AXA Equity & Law League, 1996
Essex v Gloucestershire
Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester
25 August 1996 (40-overs match)

Result: Gloucestershire won by 4 wickets
Points: Essex 0, Gloucestershire 4

Toss: Gloucestershire
Umpires: JD Bond and KE Palmer

Essex innings
AP Grayson            lbw                b Symonds             34
AJE Hibbert                              b Averis              25
*PJ Prichard          c Symonds          b Averis              31
RC Irani                             c & b Ball                 8
+RJ Rollins           c Lewis            b Symonds             19
JJB Lewis             c Lewis            b Symonds             12
TP Hodgson                               b Alleyne             21
DG Wilson             c Symonds          b Ball                 7
MC Ilott              lbw                b Smith                4
SJW Andrew            not out                                   2
PM Such               not out                                   2
Extras                (lb 3, w 4, nb 4)                        11
Total                 (9 wickets, 40 overs)                   176

FoW: 1-55, 2-91, 3-105, 4-105, 5-125, 6-139, 7-165, 8-172, 9-172.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Smith                        6      0     27      1
Lewis                        3      0      9      0
Averis                       8      0     35      2
Alleyne                      7      1     31      1
Symonds                      8      1     34      3
Ball                         8      1     37      2

Gloucestershire innings
RI Dawson             c Such             b Andrew              10
MGN Windows           run out                                  21
RJ Cunliffe           lbw                b Irani                3
A Symonds             c Such             b Grayson             70
MA Lynch              not out                                  32
MW Alleyne            c Irani            b Grayson              5
MCJ Ball              c Ilott            b Grayson              0
*+RC Russell          not out                                  20
Extras                (lb 7, w 10)                             17
Total                 (6 wickets, 33.3 overs)                 178

DNB: JMM Averis, AM Smith, J Lewis.

FoW: 1-25, 2-39, 3-43, 4-147, 5-155, 6-155.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ilott                        7      1     15      0
Andrew                       8      1     28      1
Irani                        6      0     36      1
Such                         6      0     50      0
Grayson                      6.3    0     42      3

Domestic Season Index

Team Pages: Essex, Gloucestershire.

Ground Page: Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester

Essex Player Pages: AP Grayson, AJE Hibbert, PJ Prichard, RC Irani, RJ Rollins, JJB Lewis, TP Hodgson, DG Wilson, MC Ilott, SJW Andrew, PM Such.

Gloucestershire Player Pages: RI Dawson, MGN Windows, RJ Cunliffe, A Symonds, MA Lynch, MW Alleyne, MCJ Ball, RC Russell, JMM Averis, AM Smith, J Lewis.

Match Officials' Pages: JD Bond, KE Palmer.