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The only other time Surrey travelled to Southgate was in April 2000, when the Benson and Hedges Cup group fixture was switched at the last minute from a waterlogged Lord’s. However, by the time both teams and sets of supporters reached Palmers Green, the heavens had opened again and the match had to be called off without a ball being bowled. Middlesex CCC therefore took the precaution of scheduling this game for the height of the summer, but as when so many Surrey-Middlesex one-day confrontations draw near the weather seems to have done a u-turn. Tomorrow’s forecast is that it will be cloudy but warm which, combined with the white Kookaburra ball, should have the Lions’ seamers licking their lips after a distressing last three days in Taunton. The home side bat all the way down to number eight, but nobody has consistently averaged more than thirty-five in limited-overs cricket. Owais Shah, whose only half-century came against Surrey in this season’s corresponding B&H fixture, leads the way with 242 runs at an average of 34.57. When given the opportunity, however, David Nash (37.33) and Sven Koenig (32.50) have promised. The secret to the Crusaders only win in the Norwich Union League was dismissing the Sussex Sharks for 125. Abdur Razzaq took three, which took his tally for the season to nine at an average of 19.66. But by accounting for Richard Montgomerie and Chris Adams in his first one-day outing this summer, Ian Jones - a 24-year-old fast bowler who was given his first break in county cricket by Somerset - turned the most heads. Could he just be the surprise package for Middlesex tomorrow?
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