f37532 cc17281	Warwickshire v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1988
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 21st, 23rd, 24th May 1988 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Warwickshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Warwickshire 21 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Essex 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	J Birkenshaw, B Dudleston
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 118/7 (Reeve 19*, Merrick 8*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 247 all out

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Humpage b Parsons	2
JP Stephenson	lbw b Munton	32
PJ Prichard	c Humpage b Merrick	29
AR Border	retired hurt	4
AW Lilley	b Merrick	0
*KWR Fletcher	c Humpage b Merrick	7
+DE East	c and b Merrick	15
IL Pont	c Moles b Smith	29
TD Topley	c Humpage b Smith	16
JK Lever	c Humpage b Smith	6
JH Childs	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 11 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 57.3 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-46, 3-76, 4-84, 5-94, 6-110, 7-145, 8-158, 9-166 (57.3 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Merrick	20	6	39	4	-	-
Parsons	12	3	48	1	-	-
Munton	16	2	47	1	-	-
Reeve	4	2	12	0	-	-
Smith	5.3	1	7	3	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Moles	c East b Lever	30
*TA Lloyd	c sub b Topley	18
Asif Din	c East b Lever	2
AI Kallicharran	b Lever	6
+GW Humpage	c Hardie b Topley	22
PA Smith	c East b Pont	0
DA Reeve	b Topley	36
GJ Parsons	lbw b Topley	4
TA Merrick	c Fletcher b Pont	24
TA Munton	c Fletcher b Pont	0
N Gifford	not out	6
Extras	(6 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 51.1 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-54, 3-57, 4-70, 5-71, 6-92, 7-110, 8-147, 9-147, 10-160 (51.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	16	5	32	3	-	-
Pont	17	1	65	3	-	-
Topley	18.1	1	57	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JP Stephenson	lbw b Merrick	3
+DE East	c Asif Din b Merrick	9
PJ Prichard	c Kallicharran b Parsons	0
AR Border	c Reeve b Merrick	112			18	-
BR Hardie	c Humpage b Munton	4
AW Lilley	lbw b Parsons	22
*KWR Fletcher	c Humpage b Munton	57
IL Pont	run out	16
TD Topley	c Moles b Munton	1
JK Lever	b Smith	5
JH Childs	not out	0
Extras	(12 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 75.1 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-12, 3-12, 4-42, 5-77, 6-217, 7-227, 8-228, 9-247, 10-247 (75.1 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Merrick	26	7	72	3	-	-
Parsons	11	4	25	2	-	-
Munton	19	3	62	3	-	-
Reeve	12	2	31	0	-	-
Smith	7.1	0	45	1	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Moles	c Hardie b Lever	41
*TA Lloyd	c East b Pont	86	134		11	-
Asif Din	c East b Pont	33
AI Kallicharran	lbw b Topley	24
+GW Humpage	c East b Pont	14
PA Smith	not out	32
DA Reeve	not out	2
GJ Parsons	did not bat
TA Merrick	did not bat
TA Munton	did not bat
N Gifford	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 8 nb, 4 w)	22
Total	(5 wickets, 67.1 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-106, 2-176, 3-178, 4-204, 5-232

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	15	4	48	1	-	-
Pont	20	1	104	3	-	-
Topley	22.1	4	71	1	-	-
Childs	10	3	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KWR Fletcher (2) passed 37500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> TD Topley reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> IL Pont reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire second innings
--> AR Border retired hurt in the Essex first innings having scored 4 (team score 63/2)

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