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Surrey beat Middlesex by 73 runs
by Layth Yousif
at Lord's
THE T20 London derby between north and south has always been a bellwether event.
The clash between the capital aristocrats of Middlesex and Surrey can provide a fair indication of the health of the format, if not the game itself.
In years of feast, the fixture is a 28,000 sellout, invariably played a matter of days after Lord’s main Test of the summer. A convenience that allowed for use of the extra seating at the Compton and Edrich stands, as the City decamped to NW8 for sport. Not least when sozzled City traders attempt to fire champagne corks onto the deep extra cover boundary in actions that emphasise that 20 overs a side is not county cricket. Thankfully.
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