Gillette Cup (England), 1978, Final
Somerset v Sussex
Lord's, London
2 September 1978 (60-over match)

Result: Sussex won by 5 wickets
Series: Sussex wins the 1978 Gillette Cup (England)

Toss: Sussex
Umpires: HD Bird and BJ Meyer
Man of the Match: PWG Parker

Somerset innings (60 overs maximum)
*BC Rose              c Long             b Cheatle             30
PW Denning                               b Imran Khan           0
IVA Richards          c Arnold           b Barclay             44
PM Roebuck            c Mendis           b Cheatle              9
IT Botham                                b Imran Khan          80
VJ Marks              c Arnold           b Barclay              4
GI Burgess            run out                                   3
+DJS Taylor           not out                                  13
J Garner              not out                                   8
Extras                (lb 10, nb 6)                            16
Total                 (7 wickets, 60 overs)                   207

DNB: KF Jennings, CH Dredge.

FoW: 1-22, 2-53, 3-73, 4-115, 5-151, 6-157, 7-194.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Imran Khan                  12      1     50      2
Arnold                      12      2     43      0
Spencer                     12      3     27      0
Cheatle                     12      3     50      2
Barclay                     12      3     21      2

Sussex innings (target: 208 runs from 60 overs)
JRT Barclay           c Roebuck          b Botham              44
GD Mendis             c Marks            b Burgess             44
PWG Parker            not out                                  62
Javed Miandad         c Taylor           b Garner               0
Imran Khan                           c & b Botham               3
CP Phillipson         c Taylor           b Dredge              32
SJ Storey             not out                                   0
Extras                (b 1, lb 9, w 7, nb 9)                   26
Total                 (5 wickets, 53.1 overs)                 211

DNB: *+A Long, J Spencer, GG Arnold, RGL Cheatle.

FoW: 1-93, 2-106, 3-106, 4-110, 5-207.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Garner                      12      3     34      1
Dredge                      10      2     26      1
Botham                      12      1     65      2
Jennings                     9      1     29      0
Burgess                     10      2     27      1
Denning                      0.1    0      4      0

• Scorers: E Brice and GGA Saulez
• Man of the Match: Adjudicator: KF Barrington

Domestic Season Index

Team Pages: Somerset, Sussex.

Ground Page: Lord's, London

Somerset Player Pages: BC Rose, PW Denning, IVA Richards, PM Roebuck, IT Botham, VJ Marks, GI Burgess, DJS Taylor, J Garner, KF Jennings, CH Dredge.

Sussex Player Pages: JRT Barclay, GD Mendis, PWG Parker, Javed Miandad, Imran Khan, CP Phillipson, SJ Storey, A Long, J Spencer, GG Arnold, RGL Cheatle.

Match Officials' Pages: HD Bird, BJ Meyer.