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| 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 |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
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
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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