Norwich Union League Division Two, 2001
Lancashire v Essex
Old Trafford, Manchester (day/night)
23 June 2001 (45-over match)

Result: Lancashire won by 37 runs
Points: Lancashire 4, Essex 0

Toss: Lancashire
Umpires: NG Cowley and AA Jones

Lancashire innings (45 overs maximum)                           R   M   B  4 6
MA Atherton           lbw                b Irani               18  27  33  2 0
G Chapple             c Grayson          b Irani                0  17   8  0 0
A Flintoff            c Foster           b Bishop              24  37  26  3 1
*JP Crawley           c Grayson          b Bishop              63 119  87  7 0
NH Fairbrother        c Bishop           b Irani              101 103  87 10 2
GD Lloyd              c Bishop           b Cowan               15  23  18  1 0
+WK Hegg              not out                                   9  14   8  1 0
CP Schofield          not out                                   7   2   3  1 0
Extras                (lb 6, w 11)                             17
Total                 (6 wickets, 45 overs)                   254

DNB: PJ Martin, M Muralitharan, MP Smethurst.

FoW: 1-21 (Chapple), 2-27 (Atherton), 3-57 (Flintoff),
     4-208 (Crawley), 5-225 (Fairbrother), 6-242 (Lloyd).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cowan                        9      1     31      1 (1w)
Irani                        9      0     51      3
Bishop                       9      0     40      2 (1w)
Ilott                        8      0     50      0 (3w)
Grayson                      7      0     51      0 (1w)
Clinton                      3      0     25      0 (1w)

Essex innings (target: 255 runs from 45 overs)                  R   M   B  4 6
DDJ Robinson          lbw                b Martin               4  17  15  0 0
N Hussain             lbw                b Chapple             21  38  27  4 0
SG Law                c Lloyd            b Muralitharan       108 119 100 13 0
*RC Irani             c Atherton         b Martin              37  56  39  3 0
SD Peters             c Hegg             b Schofield            3  18  11  0 0
AP Grayson                               b Muralitharan        13  25  22  2 0
+JS Foster            c Hegg             b Schofield            0   2   6  0 0
RS Clinton            run out                                   9  17  14  1 0
AP Cowan              st Hegg            b Schofield            9   8   9  1 0
MC Ilott              st Hegg            b Schofield            2   6   6  0 0
JE Bishop             not out                                   0   0   1  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 10)                             11
Total                 (all out, 41.4 overs)                   217

FoW: 1-12 (Robinson), 2-50 (Hussain), 3-133 (Irani),
     4-160 (Peters), 5-191 (Law), 6-191 (Foster),
     7-191 (Grayson), 8-210 (Cowan), 9-215 (Clinton),
     10-217 (Ilott).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Martin                       8      1     37      2
Chapple                      7      0     34      1
Smethurst                    2      0     24      0
Muralitharan                 9      1     34      2
Flintoff                     7      0     36      0
Schofield                    8.4    1     41      4

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Team Pages: Lancashire, Essex.

Ground Page: Old Trafford, Manchester

Lancashire Player Pages: MA Atherton, G Chapple, A Flintoff, JP Crawley, NH Fairbrother, GD Lloyd, WK Hegg, CP Schofield, PJ Martin, M Muralitharan, MP Smethurst.

Essex Player Pages: DDJ Robinson, N Hussain, SG Law, RC Irani, SD Peters, AP Grayson, JS Foster, RS Clinton, AP Cowan, MC Ilott, JE Bishop.

Match Officials' Pages: NG Cowley, AA Jones.