a2296	Worcestershire v Lancashire
	John Player League 1978
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 3rd September 1978 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 56 runs
Points	Worcestershire 4; Lancashire 0
Umpires	DJ Constant, JF Crapp

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Worcestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GM Turner	c Croft b Hughes	65
JA Ormrod	b Wood	30
PA Neale	c Wood b D Lloyd	55
EJO Hemsley	not out	41
+DJ Humphries	run out	4
DN Patel	not out	1
SP Henderson	did not bat
CN Boyns	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 13 lb)	19
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-136, 3-204, 4-211

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Croft	7	0	49	0	-	-	-	7.00
Allott	5	0	25	0	-	-	-	5.00
Simmons	8	1	23	0	-	-	-	2.88
Wood	8	1	33	1	-	-	48.00	4.12
Hughes	8	0	40	1	-	-	48.00	5.00
D Lloyd	4	0	26	1	-	-	24.00	6.50

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Lancashire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
D Lloyd	c Henderson b Patel	3
B Wood	b Gifford	30
CH Lloyd	run out	1
*FC Hayes	c Turner b Pridgeon	70
J Abrahams	b Gifford	31
BW Reidy	b Pridgeon	0
J Simmons	st Humphries b Gifford	7
DP Hughes	b Pridgeon	3
+J Lyon	b Pridgeon	0
CEH Croft	not out	0
PJW Allott	c and b Gifford	0
Extras	(10 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 39 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-24, 3-64, 4-144, 5-149, 6-149, 7-159, 8-159, 9-159, 10-159 (39 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Pridgeon	7	1	18	4	-	-	10.50	2.57
Cumbes	8	0	27	0	-	-	-	3.38
Patel	8	0	46	1	-	-	48.00	5.75
Boyns	8	0	28	0	-	-	-	3.50
Gifford	8	0	26	4	-	-	12.00	3.25

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Notes
--> FC Hayes passed 3500 runs in List A matches when he reached 46
--> DP Hughes reached 200 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire innings

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