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Ben Geddes, Middlesex CCC during Middlesex vs Essex, Metro Bank One-Day Cup Men Cricket at Brunton Memorial Ground on 21st July 2026
Ben Geddes goes on the attack Ray Lawrence Photography

Geddes rues lack of intent against spin as 100 percent record falls

Middlesex skipper suggests his side achieved only a par score by failing to eke out 300-plus in New Road loss.

01.08.26, 09:00 Updated 01.08.26, 10:16 2 Minute Read

Jon Batham

Jon Batham

Skipper Ben Geddes hinted his batters could have been a little bolder after Middlesex lost their 100 percent record in this season’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup in a four-wicket defeat to Worcestershire at New Road.

Josh de Caires continued his excellent recent form with a maiden List-A hundred, but despite the opener’s 130 the visitors fell seven short of 300 after being asked to bat first.

Naavya Sharma was the pick of the bowlers with 2-37 while Noah Cornwell’s three scalps came at greater cost (3-68) in Worcestershire’s chase, but neither could remove Jake Libby, whose superb unbeaten century (109) ultimately proved decisive.

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