a2182	Sussex v Somerset
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1978 (Quarter-Final)
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 7th, 8th June 1978 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Somerset won by 102 runs
Umpires	DJ Constant, DJ Halfyard
Close of play day 1	Sussex 76/6 (Groome 25*, Long 10*; 30 overs)
Player of the Match	IT Botham

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
PW Denning	b Spencer	3
PA Slocombe	lbw b Marshall	10
IVA Richards	c and b Spencer	0
MJ Kitchen	c Barclay b Cheatle	29
IT Botham	c Long b Imran Khan	54		45	11	-
*BC Rose	c Phillipson b Spencer	34
GI Burgess	c Long b Marshall	33
+DJS Taylor	b Imran Khan	24
J Garner	run out	17
CH Dredge	not out	0
KF Jennings	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	14
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-12, 3-24, 4-97, 5-106, 6-162, 7-192, 8-215, 9-218 (55 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Imran Khan	11	1	42	2	-	-	33.00	3.82
Spencer	11	2	37	3	-	-	22.00	3.36
Marshall	9	1	29	2	-	-	27.00	3.22
Storey	5	0	37	0	-	-	-	7.40
Cheatle	11	1	38	1	-	-	66.00	3.45
Buss	8	2	21	0	-	-	-	2.62

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Sussex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JRT Barclay	c and b Jennings	6
GD Mendis	c Taylor b Garner	1
SJ Storey	b Jennings	3
JJ Groome	c Taylor b Dredge	28
Imran Khan	c Botham b Burgess	8
MA Buss	b Jennings	8
CP Phillipson	run out	0
*+A Long	lbw b Botham	12
J Spencer	c Burgess b Dredge	1
RGL Cheatle	lbw b Garner	16
RPT Marshall	not out	15
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 10 nb, 6 w)	18
Total	(all out, 42.2 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-14, 3-21, 4-46, 5-56, 6-60, 7-81, 8-83, 9-83, 10-116 (42.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Garner	6.2	4	3	2	-	-	19.00	0.47
Botham	11	1	29	1	-	-	66.00	2.64
Jennings	11	5	20	3	-	-	22.00	1.82
Burgess	5	0	24	1	-	-	30.00	4.80
Dredge	9	2	22	2	-	-	27.00	2.44

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> IT Botham passed 1500 runs in List A matches when he reached 37
--> J Garner passed his previous highest score of 13 in List A matches
--> KF Jennings reached 50 wickets in List A matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex innings

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