f43803 cc19051	Surrey v Sussex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1998
Venue	The Foster's Oval, Kennington on 30th, 31st July, 1st August 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 69 runs
Points	Surrey 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Sussex 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	JC Balderstone, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 112/2 (Stewart 63*, AJ Hollioake 3*; 35 overs)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 59/4 (Adams 20*, Kirtley 4*; 36 overs)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MTE Peirce	c Batty b BC Hollioake	54
WG Khan	c Batty b Bicknell	41
M Newell	c Stewart b Bicknell	0
*CJ Adams	c Brown b Saqlain Mushtaq	0
MG Bevan	c Batty b Saqlain Mushtaq	5
RK Rao	c BC Hollioake b Saqlain Mushtaq	1
+S Humphries	c Butcher b Saqlain Mushtaq	7
JJ Bates	lbw b Saqlain Mushtaq	0
RJ Kirtley	c Stewart b Saqlain Mushtaq	1
JD Lewry	b Saqlain Mushtaq	0
MA Robinson	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 51.2 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-93, 2-93, 3-96, 4-114, 5-114, 6-121, 7-121, 8-122, 9-122, 10-125 (51.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bicknell	14	4	35	2	-	-
Tudor	3	0	9	0	-	-
BC Hollioake	15	3	43	1	-	-
Saqlain Mushtaq	19.2	10	30	7	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Butcher	c Humphries b Lewry	34
IJ Ward	c Newell b Lewry	4
AJ Stewart	lbw b Robinson	96
*AJ Hollioake	c and b Bates	28
AD Brown	c Lewry b Bates	94
BC Hollioake	c Newell b Bates	1
+JN Batty	c Bevan b Bates	1
MP Bicknell	b Kirtley	35
IDK Salisbury	lbw b Bates	8
Saqlain Mushtaq	lbw b Lewry	40
AJ Tudor	not out	8
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	15
Total	(all out, 102.2 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-99, 3-168, 4-186, 5-191, 6-193, 7-308, 8-308, 9-325, 10-364 (102.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lewry	14.2	3	65	3	-	-
Kirtley	24	3	105	1	-	-
Bates	33	7	100	5	-	-
Robinson	22	3	57	1	-	-
Bevan	9	2	30	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MTE Peirce	c Brown b Saqlain Mushtaq	29
WG Khan	lbw b Bicknell	0
M Newell	c AJ Hollioake b Bicknell	0
*CJ Adams	not out	99
MG Bevan	c Brown b Saqlain Mushtaq	1
RJ Kirtley	b Bicknell	5
RK Rao	c AJ Hollioake b Bicknell	6
+S Humphries	c Ward b Saqlain Mushtaq	5
JJ Bates	lbw b Salisbury	7
JD Lewry	lbw b Saqlain Mushtaq	0
MA Robinson	c Brown b Salisbury	4
Extras	(6 lb, 6 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 76.2 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-17, 3-53, 4-55, 5-72, 6-108, 7-117, 8-134, 9-141, 10-170 (76.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bicknell	15	4	45	4	-	-
BC Hollioake	3	1	11	0	-	-
Saqlain Mushtaq	35	10	74	4	-	-
AJ Hollioake	6	3	12	0	-	-
Salisbury	17.2	7	22	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> AD Brown (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 33
--> MP Bicknell (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 16
--> Saqlain Mushtaq achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 7-41)
--> Saqlain Mushtaq achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 7-41)
--> MP Bicknell reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> Saqlain Mushtaq reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> Saqlain Mushtaq reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> MP Bicknell reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings
--> Saqlain Mushtaq reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Sussex second innings

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