f43156 cc18881	Kent v Leicestershire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury on 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th July 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 6 wickets
Points	Kent 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1); Leicestershire 19 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	BJ Meyer, KE Palmer
Scorer	GA York (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 356/7 (Ealham 96*, Marsh 16*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 498/9 (Marsh 98*, McCague 14*)
Close of play day 3	Leicestershire (2) 20/0 (Wells 7*, Maddy 13*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP Fulton	lbw b Mullally	26	44		5	-
ET Smith	c Nixon b Ormond	31	46		3	-
TR Ward	c and b Pierson	51	37		8	1
AP Wells	c Nixon b Ormond	5	7		-	-
NJ Llong	lbw b Ormond	0	2		-	-
MA Ealham	b Ormond	139	328		18	1
MV Fleming	c Nixon b Pierson	16	42		3	-
PA Strang	b Millns	82	121		12	-
*+SA Marsh	not out	98	210		9	-
JBD Thompson	b Ormond	0	1		-	-
MJ McCague	not out	14	24		2	-
Extras	(8 b, 12 lb, 8 nb, 8 w)	36
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 143 overs)	498
Fall of wickets:
1-63 (Smith), 2-71 (Fulton), 3-108 (Wells), 4-108 (Llong), 5-126 (Ward), 6-162 (Fleming), 7-307 (Strang), 8-453 (Ealham), 9-453 (Thompson)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Millns	30	5	106	1	-	-
Mullally	30	5	116	1	-	-
Ormond	28	4	107	5	-	-
Pierson	32	11	79	2	-	-
Johnson	20	6	56	0	-	-
Wells	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Wells	c Strang b Thompson	15	42		2	-
DL Maddy	c Marsh b Thompson	24	45		4	-
IJ Sutcliffe	b Fleming	0	8		-	-
*JJ Whitaker	c Fulton b Thompson	47	71		9	-
NC Johnson	not out	72	75		12	-
BF Smith	not out	0	12		-	-
+PA Nixon	did not bat
ARK Pierson	did not bat
DJ Millns	did not bat
AD Mullally	did not bat
J Ormond	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 42 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Maddy), 2-39 (Wells), 3-39 (Sutcliffe), 4-138 (Whitaker)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCague	8	2	26	0	-	-
Thompson	15	3	54	3	-	-
Fleming	6	1	22	1	-	-
Strang	3	1	16	0	-	-
Ealham	10	0	42	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP Fulton	not out	19	20		3	-
ET Smith	not out	5	10		-	-
TR Ward	did not bat
AP Wells	did not bat
NJ Llong	did not bat
MA Ealham	did not bat
MV Fleming	did not bat
PA Strang	did not bat
*+SA Marsh	did not bat
JBD Thompson	did not bat
MJ McCague	did not bat
Extras	(2 w)	2
Total	(no wicket, declared, 5 overs)	26

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ormond	3	0	13	0	-	-
Wells	1	0	9	0	-	-
Smith	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Wells	b Strang	39	63		7	-
DL Maddy	c Marsh b McCague	18	41		3	-
IJ Sutcliffe	c Marsh b Fleming	41	64		6	-
*JJ Whitaker	b Llong	19	25		4	-
NC Johnson	not out	117	221		10	-
BF Smith	not out	121	190		17	-
+PA Nixon	did not bat
ARK Pierson	did not bat
DJ Millns	did not bat
AD Mullally	did not bat
J Ormond	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(4 wickets, 100.3 overs)	367
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Maddy), 2-72 (Wells), 3-103 (Whitaker), 4-142 (Sutcliffe)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McCague	11	1	62	1	-	-
Thompson	11	1	52	0	-	-
Fleming	16	5	50	1	-	-
Strang	39	9	103	1	-	-
Ealham	12	0	43	0	-	-
Llong	11.3	0	47	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Kent score at 120 overs in the first innings was 384-7
--> DP Fulton (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 26
--> ET Smith (1) equalled his previous highest score of 31 in County Championship matches
--> MA Ealham (1) passed his previous highest score of 122 in First-Class matches
--> MA Ealham (1) passed his previous highest score of 122 in County Championship matches
--> PA Strang (1) passed his previous highest score of 73 in County Championship matches
--> DL Maddy (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> NC Johnson (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 101
--> J Ormond achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings (previous best was 3-69)
--> J Ormond achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Kent first innings

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