After a dominating show against Glamorgan in their opening game of the season, the Essex Eagles will now lock horns against Middlesex at the County Ground in Chelmsford. This would be a South Group encounter.
It was sheer dominating stuff from the Essex Eagles in their tournament opener against Glamorgan where the registered a thumping victory by 180 runs courtesy Varun Chopra’s 111 from 133 deliveries and then a 3-fer from all-rounder Ravi Bopara for 26 runs from 7 overs. Varun Chopra’s brilliance helped them get to a mammoth 326 and then it was Ravi Bopara, Samuel Cook and Peter Siddle who in cohesion scalped 7 wickets in between them to restrict Glamorgan for a mere 146.
Meanwhile, Middlesex will be playing their first match of the season tomorrow and would be eyeing a winning start to set the tone early in the tournament. They did not have a good season last time around as they finished 6th in the South Group table with 4 wins and 4 loss against their name.
Essex vs Middlesex, South Group, England Domestic One-Day Cup 2019
Venue: County Ground, Chelmsford
Time: April 19, 3:30 PM
Middlesex squad to face Essex:
Middlesex have named a 13-man squad for their tournament opener.
Dawid Malan(c), Eoin Morgan, Tim Murtagh, T Roland Jones, George Scott, John Simpson, Nathan Sowter, Paul Stirling, Max Holden, Tom Helm, James Harris, Nick Gubbins, Stephen Eskinazi.
Essex squad to face Middlesex:
Rishi Patel is the only addition in the Essex Eagles squad from the last game.
Ryan ten Doeschate(c), Varun Chopra, Alastair Cook, Ravi Bopara, Sam Cook, Simon Harmer, Dan Lawrence, Matthew Quinn, Rishi Patel, Aron Nijjar, Jamie Porter, Peter Siddle, Paul Walter, Robbie White, Tom Westley.
Wicket-keeper: J Simpson
Batsmen: Sir Alastair Cook, Varun Chopra, Tom Westley, Eoin Morgan, Max Holden
All-rounders: Ravi Bopara, Dan Lawrence/Ryan ten Doeschate
Bowlers: Simon Harmer, James Porter, T Roland Jones
Our captain and vice-captain picks: Varun Chopra, Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan, Sir Alastair Cook