| Essex innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| *GA Gooch | c Moores b CM Wells | 18 | | | | | |
| BR Hardie | c Moores b Pigott | 5 | | | | | |
| AW Lilley | c Moores b CM Wells | 20 | | | | | |
| ME Waugh | c Pigott b CM Wells | 0 | | | | | |
| PJ Prichard | b Clarke | 73 | | | | | |
| JP Stephenson | c Gould b Pigott | 38 | | | | | |
| DR Pringle | not out | 44 | | | | | |
| G Miller | c Gould b Babington | 20 | | | | | |
| +DE East | not out | 1 | | | | | |
| NA Foster | did not bat | |
| TD Topley | did not bat | |
| Extras | (8 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 13 |
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs) | 232 |
Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-43, 3-43, 4-54, 5-144, 6-173, 7-210 |
| Sussex innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| DM Smith | c East b Pringle | 1 | | | | | |
| AM Green | c East b Pringle | 4 | | | | | |
| *PWG Parker | b Foster | 3 | | | | | |
| AP Wells | c Gooch b Topley | 17 | | | | | |
| CM Wells | c East b Stephenson | 11 | | | | | |
| IJ Gould | b Gooch | 16 | | | | | |
| AIC Dodemaide | c Lilley b Topley | 38 | | | | | |
| +P Moores | lbw b Stephenson | 3 | | | | | |
| ACS Pigott | not out | 49 | | | | | |
| AR Clarke | c Gooch b Pringle | 1 | | | | | |
| AM Babington | c Pringle b Foster | 9 | | | | | |
| Extras | (6 lb, 7 nb, 4 w) | 17 |
| Total | (all out, 50.4 overs) | 169 |
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-4, 3-10, 4-35, 5-56, 6-62, 7-65, 8-142, 9-155, 10-169 (50.4 ov) |
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