a2707	Worcestershire v Essex
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1980 (Semi-Final)
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 25th, 26th, 27th June 1980 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Umpires	DGL Evans, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire 42/1 (Ormrod 11*, Neale 22*; 11 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire 55/1 (Ormrod 13*, Neale 29*; 15 overs)
Player of the Match	MH Denness

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Worcestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GM Turner	c McEwan b Lever	4
JA Ormrod	run out	70
PA Neale	lbw b Pont	29
EJO Hemsley	b Gooch	24
Younis Ahmed	c McEwan b East	43
+DJ Humphries	b Acfield	3
JD Inchmore	not out	14
HL Alleyne	run out	10
*N Gifford	c Gooch b Phillip	13
AP Pridgeon	b Lever	3
J Cumbes	not out	3
Extras	(15 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	20
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-64, 3-110, 4-178, 5-187, 6-190, 7-201, 8-223, 9-232

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	9	0	46	2	-	-	27.00	5.11
Phillip	10	0	43	1	-	-	60.00	4.30
Gooch	11	1	30	1	-	-	66.00	2.73
Pont	7	2	18	1	-	-	42.00	2.57
East	10	0	43	1	-	-	60.00	4.30
Acfield	8	0	36	1	-	-	48.00	4.50

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MH Denness	run out	66
GA Gooch	lbw b Alleyne	81
KS McEwan	not out	65
*KWR Fletcher	not out	16
BR Hardie	did not bat
KR Pont	did not bat
N Phillip	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(2 wickets, 51 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-136, 2-186

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Alleyne	11	3	48	1	-	-	66.00	4.36
Inchmore	9	1	45	0	-	-	-	5.00
Pridgeon	9	1	32	0	-	-	-	3.56
Cumbes	11	0	57	0	-	-	-	5.18
Gifford	11	1	46	0	-	-	-	4.18

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
--> GA Gooch passed 4000 runs in List A matches when he reached 67

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