a14334	Essex v Worcestershire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 2002 (Semi-Final)
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 6th, 7th June 2002 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 138 runs
Umpires	DJ Constant, JW Holder
TV umpire	MR Benson
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire 26/4 (Leatherdale 5, Batty 6; 12 overs)
Player of the Match	RC Irani

Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
N Hussain	c Singh b Ali	35	30	40	5	1	116.67
DDJ Robinson	run out	46	87	119	3	-	52.87
GR Napier	c Lampitt b Sheriyar	18	27	39	4	-	66.67
+A Flower	run out	45	55	81	4	-	81.82
*RC Irani	st Rhodes b Sheriyar	57	56	61	4	3	101.79
A Habib	run out	5	10	19	-	-	50.00
AP Grayson	c Rhodes b Ali	0	3	6	-	-	0.00
JM Dakin	b Ali	7	11	15	1	-	63.64
AP Cowan	not out	14	13	19	1	-	107.69
JP Stephenson	c Hick b Ali	6	7	7	1	-	85.71
AJ Clarke	not out	1	1	1	-	-	100.00
Extras	(13 lb, 15 w)	28
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Hussain), 2-92 (Napier), 3-134 (Robinson), 4-198 (Flower), 5-231 (Irani), 6-231 (Habib), 7-233 (Grayson), 8-248 (Dakin), 9-260 (Stephenson)

Worcestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
VS Solanki	lbw b Cowan	14	27	27	2	-	51.85
A Singh	lbw b Irani	0	13	15	-	-	0.00
*GA Hick	c Napier b Irani	0	1	1	-	-	0.00
BF Smith	lbw b Irani	1	6	13	-	-	16.67
DA Leatherdale	b Dakin	10	16	23	-	-	62.50
GJ Batty	c Cowan b Stephenson	20	45	66	2	-	44.44
+SJ Rhodes	c and b Clarke	41	55	71	5	-	74.55
K Ali	run out	9	7	10	1	-	128.57
SR Lampitt	c Irani b Clarke	8	17	17	-	-	47.06
AA Donald	c Napier b Clarke	10	10	12	-	1	100.00
A Sheriyar	not out	3	5	4	-	-	60.00
Extras	(3 lb, 5 w)	8
Total	(all out, 33.4 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Singh), 2-7 (Hick), 3-15 (Solanki), 4-15 (Smith), 5-31 (Leatherdale), 6-81 (Batty), 7-94 (Ali), 8-107 (Rhodes), 9-112 (Lampitt), 10-124 (Donald)

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.