f43102 cc18847	Middlesex v Leicestershire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th June 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 11 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 9 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	A Clarkson, VA Holder
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 267/7 (Whitaker 108*, Mullally 6*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 298/4 (Pooley 28*, Brown 5*)
Close of play day 3	Leicestershire (2) 236/3 (Wells 76*, Pierson 9*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Wells	c Ramprakash b Hewitt	39
DL Maddy	b Fraser	23
BF Smith	not out	23
*JJ Whitaker	b Fraser	110
NC Johnson	c Johnson b Fraser	12
A Habib	c and b Weekes	18
+PA Nixon	b Tufnell	7
GJ Parsons	b Fraser	5
ARK Pierson	b Fraser	13
AD Mullally	b Fraser	10
MT Brimson	lbw b Hewitt	0
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 6 nb, 6 w)	20
Total	(all out, 112.2 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-72, 3-153, 4-175, 5-194, 6-223, 7-255, 8-273, 9-274, 10-280 (112.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	31.2	7	77	6	-	-
Hewitt	27	8	63	2	-	-
Johnson	18	2	84	0	-	-
Weekes	10	2	16	1	-	-
Tufnell	26	13	32	1	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PN Weekes	b Pierson	23
JH Kallis	c Nixon b Mullally	23
*MR Ramprakash	c sub b Mullally	97
MW Gatting	b Pierson	94
JC Pooley	c and b Brimson	55
+KR Brown	lbw b Wells	5
SP Moffat	lbw b Parsons	36
RL Johnson	b Parsons	13
JP Hewitt	b Parsons	0
ARC Fraser	not out	4
PCR Tufnell	c and b Parsons	2
Extras	(11 b, 16 lb, 16 nb)	43
Total	(all out, 105.2 overs)	395
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-55, 3-233, 4-287, 5-298, 6-343, 7-382, 8-382, 9-391, 10-395 (105.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mullally	23	7	75	2	-	-
Parsons	13.2	5	22	4	-	-
Johnson	12	1	48	0	-	-
Pierson	33	3	115	2	-	-
Wells	8	0	46	1	-	-
Brimson	16	1	62	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Wells	c Ramprakash b Tufnell	224
DL Maddy	c Ramprakash b Tufnell	103
A Habib	c Kallis b Tufnell	13
NC Johnson	lbw b Hewitt	17
ARK Pierson	b Johnson	9
*JJ Whitaker	c Brown b Gatting	41
+PA Nixon	not out	19
GJ Parsons	c Brown b Ramprakash	0
AD Mullally	not out	0
BF Smith	did not bat
MT Brimson	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 12 lb, 2 nb, 12 w)	36
Total	(7 wickets, 135.2 overs)	462
Fall of wickets:
1-173, 2-191, 3-220, 4-236, 5-337, 6-462, 7-462

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	23	6	60	0	-	-
Hewitt	17	2	64	1	-	-
Weekes	24	0	97	0	-	-
Tufnell	46	15	92	3	-	-
Johnson	12	2	51	1	-	-
Ramprakash	6.2	1	30	1	-	-
Gatting	7	1	46	1	-	-

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Notes
--> VJ Wells (2) passed his previous highest score of 204 in first-class matches
--> VJ Wells (2) passed his previous highest score of 204 in County Championship matches
--> VJ Wells (2) passed 5000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 54
--> DL Maddy (2) equalled his previous highest score of 103 in County Championship matches
--> ARK Pierson reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> BF Smith retired hurt in the Leicestershire first innings having scored 23 (team score 104/2) - he returned when the score was 274/9

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