cup final cup final cricket match played september lord london sixteenth final cup domestic tournament pit class cricket sides knock competition sussex sixth appearance final previously won twice somerset lost previous final teams entered competition round somerset faced class opposition rounds prior final semi final match essex somerset progressed lost fewer wickets tied match sussex played minor counties rounds beat runs advance second round straightforward victories class opposition later stages somerset batted exception batsmen struggled score runs scored runs wickets scored sussex began run chase wicket partnership losing wickets quick succession second partnership led sussex victory wickets chasing somerset total overs spare parker named man match score background cup contested english domestic knock competition class sides sussex appeared cup final previous instances won tournament years runners contrast somerset reached final competition previously losing kent somerset class counties won domestic competition sussex captain released contract midway season route final somerset entered tournament round beat wickets aided primarily score later named man match second round match somerset scored highest total year competition scored runs bowled overs conceded runs garner bowling quarter final kent conceded runs overs named man match wickets helped somerset wicket victory semi final somerset batted helped century richards scored response essex kept required run rate needed runs win final ball match batsmen managed runs run attempting run result scores tied somerset advanced final lost fewer wickets sussex took round facing suffolk minor cricket counties play class cricket suffolk bowled runs total sussex chased deliveries remaining minor county sussex second round opponents margin victory far narrower sussex batted scored scored second half century competition response fell runs short finishing collecting wickets quarter final sussex faced yorkshire match began august overs yorkshire innings play possible match reserve days august match abandoned replaced match bat innings match sussex batted scored restricted yorkshire arnold bowled entire overs taking wickets victory provided sussex place final facing lancashire sussex scored helped half century parker runs bowled opponents runs match summary preview final cricket correspondent times rated somerset favourites cited talent richards primary asset asserted man noted sussex relied overseas players need backed sussex players chance victory match played lord london previous final competition play began lunch break scheduled minute tea interval overs second innings sussex captain won toss chose bowl hoping morning advantage scored runs bowled later took somerset wicket bowling batsman scored run brought richards long immediately changed replacing quick bowling slower deliveries dismissed rose caught leg wicket keeper long scoring runs got scoring runs caught joined richards middle immediately scored straight drive followed hooks bowled entire allocation overs break followed introduction slow bowler richards finished competition leading run scorer said struggled score particularly spin bowling summary season praised long final highlighting use slower bowling richards particularly played match somerset suggested somerset batsman play freedom said rest team nervous intimidated prospect winning somerset trophy richards scored runs including rest lower order batsmen significant score somerset finished innings bowled particularly economically sussex sussex began run chase scored runs surviving spell attacking fast bowling garner early broken thumb shortly final fractured continued bat somerset breakthrough overs collected wickets addition seventeen runs man caught marks bowling followed caught delivery dismissed scoring shortly caught bowled rose chose replace bowling parker able establish run partnership brought sussex runs winning target caught wicket keeper bowling thought particular bowled short suggested susceptible opined short pitched bowling feature play late season england somerset year parker scored winning runs secure wicket victory sussex deliveries remaining post match parker selected man match somerset started weekend potential winning cup returned home ground needing avoid defeat essex guarantee winning competition lost runs prompting times write saying said end seasons tried somerset somerset returned final beat win trophy sussex reach final won interim
1978 Gillette Cup Final