f43166 cc18888	Essex v Worcestershire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th July 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Worcestershire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	GI Burgess, JW Holder
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 328/6 (Spiring 119*, Rawnsley 7*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 230/3 (Robinson 81*, Rollins 3*)
Close of play day 3	Worcestershire (2) 99/5 (Hick 29*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TM Moody	lbw b Such	45	114		5	1
TS Curtis	c Cowan b Andrew	33	60		5	-
GA Hick	lbw b SG Law	14	44		3	-
KR Spiring	c SG Law b Grayson	150	314		18	-
GR Haynes	c SG Law b Such	4	7		-	-
DA Leatherdale	c Rollins b Such	21	24		4	-
VS Solanki	c Gooch b SG Law	60	138		8	-
MJ Rawnsley	c Grayson b SG Law	26	94		2	-
+SJ Rhodes	not out	5	32		1	-
SR Lampitt	lbw b Grayson	4	5		1	-
A Sheriyar	b Irani	0	4		-	-
Extras	(12 lb, 16 nb, 4 w)	32
Total	(all out, 138 overs)	394
Fall of wickets:
1-53 (Curtis), 2-98 (Hick), 3-128 (Moody), 4-138 (Haynes), 5-166 (Leatherdale), 6-317 (Solanki), 7-375 (Rawnsley), 8-389 (Spiring), 9-393 (Lampitt), 10-394 (Sheriyar, 138 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowan	9	0	49	0	-	-
DR Law	21	6	54	0	-	-
Andrew	18	7	26	1	-	-
Irani	22	2	69	1	-	-
Such	36	9	103	3	-	-
SG Law	12	4	27	3	-	-
Grayson	20	5	54	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b Sheriyar	11	26		1	-
*PJ Prichard	c and b Solanki	120	172		20	1
DDJ Robinson	b Haynes	148	379		17	-
SG Law	c Curtis b Sheriyar	1	16		-	-
+RJ Rollins	c Leatherdale b Rawnsley	44	95		7	-
RC Irani	b Moody	20	93		2	-
AP Grayson	not out	45	65		4	-
DR Law	c Rhodes b Moody	7	14		1	-
AP Cowan	b Haynes	0	3		-	-
PM Such	c Rhodes b Lampitt	0	4		-	-
SJW Andrew	st Rhodes b Rawnsley	24	32		4	1
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 22 nb)	31
Total	(all out, 148 overs)	451
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Gooch), 2-218 (Prichard), 3-223 (SG Law), 4-303 (Rollins), 5-359 (Irani), 6-367 (Robinson), 7-390 (DR Law), 8-393 (Cowan), 9-398 (Such), 10-451 (Andrew, 148 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sheriyar	11	2	28	2	-	-
Haynes	20	5	53	2	-	-
Lampitt	14	4	54	1	-	-
Hick	34	9	79	0	-	-
Moody	12	2	50	2	-	-
Rawnsley	19	8	45	2	-	-
Solanki	31	6	98	1	-	-
Leatherdale	7	1	35	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TM Moody	c Rollins b Andrew	41	64		5	-
TS Curtis	c Prichard b Such	2	15		-	-
GA Hick	not out	107	233		13	1
KR Spiring	b Such	14	28		2	-
+SJ Rhodes	c Rollins b SG Law	4	11		1	-
GR Haynes	c DR Law b SG Law	0	2		-	-
DA Leatherdale	not out	59	162		8	-
VS Solanki	did not bat
MJ Rawnsley	did not bat
SR Lampitt	did not bat
A Sheriyar	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 4 nb, 6 w)	23
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 85 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Curtis), 2-51 (Moody), 3-88 (Spiring), 4-99 (Rhodes), 5-99 (Haynes)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowan	8	0	40	0	-	-
Irani	11	4	20	0	-	-
Such	35	11	70	2	-	-
Andrew	5	0	18	1	-	-
SG Law	11	1	56	2	-	-
Grayson	13	4	30	0	-	-
Gooch	2	1	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Worcestershire score at 120 overs in the first innings was 358-6
--> Essex score at 120 overs in the first innings was 337-4
--> GA Gooch made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> KR Spiring (1) passed his previous highest score of 144 in County Championship matches
--> KR Spiring (1) passed his previous highest score of 144 in First-Class matches
--> VS Solanki (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 49
--> MJ Rawnsley (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> SJ Rhodes (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> DDJ Robinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 123 in First-Class matches
--> DDJ Robinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 123 in County Championship matches
--> DDJ Robinson (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 119
--> RC Irani reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> SG Law achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 3-100)
--> GR Haynes reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings

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