a2285	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	John Player League 1978
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 27th August 1978 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 6 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 4; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	PB Wight, TG Wilson

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Northamptonshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
P Willey	b Booth	18
W Larkins	lbw b Taylor	3
TJ Yardley	c Higgs b Clift	8
AJ Lamb	c Higgs b Steele	13
G Cook	c Steele b Higgs	44
*PJ Watts	c Briers b Illingworth	6
RG Williams	run out	2
Sarfraz Nawaz	b Clift	0
+VA Flynn	c Tolchard b Higgs	5
TM Lamb	c Birkenshaw b Taylor	1
BJ Griffiths	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 15 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 36.5 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-40, 3-41, 4-75, 5-88, 6-90, 7-90, 8-113, 9-117, 10-118 (36.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Higgs	6.5	0	14	2	-	-	20.50	2.05
Taylor	6	0	14	2	-	-	18.00	2.33
Clift	8	1	15	2	-	-	24.00	1.88
Booth	8	0	24	1	-	-	48.00	3.00
Steele	4	0	15	1	-	-	24.00	3.75
Illingworth	4	0	19	1	-	-	24.00	4.75

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NE Briers	b TM Lamb	29
J Birkenshaw	lbw b Watts	19
JC Balderstone	not out	29
BF Davison	b Watts	3
+RW Tolchard	c Yardley b Larkins	2
PB Clift	not out	24
JF Steele	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 5 w)	13
Total	(4 wickets, 37.4 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-57, 3-65, 4-75

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Sarfraz Nawaz	8	3	21	0	-	-	-	2.62
Griffiths	8	1	29	0	-	-	-	3.62
Watts	8	2	9	2	-	-	24.00	1.12
TM Lamb	8	1	18	1	-	-	48.00	2.25
Larkins	3.4	0	18	1	-	-	22.00	4.91
Willey	2	0	11	0	-	-	-	5.50

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Notes
--> VA Flynn made his debut in List A matches
--> JC Balderstone passed 3500 runs in List A matches when he reached 20

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