AXA League, 1998
Essex v Lancashire
County Ground, Chelmsford
25 May 1998 (40-over match)

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

Toss: Essex
Umpires: J Lloyds and RA White

Lancashire Innings (40 overs maximum)
MA Atherton                              b Ilott               70
A Flintoff            c SG Law           b Cousins             17
*JP Crawley                              b DR Law              22
NH Fairbrother                           b Irani               22
GD Lloyd              c SG Law           b Ilott                9
+WK Hegg                                 b Irani               18
ID Austin             c Grayson          b Irani                3
G Yates               not out                                  12
G Chapple                                b Irani                1
Extras                (lb 3, w 11)                             14
Total                 (8 wickets, 40 overs)                   188

DNB: PJ Martin, RJ Green.

FoW: 1-33, 2-77, 3-137, 4-147, 5-168, 6-174, 7-184, 8-188.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ilott                        8      0     40      2
Cousins                      8      1     28      1
Irani                        8      0     32      4
DR Law                       8      0     43      1
Grayson                      8      0     42      0

Essex Innings (target: 189 off 40 overs)
DDJ Robinson          c Hegg             b Martin               1
*SG Law                                  b Austin              16
SD Peters             lbw                b Austin               2
RC Irani              not out                                  95
AP Grayson                               b Green               15
DR Law                c Fairbrother      b Chapple             16
GR Napier             c Fairbrother      b Flintoff            16
+RJ Rollins                              b Chapple              6
DG Wilson             not out                                   2
Extras                (b 4, lb 4, w 11, nb 2)                  21
Total                 (7 wickets, 36.1 overs)                 190

DNB: MC Ilott, DM Cousins.

FoW: 1-3, 2-8, 3-31, 4-82, 5-111, 6-172, 7-183.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Martin                       8      0     31      1
Austin                       8      2     28      2
Green                        8      0     42      1
Chapple                      7.1    0     40      2
Yates                        4      0     32      0
Flintoff                     1      0      9      1

Domestic Season Index

Lancashire Player Pages: MA Atherton, A Flintoff, JP Crawley, NH Fairbrother, GD Lloyd, WK Hegg, ID Austin, G Yates, G Chapple, PJ Martin, RJ Green.

Essex Player Pages: DDJ Robinson, SG Law, SD Peters, RC Irani, AP Grayson, DR Law, GR Napier, RJ Rollins, DG Wilson, MC Ilott, DM Cousins.