a2259	Kent v Leicestershire
	John Player League 1978
Venue	Cheriton Road Sports Ground, Folkestone on 6th August 1978 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 5 wickets
Points	Kent 0; Leicestershire 4
Umpires	BJ Meyer, KE Palmer

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Kent innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
RA Woolmer	c and b Higgs	0
GW Johnson	b Booth	20
CJ Tavaré	c Tolchard b Taylor	5
*AGE Ealham	c Higgs b Booth	35
JN Shepherd	b Steele	16
CS Cowdrey	c Birkenshaw b Booth	4
CJC Rowe	run out	0
RW Hills	b Higgs	24
+PR Downton	run out	8
DL Underwood	not out	5
KBS Jarvis	not out	1
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 30 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-11, 3-45, 4-78, 5-82, 6-83, 7-86, 8-101, 9-118

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Higgs	7	0	31	2	-	-	21.00	4.43
Taylor	8	0	28	1	-	-	48.00	3.50
Booth	7	0	30	3	-	-	14.00	4.29
Steele	8	0	29	1	-	-	48.00	3.62

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DI Gower	b Underwood	26
NE Briers	c Hills b Shepherd	7
+RW Tolchard	b Shepherd	6
BF Davison	c Johnson b Underwood	39
J Birkenshaw	not out	27
JC Balderstone	c Tavaré b Jarvis	16
JF Steele	not out	0
*R Illingworth	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(5 wickets, 29.1 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-30, 3-65, 4-93, 5-121

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Jarvis	7	1	29	1	-	-	42.00	4.14
Shepherd	6.1	2	26	2	-	-	18.50	4.22
Woolmer	8	0	31	0	-	-	-	3.88
Underwood	8	0	35	2	-	-	24.00	4.38

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Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 30 overs per side
--> CJ Tavaré passed 1000 runs in List A matches when he reached 2

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