YORKSHIRE V MIDDLESEX - PREVIEW

On paper, Middlesex look as though they should be strong opposition, but the fact of the matter is, although they lie third in division 2 of the Pro40, it is mainly because they have already played 4 games.

A batting line up which includes Joyce, Morgan, Smith, Shah and Dalrymple ought to have been able to win more than 50% of Middlesex's Pro40 matches to date, but somehow it hasn't happened. And Dalrymple in particular will not have fond memories of Headingley following Sri Lanka's thumping of England in the One Day International last year, even given his own performance with bat and ball was one of the better ones.

Yorkshire's triumph over Somerset at Scarborough in the opening game means that the team should go into this match on a high.