a10447	Ireland v Middlesex
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1997 (Group D)
Venue	Castle Avenue, Dublin on 28th, 29th April 1997 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Ireland won by 46 runs
Points	Ireland 2; Middlesex 0
Umpires	JW Holder, AA Jones
Close of play day 1	Middlesex 134/6 (Brown 2*)
Man of the Match	JD Curry

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Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JD Curry	b Weekes	75
WK McCallan	c Brown b Fraser	17
DA Lewis	b Tufnell	34
WJ Cronje	not out	94
*JDR Benson	b Hewitt	20
+AD Patterson	not out	24
AR Dunlop	did not bat
D Heasley	did not bat
PG Gillespie	did not bat
GL Molins	did not bat
P McCrum	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	17
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-117, 3-165, 4-234

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Fraser	10	3	34	1	-	-	60.00	3.40
Cook	9	0	71	0	-	-	-	7.89
Hewitt	10	0	53	1	-	-	60.00	5.30
Weekes	10	0	47	1	-	-	60.00	4.70
Tufnell	6	0	37	1	-	-	36.00	6.17
Dutch	5	0	29	0	-	-	-	5.80

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Middlesex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
PN Weekes	c Gillespie b Heasley	24
PE Wellings	lbw b Cronje	23
MR Ramprakash	lbw b Cronje	34
*MW Gatting	c and b Benson	23
JC Pooley	b Benson	11
+KR Brown	c Gillespie b Molins	27
KP Dutch	st Patterson b Molins	1
JP Hewitt	c Dunlop b Benson	14
ARC Fraser	not out	30
PCR Tufnell	b Cronje	10
SJ Cook	b Heasley	6
Extras	(3 b, 14 lb, 15 w)	32
Total	(all out, 46.4 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-69, 3-104, 4-126, 5-133, 6-134, 7-175, 8-180, 9-227, 10-235 (46.4 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Gillespie	8	0	40	0	-	-	-	5.00
McCrum	6	0	21	0	-	-	-	3.50
Heasley	5.4	0	30	2	-	-	17.00	5.29
Cronje	8	0	38	3	-	-	16.00	4.75
Molins	10	0	44	2	-	-	30.00	4.40
Benson	9	0	45	3	-	-	18.00	5.00

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> GL Molins made his debut in List A matches
--> SJ Cook made his debut in List A matches
--> JD Curry passed his previous highest score of 22 in List A matches
--> WK McCallan equalled his previous highest score of 17 in List A matches
--> WJ Cronje made his debut for Ireland in List A matches
--> MW Gatting made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> ARC Fraser made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> PCR Tufnell made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> MR Ramprakash made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> WJ Cronje made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> KR Brown made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> KP Dutch made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> JDR Benson made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> DA Lewis made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> JD Curry made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> AR Dunlop made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> PG Gillespie made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> D Heasley made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> WK McCallan made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> P McCrum made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> AD Patterson made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> JC Pooley made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> PN Weekes made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> PE Wellings made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> JP Hewitt made his debut in Ireland in List A matches
--> JDR Benson reached 50 wickets in List A matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex innings

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