Berg to Tom Barber, out Bowled!! Knocked him over. Middlesex have been bowled out for 136. Nippy back of length ball which fizzes through and knocks the top of off. Before Barber does anything productive with it, the deed is done. Tom Barber b Berg 0(2)
18.5
W
Kyle Abbott to Podmore, out Bowled!! Scintillating yorker from Abbott. It's fast, it's on target and it's swinging back in. Podmore isn't good enough. Abbott turns back and proudly points to his skipper. On a hat-trick now. Podmore b Kyle Abbott 6(12)
18.4
W
Kyle Abbott to Nathan Sowter, out Caught by James Vince!! The ball rushes on from a short of length and hurries onto Sowter's pull as he coughs it off the splice straight to mid-off. Beaten for pace there. Nathan Sowter c James Vince b Kyle Abbott 9(7) [4s-1]
16.3
4
Kyle Abbott to Nathan Sowter, FOUR, short of length, Sowter gets under it and ramps it over the keeper. Really well played
16.1
W
Kyle Abbott to Ryan Higgins, out Caught by C Wood!! What a screamer from Wood. Oh wait, looks like they are checking for the no-ball. Would be a shame if that catch is robbed from Wood. No, it won't. Abbott is fine. Right, back to the catch. The ball was absolutely smoked by Higgins, and Wood - who is standing at a shortish extra-cover - hardly has time to react. But he leaps, reaches out overhead and plucks it out of thin air. Ryan Higgins c C Wood b Kyle Abbott 7(10) [4s-1]
14.3
W
Mason Crane to Ryan Higgins, out Voges Run Out!! Unbelievable call for a single. Not sure whose call it was, but it was a shocking one. Never a run there. Cut straight to backward point again, and Voges is not even in the frame as the keeper takes the bails off. Quick pick up and throw from Rossouw. Voges run out (Rossouw/Lewis McManus) 14(15)
14
4
Berg to Ryan Higgins, FOUR, what a let-down. He's presented Higgins with a gift first ball. Low full toss on middle, simple put-away. Just a roll of the wrists from Higgins to glance it past short fine leg
13.4
W
Berg to Franklin, out Caught by Alsop!! Big wicket. Franklin holes out to deep mid-wicket. He is deceived by this back of the hand slower ball, and despite the ball being short, it catches Franklin high on the bat and he spoons it for a simple catch to the deep. Franklin c Alsop b Berg 5(7)
11.4
W
C Wood to Eoin Morgan, out Bowled!! He's played an identical shot to the one he played off the previous delivery, but the difference is that this one's an off-cutter. The ball cuts in, takes a thick inside edge and clatters into the stumps. Eoin Morgan b C Wood 22(14) [4s-4]
11.2
4
C Wood to Eoin Morgan, FOUR, short and wide, laced through backward point. Executed that back-cut to perfection
9.5
4
Holland to Eoin Morgan, FOUR, oh that's not a good ball. And you don't want to bowl that to Morgan of all people. On the shorter side, he quickly rocks back and pulls into the mid-wicket boundary
9.4
4
Holland to Eoin Morgan, FOUR, he has shoveled this through backward square. Fullish around off, Morgan is eyeing mid-wicket but ends up dragging it off the inside half. Still, the power is such that it reaches the boundary in no time
8.4
W
Mason Crane to Stevie Eskinazi, out Bowled!! Got him. That's beautifully bowled by Crane. He tosses it up around off, lands it far enough from Eskinazi that he isn't in control of the sweep shot, and he eventually ends up missing it. The ball takes off stump. Stevie Eskinazi b Mason Crane 43(27) [4s-5 6s-1]
8
4
Holland to Eoin Morgan, FOUR, that's classic Morgan - the way his wrists come through on the cover-drive. It races away off his bat
7.4
W
Holland to Simpson, out Caught by Bailey!! Taken. Brilliant catch from Bailey, running around from fine leg. That's his wicket entirely, because it's another half-tracker from Holland which deserved anything but a wicket. Simpson will be gutted that he couldn't smash it out of the park. He tried, and even made decent contact, but it was close enough to Bailey to run around and snatch it with a dive. Brilliant catch Simpson c Bailey b Holland 16(13) [4s-1]
7.2
4
Holland to Simpson, FOUR, filth from Holland. Back of a length well down leg, and it's been helped on its way by Simpson. He bends one knee and pulls it fine for four. Just landed inside the ropes
6.3
6
Mason Crane to Stevie Eskinazi, SIX, flighted ball on off, Eskinazi belts it over mid-wicket and it goes all the way. Putting the spinner under the sword here
6.2
4
Mason Crane to Stevie Eskinazi, FOUR, loopy low full toss, Eskinazi gets down low and reverse-sweeps through backward point
5.5
4
Berg to Stevie Eskinazi, FOUR, full toss on middle stump which is whipped away through backward square. Excellent wrists from Eskinazi as they whiplash through the ball to slap it away
5.4
4
Berg to Stevie Eskinazi, FOUR, makes swinging room and slaps the pull through mid-wicket. Berg dropped it right in the slot for him and the ball sat up
3.2
W
C Wood to Gubbins, out Caught by James Vince!! He's spooned that straight to mid-on. The slower ball does him in. Might have cut back in a touch too, and Gubbins skews it off the inside half. Gubbins c James Vince b C Wood 4(8)
2.2
4
Kyle Abbott to Stevie Eskinazi, FOUR, now this is just agonizing for Abbott. Shortish just outside off, Eskinazi cuts hard and gets another under-edge - this time past off-stump - and it runs away for four again
2.1
4
Kyle Abbott to Stevie Eskinazi, FOUR, thick inside edge for four. Abbott has his hands on head, nothing else he can do about it