a2200	Somerset v Kent
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1978 (Semi-Final)
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 21st, 22nd, 23rd June 1978 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Kent won by 41 runs
Umpires	WL Budd, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Kent 149/5 (Ealham 11*, Rowe 2*; 41.2 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset 33/1 (Denning 15*, Richards 9*; 13 overs)
Player of the Match	CJ Tavaré

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Kent innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
RA Woolmer	c Taylor b Jennings	23
GW Johnson	c Taylor b Moseley	5
CJ Tavaré	c Burgess b Jennings	56
Asif Iqbal	c Richards b Botham	28
*AGE Ealham	b Dredge	12
JN Shepherd	c Taylor b Botham	10
CJC Rowe	c Botham b Moseley	17
CS Cowdrey	not out	12
+PR Downton	lbw b Botham	9
DL Underwood	not out	9
KBS Jarvis	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 13 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	23
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-41, 3-118, 4-121, 5-135, 6-154, 7-172, 8-186

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Botham	11	1	39	3	-	-	22.00	3.55
Moseley	11	3	23	2	-	-	33.00	2.09
Burgess	11	4	32	0	-	-	-	2.91
Jennings	11	0	44	2	-	-	33.00	4.00
Dredge	11	2	43	1	-	-	66.00	3.91

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
PW Denning	c Ealham b Asif Iqbal	44
PA Slocombe	lbw b Jarvis	7
IVA Richards	c Ealham b Woolmer	9
MJ Kitchen	c Downton b Woolmer	7
IT Botham	c Downton b Asif Iqbal	15
*BC Rose	b Shepherd	48
GI Burgess	st Downton b Underwood	3
+DJS Taylor	b Asif Iqbal	10
CH Dredge	run out	5
KF Jennings	not out	2
HR Moseley	b Shepherd	0
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 51.2 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-33, 3-43, 4-59, 5-100, 6-117, 7-132, 8-156, 9-163, 10-163 (51.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Jarvis	9	2	29	1	-	-	54.00	3.22
Shepherd	9.2	2	16	2	-	-	28.00	1.71
Woolmer	11	4	25	2	-	-	33.00	2.27
Underwood	11	2	27	1	-	-	66.00	2.45
Asif Iqbal	9	0	49	3	-	-	18.00	5.44
Johnson	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	2.00

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
--> DL Underwood reached 300 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset innings

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