f31161 cc15062	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 10th, 12th, 13th July 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 1 (Batting 1); Lancashire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Aspinall, H Horton
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 44/1 (Steele 21*, Balderstone 8*; 13 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 32/1 (Steele 15*, Balderstone 10*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Lloyd	b Higgs	2
A Kennedy	not out	176
H Pilling	c Booth b Birkenshaw	130
+FM Engineer	not out	38
J Abrahams	did not bat
BW Reidy	did not bat
DP Hughes	did not bat
J Simmons	did not bat
P Lever	did not bat
AJ Good	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-242

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	11	0	45	0	-	-
Higgs	19	4	62	1	-	-
Clift	17	3	48	0	-	-
Illingworth	13	4	52	0	-	-
Balderstone	2	1	4	0	-	-
McVicker	8	0	29	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	22	5	77	1	-	-
Steele	8	1	29	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	b Good	47
DI Gower	b Lever	9
JC Balderstone	c Abrahams b Lever	8
BF Davison	c Hughes b Lever	9
*R Illingworth	c Reidy b Lever	11
+RW Tolchard	c Abrahams b Lever	2
J Birkenshaw	c Engineer b Lee	9
PB Clift	c Engineer b Lee	13
NM McVicker	c Engineer b Good	11
P Booth	not out	15
K Higgs	c Engineer b Lee	7
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 15 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(all out, 52 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-44, 3-67, 4-85, 5-89, 6-106, 7-110, 8-123, 9-148, 10-164 (52 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	19	4	63	5	-	-
Lee	26	6	68	3	-	-
Good	7	2	10	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	c Simmons b Lever	19
DI Gower	c Kennedy b Lever	7
JC Balderstone	b Lee	14
BF Davison	c Engineer b Lee	37
*R Illingworth	c Lloyd b Hughes	0
+RW Tolchard	c and b Hughes	7
J Birkenshaw	c Engineer b Lever	66
PB Clift	lbw b Hughes	0
NM McVicker	c Kennedy b Simmons	5
P Booth	not out	58
K Higgs	not out	7
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, 104 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-36, 3-74, 4-75, 5-77, 6-89, 7-93, 8-121, 9-194

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	17	6	48	3	-	-
Lee	34	12	68	2	-	-
Good	7	4	3	0	-	-
Hughes	15	4	42	3	-	-
Simmons	25	9	45	1	-	-
Lloyd	6	2	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> A Kennedy (1) passed his previous highest score of 114 in First-Class matches
--> A Kennedy (1) passed his previous highest score of 114 in County Championship matches
--> A Kennedy (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 35
--> H Pilling (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 83
--> JF Steele (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> P Booth (2) passed his previous highest score of 57 in First-Class matches
--> P Booth (2) passed his previous highest score of 57 in County Championship matches

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