a10462	Middlesex v Essex
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1997 (Group D)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 30th April 1997 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 1 wicket
Points	Middlesex 0; Essex 2
Umpires	A Clarkson, JH Harris
Player of the Match	MC Ilott

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Middlesex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
SP Moffat	lbw b Ilott	2	13		-	-	15.38
PN Weekes	c Prichard b Such	39	79		4	1	49.37
KP Dutch	c Prichard b Cowan	5	14		-	-	35.71
MR Ramprakash	lbw b Grayson	77	94		7	3	81.91
*MW Gatting	lbw b Such	15	17		1	-	88.24
JC Pooley	not out	50	43		2	2	116.28
+KR Brown	b Ilott	13	23		-	-	56.52
RL Johnson	c Rollins b Cowan	5	7		-	-	71.43
JP Hewitt	b Ilott	2	9		-	-	22.22
ARC Fraser	not out	1	1		-	-	100.00
IN Blanchett	did not bat
Extras	(11 lb, 6 w)	17
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Moffat), 2-23 (Dutch), 3-107 (Weekes), 4-135 (Gatting), 5-154 (Ramprakash), 6-187 (Brown), 7-194 (Johnson), 8-211 (Hewitt)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Ilott	10	2	28	3	-	-	20.00	2.80
Cowan	10	1	35	2	-	-	30.00	3.50
Irani	10	0	63	0	-	-	-	6.30
Such	10	0	34	2	-	-	30.00	3.40
Grayson	10	0	55	1	-	-	60.00	5.50

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GA Gooch	c Brown b Blanchett	40	58		4	-	68.97
*PJ Prichard	b Fraser	19	29		1	-	65.52
SG Law	lbw b Hewitt	53	71		7	-	74.65
RC Irani	c Ramprakash b Dutch	45	74		5	-	60.81
AP Grayson	c Ramprakash b Johnson	9	30		-	-	30.00
DR Law	c Brown b Johnson	0	1		-	-	0.00
DDJ Robinson	c Gatting b Dutch	8	22		-	-	36.36
+RJ Rollins	run out	13	7		1	-	185.71
MC Ilott	run out	4	6		-	-	66.67
AP Cowan	not out	2	3		-	-	66.67
PM Such	not out	0	0		-	-	0.00
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 6 nb, 19 w)	34
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Prichard), 2-105 (Gooch), 3-163 (SG Law), 4-194 (Grayson), 5-194 (DR Law), 6-205 (Robinson), 7-210 (Irani), 8-222 (Rollins), 9-225 (Ilott)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Fraser	10	2	30	1	-	-	60.00	3.00
Hewitt	10	0	53	1	-	-	60.00	5.30
Blanchett	6	0	44	1	-	-	36.00	7.33
Johnson	10	0	50	2	-	-	30.00	5.00
Weekes	10	1	27	0	-	-	-	2.70
Dutch	4	0	14	2	-	-	12.00	3.50

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Notes
--> SP Moffat made his debut in List A matches
--> IN Blanchett made his debut in List A matches
--> RL Johnson reached 50 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex innings

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