AXA Life League 1997
Essex v Middlesex
County Ground, Chelmsford
4 May 1997

Result: Essex won by 66 runs
Points: Essex 4, Middlesex 0

Toss: Middlesex
Umpires: MJ Kitchen and DR Shepherd

Essex Innings
*PJ Prichard          c Pooley           b Fraser              25
SG Law                c Brown            b Kallis              79
N Hussain             c Brown            b Hewitt              12
RC Irani              lbw                b Fraser               5
AP Grayson            c Wellings         b Johnson             36
DR Law                                   b Weekes              55
DDJ Robinson          lbw                b Weekes              12
MC Ilott              run out                                   3
AP Cowan              c Pooley           b Weekes               3
+BJ Hyam              c Hewitt           b Weekes               3
PM Such               not out                                   1
Extras                (b 0, lb 10, w 12, nb 0)                 22
Total                 (all out, 40 overs)                     256

FoW: 1-60, 2-80, 3-95, 4-175, 5-176, 6-231, 7-238, 8-242, 9-254,
     10-256.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Kallis                       8      0     33      1
Hewitt                       8      1     31      1
Fraser                       8      0     42      2
Weekes                       6      0     38      4
Dutch                        2      0     19      0
Johnson                      7      0     74      1
Wellings                     1      0      9      0

Middlesex Innings
PN Weekes             c SG Law           b Ilott                5
JH Kallis             c Hyam             b Irani               23
JC Pooley                                b Cowan                0
*MW Gatting           c Hyam             b Ilott                1
+KR Brown                                b Cowan                0
SP Moffat             c Hyam             b Cowan               29
PE Wellings           c Hyam             b Irani               12
KP Dutch              c Hyam             b Cowan                1
RL Johnson            run out                                  29
JP Hewitt             not out                                  24
ARC Fraser            c SG Law           b Robinson            33
Extras                (b 0, lb 9, w 14, nb 10)                 33
Total                 (all out, 37.5 overs)                   190

FoW: 1-14, 2-15, 3-20, 4-22, 5-57, 6-82, 7-90, 8-102, 9-144,
     10-190.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cowan                        7      0     31      4
Ilott                        4      0     10      2
Irani                        6      0     17      2
DR Law                       5      0     40      0
SG Law                       8      0     31      0
Grayson                      7      1     45      0
Robinson                     0.5    0      7      1

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