Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, 2005, 2nd Round
Lancashire v Essex
Old Trafford, Manchester
17 May 2005 (50-over match)

Result: Lancashire won by 6 wickets
Series: Lancashire advances to the Quarter Finals

Toss: Lancashire
Umpires: GI Burgess and P Willey
Man of the Match: BJ Hodge

Essex innings (50 overs maximum)                                R   M   B  4 6
WI Jefferson          c Hegg             b Anderson             0   1   3  0 0
*RC Irani             lbw                b Cork                 7  21  13  1 0
GW Flower             c Loye             b Flintoff            33  68  70  3 0
A Flower              c Cork             b Flintoff            13  55  30  0 0
RS Bopara             c Flintoff         b Chapple             42  78  83  3 0
JD Middlebrook        lbw                b Muralitharan         4  24  18  0 0
+JS Foster            c Cork             b Crook               24  38  27  1 1
TJ Phillips           not out                                  24  36  29  2 0
AJ Tudor                                 b Flintoff             7  21  18  0 0
D Gough               c Hegg             b Flintoff             9   6   7  1 0
DW Steyn              not out                                   2   2   2  0 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 13, w 13)                       30
Total                 (9 wickets, 50 overs)                   195

FoW: 1-0 (Jefferson), 2-21 (Irani), 3-55 (GW Flower),
     4-66 (A Flower), 5-89 (Middlebrook), 6-146 (Foster),
     7-149 (Bopara), 8-179 (Tudor), 9-191 (Gough).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Anderson                     9      1     42      1 (3w)
Cork                         8      2     22      1 (2w)
Flintoff                    10      0     26      4 (2w)
Chapple                     10      2     25      1 (1w)
Muralitharan                10      0     49      1 (2w)
Crook                        3      0     14      1 (1w)

Lancashire innings (target: 196 runs from 50 overs)             R   M   B  4 6
MB Loye                                  b Tudor               30  44  37  5 0
SG Law                lbw                b Tudor               21  52  32  3 0
BJ Hodge              c Foster           b Phillips            82 109 102  6 1
*MJ Chilton           c GW Flower        b Phillips            40  87  70  3 0
A Flintoff            not out                                  11  19  15  0 0
AR Crook              not out                                   6   6   8  0 0
Extras                (lb 2, w 4)                               6
Total                 (4 wickets, 44 overs)                   196

DNB: G Chapple, +WK Hegg, DG Cork, JM Anderson, M Muralitharan.

FoW: 1-53 (Loye), 2-54 (Law), 3-166 (Chilton), 4-185 (Hodge).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gough                        7      0     32      0 (3w)
Tudor                        7      1     34      2
Steyn                       10      0     32      0 (1w)
Phillips                     8      0     43      2
Middlebrook                  6      0     26      0
GW Flower                    2      0     13      0
Bopara                       4      0     14      0

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Team Pages: Lancashire, Essex.

Ground Page: Old Trafford, Manchester

Essex Player Pages: WI Jefferson, RC Irani, GW Flower, A Flower, RS Bopara, JD Middlebrook, JS Foster, TJ Phillips, AJ Tudor, D Gough, DW Steyn.

Lancashire Player Pages: MB Loye, SG Law, BJ Hodge, MJ Chilton, A Flintoff, AR Crook, G Chapple, WK Hegg, DG Cork, JM Anderson, M Muralitharan.

Match Officials' Pages: GI Burgess, P Willey.