182/10 (19.4)
CR : 9.25
213/4 (20.0)
CR : 10.65
Middlesex won by 31 runs 🏆
Player of the Match
Josh De Caires
1/1980(44)*
19.2
4
Noah Cornwell to Tymal Mills
CARVED AWAY! FOUR MORE! Mills is making a case for a promotion in the batting order. Cornwell angled this one at the off pole from around the wicket. The batter backed away and thumped it to the backward point boundary.
19.3
1
Noah Cornwell to Tymal Mills
Hard length, angled in towards the middle and leg. Mills wanted to heave it leg side, but got a top edge. The ball fell in no man's land in the backward point region to fetch him one.
19.4
W
Noah Cornwell to Danny Briggs
CAUGHT! End of the entertaining 10th wicket partnership. Middlesex fielders breathe a sigh of relief. They have defeated Sussex in a Men's T20 game for the first time since 2021. They win by 31 runs. This was a slower ball on the shorter side of good length, in line with the middle pole. Briggs swiped across and the ball went straight to Max Holden at deep square leg. Of course, he held onto it.
D Briggs 4(5)
c E Bosch b N Cornwell
4s/6s
0/0
SR
80.00
Over 20
Sussex 182/10
Danny Briggs4(5)
Tymal Mills20(11)
Noah Cornwell1-32(3.4)
MDX won by 31 runs
02:30 AM IST, 10:00 PM Local Time: What a complete performance from Middlesex as they beat Sussex by 31 runs to register their first win of the season. Tom Clark and Tom Alsop played eye-catchy knocks but the pair of Zafar Gohar and Tom Helm bowled brilliantly to never let the game slip away.
Chasing 214 for victory, Tom Clark walked out with a runner due to the injury sustained in the first innings while Daniel Hughes partnered him as usual. Despite being limited by his injury, Clark smacked all around the park to give Sussex a start. Daniel Hughes didn't get going though and he holed out to deep square-leg off Eathan Bosch's bowling. Sussex raced off to 50 in the 5th over before Helm had Clark caught-behind for a quick-fire 31 (13).
Leus du Plooy brought on Luke Hollman immediately as the field spread out and the leg-spinner had John Simpson caught at long-off. Tom Alsop came out and batted positively but Sussex didn't meet the required run-rate as James Coles struggled to find his touch. Alsop scored a breezy 43-run knock before Josh De Caires accounted for his wicket in the 14th over. The innings completely got derailed after that with Zafar Gohar dismissing both James Coles and Danny Lamb in the next over.
Helm also came up with change-ups and got himself on a hat-trick by getting rid of Jack Carson and Fynn Hudson-Prentice off back-to-back balls. Jack Leaning was the next to depart while Sussex skipper Tymal Mills had some fun out in the middle while also trying to reduce the margin of defeat. In the end, Noah Cornwell dismissed Danny Briggs to bowl out Sussex for 182 and seal a 31-run win.
Earlier in the match, Max Holden and Adam Rossington made use of a fine batting surface to get Middlesex a decent start. Tymal Mills cut short Rossington's stay in the middle though as he had the keeper-batter caught at deep backward square-leg in the 4th over. Thereafter, it was a one-way show with the duo of Max Holden and Josh De Caires stitching a 95-run stand. Holden fell for 77 off Briggs' bowling in the 13th over but De Caires grew in confidence and stitched another valuable partnership with his skipper, Leus du Plooy. Mills threatened to restrict Middlesex with a couple of wickets in the penultimate over but De Caires ensured a fantastic finish for both himself and Middlesex as his unbeaten 80* (44) took the side to 213/4.
Chasing 214 for victory, Tom Clark walked out with a runner due to the injury sustained in the first innings while Daniel Hughes partnered him as usual. Despite being limited by his injury, Clark smacked all around the park to give Sussex a start. Daniel Hughes didn't get going though and he holed out to deep square-leg off Eathan Bosch's bowling. Sussex raced off to 50 in the 5th over before Helm had Clark caught-behind for a quick-fire 31 (13).
Leus du Plooy brought on Luke Hollman immediately as the field spread out and the leg-spinner had John Simpson caught at long-off. Tom Alsop came out and batted positively but Sussex didn't meet the required run-rate as James Coles struggled to find his touch. Alsop scored a breezy 43-run knock before Josh De Caires accounted for his wicket in the 14th over. The innings completely got derailed after that with Zafar Gohar dismissing both James Coles and Danny Lamb in the next over.
Helm also came up with change-ups and got himself on a hat-trick by getting rid of Jack Carson and Fynn Hudson-Prentice off back-to-back balls. Jack Leaning was the next to depart while Sussex skipper Tymal Mills had some fun out in the middle while also trying to reduce the margin of defeat. In the end, Noah Cornwell dismissed Danny Briggs to bowl out Sussex for 182 and seal a 31-run win.
Earlier in the match, Max Holden and Adam Rossington made use of a fine batting surface to get Middlesex a decent start. Tymal Mills cut short Rossington's stay in the middle though as he had the keeper-batter caught at deep backward square-leg in the 4th over. Thereafter, it was a one-way show with the duo of Max Holden and Josh De Caires stitching a 95-run stand. Holden fell for 77 off Briggs' bowling in the 13th over but De Caires grew in confidence and stitched another valuable partnership with his skipper, Leus du Plooy. Mills threatened to restrict Middlesex with a couple of wickets in the penultimate over but De Caires ensured a fantastic finish for both himself and Middlesex as his unbeaten 80* (44) took the side to 213/4.
Player of the Match: Josh de Caires.
Josh de Caires (Player of the match): "(Thoughts on the performance) Very pleasing day. Nice to get the win. It was a pretty good wicket. The guys up top got us to a nice start. Then, it was great to have that partnership with Max (Holden).
(On Tymal Mills) He bowls pretty quick. I just thought about my options and it came off. It was a good surface. Nice to hit a few.
(On his own bowling) Nice to have a second skill to be able to get involved in the game. Nice to get a wicket. I think about my bowling very in a way that is very similar to my batting. I try to assess what the other guy is trying to do and then change my plans accordingly."
(On Tymal Mills) He bowls pretty quick. I just thought about my options and it came off. It was a good surface. Nice to hit a few.
(On his own bowling) Nice to have a second skill to be able to get involved in the game. Nice to get a wicket. I think about my bowling very in a way that is very similar to my batting. I try to assess what the other guy is trying to do and then change my plans accordingly."
So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Darpan Tikiya. A note of thanks to our scorer, Asraj Khan as well. Do stay tuned and join us for a busy Sunday which includes a small matter of the IPL final between RCB and GT as well. Until next time, ciao.