Format: CricInfo Version 2

Gillette Cup, 1977
Essex v Leicestershire
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
13 July 1977 (60-overs match)

Result: Leicestershire won by 87 runs

Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: TF Brooks and JF Crapp
Man of the Match: JF Steele

Leicestershire innings
JF Steele                                b Turner               8
J Birkenshaw          lbw                b Lever                0
JC Balderstone        c Hardie           b Pont                16
BF Davison                           c & b Gooch               99
DI Gower              c Acfield          b Turner              17
+RW Tolchard          run out                                  32
PB Clift              c McEwan           b Lever               15
*R Illingworth        not out                                   9
Extras                (b 6, lb 16, w 3, nb 4)                  29
Total                 (7 wickets, 60 overs)                   225

DNB: P Booth, A Ward, K Higgs.

FoW: 1-3, 2-16, 3-66, 4-128, 5-176, 6-211, 7-225.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       12      3     20      2
Turner                      12      1     36      2
Pont                        12      2     32      1
Gooch                       10      0     39      1
East                         9      0     44      0
Acfield                      5      0     25      0

Essex innings
BR Hardie                                b Steele              35
MH Denness            lbw                b Ward                 4
KS McEwan                                b Steele              31
GA Gooch              c Tolchard         b Steele               0
*KWR Fletcher                            b Steele              16
KR Pont               c Tolchard         b Steele               1
S Turner                             c & b Higgs               16
RE East               lbw                b Clift                8
+N Smith              c Davison          b Balderstone         12
JK Lever                                 b Higgs                3
DL Acfield            not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 9, w 1, nb 2)                        12
Total                 (all out, 53.1 overs)                   138

FoW: 1-16, 2-67, 3-67, 4-92, 5-97,
     6-100, 7-118, 8-123, 9-132, 10-138.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Higgs                        9      1     13      2
Ward                         7      2     15      1
Booth                        7      0     34      0
Clift                        6      0     19      1
Steele                      12      6     19      5
Illingworth                 12      3     26      0
Balderstone                  0.1    0      0      1

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