f27446 cc13667	Leicestershire v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 24th, 25th, 26th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 3 (Batting 2, Bowling 1); Warwickshire 8 (Batting 5, Bowling 3)
Umpires	R Aspinall, AEG Rhodes
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), P Pike (Warwickshire)
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 379/4d
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 209/8 (Tolchard 10*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJP Stewart	lbw b Pember	117
Khalid Ibadulla	c and b Knight	25
DL Amiss	c Norman b Knight	1
RB Kanhai	c Birkenshaw b Knight	193
JA Jameson	not out	34
RN Abberley	did not bat
*+AC Smith	did not bat
EE Hemmings	did not bat
W Blenkiron	did not bat
LR Gibbs	did not bat
JD Gray	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb)	9
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 102.3 overs)	379
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-51, 3-299, 4-379 (102.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	17	4	36	0	-	-
Spencer	23	4	74	0	-	-
Pember	23	1	103	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	33	4	121	0	-	-
Knight	6.3	0	36	3	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	b Blenkiron	6
MEJC Norman	lbw b Blenkiron	2
BJ Booth	b Blenkiron	16
CC Inman	b Gibbs	57
PT Marner	lbw b Hemmings	23
BR Knight	c and b Gray	67
J Birkenshaw	b Gibbs	18
+RW Tolchard	not out	12
JDD Pember	c Kanhai b Gray	0
J Cotton	c Amiss b Blenkiron	0
CT Spencer	b Blenkiron	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 90.4 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-15, 3-30, 4-70, 5-147, 6-177, 7-209, 8-209, 9-211, 10-211 (90.4 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blenkiron	15.4	4	37	5	-	-
Gray	17	3	47	2	-	-
Gibbs	30	11	55	2	-	-
Hemmings	9	0	33	1	-	-
Khalid Ibadulla	19	8	29	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Kanhai b Blenkiron	77
+RW Tolchard	c Kanhai b Hemmings	56
*MR Hallam	b Hemmings	4
BJ Booth	lbw b Hemmings	13
PT Marner	c Smith b Gibbs	23
CC Inman	c Gibbs b Jameson	47
BR Knight	not out	21
J Birkenshaw	not out	2
JDD Pember	did not bat
J Cotton	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, 111 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-106, 2-116, 3-144, 4-180, 5-188, 6-245

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blenkiron	16	3	52	1	-	-
Gray	16	5	42	0	-	-
Gibbs	21	9	39	1	-	-
Hemmings	32	15	65	3	-	-
Khalid Ibadulla	21	9	28	0	-	-
Kanhai	3	0	7	0	-	-
Jameson	2	0	10	1	-	-

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Notes
--> WJP Stewart (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> RB Kanhai (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> W Blenkiron achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 5-38)
--> W Blenkiron achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 4-34)
--> W Blenkiron achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings

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