a9799	Lancashire v Minor Counties
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1996 (Group A)
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 26th April 1996 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Minor Counties won the toss and decided to field
Result	Lancashire won by 25 runs
Points	Lancashire 2; Minor Counties 0
Umpires	TE Jesty, KE Palmer
Player of the Match	M Watkinson

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Lancashire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MA Atherton	c Batty b Saggers	6
JER Gallian	run out	18
+JP Crawley	c Robinson b Myles	34
NH Fairbrother	c K Sharp b Robinson	21
GD Lloyd	b Hignett	7
NJ Speak	c and b Potter	28
*M Watkinson	c Saggers b Myles	56
ID Austin	c Dean b Hignett	39
S Elworthy	c Dean b MA Sharp	1
G Yates	c Potter b Hignett	7
G Chapple	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 7 w)	15
Total	(all out, 49.4 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-29, 3-59, 4-70, 5-102, 6-154, 7-202, 8-217, 9-228, 10-232 (49.4 ov)

Minor Counties bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Saggers	9	0	47	1	-	-	54.00	5.22
MA Sharp	10	1	36	1	-	-	60.00	3.60
Robinson	8	0	36	1	-	-	48.00	4.50
Hignett	4.4	1	25	3	-	-	9.33	5.36
Potter	10	1	30	1	-	-	60.00	3.00
Myles	8	0	54	2	-	-	24.00	6.75

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Minor Counties innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
SJ Dean	b Chapple	34
K Sharp	b Gallian	31
L Potter	c Watkinson b Austin	26
MA Fell	lbw b Gallian	0
*I Cockbain	lbw b Gallian	6
SD Myles	not out	56
RG Hignett	lbw b Chapple	19
+JN Batty	c Fairbrother b Chapple	1
MFD Robinson	b Yates	7
MJ Saggers	c Fairbrother b Yates	10
MA Sharp	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	15
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-83, 3-85, 4-101, 5-109, 6-155, 7-157, 8-173, 9-201

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Elworthy	10	0	49	0	-	-	-	4.90
Austin	10	4	25	1	-	-	60.00	2.50
Yates	8	0	43	2	-	-	24.00	5.38
Chapple	10	1	31	3	-	-	20.00	3.10
Gallian	9	2	30	3	-	-	18.00	3.33
Watkinson	3	0	20	0	-	-	-	6.67

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Notes
--> MJ Saggers made his debut in List A matches
--> S Elworthy made his debut for Lancashire in List A matches
--> S Elworthy made his debut in England in List A matches
--> RG Hignett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Lancashire innings (previous best was 3-75)

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