Surrey vs Middlesex Match Prediction & Betting Tips – Vitality T20 Blast 2024
Surrey will take on Middlesex at The Oval in the South Group of the 2024 Vitality Blast. This game gets underway at 18:30 local time on Friday 5th July 2024.
SUR vs MID, Kennington Oval, London Pitch Report
Although the pitch at The Oval often turns towards the end of the summer, at the moment the surface is playing very true with the ball coming onto the bat at good pace.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Surrey vs Middlesex, Vitality T20 Blast 2024
Surrey Team News & Playing 11
SUR Team News
Sitting at the top of the South Group after only failing to win two of their eight matches, Surrey are playing with plenty of confidence in this tournament at the moment. They take on their London rivals in this game who they beat by 56 runs last month.
SUR Team Batting
Although they also have an excellent bowling line-up, the batting unit for Surrey is the type of batters who every team in the competition would like to have. Once again, we expect the top three of Dan Lawrence, Dom Sibley and Laurie Evans to play in an attacking manner.
SUR Team Bowling
Five of six of Surrey’s bowlers picked up at least one wicket in their last game when they restricted Glamorgan to 107/9. Gus Atkinson will be celebrating his England Test call up and will share the new ball with Spencer Johnson in this fixture.
SUR Team Form
Surrey come into this game looking to make it four successive wins in this 2024 T20 Blast.
Surrey Predicted Playing 11
Dan Lawrence, Dom Sibley, Laurie Evans, Ollie Pope (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Rory Burns, Cameron Steel, Jordan Clark, Sean Abbott, Gus Atkinson, Spencer Johnson
Middlesex Team News & Playing 11
MID Team News
Once again, Middlesex are having a T20 Blast season to forget and they come into this match against their London rivals from south of the river sitting in last place in the South Group. However, with this being a local derby, they will be motivated to try to pull off a big upset.
MID Team Batting
Captain Stephen Eskinazi remains Middlesex’s most consistent batter and he hit 23 runs from 19 balls at the top of the order in the last head to head. Another player who Middlesex rely upon with the bat is Leus du Plooy who should enjoy the hard surface and pace in the wicket at the Oval.
MID Team Bowling
Even though he ended up on the losing side, 23 year old leg-spinner Luke Hollman will be looking forward to locking horns with Surrey’s batters again in this game after dismissing Laurie Evans, Ollie Pope, Dan Lawrence, Rory Burns and Jamie Smith in the last match.
MID Team Form
Middlesex have not won any of their last four matches in this competition.
Middlesex Predicted Playing 11
Stephen Eskinazi (c), Martin Andersson, Leus du Plooy, Max Holden, Ryan Higgins, Jack Davies (wk), Luke Hollman, Tom Helm, Henry Brookes, Blake Cullen, Noah Cornwell
🏆 Surrey vs Middlesex Prediction
Surrey are a ruthless side across all-formats but particularly in T20 cricket with so many specialists across their line-up. Middlesex are low on points as well as confidence and we are predicting an easy win for Surrey on Friday evening.
