Date-stamped : 12 May97 - 06:15
AXA Life League Round-Up: Dash and splash make for hectic day

THIS GAME might have been designed for its  cameo   slot  in  the
BSkyB  schedule: 16 overs a side,  more  slapstick  than cricket,
and bewilderingly slapdash in  the  way  Leicestershire contrived
to reach 44 for seven in 65 balls.

Neil Johnson drove Phil  Newport`s   fifth   delivery   for  six,
three  wickets  fell  within   four  balls  in  Newport`s  second
over, and not another boundary was seen until  four  batsmen  had
been run out.

The calamities were due  as  much  to  Worcestershire`s  fielding
as  to    the    madcap    element    in    the    batting.   Yet
Leicestershire were to produce not only the most  assured batting
of   the  match  in  Aftab Habib`s 45  from  43  balls, but  they
snatched victory by six runs when  the  frenzy  of  the  occasion
overtook  Worcestershire and they were restricted to 92 for nine.
One game plan disappeared when Tom Moody and Graeme Hick   -  the
latter cutting to backward  point  -  departed  in two overs from
Alan  Mullally,  and  another   collapsed   when  Gordon  Parsons
took two wickets in a four-over spell which cost only  nine runs.

At least the pace of events rewarded the scattering of spectators
who  waited  after  lunchtime  rain  for  a belated start at 5.20
pm.

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

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