f37008 cc17083	Northamptonshire v Kent
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1987
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 30th May, 1st, 2nd June 1987 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Kent 3 (Batting 2, Bowling 1)
Umpires	J Birkenshaw, AA Jones
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 230/3 (Lamb 68*, Capel 17*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (1) 248/5 (Tavaré 8*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	lbw b Kelleher	57
W Larkins	b Kelleher	75			14	-
RJ Bailey	b Baptiste	5
AJ Lamb	not out	101			14	1
DJ Capel	c Benson b Baptiste	17
RG Williams	not out	37
DJ Wild	did not bat
+D Ripley	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
WW Davis	did not bat
A Walker	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 nb)	10
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 98.3 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-133, 2-144, 3-148, 4-230

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Baptiste	31	7	97	2	-	-
Penn	17	2	60	0	-	-
Kelleher	28	6	82	2	-	-
Underwood	18	5	44	0	-	-
Aslett	1	1	0	0	-	-
Tavaré	3.3	0	11	0	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Benson	c G Cook b Walker	113
NR Taylor	c +Bailey b Davis	81
SG Hinks	c +Bailey b Walker	24
CJ Tavaré	not out	8
DG Aslett	b Walker	0
*CS Cowdrey	c Larkins b Williams	7
EAE Baptiste	did not bat
+SA Marsh	did not bat
C Penn	did not bat
DJM Kelleher	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 10 nb)	15
Total	(5 wickets, 98.4 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-166, 2-232, 3-233, 4-235, 5-248 (98.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davis	14	0	53	1	-	-
Capel	9	2	32	0	-	-
NGB Cook	25	8	49	0	-	-
Williams	25.4	5	63	1	-	-
Walker	17	4	34	3	-	-
Wild	6	1	7	0	-	-
Bailey	2	1	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> DJM Kelleher made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DJM Kelleher made his debut in County Championship matches
--> NR Taylor (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> NR Taylor (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 60

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RJ Bailey took over as wicket-keeper when D Ripley injured a finger

 

 

 

 

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