Placed in the middle of South Group, Middlesex and Gloucestershire will square off against each other at Radlett Cricket Club, Radlett in tonight’s South Group fixture in T20 Vitality Blast 2019.
Points table:
With 5 wins in 8 games, Middlesex has acquired the fourth spot in the South group. They are coming after facing 4 wickets defeat against Sussex and will be eager to return to winning ways.
Gloucestershire, on the opposite, is sitting just beneath Middlesex at the fifth spot but has managed only three wins in eight games. They will look to make it three in a row after securing back to back wins over Kent and Surrey.
Previous meeting:
Both the teams met on July 25 at Cheltenham for the first time in this season. Opting to bat first, Middlesex posted 148-9 on the board on the back of 40’s from S Eskinazi and John Simpson. In reply, Gloucestershire chased down the target in 19.2 overs with 2 wickets in hands, courtesy Miles Hammond’s 63 of 35 deliveries.
Match details:
11/08 – 07:00 PM IST
South Group (N), Vitality Blast at Radlett, Aug 11, 2019
Radlett Cricket Club, Radlett
Total: 15
GLO won: 12
MID won: 01
Gloucestershire:
Klinger, Hammond, Cockbain, Bracey, Higgins, J Taylor, Howell, Tye, Smith, van Buuren, Payne, Dent, Liddle
Middlesex:
Dawid Malan (C), Tom Barber, Stephen Eskinazi, Steven Finn, Nick Gubbins, Tom Helm, Max Holden, Eoin Morgan, Toby Roland-Jones, George Scott, John Simpson (WK), Nathan Sowter, Paul Stirling, Mujeeb ur Rahman
Middlesex:
Gloucestershire:
Chris Liddle, Miles Hammond, Andrew Tye, Ryan Higgins, Tom Smith, David Payne, Jack Taylor, Michael Klinger (c), Ian Cockbain, James Bracey (wk)
Gloucestershire-
I Cockbain – 169 runs in 6 innings; Average – 33.80
R Higgins – 165 runs in 6 innings; Average – 33.00
B Howell & D Payne – 10 scalps each
Middlesex-
D Malan – 279 runs in 8 innings; Average – 39.85
S Eskinazi – 215 runs in 6 innings; Average – 43.00
N Sowter & TR Jones – 15 scalps each