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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 30th April, 1st, 2nd, 3rd May 2003 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Leicestershire 8 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Essex 7 (Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | DJ Constant, JW Holder |
| Scorer | GA York (Leicestershire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 114/3 (Stevens 33*, Nixon 7*; 34.3 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Leicestershire (1) 185/7 (DeFreitas 8*; 57.4 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | No play |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DDJ Robinson | c Masters b Malcolm | 4 | 20 | 20 | - | - | |
| WI Jefferson | lbw b DeFreitas | 32 | 49 | 66 | 6 | - | |
| N Hussain | c Maddy b DeFreitas | 6 | 21 | 33 | 1 | - | |
| A Flower | lbw b Masters | 14 | 53 | 65 | 1 | - | |
| A Habib | c Stevens b Dagnall | 35 | 58 | 76 | 7 | - | |
| *AP Grayson | lbw b Masters | 0 | 6 | 7 | - | - | |
| +JS Foster | c Nixon b Masters | 0 | 14 | 17 | - | - | |
| JM Dakin | c Nixon b DeFreitas | 33 | 77 | 100 | 6 | - | |
| JP Stephenson | c Ward b Maddy | 50 | 71 | 100 | 5 | 3 | |
| GR Napier | not out | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| SA Brant | c Nixon b Maddy | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 9 lb, 2 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 62.3 overs) | 188 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (Robinson), 2-37 (Hussain), 3-44 (Jefferson), 4-77 (Flower), 5-87 (Grayson), 6-91 (Habib), 7-91 (Foster), 8-188 (Dakin), 9-188 (Stephenson), 10-188 (Brant) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| DeFreitas | 18 | 8 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Malcolm | 10 | 3 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dagnall | 16 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| Maddy | 9.3 | 4 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Masters | 8 | 3 | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Stevens | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TR Ward | c Foster b Stephenson | 44 | 95 | 126 | 5 | - | |
| DL Maddy | b Dakin | 16 | 19 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| BJ Hodge | lbw b Brant | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| DI Stevens | c Habib b Dakin | 65 | 119 | 174 | 11 | - | |
| +PA Nixon | lbw b Dakin | 10 | 24 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| DG Brandy | b Stephenson | 21 | 62 | 81 | 2 | - | |
| JN Snape | b Dakin | 2 | 10 | 10 | - | - | |
| *PAJ DeFreitas | lbw b Brant | 8 | 12 | 160 | 1 | - | |
| DD Masters | not out | 8 | 33 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| CE Dagnall | lbw b Brant | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | - | |
| DE Malcolm | c Jefferson b Brant | 7 | 24 | 32 | - | - | |
| Extras | (13 lb, 2 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 68.1 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34 (Maddy), 2-39 (Hodge), 3-105 (Ward), 4-124 (Nixon), 5-158 (Stevens), 6-165 (Snape), 7-185 (Brandy), 8-185 (DeFreitas), 9-185 (Dagnall), 10-201 (Malcolm) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brant | 22.1 | 7 | 54 | 4 | - | - | |
| Dakin | 24 | 6 | 64 | 4 | 2 | - | |
| Stephenson | 19 | 6 | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Napier | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DDJ Robinson | b Malcolm | 7 | 22 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| WI Jefferson | lbw b Dagnall | 43 | 52 | 85 | 7 | - | |
| N Hussain | c Nixon b Dagnall | 26 | 59 | 62 | 4 | - | |
| GR Napier | lbw b Dagnall | 19 | 28 | 50 | - | 1 | |
| A Flower | c Maddy b Dagnall | 20 | 25 | 148 | 3 | - | |
| A Habib | lbw b Masters | 15 | 20 | 23 | 3 | - | |
| JM Dakin | c Ward b Dagnall | 15 | 21 | 26 | 3 | - | |
| *AP Grayson | not out | 14 | 27 | 62 | 1 | - | |
| +JS Foster | c Nixon b Malcolm | 23 | 25 | 32 | 4 | - | |
| JP Stephenson | lbw b Malcolm | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| SA Brant | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 46.5 overs) | 191 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13 (Robinson), 2-75 (Jefferson), 3-82 (Hussain), 4-129 (Napier), 5-131 (Habib), 6-153 (Dakin), 7-186 (Foster), 8-188 (Stephenson), 9-191 (Flower) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| DeFreitas | 11 | 1 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Malcolm | 9 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Dagnall | 16.5 | 3 | 66 | 5 | - | - | |
| Snape | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Masters | 7 | 1 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TR Ward | c Flower b Dakin | 1 | 8 | 6 | - | - | |
| DL Maddy | not out | 39 | 72 | 99 | 6 | - | |
| BJ Hodge | c Jefferson b Brant | 19 | 36 | 41 | 3 | - | |
| DI Stevens | b Grayson | 8 | 11 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| +PA Nixon | c Jefferson b Dakin | 17 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | |
| *PAJ DeFreitas | c Habib b Brant | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| DG Brandy | not out | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| JN Snape | did not bat | ||||||
| DD Masters | did not bat | ||||||
| CE Dagnall | did not bat | ||||||
| DE Malcolm | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 25.1 overs) | 104 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Ward), 2-34 (Hodge), 3-57 (Stevens), 4-87 (Nixon), 5-94 (DeFreitas) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brant | 10 | 2 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dakin | 6.1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Napier | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stephenson | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Grayson | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JM Dakin (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> TR Ward (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> BJ Hodge made his debut for Leicestershire in County Championship matches
--> BJ Hodge made his debut for Leicestershire in First-Class matches
--> PAJ DeFreitas reached 1150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed N Hussain, his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> SA Brant achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed DE Malcolm in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 3-23)
--> SA Brant achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed DE Malcolm in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 3-133)
--> A Flower retired hurt in the Essex second innings having scored 17 (team score 100/3) - he returned when the score was 188/8
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