| a2400 | |
| Venue | County Ground, Chelmsford on 23rd May 1979 (55-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essex won by 7 wickets |
| Points | Essex 3; Sussex 0 |
| Umpires | R Julian, AGT Whitehead |
| Player of the Match | AW Lilley |
| Sussex innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GD Mendis | b Turner | 15 | 58 | 55 | - | - | 25.86 |
| JRT Barclay | c Smith b Lever | 19 | 48 | 68 | 1 | - | 39.58 |
| PWG Parker | c Gooch b Pont | 5 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 83.33 |
| Javed Miandad | c Acfield b Turner | 47 | 75 | 85 | 3 | - | 62.67 |
| Imran Khan | c Fletcher b Phillip | 20 | 40 | 45 | 2 | - | 50.00 |
| PJ Graves | b Lever | 18 | 38 | 43 | 1 | - | 47.37 |
| CP Phillipson | not out | 38 | 40 | 53 | 3 | - | 95.00 |
| RGL Cheatle | c Fletcher b Lever | 8 | 17 | 21 | - | - | 47.06 |
| *+A Long | b Phillip | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 75.00 |
| GG Arnold | not out | 2 | 4 | 12 | - | - | 50.00 |
| J Spencer | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 8 lb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs) | 188 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36 (Mendis), 2-41 (Parker), 3-46 (Barclay), 4-98 (Imran Khan), 5-130 (Javed Miandad), 6-141 (Graves), 7-163 (Cheatle), 8-170 (Long) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Lever | 11 | 1 | 33 | 3 | - | - | 22.00 | 3.00 |
| Phillip | 11 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 1 | - | 33.00 | 3.82 |
| Turner | 11 | 2 | 16 | 2 | - | - | 33.00 | 1.45 |
| Pont | 11 | 0 | 54 | 1 | - | - | 66.00 | 4.91 |
| Acfield | 11 | 3 | 30 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.73 |
| Essex innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GA Gooch | c Mendis b Spencer | 66 | 74 | 89 | 11 | - | 89.19 |
| AW Lilley | c Mendis b Cheatle | 70 | 115 | 132 | 3 | 4 | 60.87 |
| KS McEwan | c Imran Khan b Spencer | 44 | 46 | 51 | 4 | - | 95.65 |
| *KWR Fletcher | not out | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | - | 54.55 |
| BR Hardie | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| KR Pont | did not bat | ||||||
| S Turner | did not bat | ||||||
| N Phillip | did not bat | ||||||
| +N Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb, 2 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 40.5 overs) | 189 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-108 (Gooch), 2-169 (Lilley), 3-187 (McEwan) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Imran Khan | 7 | 2 | 17 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.43 |
| Arnold | 11 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 2.00 |
| Spencer | 6.5 | 0 | 58 | 2 | - | - | 20.50 | 8.49 |
| Cheatle | 11 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 1 | - | 66.00 | 4.36 |
| Phillipson | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | - | 9.00 |
| Barclay | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.67 |
Notes
--> CP Phillipson passed his previous highest score of 37 in List A matches
--> CP Phillipson passed 500 runs in List A matches when he reached 35
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