f43120	Leicestershire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1997
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 14th, 15th, 16th June 1997 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australians won by 84 runs
Umpires	DJ Constant, JH Harris
Scorers	MK Walsh (Australians), GA York (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 220/8 (Langer 9*, Reiffel 6*; 61 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 62/4 (Habib 11*, Nixon 2*; 30.3 overs)
Man of the Match	J Ormond

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Slater	c Sutcliffe b Ormond	16	25	32	3	-
*MA Taylor	b Ormond	1	11	14	-	-
RT Ponting	b Ormond	64	117	149	12	-
MG Bevan	c Sutcliffe b Wells	11	40	57	1	-
+IA Healy	b Ormond	34	63	84	7	-
ME Waugh	lbw b Ormond	6	24	25	-	-
JL Langer	not out	9	37	69	1	-
BP Julian	c Maddy b Ormond	5	15	16	1	-
SK Warne	lbw b Pierson	20	26	27	3	-
PR Reiffel	not out	6	14	9	1	-
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(23 b, 14 lb, 4 nb, 7 w)	48
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 245 minutes, 61 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Taylor), 2-29 (Slater), 3-83 (Bevan), 4-158 (Ponting), 5-167 (Healy), 6-176 (Waugh), 7-182 (Julian), 8-212 (Warne)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mullally	14	1	55	0	1	2
Ormond	20	7	54	6	2	-
Wells	9	3	24	1	1	-
Pierson	10	3	34	1	-	-
Maddy	7	1	15	0	-	-
Mason	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Maddy	b Reiffel	1	9	6	-	-
IJ Sutcliffe	c Healy b Reiffel	3	41	64	-	-
GI Macmillan	c Bevan b Warne	34	77	108	6	-
*JJ Whitaker	c Langer b Reiffel	1	5	9	-	-
A Habib	not out	11	47	52	2	-
+PA Nixon	not out	2	7	11	-	-
VJ Wells	did not bat
J Ormond	did not bat
TJ Mason	did not bat
ARK Pierson	did not bat
AD Mullally	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 6 nb)	10
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 127 minutes, 30.3 overs)	62
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Maddy), 2-24 (Sutcliffe), 3-30 (Whitaker), 4-59 (Macmillan)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	12	4	24	0	-	3
Reiffel	10	6	12	3	-	-
Warne	5	1	20	1	-	-
Julian	3.3	2	2	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Taylor	c Macmillan b Mason	57	65	65	9	-
MJ Slater	b Ormond	17	26	35	2	-
ME Waugh	not out	16	35	43	1	-
MG Bevan	c and b Mason	13	16	13	2	-
RT Ponting	did not bat
JL Langer	did not bat
+IA Healy	did not bat
BP Julian	did not bat
PR Reiffel	did not bat
SK Warne	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 79 minutes, 23.4 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Slater), 2-83 (Taylor), 3-105 (Bevan)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ormond	8	0	36	1	-	-
Maddy	7	1	13	0	-	-
Mason	4.4	0	21	2	-	-
Pierson	4	0	33	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Maddy	lbw b Reiffel	7	20	21	1	-
IJ Sutcliffe	c Healy b McGrath	31	37	55	4	-
GI Macmillan	c Slater b Julian	25	34	39	4	-
*JJ Whitaker	lbw b Warne	21	20	31	3	1
A Habib	c Ponting b Warne	13	52	65	1	-
+PA Nixon	st Healy b Warne	24	70	81	4	-
VJ Wells	c Ponting b Reiffel	38	49	74	7	-
J Ormond	b Warne	1	2	3	-	-
TJ Mason	c Julian b Reiffel	4	17	19	-	-
ARK Pierson	c Langer b Warne	0	11	14	-	-
AD Mullally	not out	2	3	5	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 208 minutes, 51.4 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Maddy), 2-66 (Sutcliffe), 3-68 (Macmillan), 4-92 (Whitaker), 5-118 (Habib), 6-155 (Nixon), 7-157 (Ormond), 8-168 (Mason), 9-177 (Wells), 10-179 (Pierson)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	14	5	40	1	-	1
Reiffel	12	3	49	3	-	-
Julian	8	1	35	1	1	2
Warne	16.4	2	42	5	-	2
Bevan	1	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Tea: Australians (1) 99/3 (Ponting 30*, Healy 11*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Leicestershire (1) 10/1 (Sutcliffe 2*, Macmillan 4*)
--> Day 2 Tea: Leicestershire (1) 62/4 (Habib 11*, Nixon 2*; 30.3 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Leicestershire (2) 32/1 (Sutcliffe 19*, Macmillan 5*)
--> Day 3 Tea: Leicestershire (2) 148/5 (Nixon 23*, Wells 16*)
--> IJ Sutcliffe (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 31
--> JJ Whitaker (2) passed 16500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 16
--> J Ormond achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed RT Ponting in the Australians first innings (previous best was 2-53)
--> J Ormond achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Australians first innings
--> PR Reiffel reached 350 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed DL Maddy, his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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12th Men: MT Brimson (Leicestershire) and GS Blewett (Australians)
No play was possible until 2.10pm
No Play was possible until 12.30pm
Rain stopped play at 3.17pm
Bad light stopped play between 4.25pm and 4.28pm

 

 

 

 

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