f32705 cc15646	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Wellingborough School Ground, Wellingborough on 11th, 13th, 14th August 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Leicestershire 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	HD Bird, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 54/1 (Dudleston 21*, Balderstone 12*; 21 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 211/7 (Birkenshaw 33*, Shuttleworth 0*; 77.2 overs)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c Birkenshaw b Higgs	1
W Larkins	c Balderstone b Steele	115
RG Williams	c Dudleston b Clift	27
AJ Lamb	b Clift	77
P Willey	c Briers b Shuttleworth	17
TJ Yardley	not out	17
+G Sharp	run out	20
*PJ Watts	not out	10
Sarfraz Nawaz	did not bat
TM Lamb	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 5 lb)	16
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-80, 3-214, 4-248, 5-254, 6-282

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	17	6	30	1	-	-
Shuttleworth	19	3	73	1	-	-
Clift	29	7	65	2	-	-
Cook	11	3	33	0	-	-
Steele	12	2	43	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	12	2	40	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+B Dudleston	c AJ Lamb b Williams	60
JF Steele	c Yardley b Griffiths	11
JC Balderstone	c Yardley b Griffiths	33
BF Davison	lbw b Williams	3
DI Gower	b Griffiths	0
PB Clift	b Sarfraz Nawaz	35
NE Briers	c Cook b Willey	13
J Birkenshaw	not out	33
K Shuttleworth	not out	0
*K Higgs	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 11 nb)	23
Total	(7 wickets, 77.2 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-107, 3-119, 4-120, 5-126, 6-158, 7-211

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	12.2	5	29	1	-	-
Griffiths	17	4	38	3	-	-
Willey	25	6	77	1	-	-
Williams	21	9	43	2	-	-
TM Lamb	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> PB Clift (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20

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