a4370	Essex v Sussex
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1985 (Group C)
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 4th, 6th May 1985 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 5 wickets
Points	Essex 2; Sussex 0
Umpires	JA Jameson, B Leadbeater
Close of play day 1	Sussex 124/6 (Barclay 19*, Reeve 0*; 45 overs)
Player of the Match	GA Gooch

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Sussex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GD Mendis	b Foster	14
AM Green	run out	38
PWG Parker	c East b Lever	4
AP Wells	b Gooch	21
CM Wells	lbw b Turner	1
*JRT Barclay	not out	29
IA Greig	c Hardie b Gooch	0
+IJ Gould	c East b Foster	13
GS le Roux	lbw b Foster	0
DA Reeve	b Foster	0
AN Jones	b Pringle	4
Extras	(12 b, 3 nb, 4 w)	19
Total	(all out, 51.2 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-40, 3-72, 4-77, 5-89, 6-89, 7-123, 8-123, 9-130, 10-143 (51.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	9	1	28	1	-	-	54.00	3.11
Foster	11	1	39	4	-	-	16.50	3.55
Pringle	9.2	1	21	1	-	-	56.00	2.25
Gooch	11	3	23	2	-	-	33.00	2.09
Turner	11	2	20	1	-	-	66.00	1.82

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GA Gooch	b Greig	46
PJ Prichard	b Greig	32
BR Hardie	b le Roux	27
KS McEwan	c Gould b le Roux	9
DR Pringle	c Greig b le Roux	0
*KWR Fletcher	not out	12
AW Lilley	not out	9
S Turner	did not bat
+DE East	did not bat
NA Foster	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(5 wickets, 39.2 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-84, 3-108, 4-108, 5-130

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
le Roux	11	2	39	3	-	-	22.00	3.55
Reeve	6	2	22	0	-	-	-	3.67
Greig	11	3	29	2	-	-	33.00	2.64
CM Wells	2	0	16	0	-	-	-	8.00
Barclay	6	1	15	0	-	-	-	2.50
Jones	3.2	0	22	0	-	-	-	6.60

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> KS McEwan passed 9000 runs in List A matches when he reached 2
--> NA Foster achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Sussex innings (previous best was 3-19)
--> NA Foster reached 50 wickets in List A matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex innings

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