f27439 cc13662	Warwickshire v Kent
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 21st, 22nd, 23rd August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 175 runs
Points	Warwickshire 17 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Kent 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	F Jakeman, WE Phillipson
Scorers	C Lewis (Kent), P Pike (Warwickshire)
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 6/0 (Denness 3*, Luckhurst 3*)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (2) 169/4 (Abberley 26*, Smith 19*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJP Stewart	c Nicholls b Brown	6
Khalid Ibadulla	c Nicholls b Brown	3
DL Amiss	c Nicholls b Brown	128
RB Kanhai	c Denness b Shepherd	13
JA Jameson	lbw b Graham	7
RN Abberley	c Asif Iqbal b Shepherd	41
*+AC Smith	lbw b Graham	17
DR Cook	c Dixon b Brown	18
W Blenkiron	b Dixon	19
LR Gibbs	b Brown	0
JD Gray	not out	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 93.3 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-9, 3-37, 4-52, 5-144, 6-183, 7-221, 8-248, 9-248, 10-252 (93.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	21	6	50	5	-	-
Graham	29	11	79	2	-	-
Shepherd	26	9	67	2	-	-
Dixon	10.3	2	36	1	-	-
Woolmer	5	1	12	0	-	-
Johnson	2	1	8	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	b Blenkiron	30
BW Luckhurst	c Smith b Gray	28
+D Nicholls	c Amiss b Gibbs	24
Asif Iqbal	c Smith b Cook	14
JN Shepherd	c sub (JA Barnfield) b Gray	5
SE Leary	run out	3
GW Johnson	c Stewart b Gray	5
RA Woolmer	lbw b Gibbs	10
*AL Dixon	b Blenkiron	0
A Brown	c Amiss b Gibbs	2
JN Graham	not out	4
Extras	(4 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-63, 3-89, 4-96, 5-99, 6-108, 7-121, 8-122, 9-125, 10-132 (68 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blenkiron	23	10	42	2	-	-
Cook	19	7	38	1	-	-
Gray	17	4	34	3	-	-
Gibbs	9	5	11	3	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJP Stewart	c Leary b Dixon	29
Khalid Ibadulla	c Graham b Brown	0
DL Amiss	c Nicholls b Dixon	37
RB Kanhai	b Brown	55
RN Abberley	not out	49
*+AC Smith	c Nicholls b Brown	39
DR Cook	not out	11
JA Jameson	did not bat
W Blenkiron	did not bat
LR Gibbs	did not bat
JD Gray	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 53.2 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-53, 3-102, 4-140, 5-210

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	17	2	67	3	-	-
Graham	4	1	14	0	-	-
Shepherd	22.2	2	91	0	-	-
Dixon	10	1	48	2	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Khalid Ibadulla	29
BW Luckhurst	c Smith b Blenkiron	3
+D Nicholls	b Blenkiron	6
Asif Iqbal	st Smith b Khalid Ibadulla	33
JN Shepherd	c Stewart b Gibbs	8
SE Leary	lbw b Khalid Ibadulla	13
GW Johnson	c Stewart b Khalid Ibadulla	0
RA Woolmer	lbw b Gray	26
*AL Dixon	b Gray	47
A Brown	not out	2
JN Graham	b Gray	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-23, 3-71, 4-72, 5-90, 6-91, 7-98, 8-164, 9-173, 10-173 (75 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blenkiron	12	4	42	2	-	-
Cook	13	2	36	0	-	-
Gray	10	3	24	3	-	-
Gibbs	26	13	50	1	-	-
Khalid Ibadulla	14	9	15	4	-	-

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Notes
--> JD Gray made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DR Cook made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DR Cook made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> DL Amiss (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 115
--> DL Amiss (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> D Nicholls (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 14
--> SE Leary (2) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> JN Graham reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire first innings

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