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Glamorgan’s former Kent, Hampshire, Yorkshire and Notts man Northeast made the highest score ever seen at Lord’s when he surpassed Graham Gooch’s ground record 333 to pile up 335 in the Championship back in April.
This time, having had to come in at number three to face the second ball of the innings after Eddie Byrom’s first-ball duck, he made a mere 67 in 45 balls, including a crucial missed stumping, but it proved a key knock.
Middlesex got off to a great start with a 108-run opening stand between Martin Andersson, who hit 57 off 34 balls – his first T20 half-century – and Stephen Eskinazi (48).
But Middlesex then lost all 10 wickets for just 65. Mason Crane (3-28) began the slide before Timm Van der Gugten’s triple-wicket maiden, including the scalps of Luke Hollman, Tom Helm and Henry Brookes, sent Middlesex collapsing to 173 all out.
The visitors always looked comfortable in pursuit after Kiran Carlson’s five sixes in a opening salvo of 54 off only 21 balls.
Despite three wickets for Middlesex’s winter signing from Warwickshire Henry Brookes, Northeast’s miss proved costly as was dropping Chris Cooke (21) as the visitors chased down their target to reach 177-7 with 10 balls to spare.
“Kiran played an unbelievable knock and got the momentum going,” said Northeast. “I just took my lead off him.
“I didn’t see the first ball of our innings. I was still getting my kit out of my bag. I heard a cheer, stopped rummaging around and just rushed out there. You’ve just got to stay calm but Lord’s is always a special place to play and it was a fantastic atmosphere.”
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