f31592 cc15190	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 4th, 6th, 7th June 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	A Jepson, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 29/2 (Steele 13*, Booth 1*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 71/6 (Steele 21*, Birkenshaw 3*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	not out	105
G Cook	c Dudleston b Higgs	8
DS Steele	b Higgs	42
*Mushtaq Mohammad	c Birkenshaw b Higgs	40
W Larkins	c Shuttleworth b Booth	16
TJ Yardley	c Shuttleworth b Clift	2
+G Sharp	b Clift	16
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Davison b Clift	41
A Hodgson	not out	11
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 14 lb, 4 nb)	22
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-92, 3-154, 4-177, 5-194, 6-228, 7-280

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	16	1	57	1	-	-
Higgs	25	5	51	3	-	-
Shuttleworth	24	4	53	0	-	-
Clift	30	4	105	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	5	2	15	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+B Dudleston	c Steele b Sarfraz Nawaz	4
JF Steele	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Sarfraz Nawaz	46
JC Balderstone	lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz	4
P Booth	c Cook b Dye	1
BF Davison	c Sharp b Dye	4
DI Gower	c Sharp b Dye	15
*R Illingworth	c Steele b Dye	9
J Birkenshaw	c sub b Hodgson	34
PB Clift	c Virgin b Sarfraz Nawaz	10
K Shuttleworth	c Sharp b Hodgson	0
K Higgs	not out	5
Extras	(2 lb, 18 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 53.4 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-22, 3-29, 4-33, 5-53, 6-67, 7-121, 8-138, 9-138, 10-152 (53.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	24.4	7	56	4	-	-
Dye	18	5	55	4	-	-
Hodgson	10	2	20	2	-	-
Steele	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+B Dudleston	not out	23
JF Steele	not out	8
JC Balderstone	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
BF Davison	did not bat
DI Gower	did not bat
*R Illingworth	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
PB Clift	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(4 nb)	4
Total	(no wicket, 26.2 overs)	35

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	7	4	10	0	-	-
Dye	4	2	5	0	-	-
Hodgson	2	0	6	0	-	-
Steele	5.2	5	2	0	-	-
Cook	2	0	2	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	4	3	6	0	-	-
Larkins	2	2	0	0	-	-

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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
--> RT Virgin (1) passed 19000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> DS Steele (1) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> J Birkenshaw (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12

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