Post by longstop on Aug 2, 2018 12:18:52 GMT
After three away wins followed by two home defeats, the Sussex players may be pleased that they are back on the road today as they travel to Lords to face Middlesex.
Middlesex have not performed well in the T20 Blast this season with two wins and five defeats so far. Their two wins have come at home – against Surrey and Hampshire. A defeat today will make Middlesex’s chances of qualifying for the knockout phase slim, so it’s an important game for them.
Paul Stirling has been Middlesex’s most consistent batsman with two fifties and 190 runs at a decent strike rate. Max Holden has also performed well. When bowling, Finn, Agar, Fuller, Helm and Bravo have all had their days and performed steadily rather than outstandingly, but they have struggled keep opposing scores down.
In the games between Sussex and Middlesex last season, Sussex lost by 2 runs at Lords falling short of Middlesex’s target of 147. Eskinazi and Stirling scored the bulk of Middlesex’s runs, but after a good start in which Stiaan van Zyl and Chris Nash took Sussex to 77 for 2 after 9 overs, no one got into double figures. In the earlier game last season at Hove, Sussex restricted Middlesex to 136 for 6 after 17.4 overs at which point the weather intervened to bring a no result.
Sussex will be keen to get their T20 campaign back on track after two home defeats. Whether there will be a shuffle of the pack remains to be seen. Is a fourth away win possible after the disappointing performance against Gloucestershire? We will see.
Middlesex have not performed well in the T20 Blast this season with two wins and five defeats so far. Their two wins have come at home – against Surrey and Hampshire. A defeat today will make Middlesex’s chances of qualifying for the knockout phase slim, so it’s an important game for them.
Paul Stirling has been Middlesex’s most consistent batsman with two fifties and 190 runs at a decent strike rate. Max Holden has also performed well. When bowling, Finn, Agar, Fuller, Helm and Bravo have all had their days and performed steadily rather than outstandingly, but they have struggled keep opposing scores down.
In the games between Sussex and Middlesex last season, Sussex lost by 2 runs at Lords falling short of Middlesex’s target of 147. Eskinazi and Stirling scored the bulk of Middlesex’s runs, but after a good start in which Stiaan van Zyl and Chris Nash took Sussex to 77 for 2 after 9 overs, no one got into double figures. In the earlier game last season at Hove, Sussex restricted Middlesex to 136 for 6 after 17.4 overs at which point the weather intervened to bring a no result.
Sussex will be keen to get their T20 campaign back on track after two home defeats. Whether there will be a shuffle of the pack remains to be seen. Is a fourth away win possible after the disappointing performance against Gloucestershire? We will see.
