On the opening day of the English T20 Blast 2020 tournament, team Essex (ESS) and Middlesex (MID) will be facing each other in the first match of the league. As this is just the beginning of the series, all the teams taking part in it need to be consistent with their performance and the ones who will fail to do so are not going to qualify for the knock-out stage of the tournament.
This is going to be the first match of the tournament on its opening day and therefore for teams Essex (ESS) and Middlesex (MID), this will also be their first match in the league. If they want to move forward in the tournament they must earn good points from the beginning itself so that at the end of the group stage their good points can qualify them for the semi-final round.
Essex vs Middlesex Match Details
Series: English T20 Blast 2020
Match: Essex (ESS) vs Middlesex (MID)
Date: Thursday, 27th August 2020
Time: 06:00 PM IST
Venue: County Ground, Chelmsford
Essex Squads:-Jamie Porter, Aron Nijjar, Jack Plom, Samuel Cook, Adam Wheater, Josh Rymell, Simon Harmer, Michael Pepper, William Buttleman, Nick Browne, Alastair Cook, Aaron Beard, Shane Snater, Varun Chopra, Paul Walter, Cameron Delport, Dan Lawrence, Ben Allison, Matthew Quinn, Feroze Khushi, Tom Westley, Rishi Patel, Ryan ten Doeschate
Middlesex Squads:-Nick Gubbins, John Simpson, Joe Cracknell, Steven Finn, Jack Davies, James Harris, Nathan Sowter, Sam Robson, Stephen Eskinazi, Eoin Morgan, Max Holden, Dan Lincoln, Martin Andersson, Luke Hollman, Tim Murtagh, Miguel Cummins, , Ethan Bamber, Thilan Walallawita, Tom Helm Robbie White, Toby Roland Jones
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Team ESS: Jamie Porter, Shane Snater, Adam Wheater (WK), Samuel Cook, Simon Harmer, Varun Chopra, Cameron Delport, Dan Lawrence, Matthew Quinn, Tom Westley, Ryan ten Doeschate
Team MID: Nathan Sowter, John Simpson (WK), Stephen Eskinazi, Nick Gubbins, Steven Finn, Miguel Cummins, Eoin Morgan, Martin Andersson Toby Roland Jones, Tom Helm, Tim Murtagh
ESS vs MID Preview & Winner Prediction
Team Essex (ESS) is going to play their first match in the English T20 Blast 2020 tournament and so as their opponent team Middlesex (MID). This will be an opening match of the tournament as well and therefore this will be the first time when both the teams will go against each other in this season. The match will take place at the scheduled timing of 06:00 PM IST on 27th August 2020. The venue at which ESS vs MID match will be hosted is County Ground, Chelmsford. At this moment we can’t take side of any team as both will play their opening match, however, the team which will show their best talent today is going to be the winner of this match.
