Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1978
Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
Grace Road, Leicester
27 August 1978 (40-overs match)

Result: Leicestershire won by 6 wickets
Points: Leicestershire 4, Northamptonshire 0

Toss: Northamptonshire
Umpires: PB Wight and TG Wilson

Northamptonshire innings
P Willey                                 b Booth               18
W Larkins             lbw                b Taylor               3
TJ Yardley            c Higgs            b Clift                8
AJ Lamb               c Higgs            b Steele              13
G Cook                c Steele           b Higgs               44
*PJ Watts             c Briers           b Illingworth          6
RG Williams           run out                                   2
Sarfraz Nawaz                            b Clift                0
+VA Flynn             c Tolchard         b Higgs                5
TM Lamb               c Birkenshaw       b Taylor               1
BJ Griffiths          not out                                   1
Extras                (b 1, lb 15, nb 1)                       17
Total                 (all out, 36.5 overs)                   118

FoW: 1-14, 2-40, 3-41, 4-75, 5-88,
     6-90, 7-90, 8-113, 9-117, 10-118.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Higgs                        6.5    0     14      2
Taylor                       6      0     14      2
Clift                        8      1     15      2
Booth                        8      0     24      1
Steele                       4      0     15      1
Illingworth                  4      0     19      1

Leicestershire innings
NE Briers                                b TM Lamb             29
J Birkenshaw          lbw                b Watts               19
JC Balderstone        not out                                  29
BF Davison                               b Watts                3
+RW Tolchard          c Yardley          b Larkins              2
PB Clift              not out                                  24
Extras                (b 4, lb 4, w 5)                         13
Total                 (4 wickets, 37.4 overs)                 119

DNB: JF Steele, *R Illingworth, P Booth, K Higgs, LB Taylor.

FoW: 1-45, 2-57, 3-65, 4-75.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sarfraz Nawaz                8      3     21      0
Griffiths                    8      1     29      0
Watts                        8      2      9      2
TM Lamb                      8      1     18      1
Larkins                      3.4    0     18      1
Willey                       2      0     11      0

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