a2525	Leicestershire v Essex
	John Player League 1979
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 19th August 1979 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 60 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Essex 4
Umpires	DJ Dennis, AGT Whitehead

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MH Denness	c Dudleston b Higgs	15
AW Lilley	c Birkenshaw b Higgs	1
KS McEwan	c and b Steele	45
*KWR Fletcher	lbw b Higgs	0
BR Hardie	lbw b Steele	29
KR Pont	b Taylor	35
S Turner	c Booth b Taylor	20
N Phillip	b Taylor	4
RE East	b Clift	0
+N Smith	b Clift	3
JK Lever	not out	1
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	11
Total	(all out, 38.4 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-23, 3-23, 4-85, 5-107, 6-150, 7-160, 8-162, 9-162, 10-164 (38.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Taylor	7.4	1	34	3	-	-	15.33	4.43
Higgs	8	2	17	3	-	-	16.00	2.12
Booth	5	0	37	0	-	-	-	7.40
Steele	8	0	29	2	-	-	24.00	3.62
Briers	4	0	12	0	-	-	-	3.00
Clift	6	0	24	2	-	-	18.00	4.00

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
J Birkenshaw	c McEwan b Lever	6
NE Briers	b Turner	12
B Dudleston	c Hardie b Turner	8
+RW Tolchard	lbw b East	5
BF Davison	b East	23
M Schepens	b Turner	8
PB Clift	b Pont	4
JF Steele	b Lever	6
P Booth	b Fletcher	6
*K Higgs	c East b Lever	3
LB Taylor	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 9 w)	22
Total	(all out, 39.4 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-20, 3-37, 4-63, 5-78, 6-84, 7-88, 8-92, 9-98, 10-104 (39.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	8	3	10	3	-	-	16.00	1.25
Phillip	7	2	11	0	-	-	-	1.57
Turner	8	3	15	3	-	-	16.00	1.88
Pont	8	1	22	1	-	-	48.00	2.75
East	8	1	20	2	-	-	24.00	2.50
Fletcher	0.4	0	4	1	-	-	4.00	6.00

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Notes
--> KS McEwan passed 4000 runs in List A matches when he reached 8
--> K Higgs reached 300 wickets in List A matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex innings

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