a2130	Worcestershire v Combined Universities
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1978 (Group B)
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 6th, 8th, 9th May 1978 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Combined Universities won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 8 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 3; Combined Universities 0
Umpires	DGL Evans, DO Oslear
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire 66/1 (Ormrod 28*, Neale 23*; 21 overs)
Player of the Match	GG Watson

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Combined Universities innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MK Fosh	c Humphries b Inchmore	10
JA Claughton	lbw b Watson	0
PWG Parker	c Humphries b Watson	12
*AJ Hignell	c Humphries b Watson	63
G Pathmanathan	c Humphries b Watson	0
IA Greig	c Inchmore b D'Oliveira	16
SJ Gardiner	b Cumbes	4
GV Marie	c D'Oliveira b Cumbes	4
CJ Ross	b Gifford	6
JM Knight	c Ormrod b Watson	6
+DJ Littlewood	not out	3
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-17, 3-26, 4-26, 5-87, 6-101, 7-113, 8-120, 9-126, 10-135 (52.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Watson	11	2	22	5	-	-	13.20	2.00
Inchmore	10	1	21	1	-	-	60.00	2.10
Gifford	9.2	3	10	1	-	-	56.00	1.07
Cumbes	11	1	37	2	-	-	33.00	3.36
D'Oliveira	11	0	34	1	-	-	66.00	3.09

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Worcestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GM Turner	c Pathmanathan b Ross	2
JA Ormrod	c Pathmanathan b Gardiner	51
PA Neale	not out	52
EJO Hemsley	not out	13
BL D'Oliveira	did not bat
DN Patel	did not bat
+DJ Humphries	did not bat
JD Inchmore	did not bat
GG Watson	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 10 w)	21
Total	(2 wickets, 50.3 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-115

Combined Universities bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Knight	8.3	1	29	0	-	-	-	3.41
Ross	11	4	15	1	-	-	66.00	1.36
Marie	11	3	21	0	-	-	-	1.91
Gardiner	11	3	32	1	-	-	66.00	2.91
Greig	9	0	21	0	-	-	-	2.33

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
--> GV Marie made his debut in List A matches
--> JM Knight made his debut in List A matches
--> DJ Littlewood made his debut in List A matches
--> SJ Gardiner made his last appearance in List A matches
--> EJO Hemsley passed 2000 runs in List A matches when he reached 1
--> CJ Ross made his debut in England in List A matches
--> GG Watson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Combined Universities innings (previous best was 2-28)
--> GG Watson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in List A matches in the Combined Universities innings

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