a11145	Essex v Ireland
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1998 (Group D)
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 4th May 1998 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 171 runs
Points	Essex 2; Ireland 0
Umpires	JC Balderstone, G Sharp
Man of the Match	DDJ Robinson

Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DDJ Robinson	c Dunlop b Heasley	114	132		14	1	86.36
SG Law	c Patterson b Eagleson	46	45		6	-	102.22
*N Hussain	c Dwyer b Heasley	71	64		6	2	110.94
RC Irani	c Patterson b McCrum	69	46		6	3	150.00
AP Grayson	c Joyce b Heasley	16	16		-	-	100.00
+RJ Rollins	st Patterson b McCrum	1	2		-	-	50.00
SD Peters	run out	1	1		-	-	100.00
AP Cowan	not out	2	2		-	-	100.00
MC Ilott	did not bat
PM Such	did not bat
NF Williams	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 20 nb, 14 w)	39
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-86 (Law), 2-219 (Hussain), 3-316 (Robinson), 4-352 (Grayson), 5-355 (Rollins), 6-356 (Irani), 7-359 (Peters, 50 ov)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McCrum	10	0	60	2	7	1	30.00	6.00
Eagleson	10	1	36	1	1	-	60.00	3.60
Neely	3	0	32	0	1	2	-	10.67
Heasley	7	0	77	3	-	4	14.00	11.00
Dwyer	10	0	59	0	3	-	-	5.90
Johnson	7	0	62	0	2	1	-	8.86
McCallan	3	0	28	0	-	-	-	9.33

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JAM Molins	c Hussain b Irani	9	51		-	-	17.65
WK McCallan	b Williams	19	47		2	-	40.43
+AD Patterson	c Rollins b Such	10	20		-	-	50.00
NC Johnson	b Grayson	53	45		7	1	117.78
EC Joyce	b Grayson	42	57		1	-	73.68
*AR Dunlop	c Rollins b Ilott	24	55		1	-	43.64
D Heasley	c Law b Williams	0	4		-	-	0.00
RL Eagleson	not out	15	17		1	-	88.24
P McCrum	not out	1	5		-	-	20.00
MD Dwyer	did not bat
GJ Neely	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 2 nb, 6 w)	15
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (McCallan), 2-39 (Molins), 3-63 (Patterson), 4-115 (Johnson), 5-165 (Joyce), 6-168 (Heasley), 7-181 (Dunlop)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Ilott	9	2	26	1	2	-	54.00	2.89
Cowan	6	2	9	0	2	-	-	1.50
Irani	8	1	43	1	-	-	48.00	5.38
Williams	7	0	26	2	1	1	21.00	3.71
Such	10	0	39	1	-	-	60.00	3.90
Grayson	10	2	38	2	1	-	30.00	3.80

Notes
--> GJ Neely made his debut in ListA matches
--> WK McCallan passed his previous highest score of 17 in ListA matches
--> EC Joyce passed his previous highest score of 28 in ListA matches
--> RL Eagleson equalled his previous highest score of 15 in ListA matches
--> EC Joyce made his debut in England in ListA matches
--> MD Dwyer made his debut in England in ListA matches
--> JAM Molins made his debut in England in ListA matches