f50110 cc20328	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	LV County Championship 2007 (Division 2)
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th June 2007 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 1); Leicestershire 7 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	JW Holder, P Willey
Scorer	GA York (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 53/3 (Sales 6*, Wessels 37*; 18 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 171/6 (Sales 72*, Crook 32*; 49 overs)
Close of play day 3	Northamptonshire (2) 99/4 (Wessels 15*, Klusener 22*; 29 overs)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SD Peters	c Allenby b Masters	1	15	46	-	-
CJL Rogers	c Nixon b Broad	4	15	62	1	-
U Afzaal	lbw b Masters	0	4	2	-	-
*DJG Sales	c Nixon b Broad	92	152	328	16	-
+MH Wessels	c Allenby b Broad	40	56	76	5	-
L Klusener	lbw b Walker	7	9	10	1	-
JJ van der Wath	c Jacobs b Masters	8	32	37	1	-
SP Crook	c Nixon b Masters	49	70	190	9	-
RKJ Dawson	c Nixon b Walker	4	37	42	-	-
DS Lucas	not out	31	51	62	5	-
JF Brown	c Allenby b Masters	6	16	22	1	-
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 76.1 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Peters), 2-5 (Afzaal), 3-9 (Rogers), 4-57 (Wessels), 5-72 (Klusener), 6-105 (van der Wath), 7-209 (Sales), 8-209 (Crook), 9-228 (Dawson), 10-251 (Brown, 76.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Broad	27	3	102	3	1	-
Masters	29.1	13	59	5	-	-
Walker	12	1	57	2	-	-
Allenby	2	1	4	0	-	-
Henderson	6	1	21	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TJ New	c Wessels b Klusener	29	56	72	3	-
JK Maunders	lbw b Lucas	14	38	52	-	1
HD Ackerman	c Sales b Crook	17	47	57	3	-
A Jacobs	b Crook	2	16	18	-	-
J Allenby	not out	30	45	76	3	-
+PA Nixon	not out	25	52	57	3	-
*DDJ Robinson	did not bat
CW Henderson	did not bat
SCJ Broad	did not bat
DD Masters	did not bat
NGE Walker	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	14
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 42 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Maunders), 2-53 (New), 3-62 (Jacobs), 4-73 (Ackerman)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Wath	11	1	38	0	4	2
Lucas	10	2	22	1	-	-
Crook	8	0	23	2	-	-
Klusener	8	2	25	1	-	-
Brown	5	0	17	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJL Rogers	lbw b Broad	7	14	28	-	-
SD Peters	c Maunders b Walker	26	55	69	3	-
U Afzaal	c and b Masters	1	2	4	-	-
*DJG Sales	c Maunders b Allenby	22	48	59	4	-
+MH Wessels	c New b Walker	20	45	54	3	-
L Klusener	c Ackerman b Masters	50	42	57	9	-
JJ van der Wath	c Allenby b Walker	5	30	40	1	-
SP Crook	not out	23	32	48	3	-
RKJ Dawson	not out	8	15	35	-	-
DS Lucas	did not bat
JF Brown	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(7 wickets, 47 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Rogers), 2-21 (Afzaal), 3-45 (Peters), 4-67 (Sales), 5-114 (Wessels), 6-137 (Klusener), 7-145 (van der Wath)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Broad	7	2	9	1	-	-
Masters	14	2	62	2	1	-
Allenby	8	2	38	1	-	1
Walker	13	1	47	3	1	-
Henderson	5	1	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DDJ Robinson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DDJ Robinson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> DJG Sales (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> MH Wessels (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> TJ New (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> PA Nixon (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> SP Crook reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed A Jacobs, his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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