Second time already this season that Wood has batted above Ellis, which I'm happy with. I didn't understand us regularly batting Ellis higher than him last season.
Against any other side, I wouldn't be giving us a chance of defending that. Miles under par. But against a team who have lost 6 out of 6, I'm not totally writing it off; they know how to lose.
We still have a chance with early wickets against this Middlesex team which is low on confidence. I know we wanted close to 200 but the annoying thing is we recovered and then threw it away again a bit. We've still left about 15 runs out there from the last 4 overs, not enough boundaries there.
It goes to show what a disappointing signing Whiteley has been so far that that was, I think, his highest score for us so far. Twice he made 27 last season, but I can't see anything more than that.