a2197	Worcestershire v Leicestershire
	John Player League 1978
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 18th June 1978 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 2 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 4; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	DO Oslear, AGT Whitehead

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
NE Briers	b Gifford	81
J Birkenshaw	c Humphries b Pridgeon	11
+RW Tolchard	c Humphries b Boyns	15
BF Davison	c Holder b Boyns	76
JC Balderstone	c Humphries b Boyns	9
PB Clift	b Holder	3
JF Steele	c Humphries b Holder	12
*R Illingworth	c and b Boyns	6
P Booth	not out	6
LB Taylor	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-71, 3-166, 4-199, 5-204, 6-204, 7-219, 8-229 (40 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Holder	8	0	32	2	-	-	24.00	4.00
Pridgeon	8	0	30	1	-	-	48.00	3.75
Cumbes	8	0	52	0	-	-	-	6.50
Boyns	7	0	34	4	-	-	10.50	4.86
Gifford	5	2	38	1	-	-	30.00	7.60
D'Oliveira	4	0	33	0	-	-	-	8.25

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Worcestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GM Turner	b Taylor	89
JA Ormrod	c Tolchard b Clift	23
BL D'Oliveira	b Booth	8
PA Neale	c sub b Booth	59
EJO Hemsley	c and b Higgs	23
CN Boyns	b Booth	0
+DJ Humphries	run out	10
*N Gifford	c Taylor b Higgs	8
VA Holder	not out	6
AP Pridgeon	not out	0
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, 39.5 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-70, 3-166, 4-186, 5-187, 6-209, 7-222, 8-224

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Higgs	7.5	1	31	2	-	-	23.50	3.96
Taylor	7	0	41	1	-	-	42.00	5.86
Clift	8	0	46	1	-	-	48.00	5.75
Booth	8	0	47	3	-	-	16.00	5.88
Steele	6	0	41	0	-	-	-	6.83
Illingworth	3	0	20	0	-	-	-	6.67

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Notes
--> NE Briers passed his previous highest score of 45 in List A matches
--> JA Ormrod passed 4500 runs in List A matches when he reached 21
--> DJ Humphries passed 500 runs in List A matches when he reached 4
--> CN Boyns achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Leicestershire innings (previous best was 3-30)
--> P Booth reached 100 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire innings

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