a2025	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	Gillette Cup 1977 (Quarter-Final)
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 3rd August 1977 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by 5 wickets
Umpires	DGL Evans, AEG Rhodes
Player of the Match	G Cook

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Northamptonshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
RT Virgin	lbw b Higgs	0
G Cook	c McVicker b Booth	95
DS Steele	c Balderstone b Illingworth	42
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Ward b Higgs	27
W Larkins	b Booth	22
P Willey	b Higgs	5
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Gower b Booth	2
+G Sharp	not out	10
A Hodgson	c Gower b Booth	5
BS Bedi	c Steele b Booth	0
BJ Griffiths	not out	0
Extras	(15 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-107, 3-150, 4-199, 5-211, 6-213, 7-213, 8-223, 9-224

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Higgs	12	4	39	3	-	-	24.00	3.25
Ward	4	0	17	0	-	-	-	4.25
Booth	11	0	33	5	-	-	13.20	3.00
McVicker	6	2	23	0	-	-	-	3.83
Illingworth	12	0	42	1	-	-	72.00	3.50
Steele	12	3	22	0	-	-	-	1.83
Balderstone	3	0	32	0	-	-	-	10.67

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JF Steele	b Hodgson	3
DI Gower	lbw b Hodgson	11
JC Balderstone	b Sarfraz Nawaz	54
BF Davison	c Larkins b Hodgson	80
+RW Tolchard	not out	35
J Birkenshaw	c and b Hodgson	5
*R Illingworth	not out	22
NM McVicker	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(5 wickets, 57.3 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-23, 3-149, 4-186, 5-196

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Sarfraz Nawaz	11	1	43	1	-	-	66.00	3.91
Hodgson	12	3	32	4	-	-	18.00	2.67
Bedi	12	1	34	0	-	-	-	2.83
Mushtaq Mohammad	2	0	13	0	-	-	-	6.50
Willey	10	0	47	0	-	-	-	4.70
Griffiths	10.3	2	41	0	-	-	-	3.90

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Notes
--> G Cook passed his previous highest score of 85 in List A matches
--> W Larkins passed 1000 runs in List A matches when he reached 22
--> P Booth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Northamptonshire innings (previous best was 3-15)
--> P Booth achieved his first five wickets in an innings in List A matches in the Northamptonshire innings

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