Middlesex out of T20 Blast after Glamorgan defeat
Middlesex 99-8 (14 ovs): Voges 58*, Higgins 16; Hogan 3-14
Glamorgan 100-3 (13 ovs): Donald 33; Higgins 2-13, Stirling 1-12
Glamorgan (2 pts) beat Middlesex (0 pts) by seven wickets
Middlesex’s hopes of qualifying for the T20 Blast knockout stages were comprehensively ended in Cardiff on Friday.
The visitors needed to win and hope for other results to go their way but faced a frustrating wait after a lengthy rain delay, which reduced the match to 14 overs per side.
When they batted, Middlesex made 99-8, with Adam Voges scoring an unbeaten 58.
Glamorgan won with an over to spare after Aneurin Donald made 33 and a partnership of 46 between Jacques Rudolph (22 not out) and Chris Cooke (25 not out) saw the home side to victory.
Middlesex lost wickets at regular intervals, sliding to 7-3, 17-4 and 24-5.
Ryan Higgins helped Voges add 44 for the sixth wicket, while Tim Southee dispatched Graham Wagg over the mid-wicket boundary in the penultimate over to give a late boost to the total.
Glamorgan started strongly in response as Donald struck a couple of boundaries off Tom Helm and they were already almost halfway to their target after six overs, at 49-0.
Higgins removed Donald and Nick Selman in the same over, before Nathan Sowter caught Colin Ingram off Paul Stirling for three.
The flurry of wickets appeared to slow Glamorgan’s scoring, as they still required 31 to win from the final 24 deliveries.
But 12 came off the 12th over from Steven Finn and Middlesex couldn’t heal the damage.
