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Holden felt 'pretty confident' in Gohar's ability to help drag Middlesex out of the mire

Middlesex were staring down the barrel at 159-6 in their first innings at Kent - but Max Holden and Zafar Gohar's unbeaten stand of 160 has kept them in the...

21.06.26, 09:00 Updated 21.06.26, 00:44 2 Minute Read

Ben Kosky

Ben Kosky

Unbeaten centurion Max Holden says he had plenty of faith in Zafar Gohar after their seventh-wicket partnership hauled Middlesex back into contention on the second day against Kent.

The Seaxes’ task of chalking off their follow-on target of 267 at Canterbury was looking increasingly forlorn when they slumped to 47-4 and then, following a fightback from Holden and Joe Cracknell, 159-6.

However, Gohar’s alliance with his fellow left-hander has more than doubled the visitors’ first-innings tally so far and they were able to reduce the deficit to single figures, reaching stumps on 319-6.

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