a1733	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	John Player League 1976
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 4th July 1976 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Northamptonshire 4
Umpires	R Aspinall, CG Pepper

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BF Davison	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	7
GF Cross	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	5
+RW Tolchard	b Sarfraz Nawaz	76
DI Gower	c Willey b Larkins	32
JC Balderstone	b Sarfraz Nawaz	96
PB Clift	not out	10
*R Illingworth	did not bat
JF Steele	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-20, 3-90, 4-198, 5-235 (40 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Sarfraz Nawaz	8	0	32	4	-	-	12.00	4.00
Dye	8	0	32	0	-	-	-	4.00
Larkins	8	0	48	1	-	-	48.00	6.00
Willey	7	0	60	0	-	-	-	8.57
Mushtaq Mohammad	1	0	8	0	-	-	-	8.00
Hodgson	8	0	46	0	-	-	-	5.75

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Northamptonshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
P Willey	c Balderstone b Booth	102
G Cook	c Gower b Higgs	85
*Mushtaq Mohammad	not out	42
W Larkins	not out	4
RG Williams	did not bat
RT Virgin	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
A Hodgson	did not bat
TJ Yardley	did not bat
Sarfraz Nawaz	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 37 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-169, 2-215

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Booth	8	0	36	1	-	-	48.00	4.50
McVicker	3	0	17	0	-	-	-	5.67
Higgs	7	0	39	1	-	-	42.00	5.57
Balderstone	5	0	28	0	-	-	-	5.60
Illingworth	2	0	17	0	-	-	-	8.50
Clift	7	0	53	0	-	-	-	7.57
Steele	3	0	27	0	-	-	-	9.00
Cross	2	0	16	0	-	-	-	8.00

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Notes
--> JC Balderstone passed 2500 runs in List A matches when he reached 21
--> G Cook passed his previous highest score of 58 in List A matches
--> G Cook passed 1500 runs in List A matches when he reached 41

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