a2111	Leicestershire v Sussex
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1978 (Group C)
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 22nd April 1978 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sussex won by 6 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Sussex 3
Umpires	WL Budd, CG Pepper
Player of the Match	Imran Khan

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Sussex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JRT Barclay	lbw b Booth	25
GD Mendis	c Higgs b Steele	23
SJ Storey	run out	3
PJ Graves	run out	12
Imran Khan	lbw b Ward	46
CP Phillipson	not out	21
MA Buss	b Clift	9
*+A Long	run out	0
GG Arnold	b Higgs	0
J Spencer	b Higgs	6
RGL Cheatle	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-51, 3-63, 4-65, 5-100, 6-136, 7-137, 8-140, 9-150 (55 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Higgs	8	1	24	2	-	-	24.00	3.00
Ward	9	0	32	1	-	-	54.00	3.56
Steele	11	4	17	1	-	-	66.00	1.55
Booth	7	1	21	1	-	-	42.00	3.00
Illingworth	11	5	13	0	-	-	-	1.18
Clift	9	1	38	1	-	-	54.00	4.22

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Dudleston	c Long b Arnold	9
JF Steele	c Spencer b Storey	26
JC Balderstone	b Spencer	29
BF Davison	c Barclay b Storey	5
DI Gower	c and b Spencer	2
+RW Tolchard	c Buss b Arnold	5
*R Illingworth	b Cheatle	13
PB Clift	run out	32
P Booth	run out	3
A Ward	run out	4
K Higgs	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	16
Total	(all out, 54.1 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-51, 3-77, 4-78, 5-83, 6-95, 7-113, 8-132, 9-142, 10-144 (54.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Imran Khan	10.1	2	18	0	-	-	-	1.77
Spencer	11	3	17	2	-	-	33.00	1.55
Cheatle	11	2	32	1	-	-	66.00	2.91
Storey	11	3	20	2	-	-	33.00	1.82
Arnold	11	2	41	2	-	-	33.00	3.73

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Notes
--> GD Mendis passed his previous highest score of 16 in List A matches
--> CP Phillipson passed his previous highest score of 13 in List A matches
--> MA Buss passed 3500 runs in List A matches when he reached 9
--> GG Arnold made his debut for Sussex in List A matches
--> SJ Storey made his debut for Sussex in List A matches

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