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Middlesex vs Sussex Sharks

9 Aug 2025

Following Thursday's magnificent spectacle at Arundel - a match that saw Jack Carson and Archie Lenham produce a perfect partnership to down Kent Spitfires - the rolling fields are swapped with the beauty of Lord's as Sussex look to make it back-to-back wins when they entertain Middlesex on Sunday. 

And it was a win imperative not just to kick-start the competition, but to regain some confidence, too. There were excellent shifts out in the middle from John Simpson and Oli Carter, who both raised the bat, as the Sharks move to the capital with confidence.

Team News

Grant Flower has named an unchanged 13-player squad for the trip to Lord's.

Carson (c), Carter, Clark, Crocombe, Foreman, Haines, Hudson-Prentice, Ibrahim, Karvelas, Lamb, Lenham, Rogers, Simpson

The Opposition

In their opening match of their Metro Bank campaign, Middlesex were narrowly defeated by a strong Somerset side. A performance that harvested a plethora of positives - chiefly through Josh de Caires' impressive knock of 71 - the London-based side will be hoping for a better competition after finishing 8th in the T20 group stage.

The two sides last faced off in the One Day Cup back in 2022, where centuries from Tom Alsop (189*) and Cheteshwar Pujara (132) powered the Sharks to a 157-run victory at Hove.

Timings

Tomorrow's match at Lord's will begin at 11am.

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