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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 4th, 5th, 6th September 1985 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Middlesex won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Middlesex won by 10 wickets |
| Points | Leicestershire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Middlesex 23 (Batting 3, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | JH Hampshire, R Julian |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 158 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | Middlesex (1) 275/8 (Hughes 13*, Cowans 3*) |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IP Butcher | b Daniel | 11 | |||||
| JC Balderstone | c Butcher b Cowans | 19 | |||||
| *DI Gower | c Slack b Cowans | 49 | 11 | - | |||
| P Willey | c Brown b Cowans | 9 | |||||
| JJ Whitaker | c Downton b Daniel | 7 | |||||
| NE Briers | lbw b Cowans | 0 | |||||
| PB Clift | lbw b Cowans | 30 | |||||
| PAJ DeFreitas | c Radley b Hughes | 11 | |||||
| +P Whitticase | c Downton b Williams | 15 | |||||
| LB Taylor | not out | 1 | |||||
| GJF Ferris | lbw b Cowans | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (5 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 50.3 overs) | 158 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-57, 3-86, 4-97, 5-97, 6-97, 7-120, 8-155, 9-155, 10-158 (50.3 ov) | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Daniel | 17 | 3 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Williams | 15 | 2 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cowans | 9.3 | 1 | 31 | 6 | - | - | |
| Hughes | 6 | 1 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Emburey | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Middlesex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WN Slack | lbw b Taylor | 38 | |||||
| KR Brown | c DeFreitas b Taylor | 5 | |||||
| *MW Gatting | b Ferris | 39 | |||||
| RO Butcher | run out | 1 | |||||
| CT Radley | b Clift | 87 | |||||
| +PR Downton | c Whitticase b Ferris | 32 | |||||
| JE Emburey | c Whitticase b Clift | 1 | |||||
| NF Williams | lbw b Taylor | 30 | |||||
| SP Hughes | not out | 18 | |||||
| NG Cowans | b Ferris | 12 | |||||
| WW Daniel | c Willey b DeFreitas | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (18 b, 15 nb) | 33 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 100.1 overs) | 298 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-47, 2-47, 3-50, 4-118, 5-210, 6-215, 7-226, 8-271, 9-288, 10-298 (100.1 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ferris | 25 | 1 | 84 | 3 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 30 | 4 | 68 | 3 | - | - | |
| DeFreitas | 18.1 | 3 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Clift | 21 | 7 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Willey | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IP Butcher | b Daniel | 0 | |||||
| JC Balderstone | c Brown b Cowans | 14 | |||||
| *DI Gower | b Daniel | 18 | |||||
| P Willey | b Daniel | 0 | |||||
| JJ Whitaker | c Hughes b Daniel | 89 | |||||
| NE Briers | b Williams | 8 | |||||
| PB Clift | lbw b Cowans | 34 | |||||
| PAJ DeFreitas | b Daniel | 11 | |||||
| +P Whitticase | lbw b Daniel | 0 | |||||
| LB Taylor | not out | 5 | |||||
| GJF Ferris | lbw b Daniel | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 3 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 52.1 overs) | 185 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-24, 3-24, 4-47, 5-94, 6-139, 7-177, 8-179, 9-183, 10-185 (52.1 ov) | |||||||
| Middlesex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Daniel | 14.1 | 1 | 62 | 7 | - | - | |
| Williams | 11 | 1 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cowans | 8 | 1 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hughes | 8 | 3 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Emburey | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Middlesex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WN Slack | not out | 13 | |||||
| KR Brown | not out | 25 | |||||
| *MW Gatting | did not bat | ||||||
| RO Butcher | did not bat | ||||||
| CT Radley | did not bat | ||||||
| +PR Downton | did not bat | ||||||
| JE Emburey | did not bat | ||||||
| NF Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| SP Hughes | did not bat | ||||||
| NG Cowans | did not bat | ||||||
| WW Daniel | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 14.1 overs) | 49 | |||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| DeFreitas | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Clift | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Balderstone | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gower | 1.1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Middlesex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 298-9
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 7
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> WN Slack (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> JJ Whitaker (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 22
--> JJ Whitaker (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 40
--> KR Brown (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> NG Cowans achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 6-64)
--> NG Cowans reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> NG Cowans achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 6-64)
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