Format: CricInfo Version 2

Benson & Hedges Cup, 1979
Northamptonshire v Essex
County Ground, Northampton
5 May 1979 (55-over match)

Result: Essex won by 3 runs
Points: Northamptonshire 0, Essex 2

Toss: Essex
Umpires: BJ Meyer and CT Spencer
Man of the Match: KWR Fletcher

Essex innings
AW Lilley             lbw                b Willey              27
GA Gooch              c Cook             b Sarfraz Nawaz       83
KS McEwan             c Watts            b Larkins              3
*KWR Fletcher                            b Sarfraz Nawaz       65
BR Hardie                                b Griffiths           35
KR Pont               not out                                   3
S Turner              not out                                   3
Extras                (b 6, w 1, nb 4)                         11
Total                 (5 wickets, 54 overs)                   230

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

FoW: 1-67, 2-70, 3-166, 4-218, 5-226.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sarfraz Nawaz               11      3     41      2
Griffiths                   10      4     58      1
TM Lamb                     10      2     32      0
Watts                        4      0     20      0
Willey                      11      0     37      1
Larkins                      8      1     31      1

Northamptonshire innings
G Cook                c Gooch            b Acfield             40
W Larkins             c Gooch            b Acfield             44
P Willey                                 b Pont                 8
AJ Lamb               c Pont             b Lever               77
TJ Yardley                               b Phillip             33
*PJ Watts             lbw                b Phillip              0
+G Sharp                                 b Lever                5
RG Williams           not out                                   5
Sarfraz Nawaz         not out                                   2
Extras                (lb 13)                                  13
Total                 (7 wickets, 55 overs)                   227

DNB: TM Lamb, BJ Griffiths.

FoW: 1-85, 2-88, 3-118, 4-197, 5-197, 6-217, 7-225.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       11      1     63      2
Phillip                     11      0     32      2
Acfield                     11      1     34      2
Turner                      11      1     48      0
Pont                        11      1     37      1

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