a1660	Leicestershire v Worcestershire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1976 (Group B)
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 15th May 1976 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 15 runs
Points	Leicestershire 3; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	HD Bird, DO Oslear
Player of the Match	JC Balderstone

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GF Cross	c Turner b Pridgeon	27
JF Steele	c Pridgeon b D'Oliveira	11
JC Balderstone	not out	100
BF Davison	lbw b Gifford	36
*R Illingworth	b D'Oliveira	23
+RW Tolchard	not out	40
PB Clift	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
P Booth	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-55, 3-121, 4-175

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Imran Khan	11	2	39	0	-	-	-	3.55
Inchmore	10	3	38	0	-	-	-	3.80
D'Oliveira	11	0	51	2	-	-	33.00	4.64
Pridgeon	10	0	56	1	-	-	60.00	5.60
Gifford	10	1	35	1	-	-	60.00	3.50
Senghera	3	0	18	0	-	-	-	6.00

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Worcestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JA Ormrod	c Cross b Booth	6
GM Turner	c Booth b Steele	38
PA Neale	c Booth b Steele	8
Imran Khan	c Illingworth b Clift	47
BL D'Oliveira	c Birkenshaw b Steele	12
EJO Hemsley	c Balderstone b Booth	65
+HG Wilcock	c Tolchard b McVicker	0
JD Inchmore	b Clift	15
R Senghera	run out	12
*N Gifford	not out	11
AP Pridgeon	b Booth	10
Extras	(13 lb, 2 w)	15
Total	(all out, 54.2 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-50, 3-62, 4-79, 5-142, 6-142, 7-169, 8-208, 9-218, 10-239 (54.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Booth	7.2	0	32	3	-	-	14.67	4.36
Higgs	11	0	50	0	-	-	-	4.55
Clift	10	1	44	2	-	-	30.00	4.40
Steele	11	2	26	3	-	-	22.00	2.36
Illingworth	10	1	40	0	-	-	-	4.00
McVicker	5	0	32	1	-	-	30.00	6.40

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Notes
--> GF Cross passed 500 runs in List A matches when he reached 7
--> RW Tolchard passed 3000 runs in List A matches when he reached 28
--> R Senghera passed his previous highest score of 11 in List A matches
--> NM McVicker reached 200 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire innings

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