Benson & Hedges Cup, 1998
Middlesex v Ireland
Lord's, London
5 May 1998 (50-over match)

Result: Middlesex won by 6 wickets
Points: Middlesex 2, Ireland 0

Toss: Ireland
Umpires: HD Bird and JW Lloyds
Man of the Match: AR Dunlop

Ireland innings (50 overs maximum)                              R   B   4  6
JAM Molins                               b Johnson             34  52   4  0
WK McCallan           c Nash             b AGJ Fraser          35  76   0  1
*AD Patterson         c Shah             b Ramprakash          23  62   1  0
NC Johnson            c Weekes           b AGJ Fraser           0   1   0  0
EC Joyce              run out                                   6  47   0  0
+AR Dunlop            not out                                  59
D Heasley             c AGJ Fraser       b Johnson             11
RL Eagleson           c Langer           b Johnson              3
G Cooke               not out                                   4
Extras                (b 2, lb 8, w 9, nb 2)                   21
Total                 (7 wickets, 50 overs)                   196

DNB: MD Dwyer, P McCrum.

FoW: 1-74 (Molins), 2-89 (McCallan), 3-89 (Johnson),
     4-97 (Joyce), 5-128 (Patterson), 6-144 (Heasley),
     7-167 (Eagleson).

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
ARC Fraser             10       1      22       0 (2w)
Hewitt                  7       1      37       0 (4w)
Johnson                10       2      37       3 (2w)
AGJ Fraser              9       1      40       2 (1w)
Weekes                  9       1      35       0
Ramprakash              5       0      15       1

Middlesex innings (target: 197 runs from 50 overs)              R   B   4  6
+KR Brown                            c & b Dwyer               46  42
JL Langer                                b Cooke                4  12
RL Johnson                               b McCrum              26   9   1
*MR Ramprakash        not out                                  55
JC Pooley             c McCallan         b Eagleson            31
PN Weekes             not out                                   4
Extras                (lb 14, w 19)                            33
Total                 (4 wickets, 48 overs)                   199

DNB: AGJ Fraser, ARC Fraser, JP Hewitt, DC Nash, OA Shah.

FoW: 1-23 (Langer), 2-86 (Johnson), 3-104 (Brown),
     4-183 (Pooley).


Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Cooke                  10       0      43       1 (6w)
Eagleson                9       0      36       1 (5w)
McCrum                 10       0      49       1
Dwyer                  10       2      23       1
Heasley                 9       1      34       0

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Team Pages: Middlesex, Ireland.

Ground Page: Lord's, London

Ireland Player Pages: JAM Molins, WK McCallan, AD Patterson, NC Johnson, EC Joyce, AR Dunlop, D Heasley, RL Eagleson, G Cooke, MD Dwyer, P McCrum.

Middlesex Player Pages: KR Brown, JL Langer, RL Johnson, MR Ramprakash, JC Pooley, PN Weekes, AGJ Fraser, ARC Fraser, JP Hewitt, DC Nash, OA Shah.

Match Officials' Pages: HD Bird, JW Lloyds.