a1798	Northamptonshire v Lancashire
	John Player League 1976
Venue	Manor Fields, Bletchley on 22nd August 1976 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 7 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Lancashire 4
Umpires	HD Bird, WL Budd

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Northamptonshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
P Willey	b Ratcliffe	20
RT Virgin	b Wood	20
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Hayes b Good	26
G Cook	c Abrahams b Good	61
W Larkins	c Abrahams b Hughes	6
+G Sharp	c Lever b Hughes	7
Sarfraz Nawaz	not out	19
DS Steele	not out	9
A Hodgson	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	10
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-57, 3-81, 4-104, 5-138, 6-155

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	7	1	32	0	-	-	-	4.57
Ratcliffe	8	1	19	1	-	-	48.00	2.38
Wood	7	0	29	1	-	-	42.00	4.14
Good	8	0	31	2	-	-	24.00	3.88
Hughes	8	0	39	2	-	-	24.00	4.88
Simmons	2	0	18	0	-	-	-	9.00

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Lancashire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*D Lloyd	run out	34
+FM Engineer	b Griffiths	40
H Pilling	c and b Hodgson	33
FC Hayes	not out	50
J Abrahams	not out	14
B Wood	did not bat
DP Hughes	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
P Lever	did not bat
AJ Good	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(3 wickets, 37.1 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-79, 3-144

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Sarfraz Nawaz	7	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.71
Dye	8	1	35	0	-	-	-	4.38
Willey	8	0	54	0	-	-	-	6.75
Griffiths	8	1	26	1	-	-	48.00	3.25
Hodgson	6.1	0	44	1	-	-	37.00	7.14

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Notes
--> D Lloyd passed 3500 runs in List A matches when he reached 32

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