Sharks look to bite back at Lord's

The Sharks have the opportunity to bounce straight back from their Vitality Blast defeat against Gloucestershire on Wednesday with a trip to Lord’s this evening to take on Middlesex (6.15pm start).

For tonight’s fixture, Jason Gillespie will select from the same 14-man squad that was announced ahead of yesterday’s fixture.

Sussex were probably one batting partnership away from setting a defendable total last night as exemplified by a fine bowling and fielding performance that forced the league leaders to work hard for their four-wicket win

Laurie Evans’s 46 from 36 deliveries was the high-point of the Sharks innings. Those runs take the right-hander to fourth in the tournament averages (minimum five innings).

Rashid Khan’s 2-14 from his four overs during Gloucestershire’s chase means that the Afghanistan leg-spinner is now the most economical bowler in the tournament (minimum ten overs).

Sussex Sharks Squad

10. Luke Wright (c)

22. Jofra Archer 

18. Will Beer

21. Danny Briggs

42. Tom Bruce 

5. Michael Burgess (wk)

32. Laurie Evans

8. Chris Jordan

1. Rashid Khan

7. Tymal Mills

9. Delray Rawlins

25. Ollie Robinson

28. Phil Salt

96. David Wiese 

Opposition

After getting off to a good start with a win against Surrey in the London derby, Middlesex’s Blast campaign has faltered somewhat.

Their only other win came against Hampshire at Lord’s so that, after seven matches, they sit in seventh place in the south group with four points.

Irishman, Paul Stirling is the team’s leading run-scorer with 190 runs from his seven innings. James Fuller leads the way with the ball, having taken eight wickets from his 20 overs so far.

Batsman Dawid Malan (England duty) and bowlers Nathan Sowter and Tom Helm (injury) are unavailable for Middlesex tonight, but Steven Finn returns to their twelve-man squad after overcoming a sore knee that kept him out of his side’s defeat to Somerset on Sunday.

Middlesex squad: Eoin Morgan (captain), Ashton Agar, Tom Barber, Stephen Eskinazi, Steven Finn, James Fuller, Nick Gubbins, James Harris, Max Holden, Ravi Patel, John Simpson (wicket-keeper),Paul Stirling.

Match details and Coverage

Tonight’s fixture at Lord’s starts at 6.15pm. Tickets are available to purchase here.

You can follow the game on our Match Day Centre, which includes a live scorecard, live statistics, text commentary via the @SussexCCC twitter feed and a link to BBC Sussex’s ball-by-ball commentary.

Middlesex will also be streaming the match live on their website.