Format: CricInfo Version 2

Benson & Hedges Cup, 1978
Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
Grace Road, Leicester
13 May 1978 (55-over match)

Result: Leicestershire won by 3 wickets
Points: Leicestershire 2, Northamptonshire 0

Toss: Northamptonshire
Umpires: DJ Constant and CG Pepper
Man of the Match: BF Davison

Northamptonshire innings
G Cook                c Tolchard         b Ward                 0
W Larkins                                b Ward                 3
DS Steele             c Clift            b Higgs               52
AJ Lamb               lbw                b Steele              33
P Willey              c Tolchard         b Ward                39
TJ Yardley            not out                                   6
*PJ Watts             not out                                  19
Extras                (lb 11, nb 4)                            15
Total                 (5 wickets, 55 overs)                   167

DNB: +G Sharp, TM Lamb, A Hodgson, BJ Griffiths.

FoW: 1-3, 2-4, 3-55, 4-136, 5-140.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Higgs                       11      5     28      1
Ward                        11      3     18      3
Clift                       11      2     33      0
Booth                        8      0     33      0
Steele                       6      2     15      1
Illingworth                  8      2     25      0

Leicestershire innings
B Dudleston           lbw                b Hodgson              0
DI Gower              lbw                b TM Lamb             23
JC Balderstone        lbw                b TM Lamb             29
BF Davison            c Sharp            b Hodgson             59
+RW Tolchard          lbw                b Griffiths           19
PB Clift                                 b Hodgson              2
JF Steele             c Cook             b Griffiths            5
*R Illingworth        not out                                  21
P Booth               not out                                   2
Extras                (b 4, lb 3, w 1)                          8
Total                 (7 wickets, 50.3 overs)                 168

DNB: A Ward, K Higgs.

FoW: 1-0, 2-46, 3-72, 4-138, 5-138, 6-140, 7-154.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Hodgson                     11      0     40      3
Griffiths                   11      1     40      2
TM Lamb                     11      1     27      2
Willey                      11      2     18      0
Larkins                      3.3    1     31      0
Watts                        3      1      4      0

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