Benson & Hedges Cup, 2001, South Division
Essex v Middlesex
County Ground, Chelmsford
7 May 2001 (50-over match)

Result: Essex won by 71 runs
Points: Essex 2, Middlesex 0

Toss: Essex
Umpires: R Julian and JF Steele
Man of the Match: AP Grayson

Essex innings (50 overs maximum)                                R   M   B  4 6
N Hussain             c Nash             b Keegan              41  82  69  6 0
DDJ Robinson          c Nash             b Fraser               0  19   4  0 0
SG Law                                   b Fraser              24  33  31  3 0
*RC Irani             st Nash            b Weekes              25  48  41  0 0
SD Peters             lbw                b Cook                48  93  61  3 0
AP Grayson            lbw                b Hutton              22  34  33  1 0
GR Napier             c Nash             b Bloomfield           4   3   4  1 0
AP Cowan                                 b Keegan              45  48  47  3 1
+BJ Hyam              c Shah             b Weekes               0   4   2  0 0
TJ Mason              c Hutton           b Keegan              12  10   9  2 0
AC McGarry            not out                                   0   0   0  0 0
Extras                (lb 9, nb 2)                             11
Total                 (all out, 50 overs)                     232

FoW: 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).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Fraser                      10      2     37      2
Bloomfield                  10      1     42      1 (1nb)
Cook                        10      0     45      1
Keegan                      10      0     51      3
Weekes                       7      0     33      2
Hutton                       3      0     15      1

Middlesex innings (target: 233 runs from 50 overs)              R   M   B  4 6
AJ Strauss            lbw                b Irani               10   5   7  2 0
RMS Weston            c Law              b Irani               10  28  11  0 0
SP Fleming                           c & b Mason               73 121 105  7 0
OA Shah                                  b Cowan                0   4   5  0 0
PN Weekes             st Hyam            b Grayson             22  55  62  1 0
+DC Nash                                 b Grayson              4  12  11  0 0
BL Hutton             c Law              b McGarry              2   6   6  0 0
CB Keegan             c Irani            b Mason                3  13   9  0 0
SJ Cook               c Irani            b McGarry             11  18  23  0 0
*ARC Fraser           c Irani            b Mason                8  25  10  0 0
TF Bloomfield         not out                                   7   7   5  1 0
Extras                (lb 1, w 5, nb 5)                        11
Total                 (all out, 42 overs)                     161

FoW: 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).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cowan                        8      0     37      1 (1nb, 1w)
Irani                        6      0     25      2 (1nb)
McGarry                     10      1     34      2 (1w)
Grayson                      8      1     24      2
Mason                       10      0     40      3 (2w)

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Team Pages: Essex, Middlesex.

Ground Page: County Ground, Chelmsford

Essex Player Pages: N Hussain, DDJ Robinson, SG Law, RC Irani, SD Peters, AP Grayson, GR Napier, AP Cowan, BJ Hyam, TJ Mason, AC McGarry.

Middlesex Player Pages: AJ Strauss, RMS Weston, SP Fleming, OA Shah, PN Weekes, DC Nash, BL Hutton, CB Keegan, SJ Cook, ARC Fraser, TF Bloomfield.

Match Officials' Pages: R Julian, JF Steele.