f42488 cc18724	Leicestershire v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1996
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th July 1996 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 44 runs
Points	Leicestershire 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Essex 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	JH Hampshire, JW Holder
Scorer	GA York (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 113/0 (Wells 58*, Maddy 34*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 304/6 (Wells 150*, Millns 51*)
Close of play day 3	Essex (2) 193/4 (Prichard 19*, Such 1*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	lbw b Simmons	30	72	115	5	-
DDJ Robinson	b Millns	13	33	41	1	-
AP Grayson	c Simmons b Millns	11	25	50	1	-
SG Law	b Wells	21	64	77	3	-
*PJ Prichard	b Parsons	1	8	8	-	-
RC Irani	c Nixon b Parsons	0	4	2	-	-
+RJ Rollins	c Simmons b Parsons	38	90	114	4	-
NF Williams	b Millns	8	50	49	-	-
AP Cowan	c Simmons b Millns	25	29	30	5	-
SJW Andrew	b Parsons	6	11	13	1	-
PM Such	not out	0	0	2	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 64 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Robinson), 2-41 (Grayson), 3-65 (Gooch), 4-66 (Prichard), 5-66 (Irani), 6-94 (Law), 7-123 (Williams), 8-142 (Rollins), 9-157 (Cowan), 10-163 (Andrew)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Millns	20	3	74	4	-	2
Parsons	16	8	21	4	-	-
Simmons	13	4	14	1	-	-
Wells	7	3	19	1	-	-
Pierson	8	2	29	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Wells	b Andrew	197	346	502	31	-
DL Maddy	c Law b Irani	35	83	130	5	-
BF Smith	c Rollins b Williams	18	39	51	4	-
PV Simmons	c Gooch b Andrew	4	30	37	-	-
*JJ Whitaker	c Law b Andrew	4	13	10	-	-
A Habib	lbw b Irani	1	3	4	-	-
+PA Nixon	b Irani	0	2	1	-	-
DJ Millns	lbw b Grayson	103	204	313	13	-
GJ Parsons	st Rollins b Grayson	8	42	45	2	-
ARK Pierson	not out	11	26	32	-	-
MT Brimson	not out	13	25	24	1	-
Extras	(1 b, 22 lb, 34 nb, 3 w)	60
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 133 overs)	454
Fall of wickets:
1-116 (Maddy), 2-177 (Smith), 3-195 (Simmons), 4-203 (Whitaker), 5-204 (Habib), 6-204 (Nixon), 7-391 (Wells), 8-425 (Parsons), 9-430 (Millns)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowan	16	2	82	0	3	9
Williams	30	6	79	1	-	3
Andrew	22	5	67	3	-	-
Irani	25	4	100	3	-	3
Law	14	4	38	0	-	-
Such	13	3	31	0	-	-
Grayson	13	2	34	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b Parsons	72	167	201	7	-
DDJ Robinson	lbw b Simmons	15	31	43	3	-
AP Grayson	lbw b Simmons	35	66	58	5	-
SG Law	c Pierson b Brimson	41	65	61	5	-
*PJ Prichard	lbw b Millns	28	59	66	4	-
PM Such	c Pierson b Millns	13	48	58	-	-
RC Irani	lbw b Millns	0	2	3	-	-
+RJ Rollins	c Nixon b Millns	0	3	1	-	-
NF Williams	c Habib b Millns	17	19	22	3	-
AP Cowan	b Millns	4	9	14	1	-
SJW Andrew	not out	4	6	7	1	-
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 6 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 78.4 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-44 (Robinson), 2-104 (Grayson), 3-164 (Law), 4-190 (Gooch), 5-213 (Prichard), 6-213 (Irani), 7-213 (Rollins), 8-234 (Such), 9-239 (Williams), 10-247 (Cowan)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Millns	13.4	2	54	6	-	-
Parsons	20	5	40	1	-	-
Simmons	15	2	65	2	-	3
Pierson	19	6	44	0	-	-
Wells	4	1	16	0	-	-
Brimson	7	1	16	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Leicestershire score at 120 overs in the first innings was 415-7
--> AP Cowan (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> AP Cowan (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> DJ Millns (1) passed his previous highest score of 73 in First-Class matches
--> DJ Millns (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> DJ Millns (1) passed his previous highest score of 73 in County Championship matches
--> DJ Millns (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> PJ Prichard (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> GJ Parsons reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed SJW Andrew, his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings

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