f43806	Essex v South Africans
	South Africa in British Isles 1998
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 31st July, 1st, 2nd August 1998 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	DJ Constant, MJ Harris
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 13/0 (Robinson 6*, Flanagan 3*; 4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 102/3 (Hodgson 33*, Grayson 0*; 34 overs)

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South Africans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Kirsten	b Irani	43	48	46	6	-
+GFJ Liebenberg	c Hodgson b Grayson	96	168	245	10	-
DJ Cullinan	lbw b Ilott	157	247	265	15	2
BM McMillan	lbw b Wilson	29	69	87	2	-
JH Kallis	not out	29	40	57	4	-
JN Rhodes	c Hyam b Ilott	2	7	7	-	-
SM Pollock	not out	22	17	28	2	-
*WJ Cronje	did not bat
S Elworthy	did not bat
M Ntini	did not bat
PL Symcox	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 9 lb, 16 nb)	28
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	406
Fall of wickets:
1-62 (Kirsten), 2-279 (Liebenberg), 3-331 (Cullinan), 4-353 (McMillan), 5-360 (Rhodes)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	16	4	48	2	-	-
Williams	15	2	79	0	-	-
Irani	12	2	44	1	-	-
Wilson	13	2	68	1	-	-
Such	23	0	76	0	-	-
Grayson	14	1	60	1	-	-
Hibbert	5	1	19	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DDJ Robinson	b Ntini	17	60	73	1	-
IN Flanagan	c Kallis b Pollock	6	22	31	-	-
TP Hodgson	b Pollock	46	112	137	8	-
RC Irani	c and b Symcox	33	39	57	4	1
*AP Grayson	c Liebenberg b Pollock	2	18	22	-	-
AJE Hibbert	lbw b Ntini	13	55	66	1	-
+BJ Hyam	c Cronje b Symcox	38	79	79	5	-
DG Wilson	b Elworthy	3	16	18	-	-
MC Ilott	c Liebenberg b Elworthy	26	40	38	1	2
NF Williams	run out	10	15	20	1	-
PM Such	not out	0	0	7	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 12 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Flanagan), 2-49 (Robinson), 3-92 (Irani), 4-111 (Grayson), 5-120 (Hodgson), 6-157 (Hibbert), 7-173 (Wilson), 8-173 (Hyam), 9-199 (Williams), 10-215 (Ilott, 75 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollock	16	2	37	3	-	-
Elworthy	17	3	49	2	-	-
Ntini	15	4	54	2	-	-
McMillan	4	0	21	0	-	-
Symcox	23	9	47	2	-	-

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South Africans second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Kirsten	not out	10	27	40	1	-
+GFJ Liebenberg	not out	14	39	40	2	-
DJ Cullinan	did not bat
BM McMillan	did not bat
JH Kallis	did not bat
JN Rhodes	did not bat
SM Pollock	did not bat
*WJ Cronje	did not bat
S Elworthy	did not bat
M Ntini	did not bat
PL Symcox	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(no wicket, 40 minutes, 11 overs)	27

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	4	3	4	0	-	-
Williams	4	0	7	0	-	-
Wilson	2	0	8	0	-	-
Such	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DG Wilson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TP Hodgson (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in First-Class matches
--> RC Irani (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16

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