a5272	Worcestershire v Essex
	Refuge Assurance League 1987
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 31st May 1987 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 9 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 4; Essex 0
Umpires	JW Holder, DR Shepherd

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*GA Gooch	st Rhodes b McEwan	56
C Gladwin	run out	6
BR Hardie	c Neale b Hick	51
DR Pringle	not out	40
KWR Fletcher	c D'Oliveira b McEwan	2
HA Page	c Newport b Botham	6
+DE East	st Rhodes b Hick	0
NA Foster	not out	28
I Redpath	did not bat
TD Topley	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 4 w)	13
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-120, 3-126, 4-131, 5-140, 6-141

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Radford	7	1	24	0	-	-	-	3.43
Pridgeon	8	0	35	0	-	-	-	4.38
Botham	8	3	37	1	-	-	48.00	4.62
McEwan	8	0	37	2	-	-	24.00	4.62
Newport	2	0	13	0	-	-	-	6.50
Hick	7	0	47	2	-	-	21.00	6.71

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Worcestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
TS Curtis	c East b Page	20
IT Botham	not out	125	115		16	2	108.70
GA Hick	not out	41	36				113.89
MJ Weston	did not bat
DB D'Oliveira	did not bat
*PA Neale	did not bat
+SJ Rhodes	did not bat
NV Radford	did not bat
PJ Newport	did not bat
SM McEwan	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	17
Total	(1 wicket, 31.3 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-58 (Curtis)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	7	0	33	0	-	-	-	4.71
Foster	5	0	42	0	-	-	-	8.40
Page	5	0	31	1	-	-	30.00	6.20
Pringle	5	0	20	0	-	-	-	4.00
Topley	5	0	32	0	-	-	-	6.40
Gooch	4.3	0	34	0	-	-	-	7.56

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Notes
--> GA Hick passed 2000 runs in List A matches when he reached 1

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