a3010	Leicestershire v Essex
	John Player League 1981
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 28th June 1981 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 4 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Essex 4
Umpires	B Leadbeater, BJ Meyer

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NE Briers	c Turner b Lever	0
DI Gower	c McEvoy b Lever	2
*JC Balderstone	b Turner	15
BF Davison	b Turner	12
+MA Garnham	c McEvoy b Pont	34
JF Steele	c Lever b East	10
TJ Boon	b Phillip	24
P Booth	not out	9
GJ Parsons	lbw b Lever	0
NGB Cook	run out	3
K Higgs	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 3 w)	12
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 39 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-12, 3-24, 4-39, 5-67, 6-92, 7-111, 8-112, 9-121

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	7	1	19	3	-	-	14.00	2.71
Phillip	6	3	11	1	-	-	36.00	1.83
Turner	8	0	23	2	-	-	24.00	2.88
Gooch	6	0	17	0	-	-	-	2.83
Pont	6	1	28	1	-	-	36.00	4.67
East	6	1	11	1	-	-	36.00	1.83

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GA Gooch	b Cook	33
+N Smith	b Cook	10
*KWR Fletcher	c Parsons b Booth	23
KS McEwan	c Balderstone b Parsons	27
BR Hardie	c Garnham b Higgs	1
KR Pont	run out	2
N Phillip	not out	16
S Turner	not out	6
MSA McEvoy	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, 38.3 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-46, 3-98, 4-101, 5-104, 6-110

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Parsons	7	0	31	1	-	-	42.00	4.43
Higgs	7.3	1	32	1	-	-	45.00	4.27
Cook	8	3	20	2	-	-	24.00	2.50
Booth	8	0	21	1	-	-	48.00	2.62
Steele	8	2	14	0	-	-	-	1.75

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Notes
--> The match was reduced to 39 overs per side
--> KWR Fletcher passed 7000 runs in List A matches when he reached 23
--> S Turner reached 350 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire innings

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