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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 26th, 28th, 29th June 1971 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Leicestershire 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Sussex 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5) |
| Umpires | R Aspinall, H Yarnold |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 157/4 (Davison 22*, Illingworth 8*; 65 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sussex (1) 234/5 (Parks 24*, Griffith 4*) |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Dudleston | c A Buss b MA Buss | 67 | |||||
| JF Steele | b Joshi | 19 | |||||
| JC Balderstone | c and b MA Buss | 33 | |||||
| CC Inman | c MA Buss b Joshi | 0 | |||||
| BF Davison | lbw b MA Buss | 39 | |||||
| *R Illingworth | c A Buss b Joshi | 24 | |||||
| PM Stringer | c Denman b Joshi | 22 | |||||
| +RW Tolchard | c Graves b MA Buss | 8 | |||||
| J Birkenshaw | b MA Buss | 8 | |||||
| GD McKenzie | not out | 1 | |||||
| CT Spencer | c Parks b Joshi | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 6 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.1 overs) | 234 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-52, 2-122, 3-126, 4-126, 5-193, 6-193, 7-213, 8-223, 9-231, 10-234 (83.1 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Snow | 10 | 2 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| A Buss | 9 | 5 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greig | 11 | 4 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Joshi | 32.1 | 6 | 80 | 5 | - | - | |
| MA Buss | 21 | 4 | 60 | 5 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MA Buss | lbw b Spencer | 7 | |||||
| GA Greenidge | lbw b Spencer | 82 | |||||
| RM Prideaux | c Steele b Spencer | 95 | |||||
| +JM Parks | not out | 24 | |||||
| AW Greig | lbw b Spencer | 6 | |||||
| PJ Graves | c and b Spencer | 4 | |||||
| *MG Griffith | not out | 4 | |||||
| A Buss | did not bat | ||||||
| JA Snow | did not bat | ||||||
| J Denman | did not bat | ||||||
| UC Joshi | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 89 overs) | 234 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-192, 3-195, 4-215, 5-231 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McKenzie | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 15 | 4 | 33 | 5 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 16 | 4 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Birkenshaw | 22 | 1 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Balderstone | 13 | 4 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Steele | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stringer | 12 | 1 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Dudleston | c Denman b Joshi | 28 | |||||
| JF Steele | not out | 72 | |||||
| JC Balderstone | b Joshi | 44 | |||||
| CC Inman | not out | 106 | |||||
| BF Davison | did not bat | ||||||
| *R Illingworth | did not bat | ||||||
| PM Stringer | did not bat | ||||||
| +RW Tolchard | did not bat | ||||||
| J Birkenshaw | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McKenzie | did not bat | ||||||
| CT Spencer | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 2 lb, 3 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 62 overs) | 261 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41, 2-105 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Snow | 6 | 3 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| A Buss | 4 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greig | 10 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Joshi | 17 | 1 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| MA Buss | 13 | 0 | 77 | 0 | - | - | |
| Denman | 12 | 0 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MA Buss | c Birkenshaw b McKenzie | 18 | |||||
| GA Greenidge | c Tolchard b Illingworth | 18 | |||||
| RM Prideaux | b Birkenshaw | 18 | |||||
| +JM Parks | retired hurt | 2 | |||||
| AW Greig | c Illingworth b Birkenshaw | 0 | |||||
| PJ Graves | c McKenzie b Birkenshaw | 5 | |||||
| *MG Griffith | b Illingworth | 5 | |||||
| A Buss | c Birkenshaw b Illingworth | 0 | |||||
| JA Snow | c Birkenshaw b Balderstone | 35 | |||||
| J Denman | not out | 24 | |||||
| UC Joshi | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 2 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 58 overs) | 135 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-54, 3-58, 4-58, 5-69, 6-69, 7-70, 8-121 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McKenzie | 7 | 1 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 19 | 7 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| Birkenshaw | 19 | 8 | 32 | 3 | - | - | |
| Balderstone | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PM Stringer (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> PM Stringer (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> GA Greenidge (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 60
--> JF Steele (2) passed his previous highest score of 69 in First-Class matches
--> JF Steele (2) passed his previous highest score of 69 in County Championship matches
--> CC Inman (2) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 45
--> CC Inman (2) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> MA Buss (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> MA Buss reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> UC Joshi achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 2-36)
--> UC Joshi achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings
--> J Birkenshaw reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings
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