a11205	Essex v Lancashire
	AXA League 1998
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 25th May 1998 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 3 wickets
Points	Essex 4; Lancashire 0
Umpires	JW Lloyds, RA White

Lancashire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MA Atherton	b Ilott	70	103		4	-	67.96
A Flintoff	c SG Law b Cousins	17	22		1	-	77.27
*JP Crawley	b DR Law	22	33		1	-	66.67
NH Fairbrother	b Irani	22	30		2	-	73.33
GD Lloyd	c SG Law b Ilott	9	16		-	-	56.25
+WK Hegg	b Irani	18	21		1	-	85.71
ID Austin	c Grayson b Irani	3	6		-	-	50.00
G Yates	not out	12	7		-	1	171.43
G Chapple	b Irani	1	2		-	-	50.00
PJ Martin	did not bat
RJ Green	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 11 w)	14
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Flintoff), 2-77 (Crawley), 3-137 (Fairbrother), 4-147 (Atherton), 5-168 (Lloyd), 6-174 (Austin), 7-184 (Hegg), 8-188 (Chapple, 40 ov)

Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DDJ Robinson	c Hegg b Martin	1	13		-	-	7.69
*SG Law	b Austin	16	20		1	-	80.00
SD Peters	lbw b Austin	2	11		-	-	18.18
RC Irani	not out	95	101		7	1	94.06
AP Grayson	b Green	15	23		1	-	65.22
DR Law	c Fairbrother b Chapple	16	11		3	-	145.45
GR Napier	c Fairbrother b Flintoff	16	22		1	-	72.73
+RJ Rollins	b Chapple	6	9		1	-	66.67
DG Wilson	not out	2	8		-	-	25.00
MC Ilott	did not bat
DM Cousins	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 11 w)	21
Total	(7 wickets, 36.1 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Robinson), 2-8 (Peters), 3-31 (SG Law), 4-82 (Grayson), 5-111 (DR Law), 6-172 (Napier), 7-183 (Rollins)

Notes
--> GR Napier passed his previous highest score of 12 in List A matches