f33051 cc15712	Northamptonshire v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1980
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 24th, 26th, 27th May 1980 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	DJ Halfyard, R Palmer
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 79/3 (Larkins 44*, Willey 3*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 120/1 (Dudleston 58*, Balderstone 3*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Griffiths	4
JF Steele	lbw b TM Lamb	21
JC Balderstone	c Cook b Sarfraz Nawaz	5
DI Gower	lbw b TM Lamb	0
*BF Davison	b Sarfraz Nawaz	3
+RW Tolchard	b TM Lamb	32
PB Clift	lbw b Griffiths	11
J Birkenshaw	c Watts b Griffiths	23
P Booth	c Watts b Griffiths	8
NGB Cook	c Sarfraz Nawaz b TM Lamb	3
K Higgs	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 7 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-37, 3-37, 4-37, 5-43, 6-84, 7-93, 8-118, 9-119, 10-126 (68 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	18	9	18	2	-	-
Griffiths	23	9	48	4	-	-
TM Lamb	21	11	27	4	-	-
Watts	3	0	17	0	-	-
Willey	3	1	2	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	lbw b Clift	3
W Larkins	lbw b Clift	91
RG Williams	c Cook b Higgs	2
AJ Lamb	b Clift	20
P Willey	c Balderstone b Booth	18
TJ Yardley	c Cook b Booth	6
*PJ Watts	c Clift b Booth	2
+G Sharp	c Tolchard b Higgs	17
Sarfraz Nawaz	b Clift	32
TM Lamb	not out	10
BJ Griffiths	b Higgs	10
Extras	(13 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 95.5 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-21, 3-57, 4-110, 5-123, 6-139, 7-168, 8-174, 9-215, 10-226 (95.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	33.5	12	80	3	-	-
Booth	18	6	49	3	-	-
Clift	33	17	74	4	-	-
Cook	5	4	1	0	-	-
Steele	6	3	7	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Sharp b TM Lamb	83
JF Steele	c AJ Lamb b Willey	47
JC Balderstone	c Williams b AJ Lamb	102
DI Gower	lbw b TM Lamb	0
+RW Tolchard	b Sarfraz Nawaz	16
*BF Davison	c Griffiths b Williams	60
PB Clift	not out	8
J Birkenshaw	not out	11
P Booth	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 10 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 109 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-115, 2-161, 3-161, 4-231, 5-324, 6-329

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	22	6	44	1	-	-
Griffiths	19	3	74	0	-	-
TM Lamb	26	6	73	2	-	-
Willey	23	5	50	1	-	-
Larkins	11	0	41	0	-	-
AJ Lamb	4	0	26	1	-	-
Williams	4	1	19	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	c Davison b Booth	4
W Larkins	lbw b Higgs	5
RG Williams	c Cook b Dudleston	6
AJ Lamb	b Dudleston	13
P Willey	c Cook b Clift	21
TJ Yardley	c Davison b Cook	1
*PJ Watts	c Davison b Clift	25
+G Sharp	not out	7
Sarfraz Nawaz	c Balderstone b Cook	5
TM Lamb	not out	2
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(8 wickets, 49.5 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-9, 3-25, 4-34, 5-35, 6-73, 7-80, 8-91

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	9	3	13	1	-	-
Booth	6	3	16	1	-	-
Clift	9.5	2	31	2	-	-
Cook	12	6	16	2	-	-
Dudleston	7	3	8	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	4	2	5	0	-	-
Balderstone	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> J Birkenshaw (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> JC Balderstone (2) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> K Higgs reached 1300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> PB Clift reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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