f43681 cc18962	Worcestershire v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1998
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st April 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Worcestershire won by 6 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 23 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Essex 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	JH Hampshire, JF Steele
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 49/1 (Weston 20*, Hick 15*; 14 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (1) 320/6 (Rhodes 28*, Lampitt 8*; 116.5 overs)
Close of play day 3	Essex (2) 148/3 (SG Law 30*, Irani 20*; 55 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Prichard	c Rhodes b Sheriyar	14
DDJ Robinson	lbw b Sheriyar	0
N Hussain	c Rhodes b Sheriyar	68
SG Law	c Hick b Newport	45
RC Irani	b Lampitt	41
AP Grayson	lbw b Newport	53
+RJ Rollins	lbw b Illingworth	8
DR Law	c Leatherdale b Illingworth	1
MC Ilott	b Sheriyar	4
AP Cowan	b Illingworth	2
PM Such	not out	0
Extras	(9 lb, 12 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 76.2 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-15, 3-128, 4-150, 5-210, 6-243, 7-251, 8-253, 9-255, 10-257 (76.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Newport	19	6	52	2	-	-
Sheriyar	18.2	2	60	4	-	-
Lampitt	15	1	66	1	-	-
Haynes	5	0	26	0	-	-
Leatherdale	3	1	16	0	-	-
Illingworth	16	7	28	3	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WPC Weston	c Rollins b Grayson	95
VS Solanki	lbw b Ilott	6
*GA Hick	lbw b Ilott	15
GR Haynes	b Cowan	86
DA Leatherdale	c Such b Grayson	21
A Hafeez	c Robinson b Grayson	15
+SJ Rhodes	c Rollins b DR Law	66
SR Lampitt	lbw b Irani	16
RK Illingworth	c Hussain b Cowan	61
PJ Newport	c Robinson b Cowan	14
A Sheriyar	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 18 lb, 28 nb, 2 w)	49
Total	(all out, 162.2 overs)	446
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-57, 3-228, 4-263, 5-274, 6-297, 7-345, 8-396, 9-439, 10-446 (162.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	20.4	7	50	2	-	-
Cowan	30.2	4	118	3	-	-
Irani	30	10	64	1	-	-
Such	36	12	63	0	-	-
DR Law	14	2	78	1	-	-
Grayson	31.2	9	54	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Prichard	b Lampitt	24
DDJ Robinson	lbw b Lampitt	35
N Hussain	c Rhodes b Newport	15
SG Law	c Rhodes b Sheriyar	87
RC Irani	c Lampitt b Sheriyar	37
AP Grayson	b Sheriyar	0
+RJ Rollins	c Sheriyar b Illingworth	23
DR Law	c Solanki b Sheriyar	0
MC Ilott	c Hick b Lampitt	11
AP Cowan	c Haynes b Lampitt	37
PM Such	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 26 nb)	39
Total	(all out, 107 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-87, 3-108, 4-221, 5-221, 6-226, 7-226, 8-259, 9-279, 10-310 (107 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Newport	22	8	45	1	-	-
Sheriyar	24	6	80	4	-	-
Lampitt	23	5	61	4	-	-
Haynes	17	3	69	0	-	-
Leatherdale	3	0	14	0	-	-
Illingworth	10	5	13	1	-	-
Hick	8	3	15	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VS Solanki	c DR Law b Irani	53
*GA Hick	c Hussain b Irani	25
GR Haynes	not out	26
DA Leatherdale	lbw b Irani	7
SR Lampitt	c and b Irani	0
+SJ Rhodes	not out	5
RK Illingworth	did not bat
PJ Newport	did not bat
A Sheriyar	did not bat
WPC Weston	did not bat
A Hafeez	did not bat
Extras	(4 nb, 2 w)	6
Total	(4 wickets, 14.3 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-103, 3-114, 4-114

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowan	1	0	19	0	-	-
Irani	6.3	0	38	4	-	-
DR Law	1	0	11	0	-	-
Grayson	3	0	30	0	-	-
Such	3	0	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Worcestershire score at 120 overs in the first innings was 320-6
--> WPC Weston (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 86
--> GA Hick (1) passed 18000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> GR Haynes (1) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 36
--> A Hafeez made his debut in County Championship matches
--> A Hafeez made his debut in first-class matches
--> DDJ Robinson (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> GA Hick (2) passed 28500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 12

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