f29303 cc14441	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 19th, 21st, 22nd August 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5); Leicestershire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DJ Constant, DGL Evans
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 109/2 (Steele 53*, Sharp 0*; 40 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 150/4 (Haywood 45*, RW Tolchard 50*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c Cottam b Willey	33
MEJC Norman	c Sharp b Willey	30
JG Tolchard	run out	2
BF Davison	b Willey	48
*+RW Tolchard	c Cottam b Mushtaq Mohammad	41
PR Haywood	c Cottam b Bedi	2
BJ Booth	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Willey	0
J Birkenshaw	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Willey	14
GD McKenzie	not out	1
CT Spencer	b Mushtaq Mohammad	6
K Higgs	b Mushtaq Mohammad	1
Extras	(4 lb, 5 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 69.1 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-69, 3-71, 4-82, 5-151, 6-151, 7-179, 8-179, 9-185, 10-187 (69.1 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	6	1	24	0	-	-
Dye	10	1	25	0	-	-
Maltby	2	0	12	0	-	-
Bedi	18	7	43	1	-	-
Breakwell	1	0	2	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	13.1	4	23	3	-	-
Willey	19	2	49	5	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	lbw b Spencer	22
DS Steele	c Steele b Spencer	78
Mushtaq Mohammad	c JG Tolchard b Davison	22
+G Sharp	lbw b McKenzie	0
*PJ Watts	c JG Tolchard b Birkenshaw	23
D Breakwell	c Davison b McKenzie	5
P Willey	c Steele b Spencer	0
N Maltby	c Davison b Birkenshaw	16
RMH Cottam	c Steele b Birkenshaw	6
BS Bedi	c Norman b Birkenshaw	10
JCJ Dye	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 10 nb, 4 w)	22
Total	(all out, 89.5 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-108, 3-110, 4-166, 5-166, 6-166, 7-175, 8-185, 9-201, 10-204 (89.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	26	9	55	2	-	-
Higgs	19	11	28	0	-	-
Spencer	12	5	21	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	31.5	9	74	4	-	-
Davison	1	0	4	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Willey	25
MEJC Norman	lbw b Dye	14
JG Tolchard	b Dye	0
BF Davison	c Sharp b Bedi	14
*+RW Tolchard	st Sharp b Bedi	65
PR Haywood	b Mushtaq Mohammad	60
BJ Booth	c Cottam b Bedi	15
J Birkenshaw	lbw b Cottam	22
GD McKenzie	not out	41
K Higgs	not out	2
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 110 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-22, 3-53, 4-55, 5-175, 6-190, 7-202, 8-223

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	20	5	51	1	-	-
Dye	19	3	51	2	-	-
Bedi	29	14	58	3	-	-
Breakwell	2	0	9	0	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	27	9	64	1	-	-
Willey	13	4	25	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c RW Tolchard b Higgs	5
DS Steele	lbw b Higgs	0
Mushtaq Mohammad	c RW Tolchard b Higgs	26
*PJ Watts	lbw b Birkenshaw	34
D Breakwell	b Birkenshaw	0
P Willey	not out	27
N Maltby	c RW Tolchard b Booth	9
+G Sharp	not out	19
RMH Cottam	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(6 wickets, 64.3 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-13, 3-67, 4-67, 5-67, 6-92

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	10	5	10	0	-	-
Higgs	15	6	24	3	-	-
Spencer	3	0	9	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	22.3	10	30	2	-	-
Booth	7	4	25	1	-	-
Steele	7	1	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PR Haywood (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 33
--> J Birkenshaw reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> BS Bedi reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> BS Bedi reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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