a2364	Northamptonshire v Essex
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1979 (Group C)
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 5th May 1979 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 3 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Essex 3
Umpires	BJ Meyer, CT Spencer
Player of the Match	KWR Fletcher

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AW Lilley	lbw b Willey	27	65	76	4	-	41.54
GA Gooch	c Cook b Sarfraz Nawaz	83	135	160	7	1	61.48
KS McEwan	c Watts b Larkins	3	8	8	-	-	37.50
*KWR Fletcher	b Sarfraz Nawaz	65	95	109	4	-	68.42
BR Hardie	b Griffiths	35	27	26	3	1	129.63
KR Pont	not out	3	6	8	-	-	50.00
S Turner	not out	3	2	1	-	-	150.00
N Phillip	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-67 (Lilley), 2-70 (McEwan), 3-166 (Gooch), 4-218 (Hardie), 5-226 (Fletcher)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Sarfraz Nawaz	11	3	41	2	-	4	33.00	3.73
Griffiths	11	1	58	1	1	-	66.00	5.27
TM Lamb	10	2	32	0	-	-	-	3.20
Watts	4	0	20	0	-	-	-	5.00
Willey	11	0	37	1	-	-	66.00	3.36
Larkins	8	1	31	1	-	-	48.00	3.88

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Northamptonshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
G Cook	c Gooch b Acfield	40	82	79	3	-	48.78
W Larkins	c Gooch b Acfield	44	63	86	4	1	69.84
P Willey	b Pont	8	27	33	-	-	29.63
AJ Lamb	c Pont b Lever	77	90	88	6	2	85.56
TJ Yardley	b Phillip	33	44	56	5	-	75.00
*PJ Watts	lbw b Phillip	0	3	1	-	-	0.00
+G Sharp	b Lever	5	11	22	-	-	45.45
RG Williams	not out	5	7	13	-	-	71.43
Sarfraz Nawaz	not out	2	3	2	-	-	66.67
TM Lamb	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(13 lb)	13
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-85 (Cook), 2-88 (Larkins), 3-118 (Willey), 4-197 (Yardley), 5-197 (Watts), 6-217 (AJ Lamb), 7-225 (Sharp)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	11	1	63	2	-	-	33.00	5.73
Phillip	11	0	32	2	-	-	33.00	2.91
Acfield	11	1	34	2	-	-	33.00	3.09
Turner	11	1	48	0	-	-	-	4.36
Pont	11	1	37	1	-	-	66.00	3.36

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Notes
--> G Cook passed 3000 runs in List A matches when he reached 40
--> AJ Lamb passed his previous highest score of 70 in List A matches

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