Format: CricInfo Version 2

John Player's League, 1977
Northamptonshire v Essex
Wellingborough School Ground
14 August 1977 (40-overs match)

Result: Essex won by 20 runs

Toss: Northamptonshire
Umpires: A Jepson and TG Wilson

Essex innings
GA Gooch                                 b Sarfraz Nawaz       10
MK Fosh               c Mushtaq Mohammad b Willey              26
KS McEwan                                b Griffiths           28
KWR Fletcher          c Sharp            b Hodgson             46
*MH Denness                              b Griffiths           10
KR Pont               c Yardley          b Sarfraz Nawaz       11
S Turner              run out                                   5
RE East               c Willey           b Hodgson              8
+N Smith              c Larkins          b Sarfraz Nawaz        3
JK Lever              not out                                   1
DL Acfield            not out                                   3
Extras                (b 1, lb 8)                               9
Total                 (9 wickets, 40 overs)                   160

FoW: 1-14, 2-52, 3-86, 4-112, 5-128, 6-144, 7-145, 8-155, 9-156.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sarfraz Nawaz                8      0     24      3
Hodgson                      8      0     33      2
Griffiths                    8      1     29      2
Willey                       8      1     35      1
Bedi                         8      0     30      0

Northamptonshire innings
P Willey              run out                                  25
G Cook                c Smith            b Lever                4
TJ Yardley                               b Turner               2
W Larkins                                b East                 9
*Mushtaq Mohammad     c Smith            b Pont                15
DS Steele             not out                                  25
+G Sharp              run out                                  24
Sarfraz Nawaz         run out                                   1
A Hodgson             c Denness          b Pont                18
BS Bedi               run out                                   2
BJ Griffiths          lbw                b Lever                2
Extras                (b 2, lb 10, nb 1)                       13
Total                 (all out, 38.1 overs)                   140

FoW: 1-7, 2-16, 3-39, 4-60, 5-62,
     6-95, 7-97, 8-132, 9-137, 10-140.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                        7.1    2     17      2
Turner                       8      0     34      1
East                         6      2     10      1
Pont                         8      0     21      2
Acfield                      6      0     33      0
Gooch                        3      0     12      0

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