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

Sarwan departure leaves Leicestershire wobbling

Peters ton sets Northants tone

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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