a11138	Kent v Gloucestershire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1998 (Group C)
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 2nd May 1998 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to field
Result	Kent won by 3 wickets
Points	Kent 2; Gloucestershire 0
Umpires	MJ Harris, MJ Kitchen
Scorers	JC Foley (Kent), KT Gerrish (Gloucestershire)
Player of the Match	MA Ealham

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Gloucestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
RJ Cunliffe	c Hooper b Ealham	20	35	57	1	-	57.14
THC Hancock	b Fleming	56	58	64	7	-	96.55
+RC Russell	c Marsh b Ealham	12	13	20	1	-	92.31
AJ Wright	hit wkt b Hooper	3	11	16	-	-	27.27
RI Dawson	c Marsh b Igglesden	25	38	48	2	-	65.79
*MW Alleyne	c Hooper b Ealham	9	20	18	-	-	45.00
MGN Windows	b Headley	17	32	39	1	-	53.12
MCJ Ball	c Marsh b Igglesden	3	12	19	-	-	25.00
J Lewis	c Wells b Fleming	1	6	9	-	-	16.67
AM Smith	not out	9	14	28	-	-	64.29
CA Walsh	not out	16	20	25	1	-	80.00
Extras	(1 b, 13 lb, 2 nb, 8 w)	24
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 43 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-81 (Cunliffe), 2-83 (Hancock), 3-98 (Russell), 4-98 (Wright), 5-111 (Alleyne), 6-150 (Dawson), 7-156 (Windows), 8-158 (Ball), 9-159 (Lewis)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Headley	8	0	33	1	-	-	48.00	4.12
Igglesden	8	1	41	2	-	-	24.00	5.12
Hooper	9	0	39	1	-	-	54.00	4.33
Ealham	9	0	30	3	-	-	18.00	3.33
Fleming	7	0	20	2	-	-	21.00	2.86
Phillips	2	0	18	0	-	-	-	9.00

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Kent innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
TR Ward	c Russell b Walsh	13	14	13	2	-	92.86
MJ Walker	b Hancock	57	85	118	4	-	67.06
CL Hooper	c Russell b Lewis	20	29	37	2	-	68.97
AP Wells	b Walsh	22	46	60	-	-	47.83
MA Ealham	c Russell b Smith	32	47	50	-	1	68.09
GR Cowdrey	c Russell b Walsh	12	17	31	1	-	70.59
MV Fleming	c Cunliffe b Smith	14	14	25	1	-	100.00
*+SA Marsh	not out	3	7	15	-	-	42.86
BJ Phillips	not out	1	2	2	-	-	50.00
DW Headley	did not bat
AP Igglesden	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 6 nb, 11 w)	22
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 43 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Ward), 2-71 (Hooper), 3-126 (Wells), 4-130 (Walker), 5-163 (Cowdrey), 6-183 (Ealham), 7-194 (Fleming)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Walsh	9	1	36	3	-	-	18.00	4.00
Smith	9	0	53	2	-	-	27.00	5.89
Lewis	9	0	34	1	-	-	54.00	3.78
Alleyne	8	0	33	0	-	-	-	4.12
Ball	4	0	18	0	-	-	-	4.50
Hancock	4	0	17	1	-	-	24.00	4.25

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Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 43 overs per side
--> THC Hancock passed 1500 runs in List A matches when he reached 55
--> RC Russell passed 4500 runs in List A matches when he reached 9

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