Format: CricInfo Version 2

Benson & Hedges Cup, 1978
Kent v Essex
Hesketh Park, Dartford
20 May 1978 (55-over match)

Result: Kent won by 6 wickets
Points: Kent 2, Essex 0

Toss: Essex
Umpires: WE Alley and DO Oslear
Man of the Match: JN Shepherd

Essex innings
GA Gooch                             c & b Underwood           73
MH Denness            st Downton         b Asif Iqbal          36
KS McEwan                                b Jarvis              40
KR Pont               c Downton          b Shepherd            30
*KWR Fletcher                            b Shepherd             0
S Turner              c Cowdrey          b Shepherd             8
N Phillip             not out                                   8
RE East               not out                                   7
Extras                (b 1, lb 14, w 1, nb 4)                  20
Total                 (6 wickets, 55 overs)                   222

DNB: +N Smith, JK Lever, DL Acfield.

FoW: 1-106, 2-128, 3-188, 4-197, 5-199, 6-210.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Jarvis                      11      3     46      1
Shepherd                    10      0     24      3
Woolmer                      8      1     21      0
Hills                        6      0     24      0
Underwood                   11      3     42      1
Asif Iqbal                   9      1     45      1

Kent innings
RA Woolmer                           c & b Turner              18
GW Johnson            c McEwan           b Pont                75
CJ Tavare             lbw                b Turner               0
Asif Iqbal            c McEwan           b Pont                65
*AGE Ealham           not out                                  23
JN Shepherd           not out                                  28
Extras                (lb 13, nb 4)                            17
Total                 (4 wickets, 53 overs)                   226

DNB: +CS Cowdrey, PR Downton, RW Hills, DL Underwood, KBS Jarvis.

FoW: 1-30, 2-34, 3-169, 4-174.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       10      1     36      0
Phillip                     11      1     45      0
Turner                      11      3     25      2
East                         9      0     29      0
Acfield                      3      0     24      0
Pont                         9      0     50      2

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