Essex v Sussex
Sussex ended their Twenty20 Cup campaign with their first win, by nine wickets, but it was Essex who were celebrating quarter-final place.
Sussex took a methodical appraoch to overhauling the Eagles' 134-8, and got there with three overs remaining.
Matt Prior (68) and Chris Adams (38) shared an unbroken stand of 112 under the Chelmsford floodlights.
However, Essex progressed as one of the best third-placed sides, with a superior run rate to Derbyshire.
Twenty20 Cup, 2004, South Division
Essex v Sussex
County Ground, Chelmsford (day/night)
15 July 2004 (20-over match)
Result: Sussex won by 9 wickets
Points: Sussex 2, Essex 0
Toss: Essex
Umpires: MR Benson and B Leadbeater
Essex innings (20 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
WI Jefferson c Yardy b Lewry 5 5 4 1 0
*RC Irani c Goodwin b Lewry 19 24 18 3 0
GR Napier c Yardy b Kirtley 4 4 5 1 0
A Flower b Davis 17 35 23 1 0
RS Bopara st Prior b Mushtaq Ahmed 26 29 28 3 0
ML Pettini not out 29 28 22 3 0
JD Middlebrook c Lewry b Wright 10 9 9 0 1
+JS Foster b Wright 1 1 2 0 0
D Gough c Davis b Wright 17 7 8 1 1
AJ Clarke not out 2 1 1 0 0
Extras (lb 3, w 1) 4
Total (8 wickets, 20 overs) 134
DNB: SA Brant.
FoW: 1-11 (Jefferson), 2-16 (Napier), 3-33 (Irani),
4-66 (Flower), 5-80 (Bopara), 6-105 (Middlebrook),
7-107 (Foster), 8-131 (Gough).
Bowling O M R W
Kirtley 4 0 30 1
Lewry 4 0 16 2
Wright 4 0 39 3 (1w)
Davis 4 0 27 1
Mushtaq Ahmed 4 0 19 1
Sussex innings (target: 135 runs from 20 overs) R M B 4 6
IJ Ward c Middlebrook b Brant 16 16 20 3 0
+MJ Prior not out 68 64 49 11 1
*CJ Adams not out 38 47 33 5 0
Extras (lb 9, w 5) 14
Total (1 wicket, 17 overs, 64 mins) 136
DNB: MH Yardy, MW Goodwin, JD Lewry, LJ Wright, MJG Davis,
Mushtaq Ahmed, RJ Kirtley, CD Hopkinson.
FoW: 1-24 (Ward).
Bowling O M R W
Gough 3 0 15 0
Napier 4 0 42 0
Brant 3 0 10 1 (2w)
Clarke 3 0 31 0
Middlebrook 2 0 16 0 (1w)
Bopara 2 0 13 0 (1w)
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