a2241	Staffordshire v Sussex
	Gillette Cup 1978 (2nd Round)
Venue	Lichfield Road, Stone on 19th, 20th July 1978 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Staffordshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sussex won by 2 runs
Umpires	DJ Constant, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Staffordshire 51/2 (Hancock 28*, Nasim-ul-Ghani 13*; 24 overs)
Player of the Match	GG Arnold

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Sussex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
KC Wessels	c Hancock b Nicholls	43
GD Mendis	lbw b Stride	15
PWG Parker	b Ikin	61
Imran Khan	c Ikin b Gessner	14
CP Phillipson	b Stride	25
SJ Storey	run out	18
MA Buss	not out	26
J Spencer	not out	4
*+A Long	did not bat
GG Arnold	did not bat
RGL Cheatle	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-91, 3-119, 4-161, 5-189, 6-206

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Stride	12	2	39	2	-	-	36.00	3.25
Gessner	12	3	51	1	-	-	72.00	4.25
Nasim-ul-Ghani	12	3	31	0	-	-	-	2.58
Nicholls	12	2	52	1	-	-	72.00	4.33
Ikin	12	3	33	1	-	-	72.00	2.75

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Staffordshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*DA Hancock	c Long b Imran Khan	68
PN Gill	lbw b Arnold	1
TA Pearsall	c Buss b Arnold	9
Nasim-ul-Ghani	b Arnold	85
DG Nicholls	b Imran Khan	1
JD Moore	c Phillipson b Imran Khan	6
MJ Ikin	b Arnold	2
MR Hill	lbw b Storey	6
+MR Green	b Imran Khan	18
BD Gessner	not out	9
KH Stride	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-18, 3-158, 4-160, 5-170, 6-178, 7-179, 8-198, 9-210

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Imran Khan	12	3	27	4	-	-	18.00	2.25
Arnold	12	3	37	4	-	-	18.00	3.08
Buss	7	1	23	0	-	-	-	3.29
Spencer	12	3	30	0	-	-	-	2.50
Storey	11	1	56	1	-	-	66.00	5.09
Cheatle	6	0	33	0	-	-	-	5.50

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> DA Hancock made his last appearance in List A matches
--> JD Moore made his last appearance in List A matches
--> MJ Ikin made his last appearance in List A matches
--> MR Hill made his last appearance in List A matches
--> MR Green made his last appearance in List A matches
--> BD Gessner made his last appearance in List A matches
--> KH Stride made his last appearance in List A matches
--> PWG Parker passed his previous highest score of 53 in List A matches
--> PWG Parker passed 500 runs in List A matches when he reached 60
--> DA Hancock passed his previous highest score of 35 in List A matches
--> Nasim-ul-Ghani passed his previous highest score of 37 in List A matches
--> BD Gessner made his debut for Staffordshire in List A matches
--> BD Gessner made his debut in England in List A matches

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