a2807	Essex v Northamptonshire
	John Player League 1980
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 7th September 1980 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 91 runs
Points	Essex 4; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	HD Bird, WL Budd

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*GA Gooch	c Willey b Griffiths	4
+N Smith	b Griffiths	4
KS McEwan	c Yardley b Williams	79
AW Lilley	c Cook b Mallender	60
N Phillip	c Mallender b Griffiths	36
S Turner	c Willey b TM Lamb	15
KR Pont	b Griffiths	19
BR Hardie	not out	4
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(19 lb)	19
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-12, 3-152, 4-170, 5-209, 6-222, 7-240 (40 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Sarfraz Nawaz	8	1	13	0	-	-	-	1.62
Griffiths	8	1	35	4	-	-	12.00	4.38
TM Lamb	8	0	59	1	-	-	48.00	7.38
Willey	8	0	52	0	-	-	-	6.50
Williams	5	0	42	1	-	-	30.00	8.40
Mallender	3	0	20	1	-	-	18.00	6.67

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Northamptonshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
W Larkins	b Phillip	8
P Willey	c Lever b Acfield	37
AJ Lamb	lbw b Turner	13
*G Cook	b East	13
RG Williams	b East	17
TJ Yardley	b East	8
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Smith b Phillip	6
+G Sharp	b Phillip	14
TM Lamb	c McEwan b Hardie	9
NA Mallender	b Phillip	1
BJ Griffiths	not out	7
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 3 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 38.5 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-58, 3-65, 4-89, 5-105, 6-110, 7-127, 8-128, 9-134, 10-149 (38.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	4	0	20	0	-	-	-	5.00
Phillip	6	0	19	4	-	-	9.00	3.17
Acfield	8	0	21	1	-	-	48.00	2.62
Turner	8	0	23	1	-	-	48.00	2.88
East	8	1	35	3	-	-	16.00	4.38
Gooch	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	2.00
McEwan	2	0	7	0	-	-	-	3.50
Hardie	0.5	0	4	1	-	-	5.00	4.80

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Notes
--> N Phillip achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Northamptonshire innings (previous best was 4-23)

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