f43857 cc19094	Leicestershire v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1998
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 9th, 10th, 11th September 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 99 runs
Points	Leicestershire 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Essex 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	JW Holder, AA Jones
Scorer	GA York (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 301/6 (Wells 140*, Lewis 2*; 84 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 58/4 (Hodgson 11*, Ilott 2*; 30 overs)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Wells	c Ilott b Grove	171	295		20	2
DL Maddy	c Hyam b Cowan	7	18		1	-
IJ Sutcliffe	c Hyam b Cowan	39	79		6	-
BF Smith	lbw b Irani	1	4		-	-
*PV Simmons	c Cowan b Irani	61	86		8	1
A Habib	c Hyam b Irani	8	23		1	-
+PA Nixon	b Such	26	48		2	-
CC Lewis	lbw b Ilott	14	20		2	-
DJ Millns	not out	37	67		4	-
CD Crowe	c Peters b Grove	6	12		1	-
AD Mullally	lbw b Grove	0	1		-	-
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 16 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 107.3 overs)	395
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Maddy), 2-126 (Sutcliffe), 3-129 (Smith), 4-247 (Simmons), 5-263 (Habib), 6-299 (Nixon), 7-314 (Lewis), 8-371 (Wells), 9-395 (Crowe), 10-395 (Mullally, 107.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	25	7	68	1	-	-
Cowan	19	4	79	2	-	-
Irani	23	6	80	3	-	-
Grove	17.3	1	76	3	-	-
Such	19	4	63	1	-	-
Grayson	4	0	20	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Prichard	b Lewis	18	17		4	-
SD Peters	c Wells b Mullally	2	7		-	-
TP Hodgson	c Simmons b Wells	20	74		1	-
SG Law	b Mullally	7	9		1	-
RC Irani	c Simmons b Lewis	11	10		1	-
AP Grayson	b Millns	11	46		2	-
+BJ Hyam	b Millns	1	18		-	-
MC Ilott	c Sutcliffe b Millns	0	3		-	-
AP Cowan	b Wells	4	6		1	-
JO Grove	c Mullally b Wells	12	14		2	-
PM Such	not out	0	11		-	-
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 35.4 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Peters), 2-31 (Prichard), 3-38 (Law), 4-49 (Irani), 5-76 (Hodgson), 6-76 (Grayson), 7-76 (Ilott), 8-81 (Cowan), 9-81 (Hyam), 10-95 (Grove, 35.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mullally	11	4	23	2	-	-
Lewis	11	4	40	2	-	-
Millns	7	5	8	3	-	-
Wells	6.4	2	17	3	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PJ Prichard	b Lewis	1	4		-	-
SD Peters	c Lewis b Millns	8	32		-	-
TP Hodgson	c Nixon b Lewis	14	101		-	-
SG Law	c Maddy b Millns	0	6		-	-
RC Irani	c Simmons b Crowe	27	34		4	-
MC Ilott	c Maddy b Mullally	2	17		-	-
AP Grayson	lbw b Lewis	6	24		1	-
+BJ Hyam	b Mullally	0	2		-	-
AP Cowan	c Nixon b Millns	94	81		15	1
JO Grove	b Lewis	0	3		-	-
PM Such	not out	24	53		3	-
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 12 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 58.3 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Prichard), 2-23 (Peters), 3-25 (Law), 4-56 (Irani), 5-61 (Hodgson), 6-65 (Ilott), 7-65 (Hyam), 8-97 (Grayson), 9-99 (Grove), 10-201 (Cowan, 58.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mullally	15	2	45	2	-	-
Lewis	20	5	72	4	-	-
Millns	10.3	1	62	3	-	-
Wells	4	3	1	0	-	-
Crowe	5	3	5	1	-	-
Simmons	4	3	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> VJ Wells (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 124
--> AP Cowan (2) passed his previous highest score of 77 in First-Class matches
--> AP Cowan (2) passed his previous highest score of 77 in County Championship matches
--> AD Mullally reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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