Middlesex beat Surrey in the Southerner‘s battle in Kennington Oval, London. This is Middlesex’s second consecutive win after they beat Essex in their first match. On the other hand, Surrey has tasted their second consecutive defeat after their loss vs Essex. Middlesex won the toss and opt to bat. They scored 209/3 as both of their openers Stephen Eskinazi and captain Dawid Malan played superbly. Stephen Eskinazi posted 42 runs in 31 balls while Dawid Malan delivered a century(117) and helped Middlesex to post a bumper score. Surrey managed to score 172 as they failed to utilize a single partnership.

Middlesex beat Surrey in the battle of Southerner’s: Surrey vs Middlesex SG Vitality Blast T20 2019

Middlesex won by 37 runs

Middlesex Innings (209-3-20)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
Stephen Eskinazi b Tom Curran 42 31 6 0 135.48
Dawid Malan (c) c Ollie Pope b Tom Curran
117
 57 11 7 205.26
AB de Villiers lbw b Tahir 3 6 0 0 50.00
George Scott
not out
 35 24 3 1 145.83
John Simpson (wk) not out 3 2 0 0 150.00

Extras: 9(b 0, lb 5, w 4, nb 0, p 0)

Total: 209(3 wkts, 20 Ov)

Did not Bat: Nick Gubbins, Toby Roland-Jones, Tom Helm, Steven Finn, Nathan Sowter, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Fall of Wickets:131-1 (Stephen Eskinazi, 11.1), 138-2 (AB de Villiers, 12.5), 204-3 (Dawid Malan, 19.3)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Jade Dernbach (c)  4  0 45  0   0   0 11.25
Rikki Clarke  3  0 27  0   0   1 9.00
Tom Curran  4  0 29  2   0   1 7.25
Imran Tahir  4  0 40  1   0   1 10.00
Gareth Batty  2  0 35  0   0   0 17.50
Liam Plunkett  2  0 24  0   0   1 12.00
Jordan Clark  1  0 4  0   0   0 4.00
POWERPLAY Overs Runs
Mandatory 0.1-6 55

Middlesex Squad: 

Stephen Eskinazi, Dawid Malan (c), Nick Gubbins, AB de Villiers, John Simpson (wk), George Scott, Toby Roland-Jones, Tom Helm, Steven Finn, Nathan Sowter, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Paul Stirling

Playing XI: 

Stephen Eskinazi, Dawid Malan (c), Nick Gubbins, AB de Villiers, John Simpson (wk), George Scott, Toby Roland-Jones, Tom Helm, Steven Finn, Nathan Sowter, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Bench: 

Paul Stirling

Surrey Innings (172-9-20)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
Will Jacks c Stevie Eskinazi b Mujeeb 1 4 0 0 25.00
Aaron Finch c J Simpson b Tom Helm 9 8 1 0 112.50
Mark Stoneman c Stevie Eskinazi b Nathan Sowter 29 24 4 0 120.83
Ollie Pope (wk)
c Nathan Sowter b Roland-Jones
 47 31 4 2 151.61
Rikki Clarke c Gubbins b Roland-Jones 9 4 2 0 225.00
Tom Curran c Finn b Roland-Jones 31 17 3 1 182.35
Jordan Clark b Tom Helm 21 11 1 1 190.91
Liam Plunkett b Nathan Sowter 5 4 1 0 125.00
Jade Dernbach (c) c Nathan Sowter b Roland-Jones 1 4 0 0 25.00
Gareth Batty not out 6 7 0 0 85.71
Imran Tahir not out 5 6 0 0 83.33

Extras: 8(b 0, lb 5, w 3, nb 0, p 0)

Total: 172(9 wkts, 20 Ov)

Fall of Wickets: 3-1 (Will Jacks, 0.5), 21-2 (Aaron Finch, 3.1), 79-3 (Mark Stoneman, 9.6), 94-4 (Ollie Pope, 11.2), 103-5 (Rikki Clarke, 11.6), 139-6 (Jordan Clark, 15.2), 155-7 (Liam Plunkett, 16.4), 161-8 (Tom Curran, 17.2), 162-9 (Jade Dernbach, 17.6)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Mujeeb Ur Rahman  4  0 27  1   0   1 6.75
Tom Helm  4  0 26  2   0   1 6.50
Steven Finn  4  0 45  0   0   1 11.25
Toby Roland-Jones  4  0 35  4   0   0 8.75
Nathan Sowter  4  0 34  2   0   0 8.50
POWERPLAY Overs Runs
Mandatory 0.1-6 47

Surrey Squad: 

Aaron Finch, Will Jacks, Mark Stoneman, Ollie Pope (wk), Rikki Clarke, Tom Curran, Jordan Clark, Liam Plunkett, Gareth Batty, Jade Dernbach (c), Imran Tahir, Ben Foakes

Playing XI:

Aaron Finch, Will Jacks, Mark Stoneman, Ollie Pope (wk), Rikki Clarke, Tom Curran, Jordan Clark, Liam Plunkett, Gareth Batty, Jade Dernbach (c), Imran Tahir

Bench:

Ben Foakes

It seems Middlesex starts a perfect camapign in 2019 T20 Vitaity Blast. Their batting and bowling options are working well. Surrey needs to fix their problems as their star players seems out of ideas. Michael Di Venuto's men must find their feet quick.