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Report: With the injury to Smith and Shah’s call up to represent England, there were a few changes to the team that lost last week. Nash comes in as a batsman, and Malan went out for Strauss.
They needed to have a solid start, and with fifty overs, they could afford to start slowly and build. It took 8 overs before the first boundary came, but Strauss began finding the boundary regularly after that. This prompted some very tight bowling from Surrey and Middlesex were forced to score in singles and doubles for some time. It led to a close call for Morgan, who was almost run out but the replay showed that he had just made it in his crease.
The pressure was released a little when the mid off fielder allowed the ball to go right through him and go for four. Strauss then went about hitting a few more boundaries, reaching his fifty runs with a sweep for four.
Morgan tried to follow, but his sweep caught the top edge and skied up, being caught well by the man at square leg. Strauss kept going, however, realizing that the run rate needed to go up. He kept going for the big shots and he managed to score off of almost every delivery he faced.
Strauss got to a fine century off of only 106 balls with a little deflection to third man, being applauded by his teammates from the pavilion for his effort.
Compton fell at the other end, 5 short of a fifty. He looked a little disappointed, twice now being out within sight of a landmark this season.
Middlesex eventually ended their innings on 216, a decent total but probably not that challenging.
End of Middlesex innings: 216/2, 50 overs, A Strauss 131*(152), N Compton 45(70), S Mushtaq 2-46(10)
Surrey need 217 runs at 4.3 per over
They needed to have a solid start, and with fifty overs, they could afford to start slowly and build. It took 8 overs before the first boundary came, but Strauss began finding the boundary regularly after that. This prompted some very tight bowling from Surrey and Middlesex were forced to score in singles and doubles for some time. It led to a close call for Morgan, who was almost run out but the replay showed that he had just made it in his crease.
The pressure was released a little when the mid off fielder allowed the ball to go right through him and go for four. Strauss then went about hitting a few more boundaries, reaching his fifty runs with a sweep for four.
Morgan tried to follow, but his sweep caught the top edge and skied up, being caught well by the man at square leg. Strauss kept going, however, realizing that the run rate needed to go up. He kept going for the big shots and he managed to score off of almost every delivery he faced.
Strauss got to a fine century off of only 106 balls with a little deflection to third man, being applauded by his teammates from the pavilion for his effort.
Compton fell at the other end, 5 short of a fifty. He looked a little disappointed, twice now being out within sight of a landmark this season.
Middlesex eventually ended their innings on 216, a decent total but probably not that challenging.
End of Middlesex innings: 216/2, 50 overs, A Strauss 131*(152), N Compton 45(70), S Mushtaq 2-46(10)
Surrey need 217 runs at 4.3 per over
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