Benson & Hedges Cup, 1997
Middlesex v Essex
Lord's, London
30 April 1997

Result: Essex won by 1 wicket
Points: Essex 2 pts, Middlesex 0 pts

Toss: Essex
Umpires: JH Harris and A Clarkson

Middlesex innings
SP Moffat             lbw                b Ilott                2
PN Weekes             c Prichard         b Such                39
KP Dutch              c Prichard         b Cowan                5
MR Ramprakash         lbw                b Grayson             77
*MW Gatting           lbw                b Such                15
JC Pooley             not out                                  50
+KR Brown                                b Ilott               13
RL Johnson            c Rollins          b Cowan                5
JP Hewitt                                b Ilott                2
ARC Fraser            not out                                   1
Extras                (lb 11, w 6)                             17
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs)                   226

DNB: IN Blanchett.

FoW: 1-5, 2-23, 3-107, 4-135, 5-154, 6-187, 7-194, 8-211.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ilott                       10      2     28      3
Cowan                       10      1     35      2
Irani                       10      0     63      0
Such                        10      0     34      2
Grayson                     10      0     55      1

Essex innings
GA Gooch              c Brown            b Blanchett           40
*PJ Prichard                             b Fraser              19
SG Law                lbw                b Hewitt              53
RC Irani              c Ramprakash       b Dutch               45
AP Grayson            c Ramprakash       b Johnson              9
DR Law                c Brown            b Johnson              0
DDJ Robinson          c Gatting          b Dutch                8
+RJ Rollins           run out                                  13
MC Ilott              run out                                   4
AP Cowan              not out                                   2
PM Such               not out                                   0
Extras                (b 3, lb 6, w 19, nb 6)                  34
Total                 (9 wickets, 50 overs)                   227

FoW: 1-43, 2-105, 3-163, 4-194, 5-194, 6-205, 7-210, 8-222,
     9-225.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Fraser                      10      2     30      1
Hewitt                      10      0     53      1
Blanchett                    6      0     44      1
Johnson                     10      0     50      2
Weekes                      10      1     27      0
Dutch                        4      0     14      2

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