SURREY BROWN CAPS V MIDDLESEX PANTHERS at Guildford (Pro40 League), 19 JULY 2009

Five out of the last seven winners of the Guildford Festival's one-day game have batted first and, of the last four, Surrey have only triumphed in one. So, if Middlesex win the toss and bat, you may want to think about leaving early to beat the traffic.

In the Friends Provident Trophy earlier this season, the Panthers had few complaints with their batsmen, but, truth be told, their bowlers proved expensive more often than not. Skipper Shaun Udal was the only bowler with reason to look back on the FPT proudly, having taken seven wickets in eight appearances and enjoyed an economy rate of 4.27 runs per over. With ten victims at 32.30 runs apiece, Steve Finn was Middlesex's leading wicket-taker. But the good news is that Tim Murtagh is fit again to face his old county. Let's not forget, in 2008 his List A record was 20 wickets at an average of 26.95.

With the bat in List A cricket, last year's stand out performer for the North Londoners was Eoin Morgan, who hit 410 runs at an average of 34.16. This term he is averaging 40.28. Wicketkeeper batsman, Ben Scott is averaging 41.50 and Nick Compton tops the list with an average of 49.00. But, for the danger man for Surrey, look no further than Owais Shah, who has a superb one-day record against the Brown Caps. His last nine List A innings against the Oval outfit have read: 112, 42, 50*, 74, 110, 76, 50, 55* and 1.

Click here for the Surrey v Middlesex List A Records sheet as at the start of the 2009 season.


Assuming he plays, Middlesex's Nick Compton is making his 50th List A appearance.


Chris Adams said he would use the Pro40 League to give opportunities to the youngsters. True to his word the Surrey side has an unfamiliar look about it. Only Usman Afzaal, Jade Dernbach, Chris Jordan, Chris Schofield and Matthew Spriegel are the common denominator with the side that took on Yorkshire in the Pro40 at Guildford twelve months ago. Stewart Walters retains the captaincy.

OPPONENT DATE COMP RESULT VENUE SURREY OPPONENT
Yorkshire 20 May 2009 FPT Lost By 4 Wickets The Oval 329-8 (50) 330-6 (49.4)
Sussex 19 May 2009 FPT Won By 79 Runs The Oval 241-7 (39) 162 (30)
Durham 15 May 2009 FPT Lost By 60 Runs The Oval 227 (47.2) 287-4 (50)
Gloucestershire 13 May 2009 FPT Won By 164 Runs The Oval 306-6 (50) 142 (33.3)
Sussex 10 May 2009 FPT Lost By 2 Runs Hove 311-6 (50) 313-7 (50)


Middlesex have, by some way, had the better of their one-day clashes with Surrey in recent years and, sadly, I don't really see that changing tomorrow.


N Compton, D Malan, S Robson, O Shah, E Morgan, T Henderson, G Berg, B Scott (wk), S Udal (capt), T Murtagh and S Finn.


Nigel Cowley and Richard Kettleborough.

DATE COMP RESULT VENUE TOSS DECISION SURREY MIDDLESEX
27 Jun 2009 T20 Lost By 7 Wickets The Oval Surrey Bat 160-5 (20) 162-3 (18.2)
25 May 2009 T20 Won By 57 Runs Lord's Surrey Bat 186-1 (20) 129-7 (20)
27 Jun 2008 T20 Lost By 7 Wickets The Oval Surrey Bat 139-8 (20) 140-3 (18.3)
16 Jun 2008 T20 Lost By 5 Wickets Lord's Middlesex Field 141-7 (20) 144-5 (19)
4 May 2008 FPT Won By 5 Wickets Lord's Middlesex Bat 236-5 (47) 233-8 (50)
20 Apr 2008 FPT Lost By 58 Runs The Oval Surrey Field 248 (43) 315-6 (50)
5 Aug 2007 NL Lost By 6 Wickets Lord's Surrey Bat 238-8 (40) 239-4 (38.2)
3 Jul 2007 T20 Lost By 8 Wickets Lord's Middlesex Field 85-5 (13.3) 73-2 (7.4)
22 Jun 2007 T20 Won By 6 Wickets The Oval Middlesex Bat 168-4 (19.2) 163-6 (20)
13 May 2007 FPT No Result The Oval No toss made - - -
7 Jul 2006 T20 Won By 7 Wickets The Oval Middlesex Bat 116-3 (13.1) 115 (18.4)
27 Jun 2006 T20 Won By 40 Runs Lord's Surrey Bat 218-7 (20) 178-7 (20)
11 Jun 2006 C&G Lost By 108 Runs Southgate Middlesex Bat 149 (33.4) 257-9 (50)
28 Jun 2005 T20 Won By 22 Runs The Oval Surrey Bat 180-7 (20) 78-4 (11)
23 Jun 2005 T20 Won By 23 Runs Lord's Surrey Bat 200-3 (20) 177 (19.3)

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