f27233 cc13492	Leicestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 22nd, 23rd, 24th May 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 165 runs
Points	Leicestershire 4 (Bowling 4); Kent 15 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	R Aspinall, TW Spencer
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), C Lewis (Kent)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 30/9 (Tolchard 5*, Barratt 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 39/1 (Norman 8*, Booth 20*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	b Spencer	8
BW Luckhurst	lbw b Spencer	0
+APE Knott	b Barratt	25
*MC Cowdrey	lbw b Spencer	54
Asif Iqbal	c Birkenshaw b Barratt	8
JN Shepherd	b Barratt	25
SE Leary	b Spencer	27
AL Dixon	c and b Spencer	0
DL Underwood	b Spencer	0
JN Graham	not out	4
JCJ Dye	lbw b Spencer	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 91 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-12, 3-62, 4-78, 5-126, 6-126, 7-126, 8-126, 9-157, 10-157 (91 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	27	13	35	7	-	-
Knight	31	8	53	0	-	-
Barratt	28	12	50	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	5	1	13	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Cowdrey b Dye	0
MEJC Norman	c Knott b Graham	5
BJ Booth	lbw b Dye	0
CC Inman	b Dye	3
J Birkenshaw	c Knott b Graham	3
B Dudleston	c Cowdrey b Graham	6
BR Knight	lbw b Dye	4
AJ Matthews	b Graham	0
CT Spencer	c Underwood b Graham	2
+RW Tolchard	not out	10
RJ Barratt	c Shepherd b Dye	15
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 29.3 overs)	53
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-9, 4-9, 5-13, 6-22, 7-22, 8-22, 9-24, 10-53 (29.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	15	6	22	5	-	-
Dye	14.3	3	26	5	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	run out	41
BW Luckhurst	c Knight b Spencer	69
Asif Iqbal	lbw b Knight	19
*MC Cowdrey	b Barratt	25
AL Dixon	b Spencer	3
JN Shepherd	lbw b Spencer	27
+APE Knott	c and b Knight	5
SE Leary	not out	14
DL Underwood	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 85 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-93, 2-120, 3-154, 4-157, 5-166, 6-185, 7-213 (85 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	23	5	55	3	-	-
Knight	22	4	62	2	-	-
Barratt	23	6	53	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	17	5	33	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	b Graham	10
MEJC Norman	lbw b Shepherd	28
BJ Booth	c Denness b Dye	28
CC Inman	c Asif Iqbal b Dye	47
J Birkenshaw	c Knott b Shepherd	6
B Dudleston	c Knott b Asif Iqbal	4
BR Knight	c Dye b Shepherd	14
+RW Tolchard	c Knott b Shepherd	1
AJ Matthews	b Underwood	10
RJ Barratt	c Asif Iqbal b Underwood	0
CT Spencer	not out	1
Extras	(1 nb, 2 w)	3
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-65, 3-67, 4-80, 5-88, 6-118, 7-122, 8-145, 9-147, 10-152 (70.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	14	2	36	1	-	-
Dye	16.5	4	33	2	-	-
Shepherd	26	7	55	4	-	-
Asif Iqbal	6	2	12	1	-	-
Underwood	8	4	13	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RJ Barratt reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings

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