a11289	Essex v Leicestershire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1998 (Final)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 11th, 12th July 1998 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 192 runs
Umpires	R Julian, MJ Kitchen
TV umpire	JC Balderstone
Scorer	GA York (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Essex 268/7 (Grayson 9*, Cowan 3*; 50 overs)
Player of the Match	PJ Prichard

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*PJ Prichard	c Simmons b Williamson	92	113		11	2	81.42
SG Law	c Mullally b Wells	6	24		-	-	25.00
N Hussain	c Smith b Lewis	88	102		8	1	86.27
RC Irani	c Maddy b Mullally	32	37		2	1	86.49
DR Law	c Lewis b Williamson	1	5		-	-	20.00
AP Grayson	not out	9	7		2	-	128.57
+RJ Rollins	c Brimson b Mullally	0	2		-	-	0.00
SD Peters	b Mullally	9	8		1	-	112.50
AP Cowan	not out	3	2		-	-	150.00
MC Ilott	did not bat
PM Such	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 18 w)	28
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (SG Law, 9.4 ov), 2-174 (Prichard, 34.6 ov), 3-234 (Hussain, 45.1 ov), 4-244 (DR Law, 46.3 ov), 5-245 (Irani, 47.1 ov), 6-250 (Rollins, 47.6 ov), 7-265 (Peters, 49.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Mullally	10	1	36	3	7	-	20.00	3.60
Lewis	9	0	59	1	2	-	54.00	6.56
Wells	10	0	34	1	4	-	60.00	3.40
Simmons	9	1	67	0	2	-	-	7.44
Brimson	2	0	13	0	2	-	-	6.50
Williamson	10	0	49	2	1	-	30.00	4.90

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DL Maddy	c SG Law b Cowan	5	41		-	-	12.20
IJ Sutcliffe	c SG Law b Cowan	1	12		-	-	8.33
BF Smith	c SG Law b Cowan	0	1		-	-	0.00
PV Simmons	b Ilott	2	4		-	-	50.00
VJ Wells	lbw b Ilott	1	10		-	-	10.00
A Habib	lbw b Ilott	5	15		1	-	33.33
+PA Nixon	not out	21	36		3	-	58.33
*CC Lewis	c Peters b Irani	0	14		-	-	0.00
D Williamson	c Hussain b SG Law	11	18		2	-	61.11
AD Mullally	lbw b Irani	1	12		-	-	8.33
MT Brimson	b SG Law	0	5		-	-	0.00
Extras	(8 lb, 4 nb, 17 w)	29
Total	(all out, 27.4 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Sutcliffe, 5.3 ov), 2-6 (Smith, 5.4 ov), 3-10 (Simmons, 6.3 ov), 4-17 (Wells, 8.1 ov), 5-31 (Habib, 12.6 ov), 6-31 (Maddy, 13.2 ov), 7-36 (Lewis, 16.5 ov), 8-67 (Williamson, 23.4 ov), 9-73 (Mullally, 26.3 ov), 10-76 (Brimson, 27.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Ilott	8	2	10	3	6	-	16.00	1.25
Cowan	10	2	24	3	6	2	20.00	2.40
Irani	6	2	21	2	1	-	18.00	3.50
SG Law	3.4	0	13	2	4	-	11.00	3.55

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.

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