| f43232 cc18933 |
|
| Venue | Old Trafford, Manchester on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th September 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essex won by 26 runs |
| Points | Lancashire 4 (Bowling 4); Essex 20 (Batting 4) |
| Umpires | B Dudleston, RA White |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 389 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | No play |
| Close of play day 3 | Lancashire (2) 213/6 (Hegg 11*, Yates 6*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *PJ Prichard | c Hegg b Austin | 15 | 32 | 1 | - | ||
| DDJ Robinson | c Hegg b Keedy | 32 | 66 | 3 | - | ||
| IN Flanagan | c Hegg b Austin | 40 | 111 | 5 | - | ||
| SG Law | c Yates b Martin | 155 | 131 | 23 | 3 | ||
| RC Irani | c Fairbrother b Yates | 2 | 8 | - | - | ||
| AP Grayson | c and b Keedy | 44 | 141 | 2 | - | ||
| DR Law | c Hegg b Keedy | 3 | 20 | - | - | ||
| +RJ Rollins | not out | 60 | 118 | 9 | - | ||
| AP Cowan | c Crawley b Keedy | 5 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
| MC Ilott | c Austin b Martin | 22 | 32 | 4 | - | ||
| PM Such | run out | 1 | 2 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 6 nb, 2 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 111 overs) | 389 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31 (Prichard), 2-68 (Robinson), 3-173 (Flanagan), 4-184 (Irani), 5-267 (SG Law), 6-277 (DR Law), 7-328 (Grayson), 8-340 (Cowan), 9-388 (Ilott), 10-389 (Such, 111 ov) | |||||||
| Lancashire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Martin | 16 | 1 | 63 | 2 | - | - | |
| Austin | 17 | 2 | 81 | 2 | - | - | |
| Green | 15 | 2 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| Keedy | 34 | 6 | 98 | 4 | - | - | |
| Yates | 29 | 4 | 85 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lancashire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MA Atherton | not out | 24 | 50 | 1 | - | ||
| NT Wood | not out | 7 | 43 | - | - | ||
| *JP Crawley | did not bat | ||||||
| NH Fairbrother | did not bat | ||||||
| ID Austin | did not bat | ||||||
| GD Lloyd | did not bat | ||||||
| +WK Hegg | did not bat | ||||||
| G Yates | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Green | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Martin | did not bat | ||||||
| G Keedy | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 6 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, declared, 15 overs) | 39 | |||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ilott | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| DR Law | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Grayson | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Such | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *PJ Prichard | did not bat | ||||||
| DDJ Robinson | did not bat | ||||||
| IN Flanagan | did not bat | ||||||
| SG Law | did not bat | ||||||
| RC Irani | did not bat | ||||||
| AP Grayson | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Law | did not bat | ||||||
| +RJ Rollins | did not bat | ||||||
| MC Ilott | did not bat | ||||||
| AP Cowan | did not bat | ||||||
| PM Such | did not bat | ||||||
| Innings Forfeited | |||||||
| Lancashire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MA Atherton | c Prichard b Such | 56 | 103 | 8 | - | ||
| NT Wood | c Rollins b DR Law | 16 | 47 | 2 | - | ||
| *JP Crawley | c SG Law b Such | 35 | 94 | 4 | - | ||
| NH Fairbrother | lbw b Grayson | 6 | 14 | 1 | - | ||
| GD Lloyd | b Such | 8 | 7 | 1 | - | ||
| ID Austin | c SG Law b Grayson | 50 | 66 | 5 | 3 | ||
| +WK Hegg | b Such | 55 | 150 | 6 | 1 | ||
| G Yates | c SG Law b Grayson | 9 | 38 | 1 | - | ||
| RJ Green | lbw b Cowan | 51 | 67 | 5 | 2 | ||
| PJ Martin | c Irani b Grayson | 2 | 13 | - | - | ||
| G Keedy | not out | 0 | 5 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (6 b, 8 lb, 4 nb, 18 w) | 36 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 100.2 overs) | 324 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-48 (Wood), 2-107 (Atherton), 3-114 (Fairbrother), 4-129 (Lloyd), 5-166 (Crawley), 6-202 (Austin), 7-220 (Yates), 8-317 (Green), 9-324 (Hegg), 10-324 (Martin, 100.2 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ilott | 8 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cowan | 8 | 1 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Such | 42 | 15 | 103 | 4 | - | - | |
| DR Law | 4 | 1 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Grayson | 38.2 | 12 | 143 | 4 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PJ Prichard (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 2
--> IN Flanagan (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> IN Flanagan (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> RJ Rollins (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> MA Atherton (2) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> ID Austin (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 41
--> WK Hegg (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> RJ Green (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in County Championship matches
--> RJ Green (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> AP Grayson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> PM Such reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire second innings
This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles
LATEST SCORES
CURRENT EVENTS
- Afghanistan in India 2026
- Asian Cricket Council Women's Premier Cup 2026
- Asian Games Men's Qualifier 2026
- Australia in Bangladesh 2026
- Australia in Pakistan 2026
- Eswatini IT20 Tri-series 2026
- Germany in Denmark 2026
- Guernsey Women in Jersey 2026
- ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League Two 2023/24 to 2027
- ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup 2026
- India Women in England 2026
- Ireland Women's International Women's T20 Series 2026
- New Zealand in England 2026
- Scotland Women's International T20 Series 2026
- Sri Lanka in West Indies 2026
- Viking Cup 2026
View all Current Events CLICK HERE


