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| Venue | County Ground, Hove on 12th, 13th, 14th June 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Essex won by 10 wickets |
| Points | Sussex 4 (Bowling 4); Essex 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | HD Bird, GI Burgess |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 232/5 (Irani 79*, DR Law 15*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sussex (2) 220/5 (K Newell 16*, M Newell 0*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NJ Lenham | lbw b Williams | 3 | 4 | - | - | ||
| RK Rao | c SG Law b Williams | 0 | 11 | - | - | ||
| NR Taylor | b Cowan | 11 | 13 | 1 | - | ||
| CWJ Athey | c Prichard b Williams | 33 | 82 | 3 | - | ||
| K Newell | lbw b Williams | 1 | 5 | - | - | ||
| M Newell | c Williams b Cowan | 8 | 54 | 1 | - | ||
| *+P Moores | c Such b DR Law | 19 | 39 | 3 | - | ||
| VC Drakes | c Rollins b Cowan | 18 | 36 | 3 | - | ||
| AA Khan | c sub b Cowan | 18 | 19 | 4 | - | ||
| RJ Kirtley | b Cowan | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| MA Robinson | not out | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | ||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 16 nb, 2 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 43.2 overs) | 140 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Lenham), 2-8 (Rao), 3-14 (Taylor), 4-17 (K Newell), 5-51 (M Newell), 6-84 (Athey), 7-90 (Moores), 8-133 (Khan), 9-133 (Kirtley), 10-140 (Drakes, 43.2 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cowan | 14.2 | 2 | 45 | 5 | - | - | |
| Williams | 11 | 2 | 29 | 4 | - | - | |
| Irani | 7 | 3 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| SG Law | 7 | 4 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| DR Law | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | c Moores b Robinson | 13 | 37 | 1 | - | ||
| *PJ Prichard | b Kirtley | 13 | 13 | 2 | - | ||
| N Hussain | lbw b Drakes | 21 | 51 | 3 | - | ||
| SG Law | b Kirtley | 31 | 45 | 6 | - | ||
| RC Irani | c Athey b Khan | 110 | 144 | 207 | 19 | - | |
| AP Grayson | run out | 41 | 69 | 6 | - | ||
| DR Law | c Athey b Robinson | 17 | 38 | 3 | - | ||
| +RJ Rollins | c Athey b Khan | 82 | 104 | 9 | 3 | ||
| AP Cowan | c Kirtley b Drakes | 9 | 25 | 2 | - | ||
| NF Williams | c Athey b Robinson | 17 | 37 | 3 | - | ||
| PM Such | not out | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | ||
| Extras | (3 b, 21 nb) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 93 overs) | 384 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20 (Prichard), 2-38 (Gooch), 3-68 (Hussain), 4-98 (SG Law), 5-192 (Grayson), 6-238 (DR Law), 7-303 (Irani), 8-332 (Cowan), 9-370 (Rollins), 10-384 (Williams, 93 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Drakes | 22 | 6 | 86 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kirtley | 20 | 2 | 112 | 2 | - | - | |
| Robinson | 25 | 2 | 101 | 3 | - | - | |
| Khan | 21 | 5 | 70 | 2 | - | - | |
| K Newell | 5 | 3 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NJ Lenham | run out | 60 | 140 | 7 | - | ||
| RK Rao | c Gooch b Cowan | 89 | 189 | 14 | - | ||
| NR Taylor | c Cowan b Such | 37 | 64 | 5 | - | ||
| CWJ Athey | lbw b Grayson | 1 | 10 | - | - | ||
| K Newell | c Hussain b Williams | 35 | 101 | 5 | - | ||
| RJ Kirtley | c Hussain b Cowan | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| M Newell | b Cowan | 29 | 88 | 3 | - | ||
| *+P Moores | b Cowan | 4 | 43 | 1 | - | ||
| VC Drakes | b Irani | 48 | 84 | 8 | - | ||
| AA Khan | c DR Law b Irani | 12 | 66 | 1 | - | ||
| MA Robinson | not out | 0 | 6 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (6 b, 7 lb, 18 nb, 10 w) | 41 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 130.3 overs) | 356 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-116 (Lenham), 2-181 (Taylor), 3-182 (Athey), 4-218 (Rao), 5-218 (Kirtley), 6-267 (K Newell), 7-276 (M Newell), 8-283 (Moores), 9-346 (Drakes), 10-356 (Khan, 130.3 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cowan | 29 | 11 | 78 | 4 | - | - | |
| Williams | 22 | 2 | 77 | 1 | - | - | |
| Irani | 19.3 | 7 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Such | 23 | 9 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| SG Law | 12 | 1 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Grayson | 25 | 7 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Gooch | not out | 51 | 67 | 7 | 1 | ||
| *PJ Prichard | not out | 54 | 74 | 6 | 2 | ||
| N Hussain | did not bat | ||||||
| SG Law | did not bat | ||||||
| RC Irani | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Law | did not bat | ||||||
| AP Grayson | did not bat | ||||||
| +RJ Rollins | did not bat | ||||||
| AP Cowan | did not bat | ||||||
| NF Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| PM Such | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 2 nb, 6 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 23.2 overs) | 115 | |||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Drakes | 8 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kirtley | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Khan | 5.2 | 1 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Robinson | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rao | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> RC Irani (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 86
--> RK Rao (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in County Championship matches
--> RK Rao (2) passed his previous highest score of 83 in First-Class matches
--> AP Cowan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 5-49)
--> NF Williams reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> AP Cowan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 5-49)
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