Benson & Hedges Cup, 2000, South Division
Essex v Sussex
County Ground, Chelmsford
24 April 2000 (50-over match)

Result: Sussex won by 62 runs
Points: Sussex 2, Essex 0

Toss: Essex
Umpires: A Clarkson and VA Holder
Man of the Match: MG Bevan

Sussex innings (50 overs maximum)                               R   M   B  4 6
RR Montgomerie                           b Ilott                7  31  24  1 0
WJ House                                 b Irani                0   1   2  0 0
*CJ Adams                                b Cowan              122 189 137 10 4
MG Bevan              not out                                 157 166 136 18 1
PA Cottey             not out                                   2   4   2  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 9, w 16, nb 2)                  28
Total                 (3 wickets, 50 overs)                   316

DNB: JR Carpenter, RSC Martin-Jenkins, UBA Rashid, JD Lewry,
     +NJ Wilton, RJ Kirtley.

FoW: 1-1 (House), 2-28 (Montgomerie), 3-299 (Adams).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Irani                       10      1     59      1 (1nb)
Ilott                       10      2     68      1 (5w)
Cowan                       10      0     54      1 (9w)
Anderson                     5      0     28      0 (1w)
Grayson                      9      0     56      0 (1w)
DR Law                       4      0     27      0
SG Law                       2      0     14      0

Essex innings (target: 317 runs from 50 overs)                  R   M   B  4 6
*N Hussain                               b Martin-Jenkins      40  94  72  3 1
PJ Prichard           c Wilton           b Lewry               34  57  41  7 0
SG Law                c Adams            b Martin-Jenkins       9  31  18  0 0
RC Irani              c Martin-Jenkins   b House                6  23  17  0 0
AP Grayson            c Adams            b House                4  13  13  0 0
SD Peters             c Montgomerie      b House               21  38  29  1 0
DR Law                c Martin-Jenkins   b Kirtley             28  17  15  1 3
+BJ Hyam              c Cottey           b House               24  24  18  2 0
AP Cowan              not out                                  34  52  36  3 0
MC Ilott              not out                                  26  43  43  1 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 8, w 15, nb 4)                  28
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs)                   254

DNB: RSG Anderson.

FoW: 1-66 (Prichard), 2-98 (SG Law), 3-99 (Hussain),
     4-107 (Grayson), 5-111 (Irani), 6-152 (DR Law),
     7-173 (Peters), 8-193 (Hyam).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lewry                        8      0     44      1 (2nb, 4w)
Kirtley                     10      3     42      1 (3w)
Martin-Jenkins              10      2     38      2 (1w)
Rashid                      10      1     55      0 (1w)
House                        8      0     41      4 (1w)
Bevan                        4      0     25      0 (1w)

Domestic Season Index

Team Pages: Essex, Sussex.

Ground Page: County Ground, Chelmsford

Sussex Player Pages: RR Montgomerie, WJ House, CJ Adams, MG Bevan, PA Cottey, JR Carpenter, RSC Martin-Jenkins, UBA Rashid, JD Lewry, NJ Wilton, RJ Kirtley.

Essex Player Pages: N Hussain, PJ Prichard, SG Law, RC Irani, AP Grayson, SD Peters, DR Law, BJ Hyam, AP Cowan, MC Ilott, RSG Anderson.

Match Officials' Pages: A Clarkson, VA Holder.