a2956	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1981 (Group A)
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 21st, 22nd May 1981 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 48 runs
Points	Leicestershire 2; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	R Aspinall, HD Bird
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire 98/1 (Balderstone 51*, Gower 35*; 30 overs)
Player of the Match	JC Balderstone

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JC Balderstone	b Hemsley	87
NE Briers	b Inchmore	3
DI Gower	st Humphries b Gifford	47
BF Davison	c Neale b Inchmore	43
AME Roberts	b Alleyne	17
*RW Tolchard	not out	10
PB Clift	b Alleyne	14
+MA Garnham	b Hemsley	0
JF Steele	not out	1
GJ Parsons	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	16
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-125, 3-183, 4-213, 5-213, 6-233, 7-234

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Alleyne	11	3	32	2	-	-	33.00	2.91
Inchmore	9	3	28	2	-	-	27.00	3.11
Cumbes	11	1	38	0	-	-	-	3.45
Birkenshaw	10	0	48	0	-	-	-	4.80
Gifford	11	1	53	1	-	-	66.00	4.82
Hemsley	3	0	23	2	-	-	9.00	7.67

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Worcestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*GM Turner	c and b Taylor	6
DN Patel	run out	27
PA Neale	c Taylor b Clift	21
Younis Ahmed	c sub b Parsons	37
JD Inchmore	c Garnham b Roberts	21
EJO Hemsley	c Garnham b Taylor	4
+DJ Humphries	c Briers b Parsons	34
J Birkenshaw	c Gower b Parsons	6
HL Alleyne	c Garnham b Briers	7
N Gifford	c Briers b Parsons	4
J Cumbes	not out	1
Extras	(9 b, 10 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	22
Total	(all out, 51.5 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-52, 3-78, 4-111, 5-120, 6-163, 7-171, 8-183, 9-188, 10-190 (51.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Roberts	9	1	24	1	-	-	54.00	2.67
Parsons	9.5	1	33	4	-	-	14.75	3.36
Taylor	11	2	23	2	-	-	33.00	2.09
Steele	11	1	38	0	-	-	-	3.45
Clift	6	0	13	1	-	-	36.00	2.17
Briers	5	0	37	1	-	-	30.00	7.40

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> DJ Humphries passed 1000 runs in List A matches when he reached 23
--> JD Inchmore reached 150 wickets in List A matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire innings
--> GJ Parsons achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Worcestershire innings (previous best was 3-27)

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