a2153	Middlesex v Leicestershire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1978 (Group C)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 20th May 1978 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 10 runs
Points	Middlesex 0; Leicestershire 3
Umpires	JF Crapp, WE Phillipson
Man of the Match	RW Tolchard

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Dudleston	b Daniel	30
JF Steele	b Daniel	1
JC Balderstone	b Selvey	1
BF Davison	lbw b Selvey	12
DI Gower	c Gould b Edmonds	49
+RW Tolchard	lbw b Daniel	56
J Birkenshaw	c Brearley b Featherstone	19
PB Clift	not out	14
*R Illingworth	not out	2
K Higgs	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 8 lb, 5 nb, 3 w)	26
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-11, 3-40, 4-62, 5-153, 6-193, 7-199

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Daniel	11	0	37	3	-	-	22.00	3.36
Selvey	11	3	21	2	-	-	33.00	1.91
Gatting	2	0	11	0	-	-	-	5.50
Emburey	11	1	20	0	-	-	-	1.82
Edmonds	9	0	29	1	-	-	54.00	3.22
Featherstone	11	0	66	1	-	-	66.00	6.00

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Middlesex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*JM Brearley	b Steele	15
MJ Smith	c Illingworth b Steele	23
CT Radley	c Higgs b Steele	21
MW Gatting	b Illingworth	10
GD Barlow	b Clift	42
NG Featherstone	lbw b Higgs	55
PH Edmonds	c Tolchard b Ward	21
+IJ Gould	run out	3
JE Emburey	c and b Higgs	2
MWW Selvey	not out	0
WW Daniel	b Ward	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-49, 3-64, 4-80, 5-158, 6-193, 7-197, 8-199, 9-200, 10-200 (54.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Ward	10.3	0	38	2	-	-	31.50	3.62
Higgs	11	1	38	2	-	-	33.00	3.45
Illingworth	11	2	41	1	-	-	66.00	3.73
Steele	11	1	28	3	-	-	22.00	2.55
Clift	11	2	47	1	-	-	66.00	4.27

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Notes
--> PB Clift passed 500 runs in ListA matches when he reached 5
--> GD Barlow passed 2000 runs in ListA matches when he reached 14

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