a2128	Northamptonshire v Sussex
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1978 (Group C)
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 6th, 8th May 1978 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sussex won by 65 runs
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Sussex 3
Umpires	BJ Meyer, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	No play
Man of the Match	Imran Khan

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Sussex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JRT Barclay	c AJ Lamb b Griffiths	1
GD Mendis	c AJ Lamb b TM Lamb	30
SJ Storey	lbw b Larkins	8
PJ Graves	c Cook b TM Lamb	2
Imran Khan	not out	65				4
MA Buss	lbw b TM Lamb	0
JJ Groome	c Williams b Willey	23
*+A Long	c Willey b Griffiths	3
GG Arnold	c Cook b Hodgson	6
J Spencer	not out	3
RGL Cheatle	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-40, 3-40, 4-55, 5-55, 6-100, 7-110, 8-120

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Hodgson	10	3	26	1	-	-	60.00	2.60
Griffiths	11	3	24	2	-	-	33.00	2.18
TM Lamb	11	5	21	3	-	-	22.00	1.91
Larkins	6	0	27	1	-	-	36.00	4.50
Willey	11	1	16	1	-	-	66.00	1.45
Watts	6	2	27	0	-	-	-	4.50

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Northamptonshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
G Cook	c Storey b Imran Khan	0
W Larkins	b Imran Khan	49
DS Steele	lbw b Imran Khan	4
AJ Lamb	c Long b Imran Khan	4
P Willey	c Long b Imran Khan	3
RG Williams	c and b Spencer	1
*PJ Watts	c Mendis b Arnold	3
+G Sharp	c Long b Storey	12
TM Lamb	c Imran Khan b Cheatle	0
A Hodgson	c Groome b Storey	1
BJ Griffiths	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 40.3 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-23, 3-24, 4-27, 5-27, 6-32, 7-63, 8-82, 9-85, 10-85 (40.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Imran Khan	7.3	2	8	5	-	-	9.00	1.07
Arnold	6	1	17	1	-	-	36.00	2.83
Spencer	8	2	11	1	-	-	48.00	1.38
Cheatle	11	4	22	1	-	-	66.00	2.00
Storey	8	2	19	2	-	-	24.00	2.38

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> A Hodgson reached 150 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex innings
--> TM Lamb reached 50 wickets in List A matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex innings
--> Imran Khan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Northamptonshire innings (previous best was 5-29)
--> Imran Khan reached 100 wickets in List A matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire innings
--> W Larkins retired hurt in the Northamptonshire innings having scored 7 (team had lost 0 wickets) - he returned when the score was 32/6

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