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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 1st, 3rd, 4th August 1981 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Leicestershire won by 3 runs |
| Points | Leicestershire 22 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Sussex 4 (Batting 3, Bowling 1) |
| Umpires | RS Herman, DR Shepherd |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 283/4 (Briers 100*, Tolchard 16*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Leicestershire (2) 11/0 (Balderstone 6*, Steele 4*) |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JC Balderstone | c Gould b Greig | 17 | |||||
| JF Steele | c Phillipson b le Roux | 97 | |||||
| TJ Boon | c Parker b le Roux | 13 | |||||
| BF Davison | lbw b Arnold | 25 | |||||
| NE Briers | b Arnold | 116 | 287 | 18 | - | ||
| *RW Tolchard | c Phillipson b le Roux | 41 | |||||
| +MA Garnham | c Barclay b le Roux | 16 | |||||
| JP Agnew | not out | 8 | |||||
| GJ Parsons | b le Roux | 5 | |||||
| NGB Cook | did not bat | ||||||
| LB Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 10 nb, 5 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 118 overs) | 358 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31, 2-63, 3-101, 4-239, 5-328, 6-328, 7-344, 8-358 (118 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| le Roux | 31 | 8 | 83 | 5 | - | - | |
| Arnold | 27 | 8 | 76 | 2 | - | - | |
| Imran Khan | 25 | 10 | 66 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greig | 15 | 1 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Waller | 18 | 6 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barclay | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GD Mendis | c Steele b Taylor | 34 | |||||
| *JRT Barclay | c Balderstone b Briers | 101 | 230 | 11 | - | ||
| TD Booth Jones | c Parsons b Cook | 19 | |||||
| PWG Parker | st Garnham b Steele | 29 | |||||
| IA Greig | c Steele b Taylor | 34 | |||||
| Imran Khan | c Parsons b Taylor | 0 | |||||
| +IJ Gould | c Davison b Agnew | 4 | |||||
| GS le Roux | not out | 7 | |||||
| CP Phillipson | not out | 8 | |||||
| GG Arnold | did not bat | ||||||
| CE Waller | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 3 lb, 6 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 73 overs) | 250 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-66, 2-104, 3-151, 4-230, 5-230, 6-230, 7-241 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Agnew | 13 | 1 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Parsons | 10 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 19 | 8 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 13 | 2 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| Steele | 7 | 0 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Balderstone | 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Briers | 6 | 1 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JC Balderstone | c Barclay b Imran Khan | 6 | |||||
| JF Steele | c Mendis b Barclay | 51 | |||||
| TJ Boon | st Gould b Waller | 44 | |||||
| BF Davison | not out | 30 | |||||
| *RW Tolchard | not out | 19 | |||||
| NE Briers | did not bat | ||||||
| +MA Garnham | did not bat | ||||||
| JP Agnew | did not bat | ||||||
| GJ Parsons | did not bat | ||||||
| NGB Cook | did not bat | ||||||
| LB Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 3 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 54 overs) | 155 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-93, 3-115 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| le Roux | 7 | 3 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Arnold | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Imran Khan | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greig | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Waller | 17 | 3 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barclay | 11 | 1 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GD Mendis | st Garnham b Cook | 137 | 210 | 17 | 1 | ||
| +IJ Gould | c Davison b Taylor | 25 | |||||
| TD Booth Jones | run out | 4 | |||||
| PWG Parker | c Boon b Steele | 16 | |||||
| IA Greig | b Cook | 11 | |||||
| Imran Khan | c Tolchard b Cook | 13 | |||||
| *JRT Barclay | c Tolchard b Cook | 5 | |||||
| GS le Roux | c Davison b Cook | 9 | |||||
| CP Phillipson | st Garnham b Cook | 19 | |||||
| GG Arnold | b Cook | 9 | |||||
| CE Waller | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 9 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 56 overs) | 260 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-59, 2-91, 3-120, 4-140, 5-164, 6-186, 7-202, 8-244, 9-259, 10-260 (56 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Agnew | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Parsons | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 24 | 5 | 81 | 7 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Steele | 21 | 3 | 87 | 1 | - | - | |
| Balderstone | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Leicestershire score at 100 overs in the first innings was 293-4
--> JRT Barclay (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> GD Mendis (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 68
--> GD Mendis (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 133
--> GD Mendis (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> CP Phillipson (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> GS le Roux reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> GS le Roux reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> NGB Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sussex second innings (previous best was 6-57)
--> NGB Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex second innings (previous best was 6-57)
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