f43857 cc19094	Leicestershire v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1998
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 9th, 10th, 11th September 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 99 runs
Points	Leicestershire 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Essex 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	JW Holder, AA Jones
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 301/6 (Wells 140*, Lewis 2*; 84 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 58/4 (Hodgson 11*, Ilott 2*; 30 overs)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Wells	c Ilott b Grove	171
DL Maddy	c Hyam b Cowan	7
IJ Sutcliffe	c Hyam b Cowan	39
BF Smith	lbw b Irani	1
*PV Simmons	c Cowan b Irani	61
A Habib	c Hyam b Irani	8
+PA Nixon	b Such	26
CC Lewis	lbw b Ilott	14
DJ Millns	not out	37
CD Crowe	c Peters b Grove	6
AD Mullally	lbw b Grove	0
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 16 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 107.3 overs)	395
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-126, 3-129, 4-247, 5-263, 6-299, 7-314, 8-371, 9-395, 10-395 (107.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	25	7	68	1	-	-
Cowan	19	4	79	2	-	-
Irani	23	6	80	3	-	-
Grove	17.3	1	76	3	-	-
Such	19	4	63	1	-	-
Grayson	4	0	20	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Prichard	b Lewis	18
SD Peters	c Wells b Mullally	2
TP Hodgson	c Simmons b Wells	20
SG Law	b Mullally	7
RC Irani	c Simmons b Lewis	11
AP Grayson	b Millns	11
+BJ Hyam	b Millns	1
MC Ilott	c Sutcliffe b Millns	0
AP Cowan	b Wells	4
JO Grove	c Mullally b Wells	12
PM Such	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 35.4 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-31, 3-38, 4-49, 5-76, 6-76, 7-76, 8-81, 9-81, 10-95 (35.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mullally	11	4	23	2	-	-
Lewis	11	4	40	2	-	-
Millns	7	5	8	3	-	-
Wells	6.4	2	17	3	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Prichard	b Lewis	1
SD Peters	c Lewis b Millns	8
TP Hodgson	c Nixon b Lewis	14
SG Law	c Maddy b Millns	0
RC Irani	c Simmons b Crowe	27
MC Ilott	c Maddy b Mullally	2
AP Grayson	lbw b Lewis	6
+BJ Hyam	b Mullally	0
AP Cowan	c Nixon b Millns	94
JO Grove	b Lewis	0
PM Such	not out	24
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 12 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 58.3 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-23, 3-25, 4-56, 5-61, 6-65, 7-65, 8-97, 9-99, 10-201 (58.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mullally	15	2	45	2	-	-
Lewis	20	5	72	4	-	-
Millns	10.3	1	62	3	-	-
Wells	4	3	1	0	-	-
Crowe	5	3	5	1	-	-
Simmons	4	3	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> VJ Wells (1) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 124
--> AP Cowan (2) passed his previous highest score of 77 in first-class matches
--> AP Cowan (2) passed his previous highest score of 77 in County Championship matches
--> AD Mullally reached 450 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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