AXA Equity & Law League, 1997
Essex v Hampshire
County Ground, Chelmsford
27 April 1997 (40-over match)

Result: Essex won by 3 wickets
Points: Essex 4, Hampshire 0

Toss: Essex
Umpires: JC Balderstone and VA Holder

Hampshire innings (40 overs maximum)
ML Hayden             lbw                b Irani               27
JS Laney              c Hussain          b Irani               11
RA Smith                                 b Such                 3
M Keech                                  b Grayson             52
WS Kendall                               b Irani               55
*JP Stephenson        not out                                  16
+AN Aymes             not out                                  21
Extras                (b 0, lb 8, w 3, nb 2)                   13
Total                 (5 wickets, 40 overs)                   198

DNB: KD James, SD Udal, SJ Renshaw, CA Connor.

FoW: 1-34, 2-42, 3-56, 4-160, 5-160.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cowan                        6      0     24      0
Ilott                        8      0     54      0
Such                         8      0     17      1
Irani                        8      1     36      3
Grayson                      8      0     33      1
DR Law                       2      0     26      0

Essex innings (target: 199 runs from 40 overs)
*PJ Prichard          lbw                b Stephenson           4
SG Law                c Aymes            b Renshaw             14
N Hussain             c Hayden           b Udal                18
RC Irani              run out                                  48
AP Grayson            run out                                  23
DR Law                run out                                  23
DDJ Robinson          not out                                  26
MC Ilott              c Stephenson       b James               12
AP Cowan              not out                                   5
Extras                (b 0, lb 13, w 14, nb 2)                 29
Total                 (7 wickets, 39.5 overs)                 202

DNB: +BJ Hyam, PM Such.

FoW: 1-19, 2-22, 3-82, 4-120, 5-129, 6-162, 7-184.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Stephenson                   8      1     37      1
Renshaw                      8      1     23      1
Connor                       7.5    0     47      0
Udal                         8      0     33      1
James                        8      0     49      1

Domestic Season Index

Team Pages: Essex, Hampshire.

Ground Page: County Ground, Chelmsford

Hampshire Player Pages: ML Hayden, JS Laney, RA Smith, M Keech, WS Kendall, JP Stephenson, AN Aymes, KD James, SD Udal, SJ Renshaw, CA Connor.

Essex Player Pages: PJ Prichard, SG Law, N Hussain, RC Irani, AP Grayson, DR Law, DDJ Robinson, MC Ilott, AP Cowan, BJ Hyam, PM Such.

Match Officials' Pages: JC Balderstone, VA Holder.