Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c †Nixon b Allenby	36	69	84	7	0	52.17
Andrew Crook	b Cummins	0	20	17	0	0	0.00
Rob White	c Henderson b Allenby	23	42	61	4	0	54.76
David Sales (c)	c Maunders b Cummins	43	56	75	7	0	76.78
Nicky Boje	c & b Cummins	125	201	221	22	0	62.18
Alex Wakely	c Ackerman b New	2	5	11	0	0	40.00
Lance Klusener	run out	45	114	166	5	0	39.47
Niall O'Brien †	c Allenby b Gurney	1	5	4	0	0	20.00
David Lucas	lbw b Cummins	5	17	14	1	0	29.41
David Wigley	lbw b Cummins	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Richard Logan	not out	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 12, nb 8, w 6)	30
Total	88.2 Ov (RR: 3.50)	310
Fall of wickets 1-7 (Andrew Crook), 2-66 (Rob White), 3-67 (Stephen Peters), 4-146 (David Sales), 5-158 (Alex Wakely), 6-293 (Nicky Boje), 7-294 (Niall O'Brien), 8-301 (David Lucas), 9-301 (David Wigley), 10-310 (Lance Klusener)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Ryan Cummins	21.2	7	60	5	2.81	-	2	0
Harry Gurney	22	4	89	1	4.04	-	0	3
Jim Allenby	12	4	37	2	3.08	-	0	0
Claude Henderson	15	5	24	0	1.60	-	0	0
Tom New	7	1	27	1	3.85	-	4	0
Josh Cobb	3	0	17	0	5.66	-	0	0
Sam Cliff	5	0	33	0	6.60	-	0	1
John Sadler	3	2	7	0	2.33	-	0	0

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom New	c White b Boje	45	78	115	7	0	57.69
John Maunders	lbw b Lucas	51	83	104	9	0	61.44
HD Ackerman	c †O'Brien b Lucas	18	34	43	3	0	52.94
John Sadler	c †O'Brien b Wigley	26	51	72	3	1	50.98
Jim Allenby	c Peters b Lucas	10	12	18	2	0	83.33
Paul Nixon (c)†	c †O'Brien b Logan	30	50	77	4	0	60.00
Josh Cobb	c Wigley b Klusener	2	17	25	0	0	11.76
Claude Henderson	c †O'Brien b Lucas	22	34	46	3	0	64.70
Ryan Cummins	lbw b Lucas	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Sam Cliff	not out	1	14	20	0	0	7.14
Harry Gurney	c Sales b Logan	1	5	9	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 13, nb 2, w 11)	30
Total	63.3 Ov (RR: 3.71)	236
Fall of wickets 1-101 (John Maunders), 2-105 (Tom New), 3-135 (HD Ackerman), 4-157 (Jim Allenby), 5-173 (John Sadler), 6-192 (Josh Cobb), 7-221 (Paul Nixon), 8-222 (Ryan Cummins), 9-235 (Claude Henderson), 10-236 (Harry Gurney)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
David Wigley	13	0	71	1	5.46	-	2	0
Richard Logan	12.3	4	39	2	3.12	-	1	0
David Lucas	17	2	49	5	2.88	-	2	1
Lance Klusener	13	1	30	1	2.30	-	2	0
Nicky Boje	8	1	30	1	3.75	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	lbw b Cummins	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
Andrew Crook	b New	72	121	149	12	0	59.50
Rob White	c †Nixon b Cummins	14	45	54	2	0	31.11
David Sales (c)	not out	187	279	364	22	3	67.02
Nicky Boje	c †Nixon b Cummins	4	17	24	1	0	23.52
Alex Wakely	c †Nixon b Henderson	0	7	4	0	0	0.00
Niall O'Brien †	c Maunders b Gurney	109	115	149	18	1	94.78
Lance Klusener	not out	37	69	90	2	0	53.62
Extras	(b 10, lb 5, nb 16, w 5)	36
Total	108 Ov (RR: 4.25)	459/6d
Did not bat David Lucas, David Wigley, Richard Logan
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Stephen Peters), 2-44 (Rob White), 3-143 (Andrew Crook), 4-159 (Nicky Boje), 5-160 (Alex Wakely), 6-345 (Niall O'Brien)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Ryan Cummins	22	7	94	3	4.27	-	1	0
Harry Gurney	14	1	84	1	6.00	-	0	3
Sam Cliff	13	0	65	0	5.00	-	0	3
Jim Allenby	7	2	19	0	2.71	-	0	2
Claude Henderson	36	11	96	1	2.66	-	3	0
Tom New	10	1	59	1	5.90	-	0	0
Josh Cobb	6	0	27	0	4.50	-	0	0

Leicestershire 2nd Innings (T: 534 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom New	c White b Boje	40	82	91	7	0	48.78
John Maunders	lbw b Klusener	30	36	44	6	0	83.33
HD Ackerman	b Boje	4	4	3	1	0	100.00
Jim Allenby	c Sales b Logan	58	134	173	8	0	43.28
Paul Nixon (c)†	b Boje	110	225	263	13	1	48.88
Josh Cobb	c Sales b Wigley	21	66	67	1	1	31.81
Claude Henderson	lbw b Boje	38	51	76	5	1	74.50
John Sadler	c †O'Brien b Boje	5	16	23	1	0	31.25
Ryan Cummins	c Wakely b Boje	11	27	26	1	0	40.74
Sam Cliff	c Sales b Klusener	11	34	34	1	0	32.35
Harry Gurney	not out	0	14	13	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 9, nb 6, w 4)	28
Total	114.2 Ov (RR: 3.11)	356
Fall of wickets 1-54 (John Maunders), 2-59 (HD Ackerman), 3-90 (Tom New), 4-207 (Jim Allenby), 5-260 (Josh Cobb), 6-315 (Paul Nixon), 7-330 (Claude Henderson), 8-335 (John Sadler), 9-346 (Ryan Cummins), 10-356 (Sam Cliff)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Lance Klusener	22.2	3	71	2	3.17	-	0	0
David Lucas	5	1	25	0	5.00	-	1	1
Nicky Boje	44	8	110	6	2.50	-	0	0
Andrew Crook	15	5	49	0	3.26	-	0	2
Richard Logan	18	2	49	1	2.72	-	3	0
David Wigley	10	2	34	1	3.40	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Wed, 05 Sep

day 1 - Leics 1st innings 57/0 (Tom New 26*, John Maunders 26*, 13 ov)

Thu, 06 Sep

day 2 - Northants 2nd innings 160/5 (David Sales 42*, Niall O'Brien 0*, 46 ov)

Fri, 07 Sep

day 3 - Leics 2nd innings 145/3 (Jim Allenby 25*, Paul Nixon 36*, 42 ov)

Sat, 08 Sep

day 4 - Leics 2nd innings 356 (114.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 3

Northamptonshire 2nd innings

DJG Sales 100 in 250 mins off 185 balls, 14x4, 1x6

NJ O'Brien 100 in 131 mins off 101 balls, 17x4, 1x6

Match Details

GroundGrace Road, Leicester

TossNorthamptonshire, elected to bat first

Series

County Championship Division Two

Season2007

Hours of play (local time)10.30am start, Lunch 12.45-3.15, Tea (usually) 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00<br>Final day: Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30.

Match days5,6,7,8 September 2007 - day (4-day match)

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Umpires

PointsNorthamptonshire 20, Leicestershire 4

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