a5622	Middlesex v Essex
	Refuge Assurance League 1988
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 1st May 1988 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Middlesex won by 26 runs
Points	Middlesex 4; Essex 0
Umpires	DGL Evans, JH Hampshire

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Middlesex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
WN Slack	c Hardie b Miller	41
*MW Gatting	c East b Miller	28
+PR Downton	c Fletcher b Miller	14
RO Butcher	c Lever b Gooch	30
JE Emburey	c and b Gooch	16
KR Brown	c Lever b Pont	27
JF Sykes	run out	0
NF Williams	not out	14
NG Cowans	c Prichard b Pont	0
ARC Fraser	not out	0
SP Hughes	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb, 3 nb, 10 w)	28
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 34 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-87, 3-97, 4-143, 5-149, 6-154, 7-195, 8-195

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	7	0	29	0	-	-	-	4.14
Pont	7	0	42	2	-	-	21.00	6.00
Gooch	7	0	49	2	-	-	21.00	7.00
Miller	7	0	34	3	-	-	14.00	4.86
Topley	6	0	29	0	-	-	-	4.83

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*GA Gooch	b Hughes	33
BR Hardie	c Butcher b Cowans	5
AR Border	c Downton b Cowans	5
DR Pringle	c Gatting b Cowans	40
PJ Prichard	c Slack b Emburey	10
KWR Fletcher	run out	0
+DE East	c Slack b Williams	9
G Miller	c Downton b Williams	3
IL Pont	not out	29
TD Topley	c Sykes b Williams	23
JK Lever	b Hughes	0
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb, 7 w)	15
Total	(all out, 33.3 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-17, 3-83, 4-103, 5-103, 6-103, 7-115, 8-115, 9-172, 10-172 (33.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Fraser	7	0	24	0	-	-	-	3.43
Cowans	7	0	29	3	-	-	14.00	4.14
Hughes	6.3	0	38	2	-	-	19.50	5.85
Williams	6	0	30	3	-	-	12.00	5.00
Emburey	7	0	45	1	-	-	42.00	6.43

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Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 34 overs per side
--> NF Williams passed 500 runs in List A matches when he reached 7
--> IL Pont passed his previous highest score of 13 in List A matches
--> TD Topley passed his previous highest score of 15 in List A matches
--> SP Hughes reached 100 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex innings

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