Format: CricInfo Version 2

Benson & Hedges Cup, 1979
Leicestershire v Lancashire
Grace Road, Leicester
12 May 1979 (55-over match)

Result: Lancashire won by 5 wickets
Points: Leicestershire 0, Lancashire 2

Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: R Aspinall and BJ Meyer
Man of the Match: BW Reidy

Leicestershire innings
JF Steele             lbw                b Hughes              64
NE Briers                                b Hughes              21
JC Balderstone        not out                                  76
BF Davison            c Simmons          b Hogg                50
DI Gower              lbw                b Hogg                 1
+RW Tolchard          not out                                   2
Extras                (b 7, lb 9, w 3, nb 7)                   26
Total                 (4 wickets, 55 overs)                   240

DNB: PB Clift, J Birkenshaw, P Booth, *K Higgs, LB Taylor.

FoW: 1-43, 2-154, 3-227, 4-238.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Hogg                        11      1     45      2
Ratcliffe                   10      0     45      0
Hughes                       8      0     35      2
Wood                        11      1     24      0
Reidy                        9      0     43      0
Simmons                      6      0     22      0

Lancashire innings
B Wood                                   b Higgs               11
A Kennedy             c Higgs            b Booth               30
D Lloyd               c Steele           b Booth               52
*FC Hayes                                b Steele              25
CH Lloyd              c Briers           b Higgs               48
BW Reidy              not out                                  65
J Simmons             not out                                   1
Extras                (lb 9, w 2, nb 1)                        12
Total                 (5 wickets, 54.5 overs)                 244

DNB: DP Hughes, +J Lyon, RM Ratcliffe, W Hogg.

FoW: 1-15, 2-67, 3-112, 4-131, 5-230.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Taylor                      10.5    2     45      0
Higgs                       11      1     55      2
Birkenshaw                   4      0     25      0
Clift                       11      1     24      0
Booth                       11      0     46      2
Steele                       7      0     37      1

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