da dobrowin： Essex won the Triangular Tournament Final yesterday, beating Lancashire by 3wickets at Newlands
da aposte e ganhe： Lancashire CCC Press Release03-Apr-2003Essex won the Triangular Tournament Final yesterday, beating Lancashire by 3wickets at Newlands. Lancashire won the toss and batted first, but couldonly reach 142 off 44 overs on a slow, low wicket being used for the fourthconsecutive time. Iain Sutcliffe made some welcome runs and was thetop-scorer with a solid innings of 45. The only other batsmen to reachdouble figures were Mark Currie with 29 and Gary Yates who finished 21 notout. James Middlebrook and Paul Grayson once again tied the batsmen down,Middlebrook taking 4 for 19.In the Essex reply, Will Jefferson hit 61, which an innings watchingLancashire Manager Mike Watkinson described as "brilliant". The rest of theEssex batsmen struggled with the conditions and a mid-innings collapseinitiated by Gary Yates with 4 for 39 and Peter Martin (3 for 32) meantEssex still required 30 runs with only 4 wickets left. Wicket-keeper JamesFoster and the experienced John Stephenson then combined to steer their sideto the victory target with nearly 8 overs to spare.Mike Watkinson while disappointed with the defeat, was pleased with thefight back in the Essex innings. "You would like to win, of course," hesaid, "but these games are all about time in the middle, and we will beusing the remaining games to give everyone as much practise as possible."Scores:Lancashire innings: 142 all out (44 overs)Mark Chilton 2, Iain Sutcliffe 45, Mal Loye 9, Alec Swann 0, Mark Currie 29,Glen Chapple 3, Warren Hegg 4, Peter Martin 2, Gary Yates 21*, John Wood 8,Steven Crook 4.Bowling figures:Jon Dakin 0-24 (5), Justin Bishop 1-28 (7), Andy Clarke 2-22 (8), JohnStephenson 1-21 (6), James Middlebrook 4-19 (9), Paul Grayson 1-24 (9).Essex innings: 144-7 (37.1 overs)Will Jefferson 61, Darren Robinson 16, Aftab Habib 6, Paul Grayson 9, JamesFoster 27*, Ravinder Bopara 0, Jon Dakin 3, James Middlebrook 3, JohnStephenson 10*. Did not bat: Justin Bishop, Andy Clarke.Bowling figures:Peter Martin 3-32 (9), Glen Chapple 0-24 (7), Gary Yates 4-39 (8), John Wood0-27 (7), Steven Crook 0-20 (6.1).
