f43097 cc18840	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 29th, 30th, 31st May, 2nd June 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 11 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Lancashire 10 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	B Leadbeater, R Palmer
Scorer	GA York (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 365/9 (Chapple 57*, Keedy 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 380/5 (Johnson 134*, Nixon 68*)
Close of play day 3	Lancashire (2) 279/2 (Atherton 100*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JER Gallian	c Johnson b Millns	12	24		1	-
*MA Atherton	b Mullally	24	61		4	-
JP Crawley	c Nixon b Johnson	41	84		8	-
NH Fairbrother	c Whitaker b Johnson	35	41		5	-
GD Lloyd	st Nixon b Pierson	82	101		12	-
ID Austin	c Johnson b Mullally	9	22		2	-
G Yates	c Wells b Mullally	0	5		-	-
+WK Hegg	b Parsons	58	190		6	-
PJ Martin	c Nixon b Mullally	4	18		-	-
G Chapple	c Smith b Mullally	63	104		10	-
G Keedy	not out	0	11		-	-
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 32 nb, 2 w)	45
Total	(all out, 107.3 overs)	373
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Gallian), 2-83 (Atherton), 3-111 (Crawley), 4-158 (Fairbrother), 5-179 (Austin), 6-179 (Yates), 7-246 (Lloyd), 8-264 (Martin), 9-349 (Hegg), 10-373 (Chapple, 107.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Millns	19	2	75	1	-	-
Mullally	24.3	5	79	5	-	-
Parsons	24	4	76	1	-	-
Pierson	18	4	34	1	-	-
Johnson	16	0	76	2	-	-
Wells	6	0	22	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Wells	c Fairbrother b Gallian	95	118		16	1
DL Maddy	c Lloyd b Chapple	0	3		-	-
BF Smith	lbw b Austin	31	37		6	-
*JJ Whitaker	lbw b Yates	6	14		1	-
NC Johnson	lbw b Austin	150	245		17	4
A Habib	b Martin	38	35		7	1
+PA Nixon	lbw b Gallian	96	220		13	1
DJ Millns	b Chapple	11	28		1	-
GJ Parsons	c Atherton b Gallian	16	19		3	-
ARK Pierson	b Chapple	12	21		1	-
AD Mullally	not out	1	11		-	-
Extras	(6 lb, 6 w)	12
Total	(all out, 125.1 overs)	468
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Maddy), 2-57 (Smith), 3-97 (Whitaker), 4-170 (Wells), 5-215 (Habib), 6-414 (Johnson), 7-437 (Millns), 8-437 (Nixon), 9-462 (Pierson), 10-468 (Parsons, 125.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	23	6	84	1	-	-
Chapple	20	4	79	3	-	-
Austin	23	7	65	2	-	-
Yates	28	5	93	1	-	-
Keedy	17	2	90	0	-	-
Gallian	14.1	3	51	3	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JER Gallian	lbw b Parsons	99	172		15	2
*MA Atherton	c Maddy b Pierson	108	217		14	-
JP Crawley	lbw b Parsons	61	100		8	-
NH Fairbrother	c Whitaker b Pierson	20	34		1	-
GD Lloyd	not out	100	73		6	7
ID Austin	st Nixon b Pierson	5	18		-	-
+WK Hegg	not out	8	19		-	-
G Yates	did not bat
PJ Martin	did not bat
G Chapple	did not bat
G Keedy	did not bat
Extras	(12 lb, 12 nb)	24
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 104.3 overs)	425
Fall of wickets:
1-169 (Gallian), 2-279 (Crawley), 3-293 (Atherton), 4-342 (Fairbrother), 5-381 (Austin)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Millns	8	3	32	0	-	-
Mullally	8	3	26	0	-	-
Parsons	33	4	125	2	-	-
Pierson	39.3	3	159	3	-	-
Wells	3	0	17	0	-	-
Johnson	8	0	25	0	-	-
Maddy	5	0	29	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Wells	b Yates	107	162		14	1
DL Maddy	c Fairbrother b Keedy	11	39		1	-
BF Smith	st Hegg b Keedy	34	70		5	-
NC Johnson	c Lloyd b Yates	29	49		5	-
*JJ Whitaker	c Austin b Keedy	20	25		3	1
A Habib	not out	21	38		3	1
+PA Nixon	not out	10	25		-	-
DJ Millns	did not bat
GJ Parsons	did not bat
ARK Pierson	did not bat
AD Mullally	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb)	15
Total	(5 wickets, 68 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-44 (Maddy), 2-135 (Smith), 3-181 (Wells), 4-202 (Johnson), 5-217 (Whitaker)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	9	3	34	0	-	-
Austin	6	2	15	0	-	-
Yates	21	4	92	2	-	-
Keedy	26	7	66	3	-	-
Chapple	4	0	15	0	-	-
Gallian	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 4 Lunch: Lancashire (2) ?/? (Lloyd 100*, [unknown] ?*)
--> Leicestershire score at 120 overs in the first innings was 448-8
--> NH Fairbrother (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> NC Johnson (1) passed his previous highest score of 87 in County Championship matches
--> NC Johnson (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> NC Johnson (1) passed his previous highest score of 136 in First-Class matches
--> MA Atherton (2) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> GD Lloyd (2) 100 in 73 balls
--> G Chapple reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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Lloyd's century was the fastest of the season and won him the Walter Lawrence Trophy.

 

 

 

 

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