a4868	Worcestershire v Northamptonshire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1986 (Quarter-Final)
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 28th, 29th May 1986 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Worcestershire won by 8 wickets
Umpires	JH Harris, DR Shepherd
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire 52/1 (D'Oliveira 14*, Smith 17*)
Player of the Match	GA Hick

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Northamptonshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*G Cook	c Hick b Weston	30
RJ Bailey	b Radford	6
RJ Boyd-Moss	c Rhodes b Pridgeon	31
AJ Lamb	c D'Oliveira b Inchmore	71
RA Harper	c Hick b Pridgeon	56
DJ Capel	b Radford	8
DJ Wild	run out	0
+D Ripley	run out	0
NGB Cook	not out	14
NA Mallender	not out	1
A Walker	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 13 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-66, 3-86, 4-206, 5-209, 6-210, 7-211, 8-231

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Radford	11	0	58	2	-	-	33.00	5.27
Inchmore	11	2	40	1	-	-	66.00	3.64
Pridgeon	11	0	43	2	-	-	33.00	3.91
Weston	11	3	23	1	-	-	66.00	2.09
Illingworth	6	0	33	0	-	-	-	5.50
Patel	5	0	22	0	-	-	-	4.40

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Worcestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MJ Weston	c Ripley b Walker	15
DB D'Oliveira	c Lamb b NGB Cook	15
DM Smith	not out	90	117		6	2	76.92
GA Hick	not out	103	91		8	2	113.19
*PA Neale	did not bat
DN Patel	did not bat
+SJ Rhodes	did not bat
RK Illingworth	did not bat
NV Radford	did not bat
JD Inchmore	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(2 wickets, 52.2 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-55

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Mallender	9.2	1	40	0	-	-	-	4.29
Capel	10	3	35	0	-	-	-	3.50
Walker	11	1	52	1	-	-	66.00	4.73
Harper	11	2	42	0	-	-	-	3.82
NGB Cook	11	0	57	1	-	-	66.00	5.18

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> RA Harper passed his previous highest score of 45 in List A matches
--> MJ Weston passed 1500 runs in List A matches when he reached 11
--> GA Hick equalled his previous highest score of 103 in List A matches
--> AP Pridgeon reached 150 wickets in List A matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire innings

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