a2471	Essex v Sussex
	John Player League 1979
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 8th July 1979 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 9 runs
Points	Essex 4; Sussex 0
Umpires	RS Herman, KE Palmer

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GA Gooch	b Spencer	77		107	4	-
AW Lilley	c Long b Arnold	21
KS McEwan	c Javed Miandad b Barclay	22
*KWR Fletcher	not out	46
BR Hardie	c Imran Khan b Barclay	23
KR Pont	run out	0
N Phillip	not out	2
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 39 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-104, 3-150, 4-193, 5-196

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Imran Khan	8	2	31	0	-	-	-	3.88
Spencer	7	0	45	1	-	-	42.00	6.43
Pigott	8	0	32	0	-	-	-	4.00
Arnold	8	0	30	1	-	-	48.00	3.75
Phillipson	4	0	29	0	-	-	-	7.25
Barclay	4	0	24	2	-	-	12.00	6.00

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Sussex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GD Mendis	lbw b Pont	49
PJ Graves	c Smith b East	55
Javed Miandad	c and b Pont	3
PWG Parker	c Turner b Phillip	20
Imran Khan	c East b Lever	9
CP Phillipson	lbw b Lever	2
JRT Barclay	c Lilley b Phillip	3
ACS Pigott	not out	20
*+A Long	not out	17
GG Arnold	did not bat
J Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 6 w)	12
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 39 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-108, 2-111, 3-118, 4-140, 5-143, 6-148, 7-153

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	8	0	33	2	-	-	24.00	4.12
Phillip	8	0	38	2	-	-	24.00	4.75
Turner	7	0	32	0	-	-	-	4.57
Pont	8	1	40	2	-	-	24.00	5.00
East	8	0	35	1	-	-	48.00	4.38

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Notes
--> The match was reduced to 39 overs per side
--> KWR Fletcher passed 6000 runs in List A matches when he reached 38
--> JK Lever reached 350 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex innings

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