Middlesex vs Surrey Preview & Prediction

The power-packed opening pair of Roy and Finch will be expected to take their team off to a flier. While the former has has a century and a fifty thus far, the latter has two good scores including a fifty in the three innings. The middle order batting will depend mainly on Dominic Sibley and Chris Morris. Sibley has two fifties in the tournament while Morris is capable of hitting the long ones.

Morris and Sam Curren are likely to lead Surrey's bowling attack and the duo will be backed to rock Middlesex early on. Curren has been the most impressive of all the bowlers with 10 wickets in the tournament. Jade Dernbach claimed three wickets against Somerset and he can create a few problems for the Middlesex batsmen. Surrey will want these three to bowl well on Thursday.

Our Prediction

Middlesex and Surrey have played five games against each other in the past with the latter having wins in four of them. The two teams have gone head-to-head two times at the Lord's and both have a win each. Middlesex's only victory came last year at this very ground when they beat Surrey by 43 runs. But while the hosts are coming with a win in their previous match, the visitors suffered a loss in their last match. 

Although the performance of the two teams this year has been pretty much neck-and-neck, we predict Middlesex to emerge victorious at their home ground.