a2739	Leicestershire v Essex
	Gillette Cup 1980 (2nd Round)
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 16th July 1980 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 113 runs
Umpires	R Aspinall, DGL Evans
Player of the Match	KS McEwan

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GA Gooch	c Garnham b Higgs	52
MH Denness	c Higgs b Parsons	8
KS McEwan	c Steele b Briers	119
*KWR Fletcher	b Clift	5
BR Hardie	c Parsons b Briers	65
KR Pont	run out	0
S Turner	b Clift	12
N Phillip	not out	25
RE East	not out	9
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 5 nb, 4 w)	15
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-111, 3-132, 4-252, 5-252, 6-266, 7-279

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Taylor	12	2	45	0	-	-	-	3.75
Parsons	12	1	50	1	-	-	72.00	4.17
Clift	12	1	61	2	-	-	36.00	5.08
Steele	8	0	51	0	-	-	-	6.38
Higgs	12	0	59	1	-	-	72.00	4.92
Briers	4	0	29	2	-	-	12.00	7.25

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DI Gower	c Gooch b Turner	39
NE Briers	c Gooch b Turner	8
JC Balderstone	run out	2
*BF Davison	c East b Pont	43
RW Tolchard	c McEwan b Gooch	8
+MA Garnham	b Gooch	25
JF Steele	c Hardie b Lever	7
PB Clift	c Hardie b Pont	16
GJ Parsons	run out	22
LB Taylor	st Smith b East	5
K Higgs	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	22
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-35, 3-73, 4-90, 5-128, 6-146, 7-155, 8-178, 9-194, 10-197 (52.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	10	3	27	1	-	-	60.00	2.70
Phillip	7	2	13	0	-	-	-	1.86
Turner	11	2	25	2	-	-	33.00	2.27
Gooch	12	1	56	2	-	-	36.00	4.67
Pont	12	1	54	2	-	-	36.00	4.50
East	0.2	0	0	1	-	-	2.00	0.00

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Notes
--> MA Garnham passed his previous highest score of 24 in List A matches

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