a11297	Essex v Kent
	AXA League 1998
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 19th July 1998 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 30 runs
Points	Essex 4; Kent 0
Umpires	GI Burgess, RA White

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*PJ Prichard	b Hooper	34
SG Law	b Fleming	126			16	-
N Hussain	lbw b Hooper	0
RC Irani	c Ealham b Llong	20
DR Law	run out	50
AP Grayson	not out	4
SD Peters	b Fleming	2
+RJ Rollins	b Ealham	1
AP Cowan	not out	1
MC Ilott	did not bat
PM Such	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 6 nb, 10 w)	21
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-80, 3-121, 4-238, 5-252, 6-254, 7-255

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Headley	6	1	28	0	-	-	-	4.67
Igglesden	2	0	19	0	-	-	-	9.50
Ealham	7	0	45	1	-	-	42.00	6.43
Fleming	8	0	49	2	-	-	24.00	6.12
Hooper	8	0	44	2	-	-	24.00	5.50
Llong	6	0	39	1	-	-	36.00	6.50
McCague	3	0	30	0	-	-	-	10.00

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Kent innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
TR Ward	c SG Law b Ilott	0
RWT Key	c Prichard b Ilott	62
CL Hooper	c Cowan b Irani	27
MJ McCague	c Peters b Such	12
NJ Llong	c Peters b Grayson	30
MA Ealham	c Irani b Grayson	4
MJ Walker	c SG Law b Ilott	47
MV Fleming	b Grayson	14
*+SA Marsh	lbw b Cowan	5
DW Headley	lbw b Irani	1
AP Igglesden	not out	3
Extras	(9 lb, 6 nb, 9 w)	24
Total	(all out, 38.5 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-66, 3-80, 4-145, 5-145, 6-162, 7-199, 8-206, 9-209, 10-229 (38.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Ilott	7.5	0	43	3	-	-	15.67	5.49
Cowan	8	0	57	1	-	-	48.00	7.12
Such	8	0	45	1	-	-	48.00	5.62
Irani	7	0	35	2	-	-	21.00	5.00
Grayson	8	0	40	3	-	-	16.00	5.00

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Notes
--> RWT Key passed his previous highest score of 55 in List A matches

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