a10487	Essex v Somerset
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1997 (Group D)
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 5th May 1997 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex 2; Somerset 0
Umpires	VA Holder, G Sharp
Player of the Match	PJ Prichard

---

Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GD Rose	c Rollins b Cowan	6	7		1	-	85.71
M Burns	lbw b Grayson	91	109		7	-	83.49
SC Ecclestone	c Such b Ilott	5	9		1	-	55.56
JID Kerr	c SG Law b Irani	17	21		3	-	80.95
MN Lathwell	c Hussain b Irani	17	28		2	-	60.71
Mushtaq Ahmed	c DR Law b Cowan	31	27		3	1	114.81
RJ Harden	c Cowan b Grayson	64	66		5	1	96.97
*PD Bowler	c Hussain b Irani	1	4		-	-	25.00
+RJ Turner	not out	26	28		4	-	92.86
AR Caddick	not out	1	2		-	-	50.00
HRJ Trump	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 6 w)	10
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Rose), 2-32 (Ecclestone), 3-78 (Kerr), 4-109 (Lathwell), 5-152 (Mushtaq Ahmed), 6-205 (Burns), 7-208 (Bowler), 8-261 (Harden)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Cowan	10	1	60	2	-	-	30.00	6.00
Ilott	9	0	56	1	-	-	54.00	6.22
Irani	10	2	48	3	-	-	20.00	4.80
Such	4	0	22	0	-	-	-	5.50
SG Law	8	0	43	0	-	-	-	5.38
Grayson	9	0	38	2	-	-	27.00	4.22

---

Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*PJ Prichard	c Turner b Kerr	114	102		17	-	111.76
SG Law	c Lathwell b Caddick	88	88		11	1	100.00
N Hussain	not out	32	51		4	-	62.75
GA Gooch	not out	14	18		1	-	77.78
RC Irani	did not bat
AP Grayson	did not bat
DR Law	did not bat
+RJ Rollins	did not bat
MC Ilott	did not bat
AP Cowan	did not bat
PM Such	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 6 nb, 13 w)	22
Total	(2 wickets, 42.4 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-204 (SG Law), 2-234 (Prichard)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Rose	7	0	41	0	-	-	-	5.86
Caddick	10	0	60	1	-	-	60.00	6.00
Mushtaq Ahmed	3	0	31	0	-	-	-	10.33
Kerr	9	0	57	1	-	-	54.00	6.33
Trump	4	0	29	0	-	-	-	7.25
Burns	9.4	0	49	0	-	-	-	5.07

---

Notes
--> M Burns passed his previous highest score of 50 in List A matches
--> JID Kerr equalled his previous highest score of 17 in List A matches
--> PJ Prichard passed his previous highest score of 107 in List A matches
--> RC Irani reached 100 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed JID Kerr, his 1st wicket in the Somerset innings

---

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles