a2236	Essex v Surrey
	Gillette Cup 1978 (2nd Round)
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 19th, 20th July 1978 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 72 runs
Umpires	R Aspinall, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Surrey 129/4 (Roope 25*, Intikhab Alam 2*; 37 overs)
Player of the Match	MH Denness

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MH Denness	c Edrich b Pocock	71
GA Gooch	lbw b Knight	25
KS McEwan	b Pocock	52
*KWR Fletcher	c Richards b Jackman	9
BR Hardie	c Thomas b Wilson	43
KR Pont	b Jackman	14
N Phillip	b Wilson	5
S Turner	c Roope b Wilson	11
RE East	not out	8
+N Smith	c Knight b Thomas	7
JK Lever	not out	3
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	20
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-118, 3-150, 4-216, 5-216, 6-221, 7-246, 8-249, 9-260

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Jackman	12	0	32	2	-	-	36.00	2.67
Thomas	9	0	47	1	-	-	54.00	5.22
Wilson	12	0	59	3	-	-	24.00	4.92
Knight	8	0	32	1	-	-	48.00	4.00
Pocock	12	0	45	2	-	-	36.00	3.75
Intikhab Alam	7	0	33	0	-	-	-	4.71

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Surrey innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JH Edrich	lbw b Lever	22
AR Butcher	lbw b Phillip	22
Younis Ahmed	lbw b Pont	14
*RDV Knight	lbw b Phillip	34
GRJ Roope	b Turner	34
Intikhab Alam	c Fletcher b Turner	3
RD Jackman	c McEwan b Turner	9
+CJ Richards	c Fletcher b Lever	14
PI Pocock	c Smith b Lever	14
DJ Thomas	b Lever	2
PHL Wilson	not out	8
Extras	(17 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 58.1 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-48, 3-89, 4-115, 5-132, 6-153, 7-160, 8-176, 9-185, 10-196 (58.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	11.1	5	25	4	-	-	16.75	2.24
Phillip	11	0	41	2	-	-	33.00	3.73
Turner	12	0	42	3	-	-	24.00	3.50
Pont	12	2	40	1	-	-	72.00	3.33
East	12	2	28	0	-	-	-	2.33

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> PI Pocock passed 500 runs in List A matches when he reached 10
--> PHL Wilson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Essex innings (previous best was 1-53)

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