Eve Surrey Championship 239-5 beat Essex League 239-8
Essex lost this Inter League Cup tie in the most frustrating way possible with Surrey winning because they had lost fewer wickets.
In a match reduced to 76 overs, Surrey had posted what looked like a very good score, setting Essex a target of nearly 6.5 an over.
Wanstead skipper Alex Richards led the way with 99, a lapse in concentration consigning him to his fifth score of 90 of the season.
Essex were always up with the run rate and Richards was well supported by Giles Ecclestone and John Hinton.
Thirty five runs were needed off the last three overs, by which time batting conditions were appaling.
It was virtually dark by then, and batsmen were being dazzled by headlights as cars came round an adjacent roundabout.
Four runs were needed off the last two balls and the penultimate ball went for three, with some dispute as to whether it had crossed the boundary.
Then Steve Plum was run out going for the winning hit and Essex's valiant effort was in vain.~
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