f37627 cc17361	Leicestershire v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1988
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 23rd, 25th, 26th July 1988 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1); Essex 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	KJ Lyons, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 226/6 (Briers 118*, Whitticase 17*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 42/1 (Briers 18*, Whitticase 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Cobb	c East b Pont	29
*NE Briers	c and b Topley	119
TJ Boon	lbw b Lever	2
P Willey	run out	6
JJ Whitaker	lbw b Lever	12
L Potter	c Miller b Topley	10
CC Lewis	c Lilley b Pont	18
+P Whitticase	not out	50
JP Agnew	b Topley	18
GJF Ferris	c Border b Lever	18
LB Taylor	not out	0
Extras	(5 lb, 9 nb, 4 w)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 88.2 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-62, 3-78, 4-109, 5-140, 6-177, 7-237, 8-259, 9-293

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	26.2	4	75	3	-	-
Topley	29	5	100	3	-	-
Stephenson	11	3	26	0	-	-
Pont	20	1	86	2	-	-
Miller	2	1	8	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DE East	c Whitticase b Agnew	41
G Miller	c Whitticase b Agnew	1
AW Lilley	c Cobb b Ferris	9
AR Border	not out	65
PJ Prichard	not out	71
JP Stephenson	did not bat
N Hussain	did not bat
*KWR Fletcher	did not bat
TD Topley	did not bat
IL Pont	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 8 nb, 3 w)	13
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 56.2 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-14, 3-89

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ferris	8	0	51	1	-	-
Agnew	15.2	3	43	2	-	-
Lewis	4	1	14	0	-	-
Taylor	12	2	42	0	-	-
Willey	16	4	44	0	-	-
Potter	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Cobb	c Miller b Pont	20
*NE Briers	not out	63
+P Whitticase	not out	40
TJ Boon	did not bat
P Willey	did not bat
JJ Whitaker	did not bat
L Potter	did not bat
CC Lewis	did not bat
JP Agnew	did not bat
GJF Ferris	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 40 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-42 (Cobb)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	11	0	32	0	-	-
Topley	17	3	54	0	-	-
Pont	11	1	37	1	-	-
Miller	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AR Border (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 14
--> AR Border (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 14
--> NE Briers (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 10
--> TD Topley reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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