Date-stamped : 24 Apr95 - 14:33
Benson and Hedges Round 1 : Somerset v Sussex  
Taunton, 23 April 1995

Mushtaq fires Somerset - David Green

Somerset (241 for seven) bt Sussex (187) by 54 runs

QUALITY batting from Mark Lathwell, 74,  Peter  Bowler,  52,  and
Richard  Harden,  50,  followed  by a deceptive spell of leg spin
from Gold Award winner Mushtaq  Ahmed,  who  took  four for   29,
earned Somerset a comfortable win over Sussex.

Sussex, chasing a not unreasonable total, started  well  as  Bill
Athey  and  Jamie Hall put on 62 together in 15 overs before Andy
Caddick, a little wayward early on, moved one away from  Hall  to
find a thin edge.

Mushtaq came on shortly afterwards and widened the breach in  his
third  over.  Athey, having swept a boundary, tried to repeat the
stroke and was undone by some extra bounce, top edging a catch to
short fine leg.

Two balls later, Alan Wells failed to detect a googly and was lbw
offering no stroke. Neil Lenham was bowled through the gate, aim-
ing to drive, and Carlos Remy fell leg-before.

Franklyn Stephenson drove Trump for two big sixes but when Harden
held  another  towering  hit from Stephenson at mid-off, Somerset
were home and dry.

Earlier, Somerset had needed some good fortune, having  been  put
in  on  a  firm  surface  which  had greened up under the covers,
Marcus Trescothick being an early casualty when he got an edge to
lively Ed Giddins.

However, Lathwell gradually raised  the  tempo  in  company  with
Bowler,  their  partnership realising 111 runs in 28 overs before
Lathwell, having struck nine boundaries, was bowled.  Bowler  was
run out shortly afterwards responding to an optimistic call for a
short single.

Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
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