a10471	Somerset v Ireland
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1997 (Group D)
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 2nd May 1997 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 221 runs
Points	Somerset 2; Ireland 0
Umpires	JH Hampshire, JF Steele
Man of the Match	Mushtaq Ahmed

Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GD Rose	c Eagleson b Cronje	24
M Burns	b Benson	50
SC Ecclestone	c Patterson b McCrum	92
MN Lathwell	b Cronje	8
RJ Harden	c Molins b McCrum	37
*PD Bowler	c Molins b Heasley	42
+RJ Turner	lbw b Cooke	42
KA Parsons	not out	22
JID Kerr	did not bat
AR Caddick	did not bat
Mushtaq Ahmed	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 6 nb, 16 w)	32
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-87 (Burns), 2-91 (Rose), 3-126 (Lathwell), 4-216 (Harden), 5-256 (Ecclestone), 6-311 (Bowler), 7-349 (Turner)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Eagleson	7	0	50	0	-	-	-	7.14
Cooke	10	0	76	1	-	-	60.00	7.60
McCrum	9	0	58	2	-	-	27.00	6.44
Cronje	9	1	60	2	-	-	27.00	6.67
Benson	4	0	29	1	-	-	24.00	7.25
Heasley	8	0	43	1	-	-	48.00	5.38
Molins	3	0	23	0	-	-	-	7.67

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
WK McCallan	b Caddick	0
+AD Patterson	c Bowler b Mushtaq Ahmed	50
DA Lewis	c Lathwell b Rose	10
WJ Cronje	lbw b Mushtaq Ahmed	1
*JDR Benson	b Mushtaq Ahmed	8
AR Dunlop	c Harden b Mushtaq Ahmed	0
D Heasley	b Mushtaq Ahmed	12
RL Eagleson	c Parsons b Caddick	9
GL Molins	b Mushtaq Ahmed	0
G Cooke	not out	12
P McCrum	c Rose b Mushtaq Ahmed	5
Extras	(6 lb, 6 nb, 9 w)	21
Total	(all out, 27.2 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (McCallan), 2-40 (Lewis), 3-51 (Cronje), 4-71 (Benson), 5-72 (Dunlop), 6-85 (Patterson), 7-99 (Heasley), 8-107 (Eagleson), 9-109 (Molins), 10-128 (McCrum)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Rose	6	0	39	1	-	-	36.00	6.50
Caddick	10	1	53	2	-	-	30.00	5.30
Mushtaq Ahmed	9.2	2	24	7	-	-	8.00	2.57
Kerr	2	0	6	0	-	-	-	3.00

Notes
--> M Burns passed his previous highest score of 48 in ListA matches
--> RJ Turner passed 1000 runs in ListA matches when he reached 32
--> AD Patterson passed his previous highest score of 24 in ListA matches
--> GL Molins made his debut in England in ListA matches
--> Mushtaq Ahmed achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ListA matches when he dismissed GL Molins in the Ireland innings (previous best was 5-36)