f22153	Leicestershire v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1958
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 3rd, 5th, 6th May 1958 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New Zealanders won by an innings and 64 runs
Umpires	D Davies, WE Phillipson
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), G Duckworth (New Zealanders)
Close of play day 1	New Zealanders (1) 252/5 (Playle 71*, Sparling 43*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 56/5 (Watson 28*, Lester 0*)

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LSM Miller	b Spencer	68
JW D'Arcy	lbw b Boshier	2
NS Harford	c Firth b Boshier	7
B Sutcliffe	b van Geloven	44
WR Playle	c van Geloven b Gardner	96
*JR Reid	c Revill b Lester	13
JT Sparling	c Hallam b Boshier	43
AR MacGibbon	lbw b van Geloven	14
JC Alabaster	b Gardner	7
RW Blair	not out	8
+JT Ward	b Gardner	4
Extras	(2 lb, 3 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 125.3 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-49, 3-95, 4-129, 5-150, 6-253, 7-276, 8-298, 9-307, 10-311 (125.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	23	4	59	1	-	-
Boshier	29	7	80	3	-	-
van Geloven	31	11	56	2	-	-
Turner	10	3	35	0	-	-
Gardner	23.3	5	54	3	-	-
Lester	9	3	22	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b MacGibbon	6
J van Geloven	b Alabaster	45
*W Watson	b Blair	7
LR Gardner	c Ward b MacGibbon	13
AC Revill	lbw b Alabaster	7
EF Phillips	c Sparling b Alabaster	8
G Lester	c and b Alabaster	28
FM Turner	c Reid b Alabaster	0
+J Firth	c Sparling b Alabaster	0
CT Spencer	c Sparling b Blair	10
BS Boshier	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-20, 3-59, 4-74, 5-81, 6-97, 7-97, 8-103, 9-125, 10-129 (60.4 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	13.4	3	36	2	-	-
MacGibbon	18	6	35	2	-	-
Alabaster	24	11	37	6	-	-
Reid	4	1	11	0	-	-
Sparling	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c and b Blair	5
J van Geloven	c and b Alabaster	13
*W Watson	b Reid	45
LR Gardner	b Alabaster	2
AC Revill	c Alabaster b Reid	2
EF Phillips	lbw b Reid	5
G Lester	c MacGibbon b Alabaster	27
FM Turner	c Sutcliffe b Alabaster	12
+J Firth	not out	1
CT Spencer	c Harford b Reid	0
BS Boshier	c Sparling b Alabaster	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 71.3 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-36, 3-40, 4-43, 5-56, 6-99, 7-113, 8-117, 9-118, 10-118 (71.3 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	16	1	38	1	-	-
MacGibbon	15	7	13	0	-	-
Alabaster	25.3	10	43	5	-	-
Reid	15	6	18	4	-	-

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Notes
--> AR MacGibbon (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> AC Revill made his debut for Leicestershire in First-Class matches
--> W Watson made his debut for Leicestershire in First-Class matches
--> JC Alabaster made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> JW D'Arcy made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> JT Sparling made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> JT Ward made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> RW Blair made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> LR Gardner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the New Zealanders first innings
--> JC Alabaster achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 6-40)
--> JC Alabaster reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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