f36548 cc17028	Leicestershire v Somerset
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1986
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 30th August, 1st, 2nd September 1986 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Somerset 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	B Dudleston, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 11/1 (Roebuck 2*, Hardy 0*; 2.4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 196/0 (Roebuck 71*, Felton 109*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Balderstone	c Gard b Botham	16
RA Cobb	lbw b Botham	29
*P Willey	c Gard b Botham	7
JJ Whitaker	b Botham	31
TJ Boon	c Botham b Davis	83
PD Bowler	lbw b Botham	18
PAJ DeFreitas	b Marks	9
+P Whitticase	not out	67
WKM Benjamin	lbw b Dredge	10
K Higgs	c Gard b Botham	8
LB Taylor	c Gard b Davis	0
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 93.4 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-45, 3-78, 4-91, 5-146, 6-165, 7-243, 8-264, 9-291, 10-293 (93.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	43	12	125	6	-	-
Taylor	11	2	39	0	-	-
Dredge	14	3	36	1	-	-
Davis	13.4	2	43	2	-	-
Marks	12	2	37	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NA Felton	lbw b Taylor	4
*PM Roebuck	b Taylor	2
JJE Hardy	c Boon b Benjamin	19
RJ Harden	b Benjamin	8
BC Rose	b Benjamin	16
IT Botham	c Whitticase b DeFreitas	10
VJ Marks	c Boon b DeFreitas	2
+T Gard	lbw b Benjamin	3
CH Dredge	b Benjamin	23
NS Taylor	not out	0
MR Davis	absent hurt
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 14 nb, 1 w)	26
Total	(all out, 37.5 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-12, 3-46, 4-54, 5-70, 6-76, 7-85, 8-93, 9-113 (37.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	12	2	28	2	-	-
Higgs	7	3	6	0	-	-
Benjamin	11.5	1	45	5	-	-
DeFreitas	7	0	23	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NA Felton	c Willey b Taylor	110
*PM Roebuck	c Whitticase b DeFreitas	72
JJE Hardy	b DeFreitas	8
RJ Harden	c Taylor b Benjamin	63
BC Rose	b Taylor	8
IT Botham	b Taylor	74
VJ Marks	not out	23
+T Gard	b Taylor	3
CH Dredge	c Boon b Willey	7
NS Taylor	b DeFreitas	7
MR Davis	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 16 lb, 17 nb, 6 w)	41
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 135.3 overs)	416
Fall of wickets:
1-198, 2-207, 3-216, 4-233, 5-369, 6-375, 7-383, 8-404, 9-416

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	25	5	106	4	-	-
Higgs	18	3	43	0	-	-
Benjamin	24	2	92	1	-	-
DeFreitas	40.3	8	96	3	-	-
Willey	22	9	51	1	-	-
Bowler	6	2	10	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Balderstone	not out	18
RA Cobb	b Taylor	7
TJ Boon	not out	41
*P Willey	did not bat
JJ Whitaker	did not bat
PD Bowler	did not bat
PAJ DeFreitas	did not bat
+P Whitticase	did not bat
WKM Benjamin	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 17 overs)	70
Fall of wickets:
1-11

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	2	2	0	0	-	-
Taylor	7	0	38	1	-	-
Dredge	6	1	26	0	-	-
Harden	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 19000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 7
--> RA Cobb (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> JJ Whitaker (1) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 11
--> P Whitticase (1) passed his previous highest score of 60 in first-class matches
--> P Whitticase (1) passed his previous highest score of 60 in County Championship matches
--> NA Felton (2) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 7
--> RJ Harden (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 33
--> IT Botham (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> VJ Marks (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> TJ Boon (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 41
--> IT Botham reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> LB Taylor reached 500 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset second innings

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