a641	Leicestershire v Northamptonshire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1972 (Midland Group)
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 29th April, 1st May 1972 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by 7 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 4 (Bonus 1); Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	C Cook, AE Fagg
Close of play day 1	No play
Man of the Match	RW Tolchard

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Northamptonshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
G Cook	lbw b Steele	18
*PJ Watts	c Dudleston b McKenzie	1
DS Steele	b McKenzie	6
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Tolchard b Birkenshaw	45
P Willey	c Tolchard b Steele	6
BS Crump	c Tolchard b Higgs	16
D Breakwell	lbw b Illingworth	10
+LA Johnson	b McKenzie	9
RR Bailey	not out	3
BS Bedi	c Dudleston b McKenzie	0
JCJ Dye	c Tolchard b Higgs	1
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 51.4 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-14, 3-65, 4-75, 5-83, 6-101, 7-111, 8-119, 9-119, 10-120 (51.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Birkenshaw	11	2	26	1	-	-	66.00	2.36
Steele	11	3	25	2	-	-	33.00	2.27
McKenzie	8	2	19	4	-	-	12.00	2.38
Higgs	9.4	2	10	2	-	-	29.00	1.03
Stringer	5	0	23	0	-	-	-	4.60
Illingworth	7	2	12	1	-	-	42.00	1.71

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Dudleston	b Dye	2
JF Steele	run out	6
+RW Tolchard	not out	63
BF Davison	lbw b Bedi	14
*R Illingworth	not out	27
BJ Booth	did not bat
PR Haywood	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
PM Stringer	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(3 wickets, 40.4 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-15, 3-42

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Dye	6	1	12	1	-	-	36.00	2.00
Bailey	9	0	17	0	-	-	-	1.89
Willey	8	2	22	0	-	-	-	2.75
Bedi	11	4	29	1	-	-	66.00	2.64
Crump	2	0	14	0	-	-	-	7.00
Mushtaq Mohammad	4.4	0	18	0	-	-	-	3.86

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> BS Bedi made his debut in List A matches
--> PM Stringer made his last appearance in List A matches
--> K Higgs made his debut for Leicestershire in List A matches
--> JCJ Dye made his debut for Northamptonshire in List A matches

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