| a2124 | |
| Venue | County Ground, Chelmsford on 6th, 8th, 9th May 1978 (55-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essex won by 53 runs |
| Points | Essex 3; Nottinghamshire 0 |
| Umpires | C Cook, R Julian |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | No play |
| Player of the Match | KS McEwan |
| Essex innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MH Denness | b Rice | 0 | |||||
| GA Gooch | c Rice b Birch | 18 | |||||
| KS McEwan | c Randall b Rice | 133 | |||||
| *KWR Fletcher | b Tunnicliffe | 26 | |||||
| KR Pont | lbw b Hadlee | 32 | |||||
| BR Hardie | run out | 22 | |||||
| +N Smith | b Hadlee | 7 | |||||
| S Turner | not out | 3 | |||||
| RE East | not out | 1 | |||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Acfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 2 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs) | 254 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-52, 3-95, 4-199, 5-241, 6-241, 7-252 | |||||||
| Nottinghamshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Hadlee | 11 | 1 | 51 | 2 | - | - | 33.00 | 4.64 |
| Rice | 11 | 2 | 47 | 2 | - | - | 33.00 | 4.27 |
| Birch | 6 | 1 | 32 | 1 | - | - | 36.00 | 5.33 |
| Cooper | 11 | 2 | 41 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.73 |
| White | 7 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.43 |
| Tunnicliffe | 9 | 0 | 40 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 4.44 |
| Nottinghamshire innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| +MJ Harris | c Pont b East | 30 | |||||
| PA Todd | c Hardie b Turner | 1 | |||||
| DW Randall | lbw b Acfield | 10 | |||||
| CEB Rice | b Turner | 43 | |||||
| SB Hassan | not out | 72 | |||||
| *MJ Smedley | c Fletcher b East | 7 | |||||
| RJ Hadlee | c Fletcher b Lever | 4 | |||||
| JD Birch | not out | 24 | |||||
| RA White | did not bat | ||||||
| HT Tunnicliffe | did not bat | ||||||
| KE Cooper | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb, 2 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-25, 3-64, 4-120, 5-143, 6-151 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Lever | 10 | 1 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 2.60 |
| Turner | 11 | 1 | 33 | 2 | - | - | 33.00 | 3.00 |
| Pont | 7 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.29 |
| Acfield | 11 | 1 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 66.00 | 3.82 |
| East | 10 | 0 | 51 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 5.10 |
| Gooch | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.83 |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
--> KS McEwan passed his previous highest score of 123 in List A matches
--> KS McEwan passed 3000 runs in List A matches when he reached 9
--> SB Hassan passed 4500 runs in List A matches when he reached 41
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