a2400	Essex v Sussex
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1979 (Group C)
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 23rd May 1979 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 7 wickets
Points	Essex 3; Sussex 0
Umpires	R Julian, AGT Whitehead
Man of the Match	AW Lilley

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Sussex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GD Mendis	b Turner	15	58	55	-	-	25.86
JRT Barclay	c Smith b Lever	19	48	68	1	-	39.58
PWG Parker	c Gooch b Pont	5	6	3	-	-	83.33
Javed Miandad	c Acfield b Turner	47	75	85	3	-	62.67
Imran Khan	c Fletcher b Phillip	20	40	45	2	-	50.00
PJ Graves	b Lever	18	38	43	1	-	47.37
CP Phillipson	not out	38	40	53	3	-	95.00
RGL Cheatle	c Fletcher b Lever	8	17	21	-	-	47.06
*+A Long	b Phillip	3	4	4	-	-	75.00
GG Arnold	not out	2	4	12	-	-	50.00
J Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Mendis), 2-41 (Parker), 3-46 (Barclay), 4-98 (Imran Khan), 5-130 (Javed Miandad), 6-141 (Graves), 7-163 (Cheatle), 8-170 (Long)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	11	1	33	3	-	-	22.00	3.00
Phillip	11	1	42	2	1	-	33.00	3.82
Turner	11	2	16	2	-	-	33.00	1.45
Pont	11	0	54	1	-	-	66.00	4.91
Acfield	11	3	30	0	-	-	-	2.73

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GA Gooch	c Mendis b Spencer	66	74	89	11	-	89.19
AW Lilley	c Mendis b Cheatle	70	115	132	3	4	60.87
KS McEwan	c Imran Khan b Spencer	44	46	51	4	-	95.65
*KWR Fletcher	not out	6	11	10	1	-	54.55
BR Hardie	not out	0	0	1	-	-	0.00
KR Pont	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
N Phillip	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb, 2 w)	3
Total	(3 wickets, 40.5 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-108 (Gooch), 2-169 (Lilley), 3-187 (McEwan)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Imran Khan	7	2	17	0	-	-	-	2.43
Arnold	11	2	22	0	1	1	-	2.00
Spencer	6.5	0	58	2	-	-	20.50	8.49
Cheatle	11	0	48	1	1	-	66.00	4.36
Phillipson	2	0	18	0	-	-	-	9.00
Barclay	3	0	23	0	-	-	-	7.67

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Notes
--> CP Phillipson passed his previous highest score of 37 in List A matches
--> CP Phillipson passed 500 runs in List A matches when he reached 35

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