a8622	Essex v Leicestershire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1994 (1st Round)
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 10th May 1994 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Umpires	VA Holder, DR Shepherd
Player of the Match	GA Gooch

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
PV Simmons	c Hussain b Topley	57
*NE Briers	c Garnham b Kasprowicz	39
JJ Whitaker	c Prichard b Irani	53
VJ Wells	lbw b Kasprowicz	0
BF Smith	lbw b Such	22
PE Robinson	run out	27
+PA Nixon	b Ilott	5
GJ Parsons	c Kasprowicz b Ilott	1
ARK Pierson	not out	3
DJ Millns	c Garnham b Ilott	10
AD Mullally	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 14 lb, 4 nb, 5 w)	24
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-92, 2-123, 3-123, 4-183, 5-207, 6-224, 7-226, 8-227, 9-240

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Ilott	11	3	28	3	-	-	22.00	2.55
Kasprowicz	11	0	52	2	-	-	33.00	4.73
Topley	11	0	46	1	-	-	66.00	4.18
Irani	11	1	61	1	-	-	66.00	5.55
Such	11	1	39	1	-	-	66.00	3.55

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*GA Gooch	not out	130	153		17	1	84.97
PJ Prichard	lbw b Pierson	23
N Hussain	c and b Pierson	59
NV Knight	not out	26
N Shahid	did not bat
+MA Garnham	did not bat
RC Irani	did not bat
MS Kasprowicz	did not bat
MC Ilott	did not bat
TD Topley	did not bat
PM Such	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(2 wickets, 51.5 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-192

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Mullally	10	2	29	0	-	-	-	2.90
Millns	9	1	44	0	-	-	-	4.89
Simmons	8	0	42	0	-	-	-	5.25
Parsons	9.5	2	45	0	-	-	-	4.58
Pierson	11	0	54	2	-	-	33.00	4.91
Wells	4	0	27	0	-	-	-	6.75

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Notes
--> NE Briers passed 7500 runs in List A matches when he reached 24
--> BF Smith passed 1000 runs in List A matches when he reached 21
--> ARK Pierson reached 50 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex innings

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