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| Venue | County Ground, Chelmsford on 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th May 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essex won by 125 runs |
| Points | Essex 21 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Durham 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | KE Palmer, AGT Whitehead |
| Scorers | CF Driver (Essex), B Hunt (Durham) |
| Close of play day 1 | Durham (1) 122/3 (Morris 10*, Boon 1*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Durham (1) 236/5 (Speight 47*, Foster 11*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Essex (2) 309/5 (SG Law 81*, DR Law 12*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | c Lewis b Killeen | 4 | 8 | - | - | ||
| *PJ Prichard | c Speight b Brown | 5 | 9 | - | - | ||
| N Hussain | lbw b Brown | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
| SG Law | c Speight b Walker | 63 | 79 | 11 | - | ||
| RC Irani | b Brown | 9 | 15 | 1 | - | ||
| AP Grayson | c Speight b Killeen | 76 | 142 | 13 | - | ||
| DR Law | c Foster b Walker | 41 | 84 | 6 | - | ||
| +BJ Hyam | c Speight b Killeen | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| MC Ilott | c Boiling b Killeen | 0 | 8 | - | - | ||
| AP Cowan | lbw b Brown | 18 | 16 | 3 | - | ||
| PM Such | not out | 2 | 15 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (7 lb, 6 nb, 2 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 64.1 overs) | 237 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (Prichard), 2-9 (Gooch), 3-13 (Hussain), 4-27 (Irani), 5-122 (SG Law), 6-217 (Grayson), 7-217 (Hyam), 8-217 (DR Law), 9-222 (Ilott), 10-237 (Cowan, 64.1 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brown | 17.1 | 1 | 54 | 4 | - | - | |
| Killeen | 12 | 2 | 50 | 4 | - | - | |
| Foster | 13 | 5 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walker | 15 | 4 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Collingwood | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boiling | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Durham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JJB Lewis | c Gooch b DR Law | 19 | 68 | 1 | - | ||
| PD Collingwood | c Hyam b Cowan | 62 | 100 | 9 | - | ||
| JE Morris | c Gooch b Cowan | 11 | 46 | 1 | - | ||
| NJ Speak | c Hussain b Cowan | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| *DC Boon | c Grayson b Irani | 45 | 144 | 7 | - | ||
| +MP Speight | c SG Law b Cowan | 53 | 147 | 5 | 1 | ||
| MJ Foster | c Prichard b DR Law | 31 | 73 | 4 | - | ||
| J Boiling | lbw b Ilott | 1 | 22 | - | - | ||
| SJE Brown | c Hussain b DR Law | 0 | 6 | - | - | ||
| N Killeen | c SG Law b Ilott | 15 | 27 | 3 | - | ||
| A Walker | not out | 9 | 21 | 1 | - | ||
| Extras | (5 b, 13 lb, 23 nb, 4 w) | 45 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 107.3 overs) | 291 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-89 (Lewis), 2-107 (Collingwood), 3-107 (Speak), 4-130 (Morris), 5-214 (Boon), 6-254 (Speight), 7-263 (Foster), 8-263 (Boiling), 9-265 (Brown), 10-291 (Killeen, 107.3 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ilott | 25.3 | 10 | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cowan | 33 | 14 | 73 | 4 | - | - | |
| Irani | 22 | 7 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| DR Law | 18 | 3 | 81 | 3 | - | - | |
| Such | 9 | 4 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | b Foster | 31 | 73 | 5 | - | ||
| *PJ Prichard | b Boiling | 80 | 113 | 14 | - | ||
| N Hussain | c sub (J Wood) b Foster | 67 | 97 | 9 | 2 | ||
| SG Law | not out | 118 | 139 | 17 | 1 | ||
| RC Irani | c Boon b Boiling | 1 | 6 | - | - | ||
| AP Grayson | c Speight b Killeen | 26 | 59 | 2 | - | ||
| DR Law | run out | 14 | 30 | 2 | - | ||
| AP Cowan | c Speight b Foster | 5 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
| MC Ilott | b Foster | 2 | 3 | - | - | ||
| +BJ Hyam | c Boon b Walker | 4 | 7 | - | - | ||
| PM Such | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb, 9 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 88.3 overs) | 366 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-77 (Gooch), 2-158 (Prichard), 3-203 (Hussain), 4-212 (Irani), 5-285 (Grayson), 6-313 (DR Law), 7-347 (Cowan), 8-349 (Ilott), 9-366 (Hyam, 88.3 ov) | |||||||
| Durham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brown | 9 | 1 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Killeen | 13 | 2 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Foster | 22 | 2 | 94 | 4 | - | - | |
| Walker | 17.3 | 4 | 73 | 1 | - | - | |
| Collingwood | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boiling | 23 | 5 | 80 | 2 | - | - | |
| Durham second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JJB Lewis | c Hyam b Ilott | 1 | 15 | - | - | ||
| PD Collingwood | b Such | 27 | 70 | 4 | - | ||
| JE Morris | b Such | 76 | 98 | 10 | 1 | ||
| NJ Speak | lbw b Irani | 12 | 41 | - | - | ||
| *DC Boon | c Grayson b Such | 3 | 14 | - | - | ||
| +MP Speight | b Such | 36 | 103 | 3 | - | ||
| MJ Foster | b Such | 1 | 6 | - | - | ||
| J Boiling | c SG Law b Ilott | 15 | 90 | 1 | - | ||
| A Walker | c Gooch b Cowan | 1 | 26 | - | - | ||
| SJE Brown | c Grayson b Such | 1 | 12 | - | - | ||
| N Killeen | not out | 0 | 6 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 4 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 79.5 overs) | 187 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Lewis), 2-85 (Collingwood), 3-126 (Morris), 4-126 (Speak), 5-132 (Boon), 6-138 (Foster), 7-182 (Boiling), 8-185 (Speight), 9-187 (Brown), 10-187 (Walker, 79.5 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ilott | 19 | 7 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cowan | 17.5 | 9 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Irani | 9 | 3 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| DR Law | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Such | 29 | 15 | 55 | 6 | - | - | |
| SG Law | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> AP Grayson (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 65
--> DR Law (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> SJE Brown reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> A Walker reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AP Cowan reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Durham first innings
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