SECOND XI ROUND-UP

By Tom Harle
NATHAN Sowter reminded the Middlesex hierarchy of his red-ball potential with 123 and six wickets in their second string’s ten-wicket win over Essex at Billericay.
The tenacious leg spinner has become a fixture in his county’s white-ball sides but only ever featured once in the County Championship, against a Warwickshire side in August 2017.
Adding to half-centuries in both innings against Kent earlier this summer, the Australian bludgeoned 123 from 127 balls to lift his side to 364 – a first-innings lead of 237, punishing Essex’s medi...