a5267	Lancashire v Somerset
	Refuge Assurance League 1987
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 31st May 1987 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Lancashire won by 7 wickets
Points	Lancashire 4; Somerset 0
Umpires	B Dudleston, DO Oslear

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JG Wyatt	lbw b Allott	13
NA Felton	c Fowler b Simmons	42
JJE Hardy	lbw b Hughes	52
MD Crowe	c Austin b Watkinson	27
RJ Harden	b Hughes	35
*VJ Marks	c sub b Allott	30
+ND Burns	not out	13
GD Rose	did not bat
GV Palmer	did not bat
NA Mallender	did not bat
AN Jones	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 8 w)	15
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-105, 3-122, 4-166, 5-191, 6-227 (40 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Watkinson	8	0	54	1	-	-	48.00	6.75
Allott	8	0	30	2	-	-	24.00	3.75
Austin	8	0	30	0	-	-	-	3.75
Hayhurst	4	0	15	0	-	-	-	3.75
Simmons	8	0	59	1	-	-	48.00	7.38
Hughes	4	0	32	2	-	-	12.00	8.00

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Lancashire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GD Mendis	lbw b Mallender	3
G Fowler	not out	100	116				86.21
J Abrahams	c Marks b Palmer	12
NH Fairbrother	c Crowe b Mallender	102	90		7	3	113.33
*DP Hughes	not out	6
AN Hayhurst	did not bat
ID Austin	did not bat
M Watkinson	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
PJW Allott	did not bat
+J Stanworth	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, 39.2 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-42, 3-218

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Mallender	8	0	45	2	-	-	24.00	5.62
Jones	8	0	42	0	-	-	-	5.25
Rose	8	0	38	0	-	-	-	4.75
Palmer	4.2	0	32	1	-	-	26.00	7.38
Marks	8	0	48	0	-	-	-	6.00
Crowe	3	0	19	0	-	-	-	6.33

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Notes
--> G Fowler passed 4500 runs in List A matches when he reached 27
--> NH Fairbrother 100 in 89 balls with 7 fours and 3 sixes
--> NH Fairbrother equalled his previous highest score of 102 in List A matches
--> NH Fairbrother passed 2000 runs in List A matches when he reached 96

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