Post by longstop on Apr 26, 2019 12:17:45 GMT
After two wins to start this year’s Royal London One Day Cup campaign, Sussex suffered a setback against Somerset on Wednesday. It means that Somerset and Hampshire lead the Southern table with both teams having gained three wins from their three games.
It’s a tough division to compete in for Sussex with five of the counties playing in Division One of the County Championship and only three opponents from Division Two. Next up for Sussex are Middlesex at Lord’s, our first opponents this year from Division Two. Middlesex have started well with three wins from four games. Their only defeat was a 118-run loss away to Hampshire.
Middlesex started the competition well with a convincing win over Essex. They set the hosts a target of 367 with most batsmen contributing although the stand-outs were 95 from Dawid Malan and a breezy 63 in 30 balls from George Scott. Essex only fell 38 short of the Middlesex total, but it was Nathan Sowter who swung the game with 6 for 62.
Middlesex followed up their first win with another comfortable win at home to Gloucestershire. The visitors reached 283 for 7 in their 50 overs, but Middlesex passed their target with nearly 8 overs to spare. On this occasion, Stevie Eskinazi reached three figures as Middlesex ran out winners.
After the defeat to Hampshire where the batting failed, Middlesex bounced back to record their third win in the competition against Surrey. Having scored 277 all out, Surrey fell 37 short as Tom Helm and Nathan Sowter claimed four weeks apiece.
Results against Middlesex in this competition have not been too good in recent years for Sussex, although in 2016 Chris Jordan bowled Sussex to victory with 5 wickets at Lord’s as Sussex successfully defended a total of 222.
It seems like a pivotal game. 3 wins and 1 defeat sound like a very good place to be at the midway stage of the competition, but two wins and two defeats mean that there is still plenty of work to do to qualify for the latter stages. Can we go the Big City and get a result? We will see.
It’s a tough division to compete in for Sussex with five of the counties playing in Division One of the County Championship and only three opponents from Division Two. Next up for Sussex are Middlesex at Lord’s, our first opponents this year from Division Two. Middlesex have started well with three wins from four games. Their only defeat was a 118-run loss away to Hampshire.
Middlesex started the competition well with a convincing win over Essex. They set the hosts a target of 367 with most batsmen contributing although the stand-outs were 95 from Dawid Malan and a breezy 63 in 30 balls from George Scott. Essex only fell 38 short of the Middlesex total, but it was Nathan Sowter who swung the game with 6 for 62.
Middlesex followed up their first win with another comfortable win at home to Gloucestershire. The visitors reached 283 for 7 in their 50 overs, but Middlesex passed their target with nearly 8 overs to spare. On this occasion, Stevie Eskinazi reached three figures as Middlesex ran out winners.
After the defeat to Hampshire where the batting failed, Middlesex bounced back to record their third win in the competition against Surrey. Having scored 277 all out, Surrey fell 37 short as Tom Helm and Nathan Sowter claimed four weeks apiece.
Results against Middlesex in this competition have not been too good in recent years for Sussex, although in 2016 Chris Jordan bowled Sussex to victory with 5 wickets at Lord’s as Sussex successfully defended a total of 222.
It seems like a pivotal game. 3 wins and 1 defeat sound like a very good place to be at the midway stage of the competition, but two wins and two defeats mean that there is still plenty of work to do to qualify for the latter stages. Can we go the Big City and get a result? We will see.
