Benson & Hedges Cup, 1997
Somerset v Ireland
County Ground, Taunton
2 May 1997

Result: Somerset won by 221 runs
Points: Somerset 2 pts, Ireland 0 pts

Toss: Somerset
Umpires: JH Hampshire and JF Steele

Somerset innings
GD Rose               c Eagleson         b Cronje              24
M Burns                                  b Benson              50
SC Ecclestone         c Patterson        b McCrum              92
MN Lathwell                              b Cronje               8
RJ Harden             c Molins           b McCrum              37
*PD Bowler            c Molins           b Heasley             42
+RJ Turner            lbw                b Cooke               42
KA Parsons            not out                                  22
Extras                (b 2, lb 8, w 16, nb 6)                  32
Total                 (7 wickets, 50 overs)                   349

DNB: JID Kerr, AR Caddick, Mushtaq Ahmed.

FoW: 1-87 (Burns), 2-91 (Rose), 3-126 (Lathwell), 4-216 (Harden),
     5-256 (Ecclestone), 6-311 (Bowler), 7-349 (Turner).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Eagleson                     7      0     50      0
Cooke                       10      0     76      1
McCrum                       9      0     58      2
Cronje                       9      1     60      2
Benson                       4      0     29      1
Heasley                      8      0     43      1
Molins                       3      0     23      0

Ireland innings
WK McCallan                              b Caddick              0
+AD Patterson         c Bowler           b Ahmed               50
DA Lewis              c Lathwell         b Rose                10
WJ Cronje             lbw                b Ahmed                1
*JDR Benson                              b Ahmed                8
AR Dunlop             c Harden           b Ahmed                0
D Heasley                                b Ahmed               12
RL Eagleson           c Parsons          b Caddick              9
GL Molins                                b Ahmed                0
G Cooke               not out                                  12
P McCrum              c Rose             b Ahmed                5
Extras                (lb 6, w 9, nb 6)                        21
Total                 (all out, 27.2 overs)                   128

FoW: 1-6 (McCallan), 2-40 (Lewis), 3-51 (Cronje), 4-71 (Benson),
     5-72 (Dunlop), 6-85 (Patterson), 7-99 (Heasley),
     8-107 (Eagleson), 9-109 (Molins), 10-128 (McCrum).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Rose                         6      0     39      1
Caddick                     10      1     53      2
Mushtaq Ahmed                9.2    2     24      7
Kerr                         2      0      6      0

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