f31671	Leicestershire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1977
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 23rd, 24th, 25th July 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	DJ Halfyard, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 59/2 (Balderstone 5*, Davison 10*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (2) 85/0 (McCosker 33*, Davis 45*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB McCosker	b Taylor	11
IC Davis	c Davison b Shuttleworth	22
*GS Chappell	c Steele b Booth	0
CS Serjeant	c Steele b Booth	11
DW Hookes	c Shuttleworth b Taylor	59
GJ Cosier	c and b Birkenshaw	32
+RW Marsh	c Davison b Birkenshaw	4
RJ Bright	not out	43
MHN Walker	b Birkenshaw	5
JR Thomson	c Tolchard b Booth	25
G Dymock	c Birkenshaw b Booth	0
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 5 nb, 3 w)	17
Total	(all out, 76.4 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-18, 3-43, 4-54, 5-149, 6-153, 7-153, 8-164, 9-229, 10-229 (76.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	13.4	4	42	4	-	-
Taylor	19	8	39	2	-	-
Shuttleworth	19	1	76	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	19	6	38	3	-	-
Balderstone	6	0	17	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	c Marsh b Dymock	18
JF Steele	c Marsh b Walker	22
JC Balderstone	c McCosker b Walker	17
BF Davison	b Dymock	44
DI Gower	c Marsh b Walker	4
+JG Tolchard	c McCosker b Walker	7
*R Illingworth	c Bright b Walker	21
J Birkenshaw	c Davis b Bright	18
P Booth	c Chappell b Walker	19
K Shuttleworth	c McCosker b Walker	0
LB Taylor	not out	1
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 66.3 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-48, 3-96, 4-108, 5-118, 6-118, 7-151, 8-177, 9-177, 10-178 (66.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	14	3	31	0	-	-
Walker	15.3	5	45	7	-	-
Dymock	24	7	67	2	-	-
Bright	13	5	28	1	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB McCosker	not out	59
IC Davis	c Davison b Illingworth	65
*GS Chappell	not out	15
CS Serjeant	did not bat
DW Hookes	did not bat
GJ Cosier	did not bat
+RW Marsh	did not bat
RJ Bright	did not bat
MHN Walker	did not bat
JR Thomson	did not bat
G Dymock	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(1 wicket, 49 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-120 (Davis)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	6	0	15	0	-	-
Taylor	11	2	28	0	-	-
Shuttleworth	8	0	39	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	14	3	35	0	-	-
Balderstone	4	2	4	0	-	-
Illingworth	6	0	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> MHN Walker reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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