f34229 cc16202	Essex v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1982
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 25th, 26th, 27th August 1982 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 6 wickets
Points	Essex 2 (Bowling 2); Leicestershire 21 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	PJ Eele, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 90/4 (Balderstone 45*, Tolchard 6*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 31/0 (Gooch 21*, Hardie 5*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	lbw b Taylor	5
BR Hardie	c Tolchard b Parsons	47
*KWR Fletcher	c Butcher b Taylor	3
KS McEwan	st Tolchard b Cook	19
KR Pont	c Balderstone b Cook	9
N Phillip	not out	27
S Turner	b Cook	9
+DE East	c Butcher b Roberts	7
RE East	lbw b Cook	0
JK Lever	c Balderstone b Cook	4
DL Acfield	b Cook	0
Extras	(4 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 59.5 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-24, 3-62, 4-87, 5-92, 6-113, 7-135, 8-136, 9-140, 10-140 (59.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	19	3	62	2	-	-
Roberts	17	5	38	1	-	-
Parsons	11	4	13	1	-	-
Cook	12.5	6	17	6	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Balderstone	not out	114
RA Cobb	lbw b Phillip	0
NE Briers	b Acfield	36
BF Davison	c McEwan b Acfield	0
IP Butcher	run out	0
*+RW Tolchard	c DE East b Turner	30
AME Roberts	b Turner	43
GJ Parsons	b Lever	2
JF Steele	b Acfield	7
NGB Cook	c Fletcher b RE East	0
LB Taylor	c Fletcher b RE East	0
Extras	(1 b, 11 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 123.1 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-81, 3-81, 4-81, 5-142, 6-210, 7-217, 8-245, 9-246, 10-246 (123.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	15	1	45	1	-	-
Phillip	14	5	22	1	-	-
RE East	38.1	17	66	2	-	-
Acfield	41	8	77	3	-	-
Turner	15	4	22	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b Cook	88
BR Hardie	c Cobb b Steele	19
*KWR Fletcher	b Cook	25
KS McEwan	c Steele b Cook	7
KR Pont	c Butcher b Steele	89
N Phillip	c sub b Cook	16
S Turner	c Balderstone b Cook	19
+DE East	lbw b Cook	4
RE East	c Cook b Parsons	13
JK Lever	st Tolchard b Steele	9
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-115, 2-121, 3-130, 4-188, 5-208, 6-249, 7-260, 8-288, 9-303, 10-308 (88.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	3	0	13	0	-	-
Roberts	15	3	36	0	-	-
Parsons	7	0	47	1	-	-
Cook	36	8	113	6	-	-
Steele	27.2	7	80	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Balderstone	c Gooch b Lever	12
BF Davison	not out	110
NE Briers	st DE East b Acfield	7
AME Roberts	c McEwan b Lever	42
*+RW Tolchard	lbw b Acfield	0
JF Steele	not out	24
RA Cobb	did not bat
IP Butcher	did not bat
GJ Parsons	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 30.2 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-75, 3-150, 4-156

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	12	0	54	2	-	-
Phillip	2	0	11	0	-	-
RE East	8	0	80	0	-	-
Acfield	8.2	0	50	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Leicestershire score at 100 overs in the first innings was 193-5
--> KR Pont (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 54

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