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Format: CricInfo Version 2 
Schweppes County Championship, 1977Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
 Grace Road, Leicester
 27,29,30 August 1977 (3-day match)
 
Result: Match drawnPoints: Leicestershire 7, Northamptonshire 5
 
Toss:Umpires: R Aspinall and WL Budd
 
Close of Play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Northamptonshire 1st innings
RT Virgin                                b Ward                 7
G Cook                c Birkenshaw       b Booth               16
*DS Steele            retired hurt                             25
Mushtaq Mohammad      c Ward             b Birkenshaw          44
W Larkins                                b Higgs                1
P Willey              lbw                b Higgs               12
+G Sharp              c Birkenshaw       b Higgs                1
Sarfraz Nawaz                            b Booth                2
A Hodgson             not out                                  13
BS Bedi               c Dudleston        b Higgs               38
BJ Griffiths          lbw                b Higgs                0
Extras                (b 7, lb 5, nb 1)                        13
Total                 (9 wickets, 84.5 overs)                 172
FoW: 1-13, 2-33, 3-65, 4-83, 5-91, 6-96, 7-121, 8-170, 9-172.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Higgs                       26.5    7     51      5
Ward                        11      4     25      1
Booth                       21      8     43      2
Illingworth                 10      5      9      0
Birkenshaw                  16      4     31      1
Leicestershire 1st innings
B Dudleston           lbw                b Sarfraz Nawaz        2
JF Steele                                b Sarfraz Nawaz        7
JC Balderstone                           b Sarfraz Nawaz        2
BF Davison            lbw                b Hodgson              5
P Booth               lbw                b Sarfraz Nawaz        2
+RW Tolchard          c Sharp            b Griffiths            8
DI Gower              c Cook             b Bedi                 7
*R Illingworth        not out                                 119
J Birkenshaw                             b Griffiths            4
A Ward                lbw                b Griffiths            0
K Higgs               run out                                  98
Extras                (lb 16, nb 3)                            19
Total                 (all out, 107.3 overs)                  273
FoW: 1-4, 2-9, 3-16, 4-18, 5-29, 6-29, 7-38, 8-44, 9-45, 10-273.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sarfraz Nawaz               21      5     27      4
Bedi                        21      5     58      1
Griffiths                   14      6     30      3
Hodgson                     12.3    1     40      1
Willey                      20      7     41      0
Mushtaq Mohammad            19      4     58      0
Northamptonshire 2nd innings
RT Virgin                                b Ward                 9
G Cook                c Ward             b Birkenshaw         126
*DS Steele            c Illingworth      b Birkenshaw           0
Mushtaq Mohammad      lbw                b Birkenshaw          21
W Larkins             c Balderstone      b Booth               38
P Willey                                 b Booth                0
+G Sharp              c Steele           b Balderstone         20
Sarfraz Nawaz         c Booth            b Balderstone         35
A Hodgson             c Booth            b Birkenshaw           6
BS Bedi                                  b Balderstone          6
BJ Griffiths          not out                                   0
Extras                (b 10, lb 4, nb 3)                       17
Total                 (all out, 113 overs)                    278
FoW: 1-25, 2-63, 3-149, 4-149, 5-220,
     6-244, 7-250, 8-266, 9-272, 10-278.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Higgs                        7      4      9      0
Ward                        15      1     53      1
Booth                       16      5     33      2
Illingworth                  3      2      4      0
Birkenshaw                  30     12     55      4
Balderstone                 29     10     66      3
Steele                       7      3     23      0
Gower                        4      1     12      0
Tolchard                     2      0      6      0
Leicestershire 2nd innings (target: 178 runs)
B Dudleston           not out                                   1
JF Steele             not out                                   1
Extras                (b 1)                                     1
Total                 (0 wickets, 3 overs)                      3
DNB: JC Balderstone, BF Davison, P Booth, +RW Tolchard, DI Gower,
     *R Illingworth, J Birkenshaw, A Ward, K Higgs.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Larkins                      2      1      2      0
Virgin                       1      1      0      0
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