f31196 cc15093	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 31st July, 2nd, 3rd August 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Leicestershire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	DJ Constant, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 76/1 (Dudleston 26*, McVicker 0*; 22 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 105/4 (Imran Khan 49*, Senghera 9*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Ormrod	c Clift b Illingworth	101
GM Turner	c Clift b McVicker	29
PA Neale	c Dudleston b Steele	50
Imran Khan	c Clift b Illingworth	13
DN Patel	c Clift b Balderstone	25
CN Boyns	c and b Clift	25
+HG Wilcock	not out	20
R Senghera	c Dudleston b Balderstone	12
JD Inchmore	run out	2
*N Gifford	not out	14
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	298
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-166, 3-190, 4-200, 5-244, 6-250, 7-271, 8-276

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	14	2	47	0	-	-
Higgs	8	0	29	0	-	-
Clift	14	2	37	1	-	-
McVicker	15	1	47	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	6	1	34	0	-	-
Illingworth	20	3	41	2	-	-
Steele	14	3	21	1	-	-
Balderstone	9	2	35	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Boyns b Imran Khan	26
JF Steele	b Imran Khan	28
NM McVicker	b Inchmore	18
JC Balderstone	c Turner b Gifford	81
BF Davison	c Turner b Inchmore	39
*R Illingworth	c Boyns b Senghera	35
+RW Tolchard	run out	0
J Birkenshaw	not out	33
PB Clift	c Neale b Senghera	26
P Booth	not out	0
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 9 lb, 3 nb, 12 w)	41
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	327
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-86, 3-111, 4-179, 5-260, 6-264, 7-264, 8-327

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Imran Khan	28	5	74	2	-	-
Inchmore	16	4	38	2	-	-
Pridgeon	13	1	46	0	-	-
Gifford	16	3	47	1	-	-
Senghera	27	3	81	2	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	b Booth	13
JA Ormrod	c Birkenshaw b Booth	2
PA Neale	c Davison b Steele	11
Imran Khan	c and b Balderstone	118
DN Patel	c Tolchard b Balderstone	21
R Senghera	c Clift b Birkenshaw	35
CN Boyns	b Booth	36
+HG Wilcock	not out	14
JD Inchmore	not out	0
*N Gifford	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(12 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 109 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-16, 3-40, 4-93, 5-191, 6-212, 7-264

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	16	4	42	3	-	-
Higgs	14	4	20	0	-	-
Clift	5	1	15	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	12	0	36	1	-	-
Illingworth	14	3	33	0	-	-
Steele	26	13	52	1	-	-
Balderstone	22	9	52	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Wilcock b Imran Khan	0
JF Steele	c Turner b Imran Khan	5
JC Balderstone	c Gifford b Inchmore	1
BF Davison	lbw b Imran Khan	12
+RW Tolchard	c and b Senghera	20
*R Illingworth	c Boyns b Gifford	50
J Birkenshaw	not out	54
PB Clift	not out	14
NM McVicker	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, 58 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-3, 3-13, 4-20, 5-52, 6-113

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Imran Khan	16	4	51	3	-	-
Inchmore	7	1	15	1	-	-
Gifford	18	4	41	1	-	-
Senghera	16	4	39	1	-	-
Patel	1	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> JA Ormrod (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 20
--> JA Ormrod (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 79
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 11
--> R Illingworth (2) passed 16000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 30
--> Imran Khan reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JC Balderstone reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> Imran Khan reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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