Twenty20 Cup, Southgate: Essex 120-8 (20 overs) lost to Middlesex 121-1 (18.2 overs) by 9 wickets Middlesex tasted victory in the Twenty20 Cup for the first time this year, and Essex their first defeat by a nine-wicket margin at Southgate.
The Eagles appeared unlikely to hold on after posting 120-8, with just seven boundaries on a large outfield.
Opener Andy Flower was the last wicket to fall after a patient 47.
Captain Andrew Strauss fell early but Paul Weekes (55) and Owais Shah, who hit fives fours and two sixes in his 48, got home with 10 balls left.
Middlesex: P N Weekes, B L Hutton, A J Strauss, O A Shah, L Klusener, J W M Dalrymple, N R D Compton, D L S van Bunge, S J Cook, B J M Scott, M M Betts
Essex: A Flower, R C Irani, W I Jefferson, R S Bopara, J D Middlebrook, A P Grayson, J S Foster, G R Napier, A J Clarke, S A Brant, D Gough
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