Format: CricInfo Version 2

Benson & Hedges Cup, 1976
Northamptonshire v Essex
Horton House Cricket Club
24 April 1976 (55-over match)

Result: Essex won by 6 wickets

Toss: Northamptonshire
Umpires: BJ Meyer and DO Oslear
Man of the Match: KWR Fletcher

Northamptonshire innings
RT Virgin             c Smith            b Turner               6
G Cook                c Lever            b Gooch               23
DS Steele                                b Pont                44
*Mushtaq Mohammad     c Hardie           b Pont                38
TJ Yardley            not out                                  33
W Larkins             c Turner           b East                 5
+G Sharp              run out                                   1
Sarfraz Nawaz         c East             b Turner               2
A Hodgson                                b Turner               0
RMH Cottam                               b Lever                1
JCJ Dye               not out                                   2
Extras                (lb 9, w 1, nb 3)                        13
Total                 (9 wickets, 55 overs)                   168

FoW: 1-10, 2-49, 3-116, 4-122, 5-131, 6-133, 7-161, 8-161, 9-166.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       10      1     44      1
Turner                      10      0     24      3
Edmeades                    10      1     21      0
Gooch                       11      3     21      1
East                         8      0     25      1
Pont                         6      0     20      2

Essex innings
BEA Edmeades          c Sharp            b Dye                 18
BR Hardie                                b Mushtaq Mohammad    25
KS McEwan             lbw                b Cottam              16
*KWR Fletcher         not out                                  64
GA Gooch              c Cook             b Mushtaq Mohammad    11
S Turner              not out                                  33
Extras                (b 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 1)                    5
Total                 (4 wickets, 49.1 overs)                 172

DNB: KR Pont, +N Smith, RE East, JK Lever, DL Acfield.

FoW: 1-34, 2-62, 3-80, 4-108.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sarfraz Nawaz                8.1    2     33      0
Dye                         10      2     25      1
Cottam                      11      3     38      1
Hodgson                     11      1     26      0
Mushtaq Mohammad             9      0     45      2

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