Benson & Hedges Cup, 1996
Somerset v Essex
County Ground, Taunton
14 May 1996 (50-over match)

Result: Essex won by 8 wickets
Points: Somerset 0, Essex 2

Toss: Somerset
Umpires: R Julian and AGT Whitehead
Man of the Match: SG Law

Somerset innings (50 overs maximum)
MN Lathwell                              b Grayson             51
*PD Bowler            run out                                  26
GD Rose               c Grayson          b Irani               11
RJ Harden             lbw                b Law                 38
S Lee                 lbw                b Law                  8
+RJ Turner            not out                                  42
ME Trescothick        not out                                  57
Extras                (b 2, lb 10, w 5)                        17
Total                 (5 wickets, 50 overs)                   250

DNB: M Dimond, AR Caddick, HRJ Trump, KJ Shine.

FoW: 1-65, 2-83, 3-108, 4-132, 5-151.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cowan                       10      2     28      0
Ilott                        9      0     46      0
Law                          8      0     57      2
Such                         6      0     29      0
Irani                        7      1     23      1
Grayson                     10      0     55      1

Essex innings (target: 251 runs from 50 overs)
DDJ Robinson          c Bowler           b Lee                 34
SG Law                lbw                b Trump              116
N Hussain             not out                                  68
GA Gooch              not out                                  29
Extras                (lb 3, w 3)                               6
Total                 (2 wickets, 41.3 overs)                 253

DNB: *PJ Prichard, RC Irani, AP Grayson, +RJ Rollins, MC Ilott,
     PM Such, AP Cowan.

FoW: 1-69, 2-201.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Caddick                      7      2     31      0
Rose                         7      0     39      0
Lee                          8      0     55      1
Trump                       10      0     47      1
Dimond                       3      0     26      0
Shine                        6      0     48      0
Bowler                       0.3    0      4      0

Domestic Season Index

Team Pages: Somerset, Essex.

Ground Page: County Ground, Taunton

Somerset Player Pages: MN Lathwell, PD Bowler, GD Rose, RJ Harden, S Lee, RJ Turner, ME Trescothick, M Dimond, AR Caddick, HRJ Trump, KJ Shine.

Essex Player Pages: DDJ Robinson, SG Law, N Hussain, GA Gooch, PJ Prichard, RC Irani, AP Grayson, RJ Rollins, MC Ilott, PM Such, AP Cowan.

Match Officials' Pages: R Julian, AGT Whitehead.