f31578 cc15181	Leicestershire v Sussex
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 1st, 2nd, 3rd June 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Sussex 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	R Julian, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 46/1 (Steele 17*, Balderstone 28*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 70/1 (Barclay 21*, Knight 8*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Wessels	c Birkenshaw b Shuttleworth	37
JRT Barclay	lbw b Ward	1
RDV Knight	c Birkenshaw b Clift	33
Javed Miandad	c Illingworth b Clift	50
*PJ Graves	lbw b Clift	0
MA Buss	b Clift	0
GD Mendis	c Shuttleworth b Birkenshaw	35
JA Snow	run out	12
+A Long	c Dudleston b Ward	47
CP Phillipson	b Higgs	24
CE Waller	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 7 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 98.3 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-55, 3-108, 4-108, 5-108, 6-127, 7-141, 8-204, 9-246, 10-254 (98.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	12	0	41	2	-	-
Higgs	11.3	4	26	1	-	-
Clift	27	7	60	4	-	-
Shuttleworth	16	3	62	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	23	10	36	1	-	-
Illingworth	7	4	7	0	-	-
Balderstone	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c Phillipson b Snow	124		295	14	-
+B Dudleston	lbw b Snow	0
JC Balderstone	lbw b Snow	33
BF Davison	c and b Phillipson	27
DI Gower	c Buss b Barclay	54
*R Illingworth	lbw b Snow	5
J Birkenshaw	c Graves b Barclay	25
PB Clift	not out	30
K Shuttleworth	b Snow	10
A Ward	lbw b Snow	0
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 101 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-52, 3-92, 4-176, 5-198, 6-253, 7-279, 8-313, 9-313 (101 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	25	8	70	6	-	-
Buss	25	8	59	0	-	-
Phillipson	17	3	56	1	-	-
Waller	13	2	57	0	-	-
Barclay	11	1	40	2	-	-
Knight	10	3	26	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Wessels	lbw b Illingworth	40
JRT Barclay	c and b Birkenshaw	21
RDV Knight	b Balderstone	43
Javed Miandad	c Steele b Birkenshaw	11
*PJ Graves	b Balderstone	56
GD Mendis	not out	68
MA Buss	st Dudleston b Balderstone	12
JA Snow	not out	16
+A Long	did not bat
CP Phillipson	did not bat
CE Waller	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 128 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-77, 3-93, 4-145, 5-204, 6-236

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	6	2	15	0	-	-
Clift	17	6	47	0	-	-
Shuttleworth	5	0	15	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	42	15	66	2	-	-
Illingworth	29	16	42	1	-	-
Balderstone	23	7	81	3	-	-
Steele	6	5	1	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DI Gower	c and b Buss	10
+B Dudleston	c Mendis b Buss	4
JC Balderstone	not out	74
BF Davison	run out	0
JF Steele	not out	27
*R Illingworth	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(4 nb)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 28 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-21, 3-23

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buss	6	0	23	2	-	-
Phillipson	6	0	23	0	-	-
Waller	8	1	30	0	-	-
Barclay	3	0	18	0	-	-
Javed Miandad	5	3	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> JF Steele (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 63
--> MA Buss (2) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> GD Mendis (2) passed his previous highest score of 52 in First-Class matches
--> GD Mendis (2) passed his previous highest score of 52 in County Championship matches

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