Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson (c)	lbw b Phillips	15	46	64	2	0	32.60
John Maunders	run out	11	38	54	1	0	28.94
HD Ackerman	c Crook b Nicholson	216	331	432	34	1	65.25
John Sadler	c Nicholson b Panesar	69	150	206	8	0	46.00
Darren Maddy	c †Shafayat b Panesar	0	4	19	0	0	0.00
Paul Nixon †	not out	144	202	256	14	3	71.28
Claude Henderson	c Klusener b Crook	13	20	24	2	0	65.00
Stuart Broad	c Peters b Rogers	12	19	16	1	0	63.15
Jigar Naik	c Peters b Crook	1	7	9	0	0	14.28
Ryan Cummins	not out	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 10, lb 21, w 3)	34
Total	137 Ov (RR: 3.75)	515/8d
Did not bat Chris Liddle
Fall of wickets 1-35 (John Maunders), 2-48 (Darren Robinson), 3-228 (John Sadler), 4-228 (Darren Maddy), 5-439 (HD Ackerman), 6-477 (Claude Henderson), 7-499 (Stuart Broad), 8-510 (Jigar Naik)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD
Matthew Nicholson	30	6	84	1	2.80	-	1
Ben Phillips	28	5	80	1	2.85	-	1
Lance Klusener	13	2	48	0	3.69	-	0
Steven Crook	21	1	105	2	5.00	-	1
Monty Panesar	41	6	151	2	3.68	-	0
Chris Rogers	4	0	16	1	4.00	-	0

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c †Nixon b Henderson	104	196	234	16	0	53.06
Chris Rogers	c Sadler b Henderson	53	101	130	10	0	52.47
Usman Afzaal	c Sadler b Henderson	44	76	91	7	0	57.89
David Sales (c)	c †Nixon b Liddle	67	94	112	4	6	71.27
Bilal Shafayat †	not out	58	91	106	9	2	63.73
Lance Klusener	not out	4	2	3	1	0	200.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 10, nb 6, w 3)	23
Total	92.5 Ov (RR: 3.80)	353/4d
Did not bat Ben Phillips, Steven Crook, Matthew Nicholson, Monty Panesar, Jason Brown
Fall of wickets 1-109 (Chris Rogers), 2-215 (Usman Afzaal), 3-220 (Stephen Peters), 4-345 (David Sales)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Stuart Broad	15.5	4	62	0	3.91	-	0	0
Chris Liddle	18	3	60	1	3.33	-	0	0
Ryan Cummins	11	1	51	0	4.63	-	0	1
Darren Maddy	13	5	38	0	2.92	-	1	1
John Maunders	3	0	9	0	3.00	-	0	1
Claude Henderson	29	6	110	3	3.79	-	2	0
Jigar Naik	3	0	9	0	3.00	-	0	0

Leicestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson (c)	c Afzaal b Crook	19	35	42	4	0	54.28
John Maunders	lbw b Panesar	20	27	34	1	1	74.07
Stuart Broad	c Rogers b Panesar	5	23	35	0	0	21.73
HD Ackerman	b Crook	50	60	100	5	1	83.33
John Sadler	b Panesar	13	25	20	2	0	52.00
Darren Maddy	c Afzaal b Crook	12	36	33	2	0	33.33
Paul Nixon †	not out	22	20	31	2	1	110.00
Claude Henderson	not out	23	20	13	3	1	115.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 8, w 2)	11
Total	41 Ov (RR: 4.26)	175/6d
Did not bat Chris Liddle, Ryan Cummins, Jigar Naik
Fall of wickets 1-38 (John Maunders), 2-44 (Darren Robinson), 3-70 (Stuart Broad), 4-89 (John Sadler), 5-121 (Darren Maddy), 6-133 (HD Ackerman)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD
Matthew Nicholson	10	3	38	0	3.80	-	0
Ben Phillips	3	0	17	0	5.66	-	0
Monty Panesar	12	3	31	3	2.58	-	0
Steven Crook	11	1	46	3	4.18	-	1
Usman Afzaal	5	1	34	0	6.80	-	1

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 338 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c Maddy b Henderson	44	79	90	7	0	55.69
Chris Rogers	b Broad	17	13	27	3	0	130.76
Usman Afzaal	c & b Broad	82	113	162	11	1	72.56
David Sales (c)	c Broad b Henderson	25	39	53	3	0	64.10
Bilal Shafayat †	c Cummins b Broad	67	47	60	11	2	142.55
Lance Klusener	not out	16	17	28	2	0	94.11
Ben Phillips	c Liddle b Broad	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Steven Crook	not out	4	9	9	0	0	44.44
Extras	(lb 3, w 1)	4
Total	53.3 Ov (RR: 4.84)	259/6
Did not bat Matthew Nicholson, Monty Panesar, Jason Brown
Fall of wickets 1-41 (Chris Rogers), 2-86 (Stephen Peters), 3-142 (David Sales), 4-226 (Usman Afzaal), 5-241 (Bilal Shafayat), 6-243 (Ben Phillips)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD
Stuart Broad	13	0	63	4	4.84	-	0
Chris Liddle	5	1	25	0	5.00	-	1
Claude Henderson	21.3	2	90	2	4.18	-	0
Ryan Cummins	5	2	12	0	2.40	-	0
Jigar Naik	9	0	66	0	7.33	-	0

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Close of Play

Tue, 22 Aug

day 1 - Leics 1st innings 383/4 (HD Ackerman 188*, Paul Nixon 70*, 104 ov)

Wed, 23 Aug

day 2 - Leics 1st innings 515/8 (Paul Nixon 144*, Ryan Cummins 0*, 137 ov)

Thu, 24 Aug

day 3 - Leics 2nd innings 43/1 (Darren Robinson 19*, Stuart Broad 4*, 9 ov)

Fri, 25 Aug

day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 259/6 (53.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Northamptonshire 1st innings

SD Peters 100 in 217 mins off 183 balls, 16x4

Match Details

GroundCounty Ground, Northampton

TossLeicestershire, elected to bat first

Series

County Championship Division Two

Season2006

Hours of play (local time)11am start, Lunch 1.15pm-1.55, Tea (usually) 4.10-4.30, Close 6.30<br>Final day: Lunch 1.00pm-1.40, Tea 3.40-4.00, Close 6.00.

Match days22,23,24,25 August 2006 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Barry Dudleston

Neil Bainton

PointsLeicestershire 10, Northamptonshire 10

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