f43059 cc18818	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th May 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 9 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 7 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	JW Holder, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 199/6 (Haynes 16*, Rhodes 37*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 42/5 (Macmillan 5*, Nixon 5*)
Close of play day 3	Leicestershire (2) 141/4 (Johnson 87*, Macmillan 0*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TS Curtis	lbw b Millns	4
WPC Weston	c Millns b Mullally	11
GA Hick	lbw b Millns	9
KR Spiring	c Maddy b Johnson	55
*TM Moody	c Nixon b Johnson	8
VS Solanki	c Brimson b Mullally	24
GR Haynes	not out	47
+SJ Rhodes	c Nixon b Johnson	39
PJ Newport	b Mullally	4
RJ Chapman	c Dakin b Mullally	3
A Sheriyar	c Dakin b Millns	13
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb, 20 nb, 6 w)	40
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-22, 3-36, 4-60, 5-109, 6-131, 7-207, 8-232, 9-236, 10-257 (88.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Millns	18.2	6	53	3	-	-
Mullally	28	3	86	4	-	-
Brimson	8	4	20	0	-	-
Johnson	21	4	61	3	-	-
Wells	6	3	10	0	-	-
Dakin	6	1	8	0	-	-
Maddy	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Maddy	c Hick b Sheriyar	20
IJ Sutcliffe	lbw b Newport	6
A Habib	c Hick b Newport	3
*VJ Wells	c Rhodes b Newport	0
NC Johnson	lbw b Newport	1
GI Macmillan	b Sheriyar	18
+PA Nixon	c Spiring b Newport	7
JM Dakin	lbw b Sheriyar	0
DJ Millns	lbw b Newport	1
AD Mullally	not out	7
MT Brimson	c Moody b Newport	0
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 34.2 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-21, 3-21, 4-27, 5-33, 6-44, 7-45, 8-46, 9-68, 10-69 (34.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Newport	17.2	5	37	7	-	-
Sheriyar	17	5	26	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Maddy	c Rhodes b Chapman	36
IJ Sutcliffe	c Hick b Newport	3
A Habib	c Rhodes b Haynes	5
*VJ Wells	c Rhodes b Haynes	0
NC Johnson	not out	87
GI Macmillan	not out	0
+PA Nixon	did not bat
DJ Millns	did not bat
JM Dakin	did not bat
AD Mullally	did not bat
MT Brimson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(4 wickets, 40.4 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-14, 3-14, 4-132

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Newport	11	6	20	1	-	-
Sheriyar	9	1	30	0	-	-
Chapman	9.4	2	42	1	-	-
Haynes	11	1	43	2	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> KR Spiring (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 40
--> NC Johnson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AD Mullally (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 5
--> DL Maddy (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> NC Johnson (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 41
--> PJ Newport reached 800 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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