County Triangular Series, 2002/03, Final
Essex v Lancashire
Newlands, Cape Town (day/night)
2 April 2003 (45-over match)

Result: Essex won by 3 wickets

Toss: Lancashire
Umpires: R MacKintosh and JC van Tonder

Lancashire innings (45 overs maximum)                           R   M   B  4 6
MJ Chilton            run out (Stephenson)                      2  26   9  0 0
IJ Sutcliffe          st Foster          b Middlebrook         45  99  80  7 0
MB Loye               c Bishop           b Clarke               9  27  14  2 0
AJ Swann              lbw                b Stephenson           0   4   3  0 0
MR Currie             st Foster          b Middlebrook         29  63  57  3 0
G Chapple                                b Middlebrook          3  14  23  0 0
*+WK Hegg                                b Middlebrook          4  10   7  0 0
PJ Martin             st Foster          b Grayson              2  10   6  0 0
G Yates               not out                                  21  43  44  1 0
J Wood                c Robinson         b Clarke               8  19  17  0 0
SP Crook                                 b Bishop               4  14   7  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 3, w 7, nb 4)                   15
Total                 (all out, 44 overs, 169 mins)           142

FoW: 1-21 (Chilton, 6.3 ov), 2-55 (Loye, 12.4 ov),
     3-56 (Swann, 13.3 ov), 4-84 (Sutcliffe, 23.2 ov),
     5-93 (Chapple, 29.1 ov), 6-104 (Currie, 31.3 ov),
     7-105 (Hegg, 31.5 ov), 8-107 (Martin, 33.2 ov),
     9-129 (Wood, 40.4 ov), 10-142 (Crook, 43.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Dakin                        5      0     24      0 (2w)
Bishop                       7      0     28      1 (3nb 3w)
Clarke                       8      3     22      2
Stephenson                   6      0     21      1 (1nb 1w)
Middlebrook                  9      3     19      4 (1w)
Grayson                      9      0     24      1

Essex innings (target: 143 runs in 45 overs)                    R   M   B  4 6
DDJ Robinson                             b Martin              16  74  48  2 0
WI Jefferson          c Swann            b Yates               61  54  42  8 2
A Habib               c Crook            b Martin               5  29  17  0 0
+JS Foster            not out                                  27  88  52  3 0
*AP Grayson           c Swann            b Yates                9  18  11  1 0
RS Bopara             st Hegg            b Yates                0   3   3  0 0
JM Dakin              c Hegg             b Yates                3  16  12  0 0
JD Middlebrook        c Hegg             b Martin               3  12  13  0 0
JP Stephenson         not out                                  10  25  21  1 0
Extras                (lb 2, w 6, nb 1)                         9
Total                 (7 wickets, 36.1 overs, 162 min)        143

DNB: JE Bishop, AJ Clarke.

FoW: 1-75 (Jefferson, 11.5 ov), 2-85 (Robinson, 16.3 ov),
     3-88 (Habib, 18.3 ov), 4-110 (Grayson, 22.2 ov),
     5-110 (Bopara, 22.5 ov), 6-116 (Dakin, 25.4 ov),
     7-123 (Middlebrook, 29.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Martin                       9      2     32      3 (1w)
Chapple                      7      1     24      0 (1nb 1w)
Crook                        5.1    2     20      0 (1w)
Yates                        8      1     39      4 (2w)
Wood                         7      0     27      0 (1w)

Domestic Season Index

Team Pages: Essex, Lancashire.

Ground Page: Newlands, Cape Town

Lancashire Player Pages: MJ Chilton, IJ Sutcliffe, MB Loye, AJ Swann, MR Currie, G Chapple, WK Hegg, PJ Martin, G Yates, J Wood, SP Crook.

Essex Player Pages: DDJ Robinson, WI Jefferson, A Habib, JS Foster, AP Grayson, RS Bopara, JM Dakin, JD Middlebrook, JP Stephenson, JE Bishop, AJ Clarke.

Match Officials' Pages: R MacKintosh, JC van Tonder.