||||||||
| Ryan Higgins | 41.4 | 75 | 55 | 4.5 | 0.1 | 28.5 | 3.8 | 76 | 2.7 | 0.8 | - | - | 125.0 | 161.1 |
| Josh de Caires | 28.4 | 59 | 48 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 18.4 | 2.7 | 55 | 3.0 | 0.3 | - | - | 85.2 | 113.6 |
| Noah Cornwell | 2.7 | 5 | 58 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 18.1 | 3.7 | 85 | 4.7 | 0.8 | - | - | 84.0 | 98.7 |
| Eathan Bosch | 15.6 | 36 | 43 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 23.5 | 2.8 | 90 | 3.8 | 0.4 | - | - | 75.7 | 93.0 |
| Blake Cullen | 23.7 | 43 | 55 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 14.8 | 1.7 | 79 | 5.4 | 0.7 | - | 0.3 | 63.6 | 89.4 |
| Jack Davies | 39.2 | 87 | 45 | 5.5 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | - | 0.1 | 59.3 | 88.6 |
| Luke Hollman | 40.2 | 79 | 51 | 5.6 | 0.2 | 9.6 | 0.5 | 43 | 4.4 | 0.2 | - | - | 51.5 | 82.9 |
| Harry Duke | 24.6 | 74 | 33 | 2.7 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | 2.8 | - | - | 52.6 | 62.8 |
| Nathan Fernandes | 17.8 | 38 | 47 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 19 | 5.6 | 0.2 | - | - | 31.0 | 45.2 |
| James Feldman | 9.0 | 7 | 130 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 32 | 9.0 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 22.0 | 33.2 |
| Aaryan Sawant | 16.1 | 12 | 135 | 1.4 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 19.1 | 33.1 |
| Ishaan Kaushal | 4.5 | 4 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 32 | 9.0 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 17.5 | 25.9 |
DUR
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MID
- Captain pick: Ben Stokes (193.8 pts) - narrowest of margins over the VC.
- Stacks DUR heavily (7 of 11) - more of their players grade as fantasy-relevant tonight; even out if you fancy MID's XI to outperform projections.
Small League: safe floor picks.
Grand League: higher-variance ceiling.
All re-run when XIs confirm.
Venue not yet announced
Ground stats will appear once the venue is confirmed
Top performers in this fixture
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DUR in form
MID in form
Full squads
Who is playing in Durham vs Middlesex?
Confirmed XIs are announced around the toss, ~30 minutes before the start. Based on their last matches, Durham are likely to field Alex Lees, Ben McKinney, Will Rhodes, David Bedingham and 7 more, and Middlesex Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown and 7 more — full predicted XIs and squads are on this page.
Who leads the Durham vs Middlesex head-to-head record?
The head-to-head is tied at 0–0 from 1 matches.
What is Durham's current form in 2026?
Durham have won 6 and lost 0 from 9 matches in 2026, averaging 397.9 runs per match.
What is Middlesex's current form in 2026?
Middlesex have won 3 and lost 3 from 8 matches in 2026, averaging 315.9 runs per match.
Where is Durham vs Middlesex being played?
Durham vs Middlesex is being played on 8 Sep 2026 at 15:30 IST.
Who are the top run-scorers in Durham vs Middlesex head-to-head matches?
The top run-scorers in Durham vs Middlesex H2H are David Bedingham (147 runs), Ryan Higgins (131 runs), Emilio Gay (129 runs).
Who are the top wicket-takers in Durham vs Middlesex head-to-head matches?
The top wicket-takers in Durham vs Middlesex H2H are Ben Raine (5 wkts), Ryan Higgins (4 wkts), Kasey Aldridge (2 wkts).
Who are the top 2026 run-scorers for Durham and Middlesex?
The leading run-scorers in 2026 are Leus du Plooy (703 runs), David Bedingham (619 runs), Ben Raine (412 runs).
Who are the top 2026 wicket-takers for Durham and Middlesex?
The leading wicket-takers in 2026 are Ben Raine (35 wkts), Matty Potts (26 wkts), Toby Roland-Jones (22 wkts).
Where are Durham and Middlesex in the standings?
Durham are 1st with 104 points and Middlesex are 4th with 64 points.