f29232 cc14382	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 8th, 10th, 11th July 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 2 (Batting 1, Bowling 1); Northamptonshire 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 5)
Umpires	WL Budd, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 104/2 (Steele 43*, Mushtaq Mohammad 50*; 37 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 159/6 (Illingworth 19*, Birkenshaw 0*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Tait	lbw b Higgs	5
G Cook	c Illingworth b McKenzie	4
DS Steele	not out	109
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Spencer b Higgs	122
*PJ Watts	not out	6
P Willey	did not bat
BS Crump	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 84.2 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-9, 3-233

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	15.2	3	60	1	-	-
Higgs	22	7	72	2	-	-
Spencer	13	2	37	0	-	-
Davison	7	2	11	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	11	1	31	0	-	-
Steele	11	2	30	0	-	-
Illingworth	5	2	5	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Willey	16
JF Steele	c Steele b Mushtaq Mohammad	91
JC Balderstone	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	15
BF Davison	c Cottam b Mushtaq Mohammad	3
*R Illingworth	lbw b Mushtaq Mohammad	20
+RW Tolchard	c and b Mushtaq Mohammad	6
PR Haywood	b Mushtaq Mohammad	5
J Birkenshaw	c Crump b Bedi	17
GD McKenzie	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Bedi	0
K Higgs	not out	0
CT Spencer	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Bedi	17
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 81.4 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-99, 3-113, 4-138, 5-147, 6-159, 7-176, 8-177, 9-177, 10-194 (81.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	6	1	18	0	-	-
Dye	6	1	19	0	-	-
Willey	11	3	30	1	-	-
Bedi	34.4	12	65	3	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	24	9	58	6	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Tait	c Steele b Higgs	4
G Cook	b McKenzie	5
DS Steele	not out	59
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Birkenshaw b McKenzie	3
*PJ Watts	run out	35
P Willey	c Balderstone b Steele	0
BS Crump	lbw b Illingworth	2
+G Sharp	st Tolchard b Steele	1
RMH Cottam	lbw b Illingworth	0
BS Bedi	c McKenzie b Tolchard	22
JCJ Dye	not out	2
Extras	(4 nb)	4
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 72 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-10, 3-19, 4-85, 5-85, 6-88, 7-89, 8-91, 9-127

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	11	4	18	2	-	-
Higgs	5	0	9	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	18	2	47	0	-	-
Steele	10	7	8	2	-	-
Illingworth	23	3	37	2	-	-
Dudleston	3	0	10	0	-	-
Tolchard	2	0	4	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	not out	13
JF Steele	b Mushtaq Mohammad	4
JC Balderstone	not out	13
BF Davison	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
PR Haywood	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 23 overs)	34
Fall of wickets:
1-11

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	4	2	6	0	-	-
Dye	3	0	5	0	-	-
Willey	3	1	2	0	-	-
Bedi	8	6	9	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	5	2	8	1	-	-

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Notes
--> DS Steele (1) passed 9000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 68
--> Mushtaq Mohammad (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 92
--> PJ Watts (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> J Birkenshaw (1) passed 8000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> BS Bedi reached 550 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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