Format: CricInfo Version 2

Benson & Hedges Cup, 1977
Somerset v Leicestershire
County Ground, Taunton
30 April 1977 (55-over match)

Result: Leicestershire won by 4 wickets

Toss: Somerset
Umpires: DJ Halfyard and KE Palmer
Man of the Match: R Illingworth

Somerset innings
BC Rose               lbw                b Clift                7
PW Denning            c Tolchard         b Higgs                2
IVA Richards          c Gower            b Clift               43
MJ Kitchen            lbw                b Higgs               54
IT Botham             c Booth            b Illingworth         20
GI Burgess                           c & b Illingworth          2
*+DJS Taylor          c Steele           b Illingworth          5
D Breakwell           c Clift            b Illingworth          4
KF Jennings           c Steele           b Higgs                0
CH Dredge             not out                                   0
HR Moseley                               b Higgs                0
Extras                (lb 6, nb 2)                              8
Total                 (all out, 48.5 overs)                   145

FoW: 1-5, 2-52, 3-61, 4-108, 5-110,
     6-122, 7-142, 8-144, 9-145, 10-145.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Higgs                        7.5    2     13      4
Ward                         8      0     35      0
Booth                        6      0     27      0
Clift                        6      2      9      2
Steele                      11      2     40      0
Illingworth                 10      4     13      4

Leicestershire innings
B Dudleston           c Moseley          b Botham              12
JC Balderstone        c Taylor           b Moseley              0
DI Gower              lbw                b Moseley              0
BF Davison                               b Richards            88
+RW Tolchard          c Taylor           b Botham              20
JF Steele             not out                                  20
PB Clift              c Kitchen          b Moseley              0
*R Illingworth        not out                                   4
Extras                (b 4, lb 1)                               5
Total                 (6 wickets, 44.2 overs)                 149

DNB: P Booth, A Ward, K Higgs.

FoW: 1-1, 2-1, 3-49, 4-89, 5-128, 6-141.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Moseley                     11      3     17      3
Dredge                       4      0     19      0
Botham                      11      2     36      2
Breakwell                   11      0     40      0
Richards                     7      1     28      1
Denning                      0.2    0      4      0

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