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First-class match

County Championship Division Two
Leicestershire v Northamptonshire

2008 season

Played at Grace Road, Leicester, on 13,14,15,16 May 2008 (4-day match)

Result Match drawn


Leicestershire 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	TJ New	b Lucas	11	7	19	2	0	57.89
	MAG Boyce	c Peters b Hall	37	73	67	7	0	55.22
	HD Ackerman	c Hall b Boje	62	192	136	10	0	45.58
	HH Dippenaar	b Klusener	80	188	149	14	0	53.69
	J Allenby	lbw b van der Wath	70	159	147	12	0	47.61
	J du Toit	c O'Brien b Boje	103	241	198	16	1	52.02
	CW Henderson	c Hall b van der Wath	5	25	16	1	0	31.25
	PA Nixon	lbw b Boje	79	154	104	10	1	75.96
	D du Preez	c sub b Brown	15	29	40	1	1	37.50
	MN Malik	not out	11	32	27	0	0	40.74
	JJC Lawson	b Boje	35	24	29	4	2	120.68
	Extras	(lb 5, w 4, nb 10)	19

	Total	(all out; 154.3 overs)	527	(3.41 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-17 (New), 2-75 (Boyce), 3-184 (Ackerman), 4-234 (Dippenaar), 5-300 (Allenby), 6-318 (Henderson), 7-447 (du Toit), 8-480 (du Preez), 9-483 (Nixon), 10-527 (Lawson)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JJ van der Wath	25	2	101	2	4.04	(1nb, 1w)
DS Lucas	25	5	120	1	4.80	(2nb, 2w)
N Boje	38.3	8	120	4	3.11
AJ Hall	19	4	56	1	2.94	(2nb)
L Klusener	16	6	46	1	2.87	(1w)
JF Brown	31	9	79	1	2.54


Northamptonshire 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SD Peters	b Lawson	17	57	43	3	0	39.53
	NJ O'Brien	c Nixon b du Preez	78	162	119	16	0	65.54
	MH Wessels	c Nixon b Malik	33	99	92	3	0	35.86
	DJG Sales	not out	62		149	6	2	41.61
	RA White	not out	69		139	10	0	49.64
	Extras	(b 10, lb 12, w 1, nb 20)	43

	Total	(3 wickets; 89 overs)	302	(3.39 runs per over)

Did not bat

N Boje, L Klusener, AJ Hall, JJ van der Wath, DS Lucas, JF Brown

Fall of wickets1-49 (Peters), 2-157 (Wessels), 3-157 (O'Brien)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
MN Malik	18	3	61	1	3.38	(1w)
D du Preez	15	7	30	1	2.00
CW Henderson	28	11	49	0	1.75
JJC Lawson	13	1	96	1	7.38	(8nb)
J Allenby	8	1	29	0	3.62
J du Toit	7	0	15	0	2.14

Toss Leicestershire, who chose to bat first
Points Leicestershire 10, Northamptonshire 9

Umpires MJD Bodenham and B Leadbeater

Close of play
13 May day 1 - Leicestershire 1st innings 288/4 (J Allenby 63*, J du Toit 20*, 96 ov)
14 May day 2 - Northamptonshire 1st innings 144/1 (NJ O'Brien 76*, MH Wessels 24*, 37 ov)
15 May day 3 - Northamptonshire 1st innings 276/3 (DJG Sales 50*, RA White 56*, 74.4 ov)
16 May day 4 - Northamptonshire 1st innings 302/3 (89 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 2
Leicestershire 1st innings
J du Toit 100 in 230 mins off 184 balls, 16x4, 1x6

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