f42400 cc18661	Lancashire v Leicestershire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1996
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th May 1996 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 9 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Leicestershire 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	HD Bird, RA White
Scorer	GA York (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 296/5 (Lloyd 58*, Hegg 25*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 98/5 (Smith 33*, Habib 0*)
Close of play day 3	Leicestershire (1) 308/7 (Nixon 74*, Millns 51*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JER Gallian	st Nixon b Pierson	24
MA Atherton	lbw b Brimson	87
JP Crawley	c Nixon b Millns	27
NJ Speak	c and b Maddy	55
GD Lloyd	c Brimson b Millns	65
*M Watkinson	c Simmons b Maddy	1
+WK Hegg	c Mullally b Pierson	134	199		22	1
ID Austin	lbw b Simmons	16
S Elworthy	b Pierson	18
PJ Martin	not out	34
G Keedy	c Habib b Pierson	4
Extras	(2 b, 20 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	30
Total	(all out, 160.5 overs)	495
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-100, 3-191, 4-234, 5-240, 6-313, 7-341, 8-380, 9-486, 10-495 (160.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Millns	24	9	62	2	-	-
Mullally	32	9	94	0	-	-
Simmons	17	2	48	1	-	-
Pierson	34.5	7	100	4	-	-
Wells	11	2	53	0	-	-
Brimson	31	4	95	1	-	-
Maddy	11	4	21	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Wells	c Hegg b Martin	4
DL Maddy	st Hegg b Watkinson	10
BF Smith	lbw b Elworthy	81
PV Simmons	lbw b Elworthy	25
*JJ Whitaker	c Hegg b Watkinson	18
ARK Pierson	c Hegg b Watkinson	0
A Habib	lbw b Watkinson	17
+PA Nixon	b Keedy	106
DJ Millns	b Keedy	73
AD Mullally	not out	7
MT Brimson	lbw b Elworthy	0
Extras	(10 b, 6 lb, 20 nb)	36
Total	(all out, 137.4 overs)	377
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-22, 3-64, 4-98, 5-98, 6-142, 7-185, 8-357, 9-374, 10-377 (137.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	28	7	57	1	-	-
Austin	22	6	35	0	-	-
Watkinson	34	12	71	4	-	-
Elworthy	24.4	0	133	3	-	-
Keedy	26	10	59	2	-	-
Gallian	3	0	6	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JER Gallian	b Brimson	63
MA Atherton	b Brimson	29
JP Crawley	b Brimson	61
NJ Speak	not out	17
GD Lloyd	not out	12
*M Watkinson	did not bat
+WK Hegg	did not bat
ID Austin	did not bat
S Elworthy	did not bat
PJ Martin	did not bat
G Keedy	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 70.2 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-97, 2-98, 3-177

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mullally	7	2	7	0	-	-
Simmons	7	4	8	0	-	-
Pierson	20	3	72	0	-	-
Wells	4	0	16	0	-	-
Brimson	25.2	8	55	3	-	-
Maddy	7	2	29	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Lancashire score at 120 overs in the first innings was 330-6
--> Leicestershire score at 120 overs in the first innings was 319-7
--> WK Hegg (1) passed his previous highest score of 130 in County Championship matches
--> WK Hegg (1) passed his previous highest score of 130 in First-Class matches
--> WK Hegg (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 65
--> S Elworthy (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> BF Smith (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> DJ Millns (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> DJ Millns (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in County Championship matches
--> S Elworthy achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 1-78)
--> MT Brimson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 2-11)
--> MT Brimson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 2-11)

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