a6071	Essex v Lancashire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1989 (Quarter-Final)
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 31st May 1989 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 3 wickets
Umpires	JH Hampshire, DO Oslear
Player of the Match	ME Waugh

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Lancashire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GD Mendis	b Stephenson	23
G Fowler	c Gooch b Stephenson	28
+WK Hegg	c Garnham b Gooch	13
NH Fairbrother	lbw b Lever	47
TE Jesty	b Pringle	22
M Watkinson	b Stephenson	2
Wasim Akram	c Garnham b Pringle	39	27		4	2	144.44
*DP Hughes	c Gooch b Pringle	12
PAJ DeFreitas	not out	29
PJW Allott	run out	1
J Simmons	did not bat
Extras	(27 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	30
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-63, 3-87, 4-143, 5-150, 6-179, 7-201, 8-229, 9-246 (55 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	11	2	35	1	-	-	66.00	3.18
Foster	11	0	67	0	-	-	-	6.09
Pringle	11	2	43	3	-	-	22.00	3.91
Stephenson	11	0	37	3	-	-	22.00	3.36
Gooch	9	0	29	1	-	-	54.00	3.22
Miller	2	0	8	0	-	-	-	4.00

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*GA Gooch	c Mendis b DeFreitas	1
BR Hardie	c Hegg b Watkinson	65
AW Lilley	c Hegg b DeFreitas	10
ME Waugh	b Wasim Akram	93	101		9	-	92.08
PJ Prichard	not out	35
JP Stephenson	c Mendis b Wasim Akram	28
DR Pringle	lbw b Wasim Akram	1
+MA Garnham	b Wasim Akram	0
G Miller	not out	0
NA Foster	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	17
Total	(7 wickets, 52.1 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-13, 3-171, 4-191, 5-238, 6-246, 7-246

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
DeFreitas	10.1	1	35	2	-	-	30.50	3.44
Wasim Akram	11	0	54	4	-	-	16.50	4.91
Allott	11	1	33	0	-	-	-	3.00
Simmons	11	0	51	0	-	-	-	4.64
Watkinson	9	0	68	1	-	-	54.00	7.56

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