Surrey will try to make it two wins from two matches when they face Middlesex in the Vitality Blast at Lord’s, with the London derby due to start at 12pm in St John’s Wood. Surrey have named an unchanged squad for the game and are chasing a seventh consecutive win over Middlesex at the ground, a run that began in 2020.

The match will be shown live on Sky Sports Cricket, adding a broader stage to a fixture that already carries more than local bragging rights. Middlesex are trying to collect their first win of the campaign after losing their season opener to Kent Spitfires, while Surrey arrive looking settled enough to keep their early momentum going.

Surrey’s team news is shaped as much by what is missing as what is available. Chris Jordan is still in rehabilitation after an ankle injury, Ollie Sykes remains sidelined with a knee problem and Tom Lawes is unavailable because of his England Lions involvement. Jamie Smith, Matt Fisher and Gus Atkinson have also been rested ahead of the upcoming Test series with New Zealand, leaving Surrey to back the same squad that has started the competition in control.

Middlesex, meanwhile, come into the contest under Peter Fulton, their head coach, with familiar pressure around a side that finished eighth in the South Group in 2025. Stephen Eskinazi led their scoring last season with 420 runs and Tom Helm topped the wicket charts with 20, but the club’s wider record in the Blast remains thin: one title, in 2008, and only two T20 quarter-final appearances since that triumph.

That history is part of the backdrop to a winter of change at Lord’s, where Middlesex have added Caleb Falconer to the squad and expect him to make his Blast debut. Adam Rossington is back for the first six group-stage games, while Joe Cracknell will miss the start of the competition with a broken finger. The reshaping reflects a club still looking for a cleaner path back to the business end of the tournament, even if the early results have not yet answered whether the overhaul will be enough.

Surrey have the form, the continuity and the recent edge in the fixture. Middlesex have the need and the home stage. For a side trying to start over, Lord’s offers a quick test of whether the changes can translate into a result before the campaign gets away from them.