a1617	Northamptonshire v Essex
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1976 (Group C)
Venue	Denton Road, Horton on 24th April 1976 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 6 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Essex 3
Umpires	BJ Meyer, DO Oslear
Player of the Match	KWR Fletcher

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Northamptonshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
RT Virgin	c Smith b Turner	6
G Cook	c Lever b Gooch	23
DS Steele	b Pont	44
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Hardie b Pont	38
TJ Yardley	not out	33
W Larkins	c Turner b East	5
+G Sharp	run out	1
Sarfraz Nawaz	c East b Turner	2
A Hodgson	b Turner	0
RMH Cottam	b Lever	1
JCJ Dye	not out	2
Extras	(9 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-49, 3-116, 4-122, 5-131, 6-133, 7-161, 8-161, 9-166

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lever	10	1	44	1	-	-	60.00	4.40
Turner	10	0	24	3	-	-	20.00	2.40
Edmeades	10	1	21	0	-	-	-	2.10
Gooch	11	3	21	1	-	-	66.00	1.91
East	8	0	25	1	-	-	48.00	3.12
Pont	6	0	20	2	-	-	18.00	3.33

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BEA Edmeades	c Sharp b Dye	18
BR Hardie	b Mushtaq Mohammad	25
KS McEwan	lbw b Cottam	16
*KWR Fletcher	not out	64
GA Gooch	c Cook b Mushtaq Mohammad	11
S Turner	not out	33
KR Pont	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(4 wickets, 49.1 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-62, 3-80, 4-108

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Sarfraz Nawaz	8.1	2	33	0	-	-	-	4.04
Dye	10	2	25	1	-	-	60.00	2.50
Cottam	11	3	38	1	-	-	66.00	3.45
Hodgson	11	1	26	0	-	-	-	2.36
Mushtaq Mohammad	9	0	45	2	-	-	27.00	5.00

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Notes
--> BR Hardie passed 1000 runs in List A matches when he reached 6
--> KWR Fletcher passed 4000 runs in List A matches when he reached 53
--> TJ Yardley made his debut for Northamptonshire in List A matches

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