Date-stamped : 26 Jan2004 - 10:41 Britannic Assurance County Championship, 1996 Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire Trent Bridge, Nottingham 3,4,5,6 September 1996 (4-day match) Result: Leicestershire won by 6 wickets Points: Leicestershire 24, Nottinghamshire 8 Toss: Nottinghamshire Umpires: BJ Meyer and AGT Whitehead Close of Play: Day 1: Nottinghamshire 320/9 (Noon 38*, Afford 1*) Day 2: Nottinghamshire 324, Leicestershire 341/5 (Whitaker 116*, Nixon 5*) Day 3: Leicestershire 439, Nottinghamshire 189/8 (Tolley 45*, Bowen 11*) Nottinghamshire 1st innings R M B 4 6 PR Pollard c Parsons b Millns 5 9 11 1 0 RT Robinson c Nixon b Simmons 18 88 76 1 0 GF Archer c Millns b Simmons 32 74 61 5 0 *P Johnson run out 27 59 42 2 0 MP Dowman c Whitaker b Brimson 19 62 52 2 0 CM Tolley b Pierson 40 124 105 7 0 KP Evans lbw b Pierson 71 134 136 8 0 +WM Noon lbw b Parsons 42 123 104 4 0 RT Bates c Simmons b Pierson 31 52 46 5 0 MN Bowen c Nixon b Simmons 14 22 21 2 0 JA Afford not out 1 31 11 0 0 Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 1, nb 16) 24 Total (all out, 109.3 overs) 324 FoW: 1-6 (Pollard), 2-64 (Archer), 3-64 (Robinson), 4-111 (Johnson), 5-111 (Dowman), 6-228 (Tolley), 7-231 (Evans), 8-287 (Bates), 9-304 (Bowen), 10-324 (Noon). Bowling O M R W Millns 20 4 69 1 (1w) Parsons 24.3 6 78 1 (4nb) Simmons 26 7 64 3 (4nb) Wells 10 4 23 0 Brimson 15 3 52 1 Pierson 14 2 31 3 Leicestershire 1st innings R M B 4 6 VJ Wells c Bates b Dowman 119 234 183 19 0 DL Maddy c Archer b Bates 28 82 75 3 0 *JJ Whitaker b Tolley 129 315 255 17 0 BF Smith c & b Dowman 24 30 36 5 0 PV Simmons b Bowen 0 9 6 0 0 GI Macmillan b Afford 28 73 66 3 0 +PA Nixon b Afford 18 93 64 1 0 DJ Millns c Bates b Tolley 0 2 3 0 0 GJ Parsons c Robinson b Bates 53 96 97 6 1 ARK Pierson c Noon b Bowen 12 72 56 1 0 MT Brimson not out 4 16 14 1 0 Extras (b 8, lb 4, nb 12) 24 Total (all out, 141.3 overs) 439 FoW: 1-61 (Maddy), 2-228 (Wells), 3-262 (Smith), 4-267 (Simmons), 5-327 (Macmillan), 6-357 (Whitaker), 7-357 (Millns), 8-387 (Nixon), 9-429 (Parsons), 10-439 (Pierson). Bowling O M R W Evans 12 4 23 0 Bowen 32.3 5 97 2 (6nb) Tolley 25 6 93 2 Bates 25 2 88 2 Afford 33 7 83 2 Dowman 14 3 43 2 Nottinghamshire 2nd innings R M B 4 6 PR Pollard b Millns 5 12 14 1 0 RT Robinson lbw b Millns 50 158 122 6 0 GF Archer b Simmons 31 75 63 6 0 *P Johnson c Maddy b Pierson 10 40 44 0 0 MP Dowman c Parsons b Pierson 3 15 6 0 0 CM Tolley lbw b Millns 46 112 81 7 0 KP Evans c Maddy b Millns 1 7 5 0 0 +WM Noon c Maddy b Pierson 1 12 10 0 0 RT Bates lbw b Simmons 8 21 16 2 0 MN Bowen b Millns 15 68 54 2 0 JA Afford not out 0 7 10 0 0 Extras (b 6, lb 10, w 2, nb 8) 26 Total (all out, 70.1 overs) 196 FoW: 1-10 (Pollard), 2-65 (Archer), 3-98 (Johnson), 4-108 (Dowman), 5-110 (Robinson), 6-116 (Evans), 7-122 (Noon), 8-147 (Bates), 9-195 (Tolley), 10-196 (Bowen). Bowling O M R W Millns 18.1 6 31 5 (1w, 1nb) Parsons 16 5 54 0 (1w) Simmons 18 4 46 2 (3nb) Pierson 15 3 43 3 Brimson 3 1 6 0 Leicestershire 2nd innings R M B 4 6 VJ Wells lbw b Bowen 13 39 28 1 0 DL Maddy c & b Bowen 5 8 7 1 0 BF Smith c Pollard b Bowen 11 15 19 2 0 *JJ Whitaker not out 30 46 29 5 0 PV Simmons lbw b Bates 11 15 17 1 0 GI Macmillan not out 7 13 13 1 0 Extras (lb 1, nb 4) 5 Total (4 wickets, 18.3 overs) 82 DNB: +PA Nixon, GJ Parsons, DJ Millns, ARK Pierson, MT Brimson. FoW: 1-7 (Maddy), 2-25 (Smith), 3-40 (Wells), 4-59 (Simmons). Bowling O M R W Bowen 8 0 29 3 (2nb) Tolley 2 0 10 0 Dowman 2 0 8 0 Bates 5 0 21 1 Afford 1.3 0 13 0 Contributed by Toby Clayton