f43831 cc19072	Leicestershire v Middlesex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1998
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd August 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 8 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Middlesex 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	R Palmer, RA White
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 293/8 (Brown 14*, Johnson 0*; 112 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 377/5 (Habib 68*, Nixon 23*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 3	Middlesex (2) 153/6 (Weekes 10*, Brown 4*; 58 overs)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Goodchild	b Ormond	0
JL Langer	c Nixon b Wells	10
*MR Ramprakash	c Nixon b Simmons	110
MW Gatting	lbw b Wells	0
OA Shah	b Wells	2
PN Weekes	b Ormond	139
+KR Brown	c Smith b Millns	19
JP Hewitt	b Millns	0
CJ Batt	b Millns	5
RL Johnson	c Maddy b Millns	4
PCR Tufnell	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 118.3 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-18, 3-18, 4-20, 5-249, 6-280, 7-283, 8-291, 9-301, 10-307 (118.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Millns	25.3	7	65	4	-	-
Ormond	26	11	56	2	-	-
Wells	14	6	27	3	-	-
Simmons	22	6	56	1	-	-
Dakin	15	2	46	0	-	-
Brimson	12	5	38	0	-	-
Maddy	4	2	11	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Wells	c Ramprakash b Johnson	67
DL Maddy	c Ramprakash b Hewitt	1
IJ Sutcliffe	c Brown b Hewitt	167
BF Smith	lbw b Tufnell	9
*PV Simmons	c and b Johnson	0
A Habib	c Brown b Johnson	84
+PA Nixon	c Langer b Hewitt	34
JM Dakin	c Shah b Hewitt	4
DJ Millns	not out	24
J Ormond	run out	1
MT Brimson	b Johnson	7
Extras	(3 b, 25 lb, 26 nb)	54
Total	(all out, 126.2 overs)	452
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-174, 3-183, 4-188, 5-303, 6-405, 7-409, 8-421, 9-437, 10-452 (126.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Batt	11	1	72	0	-	-
Hewitt	26	2	85	4	-	-
Johnson	31.2	6	129	4	-	-
Goodchild	1	0	9	0	-	-
Tufnell	37	8	76	1	-	-
Weekes	16	2	49	0	-	-
Ramprakash	4	1	4	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Goodchild	c Dakin b Millns	0
JL Langer	b Simmons	44
*MR Ramprakash	lbw b Millns	0
MW Gatting	c Simmons b Wells	73
OA Shah	lbw b Wells	11
PN Weekes	run out (Dakin)	49
CJ Batt	c Nixon b Brimson	0
+KR Brown	lbw b Ormond	20
JP Hewitt	c Maddy b Wells	1
RL Johnson	not out	23
PCR Tufnell	c Habib b Millns	6
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 100.3 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-96, 4-134, 5-143, 6-144, 7-188, 8-199, 9-233, 10-245 (100.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Millns	16.3	3	49	3	-	-
Ormond	21	5	46	1	-	-
Wells	14	3	42	3	-	-
Simmons	24	6	42	1	-	-
Brimson	24	5	52	1	-	-
Dakin	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Wells	c Gatting b Hewitt	8
DL Maddy	c Gatting b Johnson	9
IJ Sutcliffe	not out	40
BF Smith	not out	39
*PV Simmons	did not bat
A Habib	did not bat
+PA Nixon	did not bat
JM Dakin	did not bat
DJ Millns	did not bat
J Ormond	did not bat
MT Brimson	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 33 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-19

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	6	1	33	1	-	-
Hewitt	5	1	16	1	-	-
Weekes	11	3	24	0	-	-
Tufnell	10	3	16	0	-	-
Ramprakash	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Leicestershire score at 120 overs in the first innings was 436-8
--> PN Weekes (1) passed 5000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 28
--> IJ Sutcliffe (1) passed his previous highest score of 130 in County Championship matches
--> IJ Sutcliffe (1) passed his previous highest score of 163 in first-class matches
--> IJ Sutcliffe (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 80
--> IJ Sutcliffe (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 150
--> VJ Wells reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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