a2378	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1979 (Group B)
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 12th May 1979 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 5 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Lancashire 3
Umpires	R Aspinall, BJ Meyer
Player of the Match	BW Reidy

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JF Steele	lbw b Hughes	64
NE Briers	b Hughes	21
JC Balderstone	not out	76
BF Davison	c Simmons b Hogg	50
DI Gower	lbw b Hogg	1
+RW Tolchard	not out	2
PB Clift	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
*K Higgs	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 9 lb, 7 nb, 3 w)	26
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-154, 3-227, 4-238

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Hogg	11	1	45	2	-	-	33.00	4.09
Ratcliffe	10	0	45	0	-	-	-	4.50
Hughes	8	0	35	2	-	-	24.00	4.38
Wood	11	1	24	0	-	-	-	2.18
Reidy	9	0	43	0	-	-	-	4.78
Simmons	6	0	22	0	-	-	-	3.67

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Lancashire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Wood	b Higgs	11
A Kennedy	c Higgs b Booth	30
D Lloyd	c Steele b Booth	52
*FC Hayes	b Steele	25
CH Lloyd	c Briers b Higgs	48
BW Reidy	not out	65
J Simmons	not out	1
DP Hughes	did not bat
+J Lyon	did not bat
RM Ratcliffe	did not bat
W Hogg	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(5 wickets, 54.5 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-67, 3-112, 4-131, 5-230

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Taylor	10.5	2	45	0	-	-	-	4.15
Higgs	11	1	55	2	-	-	33.00	5.00
Birkenshaw	4	0	25	0	-	-	-	6.25
Clift	11	1	24	0	-	-	-	2.18
Booth	11	0	46	2	-	-	33.00	4.18
Steele	7	0	37	1	-	-	42.00	5.29

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Notes
--> A Kennedy passed 2000 runs in List A matches when he reached 3
--> BW Reidy passed his previous highest score of 58 in List A matches

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