Date-stamped : 18 May95 - 10:27
Benson and Hedges Cup Round 5 : Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire
Nottingham, 16, 17 May 1995

Maddy cuts dash - Niall Edworthy

Leicestershire 211-6 from 49.3 overs v Nottinghamshire

HALF-CENTURIES from Leicestershire`s James  Whitaker  and  Darren
Maddy  left  Nottinghamshire`s  hopes  of advancing into the last
eight of the Benson and Hedges Cup hanging in the balance  at   a
sodden Trent Bridge yesterday.

Leicestershire have no chance of further  progress,  but  Maddy`s
maiden  fifty  in the competition and Whitaker`s robust 72 served
notice that they were in no mood to offer  their hosts  an   easy
passage.

When the light drizzle became a  steady  downpour  shortly  after
lunch,  Leicestershire  were six wickets down with just over five
more overs to bat.

Nigel Briers won the toss but he may have regretted his  decision
to  bat  when,  in the fifth over, John Holder, wearing a pair of
gloves to keep out the cold, ruled him leg before to Andy Pick.

Hansie Cronje was not long in  following  his  captain  after  he
edged  a  rising  ball from Chris Cairns to be superbly caught by
Bruce French.

But Maddy grew in confidence, cutting Cairns for a six over back-
ward point before reaching his fifty by lofting Gregory Mike back
over his head. He was caught behind in the next over, though, at-
tempting to cut the left-arm spin of Andy Afford.

Whitaker, who was dropped twice, maintained the  belligerence  of
his junior partner and struck nine boundaries in his innings.

Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
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