AXA League, 1998
Sussex v Middlesex
County Ground, Hove
20 July 1998 (40-over match)

Result: Sussex won by 6 wickets (D/L Method)
Points: Sussex 4, Middlesex 0

Toss: Middlesex
Umpires: GI Burgess and JF Steele
TV Umpire: MR Benson

Middlesex innings (35 overs maximum)                            R   B   4  6
*+KR Brown            run out (Bevan)                           3  16   0  0
JL Langer             run out (Adams)                           3   4   0  0
OA Shah               c Kirtley          b Bevan               37  74   4  0
PN Weekes             lbw                b Martin-Jenkins       0   4   0  0
DC Nash               c Humphries        b Bevan               19  37   1  0
KP Dutch                                 b Adams                9   6   1  0
DJ Goodchild                             b Adams               18  31   0  0
AGJ Fraser            lbw                b Adams                0   3   0  0
RL Johnson                               b Adams               18  22   1  0
JP Hewitt             not out                                   3   2   0  0
ARC Fraser            lbw                b Adams                0   1   0  0
Extras                (lb 6, w 9)                              15
Total                 (all out, 33.2 overs)                   125

FoW: 1-5 (Langer, 2.5 ov), 2-10 (Brown, 5.2 ov),
     3-10 (Weekes, 5.6 ov), 4-70 (Shah, 22.2 ov),
     5-70 (Nash, 22.3 ov), 6-87 (Dutch, 25.1 ov),
     7-87 (AGJ Fraser, 25.4 ov), 8-116 (Johnson, 31.6 ov),
     9-125 (Goodchild, 33.1 ov), 10-125 (ARC Fraser, 33.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Kirtley                      6      2     17      0 (3w)
Martin-Jenkins               8      2     12      1 (1w)
Edwards                      5      0     28      0
Bevan                        4      0     23      2
Robinson                     5      0     23      0
Adams                        5.2    0     16      5 (2w)

Sussex innings (target: 133 off 35 overs)                       R   B   4  6
RK Rao                lbw                b ARC Fraser          38  69   2  0
RSC Martin-Jenkins    hit wicket         b Hewitt               4   6   0  0
*CJ Adams             run out (Nash)                           58  85   5  0
MG Bevan              not out                                  15  26   1  0
M Newell              c Shah             b Dutch                5  14   1  0
JR Carpenter          not out                                   4   5   1  0
Extras                (lb 3, w 3, nb 4)                        10
Total                 (4 wickets, 34 overs)                   134

DNB: AD Edwards, +S Humphries, RJ Kirtley, WG Khan,
     MA Robinson.

FoW: 1-11 (Martin-Jenkins, 3.4 ov), 2-109 (Rao, 25.2 ov),
     3-119 (Adams, 29.3 ov), 4-129 (Newell, 32.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
ARC Fraser                   7      1     20      1 (1w)
Hewitt                       5      0     28      1 (2nb, 1w)
Johnson                      5      0     20      0
AGJ Fraser                   5      1     18      0 (1w)
Dutch                        7      1     22      1
Langer                       5      0     23      0

• The Duckworth/Lewis rule works on the concept of 'resource percentages', a measure of what percentage of a full 50 over innings is remaining giving the current game position.
• As the AXA games are 40 overs, we start with a resource percentage of 90.3% (of a full 50 overs).

• The Middlesex innings was interrupted after 22 overs with 3 wickets down - i.e. with 18 overs remaining. At this point, we have a resource percentage of 47.4% remaining.

• It resumed after the loss of 5 overs, i.e. with 13 remaining. At this point, Middlesex have a resource percentage of 38.1% remaining.

• Thus, Middlsex have lost 9.3% from their original 90.3%, i.e. their 125 was made from a resource of 81%.

• Sussex only get to bat for 35 overs. This represents a resource percentage of 84.2%, 3.2% more than Middlesex had.

• In this 3.2%, Middlesex *should* have been able to get 3.2% of 225 runs (225 runs is the average number of runs an ECB county should get from a resource percentage of 100%), namely 7.2 runs.

• Thus Sussex are set a target of 125 + 7.2, or (rounding up), 133.

Domestic Season Index

Team Pages: Sussex, Middlesex.

Ground Page: County Ground, Hove

Middlesex Player Pages: KR Brown, JL Langer, OA Shah, PN Weekes, DC Nash, KP Dutch, DJ Goodchild, AGJ Fraser, RL Johnson, JP Hewitt, ARC Fraser.

Sussex Player Pages: RK Rao, RSC Martin-Jenkins, CJ Adams, MG Bevan, M Newell, JR Carpenter, AD Edwards, S Humphries, RJ Kirtley, WG Khan, MA Robinson.

Match Officials' Pages: GI Burgess, JF Steele, MR Benson.