f31100 cc15016	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 5th, 7th, 8th June 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	H Horton, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 244/4 (Willey 12*, Williams 4*; 77 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 208/6 (Illingworth 63*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c Yardley b Sarfraz Nawaz	9
GF Cross	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
JC Balderstone	c Larkins b Dye	9
BF Davison	lbw b Dye	0
*R Illingworth	lbw b Dye	5
+RW Tolchard	b Sarfraz Nawaz	24
J Birkenshaw	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	12
PB Clift	c Larkins b Dye	17
NM McVicker	c Sharp b Bedi	13
P Booth	not out	1
K Higgs	b Bedi	8
Extras	(1 b, 5 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 37.2 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-13, 3-13, 4-19, 5-27, 6-50, 7-64, 8-85, 9-94, 10-104 (37.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	14	3	32	4	-	-
Dye	15	2	51	4	-	-
Bedi	8.2	3	15	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Booth	9
G Cook	b Cross	38
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Illingworth b Higgs	115
W Larkins	b Cross	55
P Willey	not out	71
RG Williams	c Tolchard b Clift	11
TJ Yardley	c Illingworth b Higgs	7
+G Sharp	c Higgs b Clift	1
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Tolchard b Booth	54
BS Bedi	run out	4
JCJ Dye	b Higgs	13
Extras	(10 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 112 overs)	394
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-101, 3-222, 4-228, 5-255, 6-264, 7-271, 8-355, 9-371, 10-394 (112 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	27	8	70	3	-	-
Booth	17	3	79	2	-	-
Clift	22	3	78	2	-	-
McVicker	14	5	58	0	-	-
Cross	15	3	44	2	-	-
Steele	10	4	23	0	-	-
Balderstone	7	1	26	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	6
GF Cross	c Cook b Sarfraz Nawaz	19
JC Balderstone	run out	10
BF Davison	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	24
*R Illingworth	c Larkins b Dye	86
+RW Tolchard	st Sharp b Willey	57
J Birkenshaw	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	14
PB Clift	lbw b Willey	20
NM McVicker	st Sharp b Willey	54
P Booth	b Willey	27
K Higgs	not out	2
Extras	(7 b, 10 lb, 12 nb, 1 w)	30
Total	(all out, 151.4 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-31, 3-42, 4-93, 5-187, 6-208, 7-247, 8-270, 9-342, 10-349 (151.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	35	12	81	3	-	-
Dye	17	3	43	1	-	-
Bedi	40	13	97	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	26	11	43	1	-	-
Willey	33.4	11	55	4	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	not out	27
G Cook	c Illingworth b Higgs	2
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Steele b Birkenshaw	21
W Larkins	not out	9
P Willey	did not bat
RG Williams	did not bat
TJ Yardley	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
Sarfraz Nawaz	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 21.4 overs)	60
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-39

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	4	1	8	1	-	-
Clift	3	0	9	0	-	-
Steele	2	0	7	0	-	-
Balderstone	4.4	2	10	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	8	2	25	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> Mushtaq Mohammad (1) passed 26000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 98
--> GF Cross (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7

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