a13462	Essex v Middlesex
	Benson and Hedges Cup 2001 (South Group)
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 7th May 2001 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 71 runs
Points	Essex 2; Middlesex 0
Umpires	R Julian, JF Steele
Player of the Match	AP Grayson

Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
N Hussain	c Nash b Keegan	41	69	82	6	-	59.42
DDJ Robinson	c Nash b Fraser	0	4	19	-	-	0.00
SG Law	b Fraser	24	31	33	3	-	77.42
*RC Irani	st Nash b Weekes	25	41	48	-	-	60.98
SD Peters	lbw b Cook	48	61	93	3	-	78.69
AP Grayson	lbw b Hutton	22	33	34	1	-	66.67
GR Napier	c Nash b Bloomfield	4	4	3	1	-	100.00
AP Cowan	b Keegan	45	47	48	3	1	95.74
+BJ Hyam	c Shah b Weekes	0	2	4	-	-	0.00
TJ Mason	c Hutton b Keegan	12	9	10	2	-	133.33
AC McGarry	not out	0	0	1	-	-	0.00
Extras	(9 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Robinson), 2-55 (Law), 3-86 (Hussain), 4-103 (Irani), 5-149 (Grayson), 6-154 (Napier), 7-207 (Peters), 8-208 (Hyam), 9-232 (Mason), 10-232 (Cowan)

Middlesex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AJ Strauss	lbw b Irani	10	7	5	2	-	142.86
RMS Weston	c Law b Irani	10	11	28	-	-	90.91
SP Fleming	c and b Mason	73	105	121	7	-	69.52
OA Shah	b Cowan	0	5	4	-	-	0.00
PN Weekes	st Hyam b Grayson	22	62	55	1	-	35.48
+DC Nash	b Grayson	4	11	12	-	-	36.36
BL Hutton	c Law b McGarry	2	6	6	-	-	33.33
CB Keegan	c Irani b Mason	3	9	13	-	-	33.33
SJ Cook	c Irani b McGarry	11	23	18	-	-	47.83
*ARC Fraser	c Irani b Mason	8	10	25	-	-	80.00
TF Bloomfield	not out	7	5	7	1	-	140.00
Extras	(1 lb, 5 nb, 5 w)	11
Total	(all out, 42 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Strauss), 2-38 (Weston), 3-44 (Shah), 4-99 (Weekes), 5-118 (Nash), 6-122 (Hutton), 7-135 (Fleming), 8-136 (Keegan), 9-154 (Cook), 10-161 (Fraser)

Notes
--> RC Irani passed 4000 runs in List A matches when he reached 1
--> AP Cowan passed his previous highest score of 40 in List A matches