f29622	Leicestershire v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1973
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 26th, 28th, 29th May 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CS Elliott, DGL Evans
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 9/0 (Dudleston 2*, Steele 6*)
Close of play day 2	New Zealanders (2) 30/3 (Turner 10*)

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Balderstone b Birkenshaw	30
RE Redmond	c McKenzie b Matthews	23
*BE Congdon	not out	134
BF Hastings	st RW Tolchard b Steele	42
RW Anderson	not out	46
V Pollard	did not bat
+KJ Wadsworth	did not bat
BR Taylor	did not bat
RJ Hadlee	did not bat
EK Gillott	did not bat
DR Hadlee	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 7 nb)	8
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-73, 3-149

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	13	3	25	0	-	-
Higgs	10	2	30	0	-	-
Matthews	15	0	63	1	-	-
Davison	9	2	33	0	-	-
Balderstone	13	5	26	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	23	11	39	1	-	-
Steele	13	3	23	1	-	-
Illingworth	12	1	36	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Gillott b Taylor	2
JF Steele	c DR Hadlee b RJ Hadlee	19
JC Balderstone	lbw b Taylor	36
BF Davison	b DR Hadlee	41
*R Illingworth	not out	63
+RW Tolchard	not out	44
JG Tolchard	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
RB Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 68 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-31, 3-74, 4-118

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RJ Hadlee	16	6	34	1	-	-
Taylor	14	2	47	2	-	-
DR Hadlee	11	1	34	1	-	-
Congdon	4	0	21	0	-	-
Gillott	16	2	45	0	-	-
Pollard	7	1	24	0	-	-

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New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	not out	10
RE Redmond	c RW Tolchard b McKenzie	6
RW Anderson	c RW Tolchard b McKenzie	6
V Pollard	lbw b Higgs	4
*BE Congdon	did not bat
BF Hastings	did not bat
+KJ Wadsworth	did not bat
BR Taylor	did not bat
RJ Hadlee	did not bat
EK Gillott	did not bat
DR Hadlee	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 11.5 overs)	30
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-17, 3-30 (11.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	6	1	11	2	-	-
Higgs	5.5	1	15	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> V Pollard (2) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> BR Taylor reached 350 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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