f27295 cc13539	Lancashire v Kent
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 19th, 20th, 21st June 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 5 (Bowling 5); Kent 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5)
Umpires	A Gaskell, J O'Neill
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 27/1 (Atkinson 11*, Savage 0*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 9/2 (Pullar 7*, Pilling 2*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Lloyd b Shuttleworth	21
BW Luckhurst	c Engineer b Higgs	53
+D Nicholls	c Wood b Higgs	11
Asif Iqbal	b Higgs	0
SE Leary	c Lloyd b Shuttleworth	11
JN Shepherd	lbw b Statham	50
AGE Ealham	b Statham	23
*AL Dixon	c Higgs b Statham	35
AJM Hooper	c Higgs b Statham	1
A Brown	b Higgs	6
JN Graham	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-85, 3-87, 4-88, 5-124, 6-171, 7-182, 8-188, 9-219, 10-219 (81.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	21	4	57	4	-	-
Higgs	22.3	4	60	4	-	-
Wood	6	1	28	0	-	-
Shuttleworth	17	3	33	2	-	-
Savage	15	6	33	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	b Shepherd	15
G Atkinson	c Denness b Shepherd	11
JS Savage	lbw b Graham	11
H Pilling	c and b Shepherd	20
B Wood	c Nicholls b Shepherd	6
*JD Bond	c Shepherd b Graham	1
D Lloyd	c Asif Iqbal b Graham	5
+FM Engineer	lbw b Graham	0
K Shuttleworth	c Asif Iqbal b Shepherd	8
K Higgs	not out	0
JB Statham	c Nicholls b Graham	0
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 42.5 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-30, 3-50, 4-65, 5-66, 6-66, 7-66, 8-80, 9-80, 10-80 (42.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	21.5	12	27	5	-	-
Brown	7	0	22	0	-	-
Shepherd	14	5	28	5	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Engineer b Higgs	31
+D Nicholls	c Statham b Savage	13
Asif Iqbal	lbw b Statham	14
SE Leary	c Engineer b Statham	2
JN Shepherd	lbw b Statham	5
AGE Ealham	not out	40
*AL Dixon	c Atkinson b Savage	0
A Brown	c Wood b Shuttleworth	4
BW Luckhurst	lbw b Shuttleworth	1
AJM Hooper	b Shuttleworth	0
JN Graham	b Shuttleworth	0
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 42.4 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-64, 3-64, 4-67, 5-72, 6-75, 7-98, 8-100, 9-116, 10-116 (42.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	12	2	41	3	-	-
Higgs	9	4	9	1	-	-
Shuttleworth	9.4	3	15	4	-	-
Savage	12	2	45	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	c Leary b Graham	7
G Atkinson	c Asif Iqbal b Graham	0
JS Savage	c Nicholls b Brown	0
H Pilling	c Nicholls b Graham	2
B Wood	c Asif Iqbal b Brown	0
*JD Bond	not out	16
D Lloyd	c Denness b Brown	22
+FM Engineer	not out	17
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(6 wickets, 41.3 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-9, 4-10, 5-10, 6-50

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	16	8	25	3	-	-
Brown	10	5	13	3	-	-
Shepherd	7	4	7	0	-	-
Dixon	6.3	2	19	0	-	-
Hooper	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BW Luckhurst (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> JB Statham reached 1650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Kent first innings

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