a1994	Essex v Leicestershire
	Gillette Cup 1977 (2nd Round)
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 13th July 1977 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 87 runs
Umpires	TF Brooks, JF Crapp
Player of the Match	JF Steele

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JF Steele	b Turner	8
J Birkenshaw	lbw b Lever	0
JC Balderstone	c Hardie b Pont	16
BF Davison	c and b Gooch	99
DI Gower	c Acfield b Turner	17
+RW Tolchard	run out	32
PB Clift	c McEwan b Lever	15
*R Illingworth	not out	9
P Booth	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 16 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	29
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-16, 3-66, 4-128, 5-176, 6-211, 7-225 (60 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	12	3	20	2	-	-	36.00	1.67
Turner	12	1	36	2	-	-	36.00	3.00
Pont	12	2	32	1	-	-	72.00	2.67
Gooch	10	0	39	1	-	-	60.00	3.90
East	9	0	44	0	-	-	-	4.89
Acfield	5	0	25	0	-	-	-	5.00

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BR Hardie	b Steele	35
MH Denness	lbw b Ward	4
KS McEwan	b Steele	31
GA Gooch	c Tolchard b Steele	0
*KWR Fletcher	b Steele	16
KR Pont	c Tolchard b Steele	1
S Turner	c and b Higgs	16
RE East	lbw b Clift	8
+N Smith	c Davison b Balderstone	12
JK Lever	b Higgs	3
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(9 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 53.1 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-67, 3-67, 4-92, 5-97, 6-100, 7-118, 8-123, 9-132, 10-138 (53.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Higgs	9	1	13	2	-	-	27.00	1.44
Ward	7	2	15	1	-	-	42.00	2.14
Booth	7	0	34	0	-	-	-	4.86
Clift	6	0	19	1	-	-	36.00	3.17
Steele	12	6	19	5	-	-	14.40	1.58
Illingworth	12	3	26	0	-	-	-	2.17
Balderstone	0.1	0	0	1	-	-	1.00	0.00

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Notes
--> RW Tolchard passed 4000 runs in List A matches when he reached 8
--> JF Steele achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Essex innings (previous best was 4-27)
--> JF Steele achieved his first five wickets in an innings in List A matches in the Essex innings

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