a2124	Essex v Nottinghamshire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1978 (Group D)
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 6th, 8th, 9th May 1978 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 53 runs
Points	Essex 3; Nottinghamshire 0
Umpires	C Cook, R Julian
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	No play
Man of the Match	KS McEwan

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MH Denness	b Rice	0
GA Gooch	c Rice b Birch	18
KS McEwan	c Randall b Rice	133
*KWR Fletcher	b Tunnicliffe	26
KR Pont	lbw b Hadlee	32
BR Hardie	run out	22
+N Smith	b Hadlee	7
S Turner	not out	3
RE East	not out	1
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-52, 3-95, 4-199, 5-241, 6-241, 7-252

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Hadlee	11	1	51	2	-	-	33.00	4.64
Rice	11	2	47	2	-	-	33.00	4.27
Birch	6	1	32	1	-	-	36.00	5.33
Cooper	11	2	41	0	-	-	-	3.73
White	7	1	31	0	-	-	-	4.43
Tunnicliffe	9	0	40	1	-	-	54.00	4.44

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Nottinghamshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+MJ Harris	c Pont b East	30
PA Todd	c Hardie b Turner	1
DW Randall	lbw b Acfield	10
CEB Rice	b Turner	43
SB Hassan	not out	72
*MJ Smedley	c Fletcher b East	7
RJ Hadlee	c Fletcher b Lever	4
JD Birch	not out	24
RA White	did not bat
HT Tunnicliffe	did not bat
KE Cooper	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-25, 3-64, 4-120, 5-143, 6-151

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	10	1	26	1	-	-	60.00	2.60
Turner	11	1	33	2	-	-	33.00	3.00
Pont	7	1	16	0	-	-	-	2.29
Acfield	11	1	42	1	-	-	66.00	3.82
East	10	0	51	2	-	-	30.00	5.10
Gooch	6	0	23	0	-	-	-	3.83

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
--> KS McEwan passed his previous highest score of 123 in List A matches
--> KS McEwan passed 3000 runs in List A matches when he reached 9
--> SB Hassan passed 4500 runs in List A matches when he reached 41

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