f43177 cc18896	Essex v Leicestershire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 31st July, 1st, 2nd, 4th August 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Leicestershire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 1)
Umpires	TE Jesty, B Leadbeater
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 204/2 (Hussain 52*, SG Law 124*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 18/2 (Pierson 4*, Sutcliffe 1*)
Close of play day 3	Leicestershire (1) 316/6 (Sutcliffe 28*, Nixon 3*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Prichard	c and b Mullally	2
DDJ Robinson	c Pierson b Millns	4
N Hussain	c Whitaker b Brimson	128
SG Law	st Nixon b Brimson	175
RC Irani	c Wells b Pierson	76
AP Grayson	b Pierson	81
DR Law	c Nixon b Millns	4
+RJ Rollins	c Millns b Pierson	15
JC Powell	not out	4
AP Cowan	not out	0
PM Such	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 15 lb, 22 nb, 6 w)	44
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 136 overs)	533
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-9, 3-326, 4-363, 5-506, 6-509, 7-527, 8-529

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Millns	28	8	97	2	-	-
Mullally	33	7	114	1	-	-
Johnson	7	1	38	0	-	-
Wells	7	2	35	0	-	-
Brimson	32	5	124	2	-	-
Pierson	29	2	109	3	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Wells	c Rollins b Cowan	6
DL Maddy	c Robinson b Such	1
ARK Pierson	c Robinson b Such	17
IJ Sutcliffe	b Irani	130
*JJ Whitaker	b Such	16
NC Johnson	c SG Law b Such	91
BF Smith	not out	131
+PA Nixon	c Hussain b Grayson	14
DJ Millns	c Rollins b Powell	55
MT Brimson	lbw b Grayson	0
AD Mullally	not out	13
Extras	(17 b, 10 lb, 14 nb)	41
Total	(9 wickets, 210 overs)	515
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-11, 3-66, 4-100, 5-270, 6-303, 7-330, 8-469, 9-470

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowan	14	2	59	1	-	-
Irani	9	1	25	1	-	-
Such	86	49	94	4	-	-
Powell	39	5	109	1	-	-
Grayson	38	16	81	2	-	-
DR Law	17	1	94	0	-	-
SG Law	7	0	26	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Essex score at 120 overs in the first innings was 466-4
--> Leicestershire score at 120 overs in the first innings was 315-6
--> N Hussain (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 47
--> SG Law (1) passed his previous highest score of 172 in County Championship matches
--> SG Law (1) passed 9000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 142
--> AP Grayson (1) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 74
--> JC Powell made his debut in first-class matches
--> JC Powell made his debut in County Championship matches
--> IJ Sutcliffe (1) passed his previous highest score of 112 in County Championship matches
--> BF Smith (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 107
--> DJ Millns reached 450 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AP Grayson reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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