Date-stamped : 26 May97 - 06:15
Gloucestershire v Essex

Essex (142-5) beat Gloucester (139) by 5 wickets

ESSEX made light work of overhauling Gloucestershire`s inadequate
total  of  139   at   Gloucester.  A  delightful innings of 58 by
Stuart  Law  established  the  high  tempo  which  brought  Essex
victory  by  five  wickets with 13 overs to spare and kept intact
their unbeaten record in  one-day   games   this  season,  writes
Clive Ellis.

Law managed a fluency of stroke which was beyond  anyone  on  the
Gloucestershire  side. His fifty came off only 42  balls and when
he lobbed a return catch  to  slow   left-armer   Richard  Davis,
the  job  was  all  but  done.   Gloucestershire`s  Mark  Alleyne
brought a gloss of respectability in a spell of three for 24  but
the  damage  had  been  done  earlier  as  Essex`s six-man attack
maintained admirable control.

Jack Russell persevered to make   35   while   off-spinner  Peter
Such was the most economical Essex bowler.

Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/)

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