Somerset vs Essex, Semi-Final at Taunton, Aug 16 1978 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

Semi-Final, Taunton, August 16, 1978, Gillette Cup (England)

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Somerset

287/6

Essex

(60 ov, T:288) 287

Somerset won (lost fewer wickets)

Player Of The Match

Viv Richards

, SOM

116

Summary

Scorecard

Somerset Innings

Essex Innings

Info

Somerset  (60 ovs maximum)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brian Rose (c)	c East b Pont	24	-	-	-	-	-
Phil Slocombe	lbw b Phillip	0	-	-	-	-	-
Viv Richards	c Denness b Gooch	116	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Roebuck	c Lever b Phillip	57	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Botham	b East	7	-	-	-	-	-
Vic Marks	not out	33	-	-	-	-	-
Graham Burgess	b Lever	5	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Breakwell	not out	17	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 10, lb 14, nb 3, w 1)	28
Total	60 Ov (RR: 4.78)	287/6
Did not bat Derek Taylor †,  Joel Garner,  Colin Dredge
Fall of wickets 1-2, 2-86, 3-189, 4-208, 5-247, 6-255

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
John Lever	12	0	61	1	5.08	-	0	0
Norbert Phillip	11	1	56	2	5.09	-	0	0
Stuart Turner	8	0	22	0	2.75	-	0	0
Keith Pont	6	1	35	1	5.83	-	0	0
Graham Gooch	12	0	42	1	3.50	-	0	0
Ray East	11	1	43	1	3.90	-	0	0

Essex  (T: 288 runs from 60 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Denness	c Marks b Dredge	3	-	-	-	-	-
Graham Gooch	c †Taylor b Garner	61	-	-	-	-	-
Ken McEwan	b Burgess	37	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Fletcher (c)	c & b Botham	67	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Hardie	run out	21	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Pont	run out	39	-	-	-	-	-
Norbert Phillip	run out	1	-	-	-	-	-
Stuart Turner	b Botham	12	-	-	-	-	-
Ray East	b Dredge	10	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Smith †	run out	6	-	-	-	-	-
John Lever	not out	5	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 14, lb 9, nb 2)	25
Total	60 Ov (RR: 4.78)	287
Fall of wickets 1-9, 2-70, 3-127, 4-166, 5-246, 6-248, 7-248, 8-266, 9-281, 10-287

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Joel Garner	12	1	46	1	3.83	-	0	0
Colin Dredge	12	0	60	2	5.00	-	0	0
Ian Botham	12	1	48	2	4.00	-	0	0
Graham Burgess	12	1	43	1	3.58	-	0	0
Dennis Breakwell	2	0	11	0	5.50	-	0	0
Vic Marks	1	0	13	0	13.00	-	0	0
Viv Richards	9	1	41	0	4.55	-	0	0

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Match Details

GroundCounty Ground, Taunton

TossSomerset, elected to bat first

Series

Gillette Cup (England)

Season1978

Player Of The Match

Viv Richards

Series resultSomerset advanced

Match daysday (60-over match)

Umpires

Arthur Jepson

David Evans

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