Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	b Buck	148	278	381	18	0	53.23
Niall O'Brien	c †Eckersley b White	70	117	152	13	0	59.82
David Sales	c Thornely b White	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Alex Wakely	c Thornely b Thakor	8	24	41	2	0	33.33
Rob Newton	lbw b Thakor	5	4	6	1	0	125.00
Andrew Hall (c)	c †Eckersley b Buck	59	126	150	7	0	46.82
James Middlebrook	b Buck	20	29	35	3	0	68.96
David Murphy †	c Cobb b Henderson	31	53	82	5	0	58.49
David Willey	c Thornely b White	10	15	23	1	0	66.66
Olly Stone	b White	8	10	9	1	0	80.00
Lee Daggett	not out	11	37	39	1	0	29.72
Extras	(b 8, lb 3, nb 16, w 2)	29
Total	114.3 Ov (RR: 3.48)	399
Fall of wickets: 1-126 (Niall O'Brien, 37.2 ov), 2-126 (David Sales, 37.4 ov), 3-155 (Alex Wakely, 46.5 ov), 4-161 (Rob Newton, 48.2 ov), 5-300 (Andrew Hall, 87.5 ov), 6-332 (Stephen Peters, 93.4 ov), 7-339 (James Middlebrook, 95.4 ov), 8-363 (David Willey, 101.1 ov), 9-373 (Olly Stone, 103.3 ov), 10-399 (David Murphy, 114.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nathan Buck	25	4	82	3	3.28	111	11	0	0	2
87.5 to AJ Hall, . 300/5 93.4 to SD Peters, . 332/6 95.4 to JD Middlebrook, . 339/7
Robbie Joseph	20	3	90	0	4.50	87	12	0	1	6
Wayne White	27	4	94	4	3.48	113	13	0	0	0
37.2 to NJ O'Brien, . 126/1 37.4 to DJG Sales, . 126/2 101.1 to DJ Willey, . 363/8 103.3 to OP Stone, . 373/9
Shiv Thakor	11	1	40	2	3.63	48	7	0	0	0
46.5 to AG Wakely, . 155/3 48.2 to RI Newton, . 161/4
Claude Henderson	24.3	8	53	1	2.16	117	6	0	0	0
114.3 to D Murphy, . 399/10
Josh Cobb	3	0	13	0	4.33	11	1	0	0	0
Michael Thornely	3	0	7	0	2.33	14	1	0	0	0
Will Jones	1	0	9	0	9.00	2	1	0	0	0

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Will Jones	b Hall	37	73	104	5	0	50.68
Michael Thornely	lbw b Stone	22	58	61	4	0	37.93
Ned Eckersley †	b Middlebrook	27	57	70	4	0	47.36
Ramnaresh Sarwan	run out (Wakely)	59	127	157	9	0	46.45
Matthew Boyce	lbw b Willey	0	11	13	0	0	0.00
Josh Cobb (c)	c †Murphy b Willey	5	6	7	1	0	83.33
Shiv Thakor	c Stone b Middlebrook	61	216	269	8	0	28.24
Wayne White	c †Murphy b Hall	8	27	31	1	0	29.62
Claude Henderson	not out	56	119	166	8	0	47.05
Robbie Joseph	c †Murphy b Middlebrook	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Nathan Buck	lbw b Daggett	14	35	31	3	0	40.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 6, nb 2)	10
Total	121.4 Ov (RR: 2.45)	299
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Michael Thornely, 16.5 ov), 2-79 (Will Jones, 27.5 ov), 3-93 (Ned Eckersley, 34.2 ov), 4-102 (Matthew Boyce, 37.6 ov), 5-108 (Josh Cobb, 39.5 ov), 6-183 (Ramnaresh Sarwan, 69.6 ov), 7-192 (Wayne White, 79.1 ov), 8-272 (Shiv Thakor, 112.1 ov), 9-274 (Robbie Joseph, 112.3 ov), 10-299 (Nathan Buck, 121.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Willey	26	7	71	2	2.73	127	12	0	0	0
37.6 to MAG Boyce, . 102/4 39.5 to JJ Cobb, . 108/5
Lee Daggett	23.4	4	69	1	2.91	112	12	0	0	0
121.4 to NL Buck, . 299/10
James Middlebrook	29	15	36	3	1.24	155	4	0	0	0
34.2 to EJH Eckersley, . 93/3 112.1 to SJ Thakor, . 272/8 112.3 to RH Joseph, . 274/9
Olly Stone	18	3	61	1	3.38	81	8	0	0	0
16.5 to MA Thornely, . 47/1
Andrew Hall	24	7	51	2	2.12	120	7	0	0	1
27.5 to WS Jones, . 79/2 79.1 to WA White, . 192/7
Alex Wakely	1	0	3	0	3.00	4	0	0	0	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c & b Jones	56	110	121	3	2	50.90
Niall O'Brien	c Joseph b Jones	79	96	129	10	0	82.29
David Sales	c Jones b Henderson	24	33	30	3	0	72.72
Alex Wakely	not out	38	46	63	3	0	82.60
Rob Newton	b Joseph	37	26	33	4	1	142.30
Andrew Hall (c)	c Cobb b Buck	9	7	6	1	0	128.57
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, nb 2)	9
Total	52.5 Ov (RR: 4.76)	252/5d
Did not bat: James Middlebrook, David Murphy †, David Willey, Olly Stone, Lee Daggett
Fall of wickets: 1-139 (Stephen Peters, 33.5 ov), 2-146 (Niall O'Brien, 35.1 ov), 3-175 (David Sales, 42.3 ov), 4-243 (Rob Newton, 51.3 ov), 5-252 (Andrew Hall, 52.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nathan Buck	10.5	1	46	1	4.24	42	6	0	0	0
52.5 to AJ Hall, . 252/5
Robbie Joseph	8	0	48	1	6.00	28	8	0	0	1
51.3 to RI Newton, . 243/4
Claude Henderson	18	1	70	1	3.88	69	4	2	0	0
42.3 to DJG Sales, . 175/3
Wayne White	5	0	26	0	5.20	18	2	1	0	0
Josh Cobb	4	0	24	0	6.00	9	2	0	0	0
Will Jones	7	0	31	2	4.42	20	2	0	0	0
33.5 to SD Peters, . 139/1 35.1 to NJ O'Brien, . 146/2

Leicestershire 2nd Innings (T: 353 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Will Jones	c Sales b Willey	14	24	29	2	0	58.33
Michael Thornely	c Stone b Hall	4	11	15	1	0	36.36
Ned Eckersley †	lbw b Hall	57	127	175	8	0	44.88
Ramnaresh Sarwan	b Willey	14	19	24	3	0	73.68
Matthew Boyce	c †Murphy b Stone	19	59	73	3	0	32.20
Josh Cobb (c)	c †Murphy b Willey	28	88	101	4	1	31.81
Shiv Thakor	not out	39	105	151	4	0	37.14
Wayne White	b Middlebrook	9	16	17	1	0	56.25
Claude Henderson	b Middlebrook	20	78	83	3	0	25.64
Robbie Joseph	not out	1	5	10	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 8, w 5)	22
Total	88 Ov (RR: 2.57)	227/8
Did not bat: Nathan Buck
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Michael Thornely, 3.5 ov), 2-18 (Will Jones, 6.6 ov), 3-45 (Ramnaresh Sarwan, 12.4 ov), 4-87 (Matthew Boyce, 30.6 ov), 5-130 (Ned Eckersley, 48.3 ov), 6-157 (Josh Cobb, 58.4 ov), 7-174 (Wayne White, 63.2 ov), 8-226 (Claude Henderson, 85.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Willey	21	5	66	3	3.14	100	12	0	0	0
6.6 to WS Jones, . 18/2 12.4 to RR Sarwan, . 45/3 58.4 to JJ Cobb, . 157/6
Andrew Hall	18	1	61	2	3.38	87	6	0	1	4
3.5 to MA Thornely, . 8/1 48.3 to EJH Eckersley, . 130/5
Olly Stone	11	3	24	1	2.18	54	3	0	0	0
30.6 to MAG Boyce, . 87/4
Lee Daggett	7	4	16	0	2.28	37	3	0	0	0
James Middlebrook	31	13	51	2	1.64	164	5	1	0	0
63.2 to WA White, . 174/7 85.2 to CW Henderson, . 226/8

Close of Play

Fri, 10 Aug - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 300/5 (Stephen Peters 137*, 87.5 ov)

Sat, 11 Aug - day 2 - LEICS 1st innings 187/6 (Shiv Thakor 30*, Wayne White 4*, 75 ov)

Sun, 12 Aug - day 3 - Northants 2nd innings 211/3 (Alex Wakely 20*, Rob Newton 26*, 47 ov)

Mon, 13 Aug - day 4 - LEICS 2nd innings 227/8 (88 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Leicestershire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2012
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	10,11,12,13 August 2012 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	George Sharp Tim Robinson
Points	Northamptonshire 9, Leicestershire 8

Match Coverage

Thakor the saviour for Leicestershire

Northants must not waste victory chance

Instant answers to T20 questions

LEICS Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DJ Willey	21	5	66	3	3.14
AJ Hall	18	1	61	2	3.38 (4 nb)
OP Stone	11	3	24	1	2.18
LM Daggett	7	4	16	0	2.28
JD Middlebrook	31	13	51	2	1.64

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