a2270	Somerset v Essex
	Gillette Cup 1978 (Semi-Final)
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 16th August 1978 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by losing fewer wickets
Umpires	DGL Evans, A Jepson
Player of the Match	IVA Richards

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*BC Rose	c East b Pont	24
PA Slocombe	lbw b Phillip	0
IVA Richards	c Denness b Gooch	116
PM Roebuck	c Lever b Phillip	57
IT Botham	b East	7
VJ Marks	not out	33
GI Burgess	b Lever	5
D Breakwell	not out	17
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
J Garner	did not bat
CH Dredge	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 14 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	28
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-86, 3-189, 4-208, 5-247, 6-255

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	12	0	61	1	-	-	72.00	5.08
Phillip	11	1	56	2	-	-	33.00	5.09
Turner	8	0	22	0	-	-	-	2.75
Pont	6	1	35	1	-	-	36.00	5.83
Gooch	12	0	42	1	-	-	72.00	3.50
East	11	1	43	1	-	-	66.00	3.91

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MH Denness	c Marks b Dredge	3
GA Gooch	c Taylor b Garner	61
KS McEwan	b Burgess	37
*KWR Fletcher	c and b Botham	67
BR Hardie	run out	21
KR Pont	run out	39
N Phillip	run out	1
S Turner	b Botham	12
RE East	b Dredge	10
+N Smith	run out	6
JK Lever	not out	5
Extras	(14 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-70, 3-127, 4-166, 5-246, 6-248, 7-248, 8-266, 9-281, 10-287 (60 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Garner	12	1	46	1	-	-	72.00	3.83
Dredge	12	0	60	2	-	-	36.00	5.00
Botham	12	1	48	2	-	-	36.00	4.00
Burgess	12	1	43	1	-	-	72.00	3.58
Breakwell	2	0	11	0	-	-	-	5.50
Marks	1	0	13	0	-	-	-	13.00
Richards	9	1	41	0	-	-	-	4.56

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Notes
--> PM Roebuck passed his previous highest score of 48 in List A matches

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