National League Division One, 2005
Worcestershire v Northamptonshire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
2 August 2005 (45-over match)

Result: Northamptonshire won by 38 runs
Points: Northamptonshire 4, Worcestershire 0

Toss: Northamptonshire
Umpires: MJ Harris and AGT Whitehead
TV Umpire: R Palmer
Man of the Match: U Afzaal

Northamptonshire innings (45 overs maximum)                     R   M   B  4 6
ML Love               st Pipe            b Price               76 140  93  7 0
BM Shafayat           c Smith            b Ali                 21  43  37  4 0
U Afzaal                                 b Ali                117 116 103 13 2
*DJG Sales            run out                                  27  30  23  4 0
BJ Phillips           not out                                  14  14  11  1 0
DG Wright             not out                                   5   4   5  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 5, w 5, nb 4)                   15
Total                 (4 wickets, 45 overs)                   275

DNB: +MH Wessels, JF Brown, J Louw, RA White, PS Jones.

FoW: 1-43 (Shafayat), 2-198 (Love), 3-245 (Afzaal),
     4-265 (Sales).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shoaib Akhtar                9      1     54      0 (1nb, 2w)
Ali                          9      1     56      2 (1nb, 1w)
Leatherdale                  7      0     49      0
de Bruyn                     2      0     14      0
Batty                        9      0     47      0 (2w)
Price                        9      0     49      1

Worcestershire innings (target: 276 runs from 45 overs)         R   M   B  4 6
*VS Solanki           lbw                b Jones               21  43  28  4 0
SC Moore              c Wessels          b Wright               0       3  0 0
GA Hick               lbw                b Brown               52  70  53  7 0
Z de Bruyn            c Wessels          b Shafayat            35  72  56  1 0
BF Smith              run out                                  20  24  27  1 0
DA Leatherdale        c Love             b Brown                2   5   7  0 0
GJ Batty                                 b Shafayat             5   7  10  0 0
Kabir Ali             c Afzaal           b Shafayat            12  21  15  0 0
+DJ Pipe              not out                                  33  51  42  2 0
RW Price              c Afzaal           b Shafayat             7  13  13  0 0
Shoaib Akhtar         not out                                  36  16  17  2 3
Extras                (b 1, lb 6, w 5, nb 2)                   14
Total                 (9 wickets, 45 overs)                   237

FoW: 1-1 (Moore), 2-59 (Solanki), 3-98 (Hick), 4-131 (Smith),
     5-136 (Leatherdale), 6-145 (Batty), 7-146 (de Bruyn),
     8-170 (Ali), 9-185 (Price).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wright                       6      1     39      1 (1nb, 1w)
Louw                         9      0     55      0 (2w)
Phillips                     5      0     38      0
Jones                        7      0     33      1 (1w)
Brown                        9      0     32      2
Shafayat                     9      0     33      4 (1w)

• U Afzaal 100 in 103 mins off 92 balls, 11x4, 2x6

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Team Pages: Worcestershire, Northamptonshire.

Ground Page: County Ground, New Road, Worcester

Northamptonshire Player Pages: ML Love, BM Shafayat, U Afzaal, DJG Sales, BJ Phillips, DG Wright, MH Wessels, JF Brown, J Louw, RA White, PS Jones.

Worcestershire Player Pages: VS Solanki, SC Moore, GA Hick, Z de Bruyn, BF Smith, DA Leatherdale, GJ Batty, Kabir Ali, DJ Pipe, RW Price, Shoaib Akhtar.

Match Officials' Pages: MJ Harris, AGT Whitehead, R Palmer.