Ireland Vs Middlesex
1-Innings Match Played At Castle Avenue Dublin, 28-Apr-1997, List A
Ireland Win by 46 runs
Round 476
Umpires JW Holder (Eng) - AA Jones (Eng)
Scorers S Downes
Home Side Ireland
Player of Match JD Curry
Comment 476/6
28 & 29 April. - Benson & Hedges Cup 1997
Debut: WJ Cronje. JDR Benson - 50th Cap
First win against a County in a competitive match.
Match Report here
Ireland 1st Innings 281/4 Closed (Overs 50)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
JD Curry   b PN Weekes 75 0 0 0 0
WK McCallan c KR Brown b ARC Fraser 17 0 0 0 0
DA Lewis   b PCR Tufnell 34 0 0 0 0
WJ Cronje not out   94 0 0 0 0
JDR Benson*   b JP Hewitt 20 0 0 0 0
AD Patterson+ not out   24 0 0 0 0
AR Dunlop dnb            
D Heasley dnb            
PG Gillespie dnb            
GL Molins dnb            
P McCrum dnb            
extras   (b0 lb10 w3 nb4) 17        
TOTAL   4 wickets for 281        
FOW
1-72(WK McCallan) 2-117(JD Curry) 3-165(DA Lewis) 4-234(JDR Benson)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
ARC Fraser 10 3 34 1 - -
SJ Cook 9 0 71 0 - -
JP Hewitt 10 0 53 1 - -
PN Weekes 10 0 47 1 - -
PCR Tufnell 6 0 37 1 - -
KP Dutch 5 0 29 0 - -
Middlesex 1st Innings 235/10 Closed (Overs 46.4)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
PN Weekes c PG Gillespie b D Heasley 24 0 0 0 0
PE Wellings lbw b WJ Cronje 23 0 0 0 0
MR Ramrakash lbw b WJ Cronje 34 0 0 0 0
MW Gatting*   c&b JDR Benson 23 0 0 0 0
JC Pooley   b JDR Benson 11 0 0 0 0
KR Brown+ c PG Gillespie b GL Molins 27 0 0 0 0
KP Dutch st AD Patterson b GL Molins 1 0 0 0 0
JP Hewitt c AR Dunlop b JDR Benson 14 0 0 0 0
ARC Fraser not out   30 0 0 0 0
PCR Tufnell   b WJ Cronje 10 0 0 0 0
SJ Cook   b D Heasley 6 0 0 0 0
extras   (b3 lb14 w15 nb0) 32        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 235        
FOW
1-46(PN Weekes) 2-69(PE Wellings) 3-104(MR Ramrakash) 4-126(MW Gatting)
5-133(JC Pooley) 6-134(KP Dutch) 7-175(JP Hewitt) 8-180(KR Brown)
9-227(PCR Tufnell) 10-235(SJ Cook)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
PG Gillespie 8 0 40 0 - -
P McCrum 6 0 21 0 - -
D Heasley 5.4 0 30 2 - -
WJ Cronje 8 0 38 3 - -
GL Molins 10 0 44 2 - -
JDR Benson 9 0 45 3 - -
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