f31226 cc15117	Northamptonshire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 21st, 23rd, 24th August 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 4 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Worcestershire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	HD Bird, WL Budd
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 55/0 (Virgin 20*, Cook 26*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 169/0 (Turner 81*, Ormrod 83*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c and b Hodgson	53
JA Ormrod	c Virgin b Hodgson	31
DN Patel	c Cook b Hodgson	12
BJR Jones	c Cook b Bedi	10
BL D'Oliveira	c Larkins b Bedi	18
Imran Khan	c Willey b Bedi	166
+HG Wilcock	b Bedi	1
R Senghera	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
JD Inchmore	b Mushtaq Mohammad	0
*N Gifford	st Sharp b Mushtaq Mohammad	10
AP Pridgeon	not out	0
Extras	(5 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 98.3 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-83, 2-99, 3-105, 4-128, 5-153, 6-158, 7-163, 8-184, 9-311, 10-313 (98.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	17	4	52	1	-	-
Dye	10	1	37	0	-	-
Hodgson	16	0	76	3	-	-
Bedi	34.3	10	78	4	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	16	2	39	2	-	-
Willey	5	0	19	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Pridgeon	54
G Cook	c Senghera b Inchmore	71
DS Steele	c Wilcock b Inchmore	92
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Ormrod b Senghera	82
P Willey	not out	36
W Larkins	c Turner b Senghera	12
+G Sharp	lbw b Inchmore	15
Sarfraz Nawaz	run out	8
A Hodgson	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 19 nb)	25
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 100.4 overs)	395
Fall of wickets:
1-129, 2-154, 3-318, 4-322, 5-340, 6-376, 7-395 (100.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pridgeon	17	3	76	1	-	-
Inchmore	29.4	9	83	3	-	-
Gifford	32	8	81	0	-	-
Senghera	22	0	130	2	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Sharp b Bedi	120
JA Ormrod	c Virgin b Bedi	92
DN Patel	not out	47
BJR Jones	c Cook b Willey	0
BL D'Oliveira	b Mushtaq Mohammad	10
R Senghera	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Bedi	1
*N Gifford	b Sarfraz Nawaz	37
+HG Wilcock	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	4
JD Inchmore	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	4
AP Pridgeon	c Sarfraz Nawaz b Bedi	0
Imran Khan	absent hurt
Extras	(10 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 113.4 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-213, 2-230, 3-231, 4-251, 5-260, 6-302, 7-321, 8-325, 9-328 (113.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	12	1	72	3	-	-
Dye	12	2	45	0	-	-
Hodgson	4	1	19	0	-	-
Bedi	42.4	18	65	4	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	19	5	52	1	-	-
Willey	24	8	62	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Willey	b Gifford	42
G Cook	c Ormrod b Senghera	45
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c D'Oliveira b Gifford	3
Sarfraz Nawaz	b Gifford	29
DS Steele	c Turner b Gifford	5
W Larkins	lbw b Gifford	83
RT Virgin	not out	27
+G Sharp	not out	2
A Hodgson	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, 38.2 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-88, 3-94, 4-103, 5-131, 6-243

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pridgeon	2	0	22	0	-	-
Inchmore	9.2	0	55	0	-	-
Gifford	17	1	106	5	-	-
Senghera	10	0	53	1	-	-

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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
--> Imran Khan (1) passed his previous highest score of 143 in County Championship matches
--> Imran Khan (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 81
--> Imran Khan (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 114
--> Imran Khan (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 71
--> W Larkins (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 83
--> RT Virgin (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 25
--> N Gifford reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
--> N Gifford reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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