Surrey dominate T20 match against Middlesex at Lord's Ricky Ponting missed out on his Lord's swansong because of a groin strain, but his Surrey team-mates overwhelmed Middlesex in the T20 southern section to leave themselves with a fine chance of progressing to the competition's quarter finals. Despite losing both openers within three balls from Gareth Berg in the third over, two commanding partnerships set the visitors on their way to victory before a 28,000 sell-out crowd - thought to be the second highest domestic attendance since the inception of T20 a decade ago. Kevin O'Brien (54) and Vikram Solanki helped themselves to 90 runs from 45 deliveries and although Solanki's dismissal, three runs short of 40 to a sublime Neil Dexter catch, heralded a mini collapse in which Ravi Patel took three wickets, Zafar Ansari (23) and Azhar Mahmood (35) restored order and guided Surrey towards their total of 178 for seven. The game was as good as decided only six overs into the hosts" reply, as Surrey's bowling attack steamrollered the Middlesex top order. There were two wickets apiece for Chris Tremlett and Mahmood as Middlesex's top six batsmen fell for just 40 runs. South African Berg added a fine 33, but could do nothing to stop his side from falling for 92 all out, 86 runs short of the target. It is the lowest total recorded by a Middlesex side in this format of the game. Surrey now face Kent on Friday before their final game of the group game away to Essex, knowing that two wins will propel them into the quarter-finals. Middlesex's chances of qualifying are now extremely slim.