Sussex and Middlesex will be colliding in the next South Group game which will be played at the ‘Mecca’ of cricket, i.e. the Lord’s cricket ground in London. Both teams have displayed some good cricket and will be out for one good game tomorrow.
having played 4 matches so far, Middlesex have won three and lost a solitary game. There three wins came against Essex by 38 runs which was their opening match of the competition, followed by wins over Hampshire by 119 runs and Surrey by 37 runs in their third and fourth match respectively. Gloucestershire is the only team which has defeated them so far and the margin of defeat was by 6 wickets.
Meanwhile, Sussex after winning their opening two games against Surrey and Kent by 2 and 7 wickets respectively, slumped to a 68 runs defeat against Somerset in a rain-curtailed match by 68 runs. They are currently placed at the fifth position after 4 points against their name and will look to break into the top three.
Sussex vs Middlesex, South Group, England Domestic One-Day Cup 2019
Venue: Lord’s, London
Time: April 27, 03:30 PM
Middlesex squad to face Sussex:
Dawid Malan(c), Ollie Rayner, Ethan Bamber, Sam Robson, S Eskinazi, George Scott, Tom Helm, John Simpson, Max Holden, Nathan Sowter, Tim Murtagh, Paul Stirling, T Roland Jones, Ross Taylor.
Sussex squad to face Middlesex:
Ben Brown(c), Ed Barnes, Will Beer, Danny Briggs, Laurie Evans, Harry Finch, George Garton, Mir Hamza, Abi Sakande, Phil Salt, Stiaan van Zyl, David Wiese, Luke Wright.
Sussex:
For Sussex, Philip Salt has been the leading run-getter so far with 176 runs to his name from just 3 innings with a highest score of unbeaten 137. Harry Finch is the other who has gone past 100 from 3 innings.
David Weise has been excellent with both bat and ball, he has scored 92 runs from 2 innings and scalped 2 wickets with an economy of 5.57. Mir Hamza is the leading wicket-taker for Sussex with 8 scalps to his name.
Middlesex:
With 188 runs from 4 innings, Nick Gubbins is the highest run-getter for Middlesex thus far, S Eskinazi who has already got a ton this season has 169 runs to his name, whereas, skipper Dawid Malan has scored 145 runs from 4 innings.
Ross Taylor scored a brilliant 64 in his opening game for Middlesex, he could be up for one more good inning. Nathan Sowter is the leading wicket-taker for Middlesex with 11 scalps to his name followed by T Helm who has got 10 scalps against his name.
Wicket-keeper: John Simpson
Batsmen: Ross Taylor, Dawid Malan, Nick Gubbins, Luke Wright/S Eskinazi, Philip Salt
All-rounders: Paul Stirling/Tom Helm, David Wiese
Bowlers: Nathan Sowter, Danny Briggs, M Hamza
Our captain and vice-captain picks: Dawid Malan, Ross Taylor, Philip Salt, Tom Helm, David Wiese.