County cricket: One Day Cup group stage coming to the boil in another heatwave

With the final round of fixtures played on Tuesday, only one county are sure to be playing in the quarter-finals By the 99.94 Cricket Blog Middlesex, having lost just one of seven matches to date, cannot be caught for a top three slot in Group B and will play in the knockout phase on Friday or Sunday or both – it’s complicated. The better of their two wins last week came at Chester-le-Street and proved another fine advert for retaining the 50 overs format, providing a thoroughgoing test for all…