NatWest Trophy Final, 1997
Essex v Warwickshire
Lord's, London
7 September 1997

Result: Essex won by 9 wickets

Toss: Essex
Umpires: MJ Kitchen and P Willey
TV Umpire: JH Hampshire
Man of the Match: SG Law

Warwickshire innings                                            R   B   4  6
*NV Knight            lbw                b Cowan                0   2   0  0
NMK Smith             c SG Law           b Cowan                5  19   1  0
DL Hemp               run out (Hussain)                        21  67   3  0
DP Ostler             c DR Law           b Irani               34 106   3  0
TL Penney             c Rollins          b Cowan                5  36   0  0
DR Brown              c DR Law           b Ilott               37  62   1  0
G Welch                              c & b Such                 2  11   0  0
AF Giles              run out (Grayson)                        21  33   2  0
+KJ Piper             not out                                  16  19   1  0
AA Donald             not out                                   2   5   0  0
Extras                (b 5, lb 15, w 5, nb 2)                  27
Total                 (8 wickets, 60 overs)                   170

DNB: GC Small.

FoW: 1-1 (Knight), 2-12 (Smith), 3-45 (Hemp),
     4-74 (Penney), 5-90 (Ostler), 6-95 (Welch),
     7-147 (Giles), 8-156 (Brown).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cowan                       12      3     29      3 (2w)
Ilott                       12      3     29      1 (2w)
Irani                       12      4     22      1 (1nb)
SG Law                      12      4     38      0 (1w)
Such                        12      1     32      1

Essex innings                                                   R   B   4  6
*PJ Prichard          lbw                b Donald              57  45   7  1
SG Law                not out                                  80  71  10  1
N Hussain             not out                                  25  43   4  1
Extras                (lb 5, w 4)                               9
Total                 (1 wicket, 26.3 overs)                  171

DNB: RC Irani, DDJ Robinson, AP Grayson, DR Law,
     +RJ Rollins, AP Cowan, MC Ilott, PM Such.

FoW: 1-109 (Prichard).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Welch                        5      0     34      0
Brown                        4      0     29      0 (3w)
Small                        7      0     43      0
Donald                       6      0     36      1 (1w)
Giles                        4      1     20      0
Penney                       0.3    0      4      0

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