Northamptonshire v Leicestershire, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Division Two, Specsavers County Championship Division Two, 2017
Specsavers County Championship Division Two Division Two: Northamptonshire v Leicestershire at Northampton, June 26, 2017

Northamptonshire
NOR
261/10 (68.3) & 289/7d (61)

Leicestershire
LEI
157/10 (59.5) & 391/10 (102.2)
Finished
Northants won by 2 runs
Northamptonshire 1st inningNOR 1st inn.261/10 (68.3 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Newton | lbw b D Klein | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 |
lbw b D Klein | ||||||
| Ben Duckett(WK) | c CJ McKay b RJ Sayer | 112 | 102 | 21 | 0 | 109.80 |
c CJ McKay b RJ Sayer | ||||||
| Alex Wakely(C) | lbw b D Klein | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
lbw b D Klein | ||||||
| Max Holden | lbw b D Klein | 92 | 191 | 9 | 1 | 48.16 |
lbw b D Klein | ||||||
| Rob Keogh | b D Klein | 25 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 39.06 |
b D Klein | ||||||
| Chesney Hughes | c PJ Horton b MW Pillans | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c PJ Horton b MW Pillans | ||||||
| Josh Cobb | runout (CJ McKay) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
runout (CJ McKay) | ||||||
| Rory Kleinveldt | c LS Hill b D Klein | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c LS Hill b D Klein | ||||||
| Ben Sanderson | c LS Hill b MW Pillans | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 72.72 |
c LS Hill b MW Pillans | ||||||
| Azharullah | b D Klein | 10 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 52.63 |
b D Klein | ||||||
| Richard Gleeson | Not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 1, w 0, nb 5, lb 5) | |||||
| Total | 261/10 (68.3) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieter Klein | 15.3 | 2 | 80 | 6 | 5.16 |
| Clint McKay | 15 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 2.93 |
| Rob Sayer | 20 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 2.40 |
| Mathew Pillans | 12 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 5.08 |
| Neil Dexter | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3.66 |
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (RI Newton - 2.2 ov), 2-24 (AG Wakely - 4.4 ov), 3-160 (BM Duckett - 37.1 ov), 4-211 (RI Keogh - 56.6 ov), 5-212 (CF Hughes - 57.2 ov), 6-212 (JJ Cobb - 57.6 ov), 7-212 (RK Kleinveldt - 58.4 ov), 8-229 (BW Sanderson - 61.4 ov), 9-254 (Azharullah - 66.6 ov), 10-255 (MDE Holden - 68.3 ov)
Leicestershire 1st inningLEI 1st inn.157/10 (59.5 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Horton | c AG Wakely b BW Sanderson | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
c AG Wakely b BW Sanderson | ||||||
| Arun Harinath | c BM Duckett b RK Kleinveldt | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 |
c BM Duckett b RK Kleinveldt | ||||||
| Colin Ackermann | b BW Sanderson | 24 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 31.16 |
b BW Sanderson | ||||||
| Mark Cosgrove(C) | lbw b RJ Gleeson | 17 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 41.46 |
lbw b RJ Gleeson | ||||||
| Rob Sayer | b Azharullah | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
b Azharullah | ||||||
| Clint McKay | c CF Hughes b RJ Gleeson | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 23.52 |
c CF Hughes b RJ Gleeson | ||||||
| Ned Eckersley | c MDE Holden b RJ Gleeson | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c MDE Holden b RJ Gleeson | ||||||
| Neil Dexter | lbw b Azharullah | 11 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 26.82 |
lbw b Azharullah | ||||||
| Lewis Hill(WK) | Not out | 38 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 52.77 |
Not out | ||||||
| Mathew Pillans | b BW Sanderson | 35 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 50.72 |
b BW Sanderson | ||||||
| Dieter Klein | b Azharullah | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
b Azharullah | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 5, w 0, nb 4, lb 4) | |||||
| Total | 157/10 (59.5) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Sanderson | 20 | 7 | 36 | 3 | 1.80 |
| Rory Kleinveldt | 6.3 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2.76 |
| Azharullah | 14.2 | 2 | 52 | 3 | 3.62 |
| Richard Gleeson | 15 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 2.20 |
| Rob Keogh | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2.25 |
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (PJ Horton - 2.6 ov), 2-14 (A Harinath - 5.3 ov), 3-51 (MJ Cosgrove - 18.4 ov), 4-56 (RJ Sayer - 19.3 ov), 5-65 (CJ McKay - 26.1 ov), 6-65 (C Ackermann - 27.4 ov), 7-65 (Ned Eckersley - 28.2 ov), 8-86 (NJ Dexter - 40.4 ov), 9-140 (MW Pillans - 56.5 ov), 10-137 (D Klein - 59.5 ov)
Northamptonshire 2nd inningNOR 2nd inn.289/7 (61 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Newton | lbw b D Klein | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 53.33 |
lbw b D Klein | ||||||
| Ben Duckett(WK) | c Ned Eckersley b CJ McKay | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c Ned Eckersley b CJ McKay | ||||||
| Alex Wakely(C) | c PJ Horton b C Ackermann | 112 | 121 | 11 | 1 | 92.56 |
c PJ Horton b C Ackermann | ||||||
| Max Holden | c PJ Horton b MW Pillans | 13 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 35.13 |
c PJ Horton b MW Pillans | ||||||
| Rob Keogh | Not out | 105 | 145 | 11 | 0 | 72.41 |
Not out | ||||||
| Chesney Hughes | c MW Pillans b C Ackermann | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 |
c MW Pillans b C Ackermann | ||||||
| Josh Cobb | c LS Hill b MW Pillans | 18 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 72.00 |
c LS Hill b MW Pillans | ||||||
| Rory Kleinveldt | c Ned Eckersley b C Ackermann | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 |
c Ned Eckersley b C Ackermann | ||||||
| Ben Sanderson | Not out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 11, w 1, nb 4, lb 0) | |||||
| Total | 289/7 (61) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieter Klein | 7 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 6.28 |
| Clint McKay | 15 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 2.93 |
| Neil Dexter | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 5.42 |
| Mathew Pillans | 18 | 0 | 85 | 2 | 4.72 |
| Rob Sayer | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 11.00 |
| Colin Ackermann | 12 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 3.75 |
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (RI Newton - 2.3 ov), 2-12 (BM Duckett - 3.2 ov), 3-43 (MDE Holden - 12.6 ov), 4-214 (AG Wakely - 46.2 ov), 5-220 (CF Hughes - 48.1 ov), 6-246 (JJ Cobb - 55.4 ov), 7-243 (RK Kleinveldt - 60.1 ov)
Leicestershire 2nd inningLEI 2nd inn.391/10 (102.2 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Horton | c BM Duckett b RJ Gleeson | 26 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 43.33 |
c BM Duckett b RJ Gleeson | ||||||
| Arun Harinath | b BW Sanderson | 26 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 38.80 |
b BW Sanderson | ||||||
| Colin Ackermann | c BM Duckett b RJ Gleeson | 105 | 198 | 14 | 1 | 53.03 |
c BM Duckett b RJ Gleeson | ||||||
| Mark Cosgrove(C) | c RJ Gleeson b BW Sanderson | 76 | 103 | 10 | 0 | 73.78 |
c RJ Gleeson b BW Sanderson | ||||||
| Ned Eckersley | b Azharullah | 42 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 77.77 |
b Azharullah | ||||||
| Neil Dexter | c & b RK Kleinveldt | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 31.25 |
c & b RK Kleinveldt | ||||||
| Lewis Hill(WK) | c CF Hughes b RJ Gleeson | 21 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 52.50 |
c CF Hughes b RJ Gleeson | ||||||
| Rob Sayer | lbw b RJ Gleeson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
lbw b RJ Gleeson | ||||||
| Mathew Pillans | c JJ Cobb b RK Kleinveldt | 56 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 112.00 |
c JJ Cobb b RK Kleinveldt | ||||||
| Clint McKay | c BM Duckett b RK Kleinveldt | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
c BM Duckett b RK Kleinveldt | ||||||
| Dieter Klein | Not out | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 35.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 0 (b 9, w 1, nb 0, lb 12) | |||||
| Total | 391/10 (102.2) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Sanderson | 24 | 7 | 75 | 2 | 3.12 |
| Richard Gleeson | 29 | 6 | 109 | 4 | 3.75 |
| Azharullah | 17 | 0 | 72 | 1 | 4.23 |
| Rory Kleinveldt | 22.2 | 3 | 65 | 3 | 2.91 |
| Rob Keogh | 10 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 4.90 |
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (A Harinath - 19.6 ov), 2-61 (PJ Horton - 22.1 ov), 3-188 (MJ Cosgrove - 53.2 ov), 4-246 (Ned Eckersley - 69.6 ov), 5-254 (NJ Dexter - 75.1 ov), 6-299 (LS Hill - 86.2 ov), 7-299 (RJ Sayer - 86.3 ov), 8-357 (C Ackermann - 95.2 ov), 9-368 (CJ McKay - 96.4 ov), 10-391 (MW Pillans - 102.2 ov)
Date
2017-06-26 18:30 PM
Venue
County Ground, Northampton
Toss
Northamptonshire elected to bat
Umpires
- Russell Evans
- Ben Debenham
Tv Umpires
Match Referee
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