| a5224 | |
| Venue | County Ground, Northampton on 12th, 13th May 1987 (55-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Northamptonshire won by 58 runs |
| Points | Northamptonshire 2; Gloucestershire 0 |
| Umpires | JH Harris, DO Oslear |
| Close of play day 1 | Northamptonshire 148/1 (G Cook 46*, Bailey 73*) |
| Player of the Match | RJ Bailey |
| Northamptonshire innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| *G Cook | run out | 108 | 139 | 193 | 8 | - | 77.70 |
| W Larkins | c Russell b Lawrence | 18 | 50 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 36.00 |
| RJ Bailey | b Walsh | 134 | 163 | 163 | 12 | 1 | 82.21 |
| AJ Lamb | not out | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | - | 50.00 |
| DJ Capel | did not bat | ||||||
| RG Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Wild | did not bat | ||||||
| +D Ripley | did not bat | ||||||
| NGB Cook | did not bat | ||||||
| WW Davis | did not bat | ||||||
| A Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (14 lb, 2 nb, 6 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs) | 283 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29 (Larkins), 2-274 (Cook), 3-283 (Bailey, 55 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Walsh | 11 | 3 | 52 | 1 | - | - | 66.00 | 4.73 |
| Lawrence | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 4.70 |
| Curran | 11 | 1 | 60 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.45 |
| Bainbridge | 11 | 1 | 55 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.00 |
| Alleyne | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.00 |
| Graveney | 10 | 0 | 49 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.90 |
| Gloucestershire innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| AW Stovold | c Lamb b Davis | 11 | 20 | 18 | 1 | - | 55.00 |
| PW Romaines | lbw b Davis | 7 | 20 | 25 | - | - | 35.00 |
| CWJ Athey | c Larkins b Williams | 95 | 143 | 130 | 4 | 1 | 66.43 |
| P Bainbridge | run out | 30 | 51 | 62 | 2 | - | 58.82 |
| KM Curran | b Walker | 21 | 33 | 45 | 1 | - | 63.64 |
| AJ Wright | c Ripley b Capel | 10 | 18 | 19 | - | - | 55.56 |
| MW Alleyne | c and b Williams | 4 | 6 | 7 | - | - | 66.67 |
| +RC Russell | c Wild b Williams | 8 | 4 | 12 | - | - | 200.00 |
| *DA Graveney | b Davis | 11 | 12 | 14 | - | - | 91.67 |
| CA Walsh | b Williams | 7 | 6 | 9 | - | - | 116.67 |
| DV Lawrence | not out | 1 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 20.00 |
| Extras | (10 lb, 7 nb, 3 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 52 overs) | 225 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (Stovold), 2-23 (Romaines), 3-93 (Bainbridge), 4-170 (Curran), 5-189 (Athey), 6-195 (Wright), 7-197 (Alleyne), 8-214 (Russell), 9-220 (Graveney), 10-225 (Walsh, 52 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Davis | 9 | 0 | 34 | 3 | - | - | 18.00 | 3.78 |
| Walker | 9 | 2 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 2.89 |
| Capel | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.80 |
| NGB Cook | 11 | 0 | 49 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.45 |
| Wild | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.75 |
| Williams | 9 | 0 | 41 | 4 | - | - | 13.50 | 4.56 |