f31702 cc15286	Northamptonshire v Lancashire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 10th, 11th, 12th August 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Lancashire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	DJ Constant, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 264/5 (Steele 52*, Sharp 1*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 205/2 (Hayes 9*, Pilling 19*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	b Hodgson	1
J Abrahams	c Sharp b Sarfraz Nawaz	4
*H Pilling	c Steele b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
FC Hayes	b Hodgson	0
BW Reidy	c Steele b Hodgson	0
DP Hughes	c Virgin b Sarfraz Nawaz	11
J Simmons	b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
+J Lyon	lbw b Griffiths	5
CEH Croft	not out	8
R Arrowsmith	b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
PG Lee	b Sarfraz Nawaz	0
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 26.2 overs)	33
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-6, 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, 6-7, 7-24, 8-24, 9-29, 10-33 (26.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	13.2	9	8	6	-	-
Hodgson	9	6	17	3	-	-
Griffiths	4	3	4	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Lyon b Croft	106
G Cook	c and b Arrowsmith	39
DS Steele	run out	56
*Mushtaq Mohammad	b Simmons	53
W Larkins	c Wood b Simmons	0
P Willey	c Wood b Arrowsmith	0
+G Sharp	lbw b Hughes	37
Sarfraz Nawaz	run out	19
A Hodgson	b Simmons	40
BS Bedi	c and b Simmons	9
BJ Griffiths	not out	1
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 10 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 122.4 overs)	383
Fall of wickets:
1-112, 2-170, 3-246, 4-246, 5-251, 6-278, 7-296, 8-366, 9-374, 10-383 (122.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	22	5	55	1	-	-
Lee	19	3	64	0	-	-
Wood	12	5	27	0	-	-
Arrowsmith	36	8	131	2	-	-
Simmons	28.4	11	68	4	-	-
Hughes	5	0	15	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	b Sarfraz Nawaz	98
J Abrahams	c Sharp b Bedi	71
*H Pilling	lbw b Griffiths	45
FC Hayes	c Cook b Bedi	135
BW Reidy	c Cook b Bedi	78
DP Hughes	c Cook b Mushtaq Mohammad	6
J Simmons	lbw b Bedi	31
+J Lyon	c Steele b Bedi	11
CEH Croft	c Hodgson b Steele	3
R Arrowsmith	lbw b Bedi	0
PG Lee	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 9 lb, 7 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 185 overs)	501
Fall of wickets:
1-175, 2-177, 3-267, 4-439, 5-444, 6-450, 7-475, 8-501, 9-501, 10-501 (185 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarfraz Nawaz	24	5	64	1	-	-
Hodgson	20	3	62	0	-	-
Griffiths	25	6	57	1	-	-
Bedi	48	19	98	6	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	38	8	140	1	-	-
Willey	29	10	57	0	-	-
Steele	1	1	0	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Willey	c Simmons b Croft	19
G Cook	not out	6
*Mushtaq Mohammad	not out	1
RT Virgin	did not bat
DS Steele	did not bat
W Larkins	did not bat
Sarfraz Nawaz	did not bat
+G Sharp	did not bat
A Hodgson	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
BJ Griffiths	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 5 overs)	28
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Willey)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Croft	3	0	16	1	-	-
Lee	2	0	10	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
--> B Wood (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 97
--> BW Reidy (2) passed his previous highest score of 76 in County Championship matches
--> BS Bedi reached 1350 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire second innings

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