Twenty20 Cup, 2006, South Division
Essex v Sussex
County Ground, Chelmsford (day/night)
28 June 2006 (20-over match)

Result: Essex won by 87 runs
Points: Essex 2, Sussex 0

Toss: Sussex
Umpires: JF Steele and P Willey
Man of the Match: AJ Bichel

Essex innings (20 overs maximum)                                R   M   B  4 6
ML Pettini            c Yardy            b Wright              46  28  25  5 3
*RC Irani                                b Mushtaq Ahmed       26  37  26  3 0
A Flower              run out                                   5  18  11  0 0
RS Bopara                                b Mushtaq Ahmed        0   1   1  0 0
+JS Foster            c Kirtley          b Wright               6   4   6  1 0
RN ten Doeschate      not out                                  49  38  28  3 3
JD Middlebrook        c Prior            b Yasir Arafat        43  34  21  1 4
AJ Bichel             not out                                   3   2   3  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 12, w 3, nb 2)                  18
Total                 (6 wickets, 20 overs)                   196

DNB: TJ Phillips, GR Napier, D Gough.

FoW: 1-67 (Pettini), 2-79 (Irani), 3-80 (Bopara), 4-87 (Foster),
     5-90 (Flower), 6-183 (Middlebrook).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Yasir Arafat                 4      0     36      1
Kirtley                      4      0     42      0 (1nb, 1w)
Wright                       4      0     26      2 (1w)
Mushtaq Ahmed                4      0     19      2 (1w)
Yardy                        3      0     39      0
Rayner                       1      0     21      0

Sussex innings (target: 197 runs from 20 overs)                 R   M   B  4 6
MH Yardy                                 b Gough                1   2   3  0 0
+MJ Prior             lbw                b Bichel               6  16   9  1 0
*CJ Adams                                b Gough                0   2   1  0 0
MW Goodwin                               b Bichel               5   2   4  1 0
CD Hopkinson          c Irani            b Bichel              11  23  16  1 0
SA Heather            c Foster           b Bichel               8   7   8  2 0
LJ Wright             c Foster           b Napier              20  12   9  2 1
Yasir Arafat          c Bichel           b Phillips            34  25  19  4 1
OP Rayner             lbw                b Bopara              11  11   8  0 1
Mushtaq Ahmed         c Flower           b Bopara               0   2   2  0 0
RJ Kirtley            not out                                   1   3   2  0 0
Extras                (lb 7, w 5)                              12
Total                 (all out, 13.3 overs)                   109

FoW: 1-2 (Yardy), 2-2 (Adams), 3-7 (Goodwin), 4-18 (Prior),
     5-28 (Heather), 6-39 (Hopkinson), 7-59 (Wright),
     8-105 (Rayner), 9-105 (Mushtaq Ahmed),
     10-109 (Yasir Arafat).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gough                        2      0      8      2 (1w)
Bichel                       4      0     23      4 (1w)
Napier                       4      0     38      1 (2w)
Middlebrook                  2      0     29      0 (1w)
Bopara                       1      0      2      2
Phillips                     0.3    0      2      1

Domestic Season Index

Team Pages: Essex, Sussex.

Ground Page: County Ground, Chelmsford

Essex Player Pages: ML Pettini, RC Irani, A Flower, RS Bopara, JS Foster, RN ten Doeschate, JD Middlebrook, AJ Bichel, TJ Phillips, GR Napier, D Gough.

Sussex Player Pages: MH Yardy, MJ Prior, CJ Adams, MW Goodwin, CD Hopkinson, SA Heather, LJ Wright, Yasir Arafat, OP Rayner, Mushtaq Ahmed, RJ Kirtley.

Match Officials' Pages: JF Steele, P Willey.