f37125 cc17184	Sussex v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1987
Venue	The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 5th, 6th, 7th August 1987 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Sussex 3 (Batting 2, Bowling 1); Essex 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	MJ Kitchen, DO Oslear
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 83/1 (Stephenson 28*, Page 7*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 21/1 (Alikhan 5*, Heseltine 5*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RI Alikhan	b Page	14
DK Standing	c Miller b Pont	15
PWG Parker	c East b Pringle	18
AP Wells	run out	20
CM Wells	lbw b Pringle	4
P Moores	c Gooch b Pringle	21
*+IJ Gould	c East b Pont	20
ACS Pigott	not out	57
SJS Kimber	b Miller	43
PAW Heseltine	run out	0
AM Babington	c Miller b Pringle	1
Extras	(4 lb, 8 nb, 3 w)	15
Total	(all out, 82 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-38, 3-61, 4-73, 5-78, 6-109, 7-134, 8-219, 9-221, 10-228 (82 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	13	5	22	0	-	-
Pont	20	1	67	2	-	-
Pringle	21	2	55	4	-	-
Page	11	1	34	1	-	-
Gooch	13	5	29	0	-	-
Miller	4	1	17	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Gooch	lbw b Babington	39
JP Stephenson	c Alikhan b Pigott	43
HA Page	b CM Wells	19
BR Hardie	c Alikhan b Pigott	111		241	15	-
KWR Fletcher	c CM Wells b Kimber	92
AW Lilley	c +Moores b Pigott	31
DR Pringle	c Pigott b Kimber	5
G Miller	not out	21
+DE East	not out	11
JK Lever	did not bat
IL Pont	did not bat
Extras	(15 lb, 10 nb)	25
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 124 overs)	397
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-108, 3-110, 4-324, 5-326, 6-342, 7-375

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pigott	30	5	103	3	-	-
Babington	24	5	81	1	-	-
CM Wells	31	6	68	1	-	-
Heseltine	17	3	33	0	-	-
Kimber	22	2	97	2	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RI Alikhan	c Gooch b Pont	14
DK Standing	b Pringle	8
PAW Heseltine	c Hardie b Lever	14
PWG Parker	c Hardie b Lever	10
AP Wells	lbw b Page	50
CM Wells	not out	148		301	19	3
P Moores	c Miller b Pont	30
*+IJ Gould	not out	64
ACS Pigott	did not bat
SJS Kimber	did not bat
AM Babington	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	20
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 99 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-39, 3-45, 4-54, 5-134, 6-210

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	26	7	97	2	-	-
Pont	19	3	68	2	-	-
Pringle	16	3	44	1	-	-
Page	12	0	45	1	-	-
Gooch	12	2	35	0	-	-
Miller	8	1	40	0	-	-
Stephenson	6	1	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Essex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 303-3
--> HA Page made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AP Wells (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> ACS Pigott (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> BR Hardie (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 46
--> HA Page reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings

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P Moores took over as wicket-keeper when Gould was injured during the Essex first innings

 

 

 

 

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