a10456	Middlesex v Essex
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1997 (Group D)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 30th April 1997 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 1 wicket
Points	Middlesex 0; Essex 2
Umpires	A Clarkson, JH Harris
Man of the Match	MC Ilott

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Middlesex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
SP Moffat	lbw b Ilott	2
PN Weekes	c Prichard b Such	39
KP Dutch	c Prichard b Cowan	5
MR Ramprakash	lbw b Grayson	77
*MW Gatting	lbw b Such	15
JC Pooley	not out	50
+KR Brown	b Ilott	13
RL Johnson	c Rollins b Cowan	5
JP Hewitt	b Ilott	2
ARC Fraser	not out	1
IN Blanchett	did not bat
Extras	(11 lb, 6 w)	17
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-23, 3-107, 4-135, 5-154, 6-187, 7-194, 8-211

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Ilott	10	2	28	3	-	-	20.00	2.80
Cowan	10	1	35	2	-	-	30.00	3.50
Irani	10	0	63	0	-	-	-	6.30
Such	10	0	34	2	-	-	30.00	3.40
Grayson	10	0	55	1	-	-	60.00	5.50

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GA Gooch	c Brown b Blanchett	40
*PJ Prichard	b Fraser	19
SG Law	lbw b Hewitt	53
RC Irani	c Ramprakash b Dutch	45
AP Grayson	c Ramprakash b Johnson	9
DR Law	c Brown b Johnson	0
DDJ Robinson	c Gatting b Dutch	8
+RJ Rollins	run out	13
MC Ilott	run out	4
AP Cowan	not out	2
PM Such	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 6 nb, 19 w)	34
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-105, 3-163, 4-194, 5-194, 6-205, 7-210, 8-222, 9-225

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Fraser	10	2	30	1	-	-	60.00	3.00
Hewitt	10	0	53	1	-	-	60.00	5.30
Blanchett	6	0	44	1	-	-	36.00	7.33
Johnson	10	0	50	2	-	-	30.00	5.00
Weekes	10	1	27	0	-	-	-	2.70
Dutch	4	0	14	2	-	-	12.00	3.50

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Notes
--> SP Moffat made his debut in ListA matches
--> IN Blanchett made his debut in ListA matches
--> RL Johnson reached 50 wickets in ListA matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex innings

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