minc7640	Staffordshire v Durham
	Minor Counties Championship 1978
Venue	Bass Worthington Ground, Burton-on-Trent on 14th, 15th August 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Durham won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Staffordshire 1; Durham 3
Umpires	R Burrows, GA Wenman
Scorers	LW Hancock (Staffordshire), AD Reed (Durham)
Close of play day 1	Durham (1) 99/3 (Greensword 35*, Riddell 30*; 35 overs)

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Staffordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	not out	69	233	245	2	-
PN Gill	c Wasim Raja b Greensword	12	52	73	1	-
TA Pearsall	lbw b Greensword	34	104	84	5	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	c Mercer b Greensword	2	4	6	-	-
JD Moore	b Wilkinson	2	14	19	-	-
MJ Ikin	c Wilkinson b Wasim Raja	15	38	29	2	-
NJ Archer	lbw b Parsana	0	6	2	-	-
DG Nicholls	b Parsana	2	13	11	-	-
+MR Green	not out	11	18	14	1	-
BD Gessner	did not bat
RI James	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 245 minutes, 80 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-90, 3-92, 4-99, 5-130, 6-130, 7-141

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	18	8	25	1	-	-
Wishart	8	2	23	0	-	-
Greensword	22	12	29	3	-	-
Kippax	13	8	18	0	-	-
Parsana	11	1	29	2	-	2
Wasim Raja	8	1	23	1	-	-

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Durham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	lbw b James	0	10	17	-	-
PW Romaines	c Green b Gessner	3		22	-	-
Wasim Raja	c Green b Gessner	19		29	2	-
S Greensword	not out	56		174	2	1
*NA Riddell	not out	51		149	7	-
PJ Kippax	did not bat
C Thomas	did not bat
DD Parsana	did not bat
+RAD Mercer	did not bat
IA Wishart	did not bat
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 197 minutes, 50 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-27

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gessner	11	4	23	2	-	1
James	17	2	53	1	-	2
Nicholls	14	6	27	0	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	5	2	16	0	-	-
Ikin	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Staffordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DA Hancock	c Riddell b Kippax	52		120	4	-
PN Gill	c Atkinson b Wilkinson	12		48	-	-
TA Pearsall	c Riddell b Kippax	24		85	3	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	c Greensword b Parsana	5		9	1	-
JD Moore	b Parsana	36		69	6	-
MJ Ikin	b Parsana	2		8	-	-
NJ Archer	lbw b Kippax	0		12	-	-
DG Nicholls	not out	18		50	3	-
+MR Green	not out	1		7	-	-
BD Gessner	did not bat
RI James	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 208 minutes, 65.2 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-91, 3-98, 4-99, 5-104, 6-115, 7-143

Durham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	17	2	50	1	-	1
Wishart	8	2	21	0	-	1
Wasim Raja	3	1	17	0	-	-
Greensword	6	2	12	0	-	-
Kippax	15	6	35	3	1	-
Parsana	16.2	9	15	3	-	1

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Durham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SR Atkinson	c Moore b Gessner	7		16	-	-
PW Romaines	b Nasim-ul-Ghani	16		52	1	1
Wasim Raja	c Gill b James	10		22	1	-
*NA Riddell	run out	40		37	3	4
S Greensword	lbw b Ikin	6		26	-	-
PJ Kippax	not out	14		46	1	-
C Thomas	run out	27		28	4	-
DD Parsana	b Ikin	0		2	-	-
+RAD Mercer	c Pearsall b Nasim-ul-Ghani	2		4	-	-
IA Wishart	not out	0		7	-	-
JS Wilkinson	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(8 wickets, 124 minutes, 34 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-28, 3-39, 4-90, 5-90, 6-133, 7-134, 8-137

Staffordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gessner	6	0	16	1	-	2
James	5	0	11	1	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani	12	3	67	2	-	-
Ikin	11	2	28	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Staffordshire score at 55 overs in the first innings was 92-2
--> Nasim-ul-Ghani made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> DA Hancock (1) passed 8000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 50
--> DD Parsana achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Staffordshire second innings (previous best was 3-54)

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Source: Durham CCC scorebook with thanks to Brian Hunt
Start delayed on first day until 11.30am due to a wet ground, and rain stopped play on the second day from 1.55pm - 2.15pm and 5.34pm to 5.44pm.

 

 

 

 

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