f43191 cc18907	Sussex v Leicestershire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th August 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sussex won by 38 runs
Points	Sussex 19 (Batting 3); Leicestershire 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	MJ Kitchen, NT Plews
Scorer	GA York (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	No play
Close of play day 3	Sussex (1) 330/6 (Taylor 122*, Khan 9*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MTE Peirce	c Johnson b Pierson	31	60		5	-
RK Rao	b Pierson	10	15		1	-
NR Taylor	not out	122	302	360	13	-
CWJ Athey	c Nixon b Pierson	7	23		1	-
K Newell	c Johnson b Parsons	64	160		9	-
*+P Moores	c Stevens b Parsons	5	18		-	-
PW Jarvis	c Wells b Stevens	55	108		6	-
AA Khan	not out	9	18		2	-
JJ Bates	did not bat
AD Edwards	did not bat
MA Robinson	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb, 4 nb, 8 w)	27
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 117 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Rao), 2-63 (Peirce), 3-79 (Athey), 4-222 (Newell), 5-228 (Moores), 6-317 (Jarvis)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mullally	6	1	10	0	-	-
Ormond	9	2	38	0	-	-
Pierson	42	10	122	3	-	-
Parsons	24	8	43	2	-	-
Macmillan	11	1	41	0	-	-
Wells	12	4	32	0	-	-
Maddy	9	1	20	0	-	-
Stevens	2	1	5	1	-	-
Nixon	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*VJ Wells	did not bat
DL Maddy	did not bat
GI Macmillan	did not bat
BF Smith	did not bat
NC Johnson	did not bat
DI Stevens	did not bat
+PA Nixon	did not bat
GJ Parsons	did not bat
J Ormond	did not bat
ARK Pierson	did not bat
AD Mullally	did not bat
Innings Forfeited

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MTE Peirce	did not bat
RK Rao	did not bat
NR Taylor	did not bat
CWJ Athey	did not bat
K Newell	did not bat
*+P Moores	did not bat
PW Jarvis	did not bat
AA Khan	did not bat
JJ Bates	did not bat
AD Edwards	did not bat
MA Robinson	did not bat
Innings Forfeited

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*VJ Wells	lbw b Jarvis	4	2		1	-
DL Maddy	c Moores b Bates	61	154		7	-
GI Macmillan	c Moores b Jarvis	3	17		-	-
BF Smith	c Peirce b Khan	74	138		9	-
NC Johnson	not out	74	143		7	1
DI Stevens	b Khan	8	10		-	-
+PA Nixon	lbw b Khan	22	56		2	1
GJ Parsons	c Moores b Jarvis	17	54		2	-
J Ormond	b Jarvis	0	1		-	-
ARK Pierson	b Jarvis	0	5		-	-
AD Mullally	c Peirce b Bates	1	5		-	-
Extras	(16 b, 10 lb, 2 nb)	28
Total	(all out, 97.2 overs)	292
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Wells), 2-10 (Macmillan), 3-136 (Maddy), 4-161 (Smith), 5-169 (Stevens), 6-226 (Nixon), 7-283 (Parsons), 8-283 (Ormond), 9-287 (Pierson), 10-292 (Mullally, 97.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jarvis	17	2	44	5	-	-
Edwards	4	1	9	0	-	-
Khan	36	8	108	3	-	-
Robinson	9	2	29	0	-	-
Bates	30.2	8	75	2	-	-
Newell	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JJ Bates made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DI Stevens made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CWJ Athey made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CWJ Athey made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> BF Smith (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 15
--> PW Jarvis reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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