Benson & Hedges Cup, 1997
Minor Counties v Lancashire
Walsall
5,6 May 1997

Result: Lancashire won by 35 runs
Points: Lancashire 2 pts, Minor Counties 0 pts

Toss: Lancashire
Umpires: JC Balderstone and JH Hampshire

Close of play
Day1: Minor Counties need 210 more runs to win

Lancashire innings
JER Gallian           c Larkins          b Radford              0
PC McKeown                               b Sharp               10
JP Crawley            c Fielding         b Sharp                0
ID Austin             c Nicholson        b Radford             19
NH Fairbrother        c Ecclestone       b Fielding            62
GD Lloyd              c Gaywood          b Radford              4
*Wasim Akram          c Sharp            b Fielding            28
+WK Hegg              not out                                  54
G Yates               not out                                   9
Extras                (b 12, lb 4, w 6, nb 2)                  24
Total                 (7 wickets, 50 overs)                   210

DNB: RJ Green, PJ Martin.

FoW: 1-0 (Gallian), 2-7 (Crawley), 3-12 (McKeown),
     4-37 (Austin), 5-41 (Lloyd), 6-98 (Wasim Akram),
     7-199 (Fairbrother).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Radford                     10      1     52      3
Sharp                       10      2     17      2
Murphy                      10      0     50      0
Dalton                      10      0     28      0
Fielding                    10      1     47      2

Minor Counties innings
SJ Dean               c Hegg             b Green               41
W Larkins             c Crawley          b Yates               26
NR Gaywood            c Hegg             b Austin              18
*I Cockbain           c Fairbrother      b Martin               4
GW Ecclestone         lbw                b Martin               0
RN Dalton             c Crawley          b Wasim Akram         25
+PJ Nicholson         lbw                b Austin               1
NV Radford                               b Martin              14
JC Fielding           lbw                b Austin               0
MA Sharp              not out                                  16
AJ Murphy                                b Green                1
Extras                (b 7, lb 5, w 11, nb 6)                  29
Total                 (all out, 43.3 overs)                   175

FoW: 1-60 (Dean), 2-91 (Larkins), 3-102 (Cockbain),
     4-102 (Ecclestone), 5-133 (Dalton), 6-134 (Nicholson),
     7-135 (Gaywood), 8-142 (Fielding), 9-172 (Radford),
     10-175 (Murphy).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wasim Akram                  8      1     35      1
Austin                      10      3     33      3
Green                        5.3    0     33      2
Martin                      10      1     41      3
Yates                       10      3     21      1

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