f35183 cc16460	Leicestershire v Somerset
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1984
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 19th, 21st, 22nd May 1984 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Somerset 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	A Jepson, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 84/2 (Roebuck 34*, Rose 17*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 57/3 (Briers 18*, Haysman 1*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IP Butcher	c and b Botham	17
JC Balderstone	b Crowe	30
*P Willey	lbw b Dredge	0
NE Briers	c Popplewell b Botham	0
MD Haysman	c Gard b Botham	0
JJ Whitaker	c Gard b Davis	160
+MA Garnham	c Gard b Crowe	13
GJ Parsons	lbw b Crowe	55
NGB Cook	c Dredge b Crowe	3
JP Agnew	b Crowe	20
LB Taylor	not out	16
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 87.3 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-29, 3-30, 4-30, 5-95, 6-144, 7-270, 8-274, 9-286, 10-318 (87.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	19	5	58	3	-	-
Davis	19	3	77	1	-	-
Dredge	9	1	36	1	-	-
Crowe	18.3	2	66	5	-	-
Marks	14	2	51	0	-	-
Lloyds	8	0	26	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Wyatt	c Whitaker b Taylor	5
PM Roebuck	b Willey	64
NFM Popplewell	c Whitaker b Willey	26
BC Rose	b Willey	70
MD Crowe	lbw b Cook	77
*IT Botham	lbw b Willey	30
VJ Marks	b Willey	25
JW Lloyds	b Willey	4
+T Gard	c Briers b Cook	0
CH Dredge	b Agnew	14
MR Davis	not out	6
Extras	(1 b, 11 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 116 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-58, 3-170, 4-173, 5-223, 6-297, 7-307, 8-311, 9-316, 10-338 (116 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	22	0	110	1	-	-
Taylor	12	1	34	1	-	-
Cook	35	11	68	2	-	-
Willey	38	11	78	6	-	-
Parsons	9	0	31	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IP Butcher	c Popplewell b Botham	1
JC Balderstone	lbw b Crowe	8
*P Willey	lbw b Dredge	25
NE Briers	not out	18
MD Haysman	not out	1
JJ Whitaker	did not bat
+MA Garnham	did not bat
GJ Parsons	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
JP Agnew	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 30 overs)	57
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-21, 3-53

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	1	0	3	1	-	-
Davis	6	3	11	0	-	-
Dredge	8	5	11	1	-	-
Crowe	10	3	23	1	-	-
Marks	4	0	5	0	-	-
Lloyds	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Somerset score at 100 overs in the first innings was 305-6
--> MD Haysman made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JJ Whitaker (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in County Championship matches
--> JJ Whitaker (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> JJ Whitaker (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in First-Class matches
--> JJ Whitaker (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> MD Crowe (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> MR Davis reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> MD Crowe reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> IT Botham reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> IT Botham reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> MD Crowe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 1-57)
--> MD Crowe achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings

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