Middlesex v Kent (Thu, 5.30pm)

Kent Spitfires have named a 13-man squad to play Middlesex in front of a sell-out crowd at Old Deer Park in Richmond on Thursday (5.30pm).

Kent will be hoping to bounce back from defeat to Gloucestershire as will their hosts who lost their last two outings against Hampshire and Somerset.

The Spitfires will be aiming for a second away win inside the M25 within a week following Friday’s win at The Oval against Surrey.

Head coach Matt Walker said: “We’ve got 10 games left to put it right and we need to go on a run and get some momentum away from the rest.

“I have complete faith in this group of players to bounce back. It’s a new game, different opposition on a different ground. We can’t dwell on it too much and we’ll try and put it right.

“Each side will present different challenges with players that can hurt you but so do we. Playing at an outground could level things a bit.”

Paceman Adam Milne is sidelined with a thigh injury so Calum Haggett returns to the squad.

Middlesex have only 500 tickets available on the day, which will be available to purchase from 4pm when gates open. The advice is to therefore arrive early to avoid disappointment and lengthy delays entering the ground.

Kent Spitfires squad: 23 Daniel Bell-Drummond, 6 Joe Denly, 17 Sam Northeast (c), 20 Sam Billings (wk), 83 Jimmy Neesham, 10 Alex Blake, 3 Darren Stevens, 24 Adam Ball, 25 Calum Haggett, 26 Matt Coles, 15 James Tredwell, 8 Mitch Claydon, 11 Imran Qayyum.

Middlesex squad: 42 Brendon McCullum (c), 29 Dawid Malan, 39 Paul Stirling, 16 Eoin Morgan, 74 James Franklin, 20 John Simpson (wk), 11 Ryan Higgins, 21 Toby Roland-Jones, 38 Tim Southee, 72 Nathan Sowter, 9 Steven Finn, 7 Tom Helm, 36 Ravi Patel.

Middlesex v Kent Spifires stats:

• The side to bat first has won this match on each of the last three occasions
• This is the first-time Middlesex have played Kent Spitfires at Richmond since the opening edition of the tournament 14 years ago
• Sam Northeast requires 15 runs to reach 2,000 in his T20 career
• Ryan Higgins (Middlesex) has the highest batting strike rate of any batsman to register 20+ runs this term; he currently holds a rate of 220.8 (117 runs scored)