a2252	Lancashire v Middlesex
	Gillette Cup 1978 (Quarter-Final)
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 2nd, 3rd, 4th August 1978 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Lancashire won by 21 runs
Umpires	HD Bird, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Middlesex 6/0 (Brearley 0*, Smith 4*; 1 over)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex 24/1 (Brearley 8*, Radley 1*; 9 overs)
Player of the Match	A Kennedy

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Lancashire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
A Kennedy	b Selvey	131		215	22	-
D Lloyd	lbw b Edmonds	22		49	2	-
*FC Hayes	b Edmonds	0	2	1	-	-	0.00
CH Lloyd	lbw b Gatting	68		103	4	-
J Abrahams	hit wkt b Daniel	10		41	-	-
BW Reidy	run out	12		25	-	-
J Simmons	not out	10		12	-	1
DP Hughes	did not bat
+J Lyon	did not bat
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
CEH Croft	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	26
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 229 minutes, 60 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-39, 3-167, 4-227, 5-257, 6-279 (60 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Daniel	12	5	32	1	3	-	72.00	2.67
Selvey	12	0	59	1	-	1	72.00	4.92
Gatting	7	0	46	1	-	1	42.00	6.57
Emburey	12	2	31	0	-	-	-	2.58
Edmonds	12	2	52	2	-	-	36.00	4.33
Featherstone	5	0	33	0	-	2	-	6.60

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Middlesex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*JM Brearley	c Abrahams b Ratcliffe	9
MJ Smith	c Hughes b Ratcliffe	12
CT Radley	b Hughes	58
GD Barlow	c Lyon b Reidy	28
+IJ Gould	c D Lloyd b Reidy	7
MW Gatting	c and b Hughes	62
NG Featherstone	b Simmons	2
PH Edmonds	c Reidy b Hughes	15
JE Emburey	not out	36
MWW Selvey	c Kennedy b Ratcliffe	1
WW Daniel	lbw b Hughes	14
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 57.5 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-36, 3-77, 4-91, 5-144, 6-153, 7-172, 8-215, 9-224, 10-258 (57.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Croft	11	2	38	0	-	-	-	3.45
Ratcliffe	11	1	41	3	-	-	22.00	3.73
Reidy	12	2	46	2	-	-	36.00	3.83
Simmons	12	0	50	1	-	-	72.00	4.17
Hughes	11.5	0	69	4	-	-	17.75	5.83

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
--> Lancashire innings: 50 in 66 minutes
--> Lancashire innings: 100 in 117 minutes
--> Lancashire innings: 150 in 149 minutes
--> Lancashire innings: 200 in 173 minutes
--> Lancashire innings: 250 in 212 minutes
--> A Kennedy passed his previous highest score of 87 in List A matches
--> A Kennedy made his first century in List A matches
--> J Simmons passed 1500 runs in List A matches when he reached 3
--> JE Emburey passed his previous highest score of 30 in List A matches

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