f33218 cc15853	Essex v Worcestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1980
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 27th, 28th, 29th August 1980 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Worcestershire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	DGL Evans, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 11/0 (Denness 7*, McEvoy 3*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 295/8 (Turner 12*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	run out	168
JA Ormrod	c McEvoy b Turner	26
PA Neale	c Herbert b Pringle	66
Younis Ahmed	not out	60
EJO Hemsley	b Lever	49
DN Patel	c McEwan b Lever	0
+PB Fisher	not out	2
HL Alleyne	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	388
Fall of wickets:
1-101, 2-263, 3-284, 4-385, 5-385

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	19	4	68	2	-	-
Phillip	17	1	50	0	-	-
Turner	19	1	90	1	-	-
Pringle	18	2	69	1	-	-
Acfield	17	2	51	0	-	-
Herbert	10	0	43	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Younis Ahmed b Pridgeon	21
MSA McEvoy	lbw b Cumbes	55
DR Pringle	c Fisher b Cumbes	11
*KWR Fletcher	c Fisher b Pridgeon	75
+KS McEwan	c Younis Ahmed b Pridgeon	57
BR Hardie	c Fisher b Alleyne	25
S Turner	not out	12
N Phillip	lbw b Alleyne	12
R Herbert	c Alleyne b Pridgeon	4
JK Lever	not out	0
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 14 lb, 3 nb, 10 w)	28
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 96 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-54, 3-135, 4-233, 5-256, 6-265, 7-284, 8-295

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Alleyne	25	5	62	2	-	-
Pridgeon	30	6	86	4	-	-
Cumbes	28	8	88	2	-	-
Gifford	13	3	36	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	lbw b Lever	23
JA Ormrod	b Lever	27
PA Neale	lbw b Lever	4
Younis Ahmed	c Turner b Lever	10
EJO Hemsley	c and b Lever	1
DN Patel	not out	19
+PB Fisher	not out	1
HL Alleyne	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(5 wickets, 34 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-36, 3-55, 4-63, 5-88

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	16	6	34	5	-	-
Phillip	4	1	8	0	-	-
Turner	10	2	31	0	-	-
Pringle	4	1	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> JA Ormrod (2) passed 19500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> HL Alleyne reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings

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