f31244 cc15131	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 28th, 30th, 31st August 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 3 (Bowling 3); Northamptonshire 2 (Batting 2)
Umpires	R Julian, DO Oslear
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 131/3 (Cook 53*; 52 overs)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Tolchard b Higgs	6
G Cook	run out	84
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Higgs b Clift	52
P Willey	b Clift	17
W Larkins	c Birkenshaw b Booth	1
TJ Yardley	c Steele b Clift	29
+G Sharp	c Tolchard b Steele	2
IM Richards	not out	0
Sarfraz Nawaz	not out	6
A Hodgson	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 84.4 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-93, 3-131, 4-132, 5-177, 6-189, 7-196

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	17.4	4	45	1	-	-
Higgs	23	10	46	1	-	-
McVicker	12	3	38	0	-	-
Clift	24	5	61	3	-	-
Illingworth	2	0	5	0	-	-
Balderstone	3	2	1	0	-	-
Steele	3	2	1	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	c Yardley b Sarfraz Nawaz	5
JF Steele	not out	9
JC Balderstone	c Sarfraz Nawaz b Bedi	8
BF Davison	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 18.3 overs)	22
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-22 (18.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	7	2	12	1	-	-
Hodgson	5	2	6	0	-	-
Bedi	4.3	3	1	1	-	-
Willey	2	1	3	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NE Briers	c Sharp b Bedi	0
JF Steele	c Cook b Willey	1
JC Balderstone	c Cook b Willey	0
BF Davison	not out	29
*R Illingworth	not out	10
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 17 overs)	46
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-5

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedi	9	2	26	1	-	-
Willey	8	2	14	2	-	-

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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

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