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1978 Gillette Cup final

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371: 349:. The match began on 2 August, but after 52 overs of Yorkshire's innings no further play was possible, even though the match had two reserve days. On 4 August, the match was abandoned, and replaced with a match in which each side would bat for 10 innings. In that match, Sussex batted first and scored 68 for 6, and then restricted Yorkshire to 59 for 8. Imran Khan and Arnold bowled through the entire ten overs, taking three wickets each. A more facile victory provided Sussex with their place in the final; facing 466:, who also played in the match for Somerset, suggested that Botham was the only Somerset batsman to play with freedom, and said that the rest of the team were nervous and intimidated by the prospect of winning Somerset's first trophy. Richards scored 44 runs, and Botham 80, including three sixes, but none of the rest of the middle- or lower-order batsmen made a significant score and Somerset finished their innings on 207 for 7. Along with Barclay, Spencer bowled particularly 26: 396:
rated Somerset as the favourites. He cited the talent of Richards as their primary asset, but asserted that they were "not a one man side". He noted that Sussex also relied upon their overseas players, Javed Miandad and Imran Khan, but that they would need to be backed up by Sussex's other players
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scored 93 runs together, surviving a spell of attacking fast bowling from Garner and Dredge early on. Mendis had broken his thumb shortly before the final, and in the third over, it was fractured again, but he continued to bat. When Somerset did make a breakthrough, after 24 overs, they collected
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was named as the man of the match for his four wickets, which helped Somerset to a five-wicket victory. In the semi-final, Somerset batted first, and helped by another century from Richards, scored 287 for 6. In their response,
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Denning before the batsman had scored a run. That brought Richards to the crease, and Long immediately changed both of his bowlers, replacing the quick bowling of the openers with the slower deliveries of
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in London, as had every previous final of the competition, and play began at 10:30, with a lunch break scheduled for 12:45 to 13:25, and a 15-minute tea interval after 25 overs of the second innings.
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sides against each other in a knock-out competition. This was Sussex's sixth appearance in the final, which they had previously won twice, while Somerset had lost in their only previous final.
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by two runs to advance from the second round, before more straightforward victories against first-class opposition in the later stages. Somerset batted first, but with the exception of
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Both teams entered the competition in the first round; Somerset faced first-class opposition in each of the four rounds prior to the final. In their semi-final match against
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were able to establish a 97-run partnership, which brought Sussex to within five runs of their winning target, before Phillipson was by caught by the wicket-keeper,
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bowled six overs and conceded just five runs. Garner's bowling was once again miserly in the quarter-final against Kent; he conceded five runs in nine overs, though
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led Sussex to victory by five wickets, chasing down Somerset's total with more than six overs to spare. Parker was named as the man of the match for his score of 62
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who did not play first-class cricket. Suffolk were bowled out for 101 runs, a total which Sussex chased down with 161 deliveries remaining. Another minor county,
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off the bowling of Dredge. Woodcock thought that Botham in particular bowled too short against Phillipson, who he suggested would have been susceptible to a
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to write "So we are saying, as we have said at the end of so many seasons, 'well tried Somerset', and no more than that." Somerset returned to the final in
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also got out to Cheatle, scoring nine runs before being caught by Mendis. Botham joined Richards in the middle, and immediately scored a four with a
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scored his second half-century of the competition. In their response, Staffordshire fell three runs short, finishing with 219 for 9; each of
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attempting the third run, and as a result the scores were tied. Somerset advanced to the final, as they had lost fewer wickets; six to ten.
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s summary of the season, Jack Alridge praised Long's captaincy in the final, highlighting the use of slower bowling against Richards and
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sides. Sussex had appeared in the Gillette Cup Final on five previous instances; they won the tournament in each of the first two years (
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and Somerset through the year. Parker scored the winning runs to secure a five-wicket victory for Sussex with 41 deliveries remaining.
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kept up with the required run rate, and needed three runs to win from the final ball of the match. The batsmen managed two runs, but
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well, with a first-wicket partnership of 93, before losing four wickets in quick succession. A second partnership, between
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four wickets for the addition of seventeen runs. Mendis was the first man out, caught by Marks off the bowling of
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The Gillette Cup was first contested in 1963, as the first English domestic knock-out competition between
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were expected to be key players for Sussex, but were overshadowed by their younger team-mates.
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scored 14 runs from the first over, bowled by Imran, who later took Somerset's first wicket,
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and chose to bowl first, hoping that morning dew might give his bowlers an advantage.
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from 1973 to 1977, was released from his contract midway through the 1978 season.
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Somerset entered the tournament in the first round, in which they beat
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to win their first trophy. Sussex did not reach the final again until
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Somerset County Cricket Club: Fifty of the Finest One-day Matches
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for them to have a chance of victory. The match was played at
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collecting four wickets. In the quarter-final, Sussex faced
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1978 Gillette Cup
Somerset
Sussex
Lord's
London
Umpires
Dickie Bird
Barrie Meyer
1977
1979
cricket
Somerset County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club
Lord's
Gillette Cup
first-class cricket
Essex
tied match
minor counties
Staffordshire
Ian Botham
Viv Richards
run-chase
Paul Parker
Paul Phillipson
not out
first-class
1963
1964

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