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A captain's innings from Dawid Malan against Gloucestershire on Sunday helped Middlesex keep up the heat on South Group leaders Sussex and the London county are 4-6 to move level on points with the Sharks with victory over Essex at Chelmsford.

Middlesex will have to do without the services of South Africa star AB de Villiers, whose initial stint at Lord’s ended last week. But his departure is offset by Mohammad Hafeez’s arrival.

The Pakistan star adds a new dimension to an already stacked batting unit and the visitors look ready to do the double over the Eagles following a seven-wicket win in July.

Birmingham inflicted a first defeat of the Blast campaign on Lancashire on Sunday despite a blistering 79 from Glenn Maxwell.

That was the Big Show’s second fifty in a row and with his power hitting, Lancs should register more maximums than hosts Northants.

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