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Middlesex’s recent form has not been anything special. They have won only one match in their last 5 matches, lost three and drawn one match. Their last match was against Hampshire where they batted first and made a strong total of 187/8. Captain Eskinazi played a brilliant innings of 94 runs. But the team came under pressure in the last overs and lost 6 wickets for just 34 runs. Bowling was also a bit tight in the middle but in the end James Fuller’s powerful finishing took the match away from them. The main issue of Middlesex is consistency – sometimes the batting goes, sometimes the bowling. If they have to win the next matches, they will have to show consistent performance in both departments. The form is a bit down but the match was close, so there is scope for improvement.
Gloucestershire's recent form has been quite strong. The team has won 4 of its last 5 matches, losing only one, that too against Surrey. Their batting struggled in that match while D'Arcy Short played a solid innings of 70 runs. Rest of the batsmen could not even cross the score of 20. In bowling, there was a bit of fight between Josh Shaw, Sam Curran and Zampa, but wickets fell and the match slipped out of their hands. But overall, the Gloucestershire team is in momentum. Players have made contributions in both their batting and bowling departments. Winning habit keeps the team's confidence high and if the middle order supports a little more then the team can become more dangerous.
The pitch at Merchant Taylor’s School Ground is batting-friendly. It is easy for batsmen to score runs here as the bounce is quite good and the pacers do not get much help. The ground also has a small boundary which makes scoring easy. The average first innings score here in the past few matches has been around 178-180. Fast bowlers get a little help but they have to keep the line-length absolutely correct. Spinners can also take late entry in the game. Overall, this is a high-scoring pitch where the batting team gets an edge.
Gloucestershire has had the upper hand in the last 10 T20 Blast matches between Middlesex and Gloucestershire. Both the teams have faced each other 10 times in which Gloucestershire has won 7 matches while Middlesex has won only 3 times. The last match between the two was played on 6 July 2025 in Bristol where Gloucestershire made a big score of 204.
D'Arcy Short played a tremendous innings of 83 runs and Josh Shaw took 3 important wickets to defeat Middlesex by 9 runs. From Middlesex's side Eskinazi gave a good fight by scoring 75 runs but they could not get the win. Gloucestershire has clearly shown a better game in both recent records and momentum.
Stephen Eskinazi, Kane Williamson, Max Holden, Ben Geddes, Leus du Plooy(c), Ryan Higgins, Joe Cracknell(w), Luke Hollman, Zafar Gohar, Tom Helm, Noah Cornwell
Injury Update: None
D Arcy Short, Miles Hammond, Cameron Bancroft(w), Oliver Price, Jack Taylor(c), Ben Charlesworth, Graeme van Buuren, David Payne, Matt Taylor, Josh Shaw, Ajeet Dale
Injury Updates: None
Keepers: Cameron Bancroft, Stephen Eskinazi
Batters: Kane Williamson, Miles Hammond
All-rounders: Luke Hollman, Oliver Price, D’Arcy Short, Ryan Higgins
Bowlers: David Payne, Tom Helm, Josh Shaw
D’Arcy Short
Kane Williamson
Stephen Eskinazi
Oliver Price
Keepers: Cameron Bancroft, Stephen Eskinazi
Batters: Kane Williamson, Max Holden
All-rounders: Luke Hollman, Oliver Price, D’Arcy Short, Ryan Higgins, Ben Charlesworth
Bowlers: David Payne, Tom Helm
Max Holden
Cameron Bancroft
Tom Helm
Luke Hollman
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