a670	Northamptonshire v Worcestershire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1972 (Midland Group)
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 13th, 15th, 16th May 1972 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 8 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Worcestershire 3
Umpires	DJ Constant, GH Pope
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire 40/2 (Headley 18*, Ormrod 2*; 22 overs)
Player of the Match	RGA Headley

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Northamptonshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
G Cook	b D'Oliveira	13
A Tait	run out	51
DS Steele	c Gifford b D'Oliveira	3
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Ormrod b D'Oliveira	6
*PJ Watts	c Yardley b Gifford	30
P Willey	run out	25
BS Crump	run out	3
+G Sharp	not out	17
RR Bailey	c Gifford b Holder	3
BS Bedi	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-38, 3-44, 4-108, 5-111, 6-120, 7-158, 8-162 (55 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Holder	11	1	44	1	-	-	66.00	4.00
Carter	11	1	40	0	-	-	-	3.64
Griffith	11	2	25	0	-	-	-	2.27
D'Oliveira	11	5	13	3	-	-	22.00	1.18
Gifford	11	1	29	1	-	-	66.00	2.64

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Worcestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
RGA Headley	run out	71
GM Turner	c Cook b Bailey	8
PJ Stimpson	retired hurt	1
JA Ormrod	not out	63
BL D'Oliveira	not out	10
TJ Yardley	did not bat
K Griffith	did not bat
+HG Wilcock	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
VA Holder	did not bat
RGM Carter	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(2 wickets, 51.5 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-143

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Dye	10	2	33	0	-	-	-	3.30
Bailey	11	4	12	1	-	-	66.00	1.09
Willey	8.5	2	32	0	-	-	-	3.62
Watts	3	0	18	0	-	-	-	6.00
Bedi	11	2	32	0	-	-	-	2.91
Crump	8	1	26	0	-	-	-	3.25

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
--> A Tait passed his previous highest score of 19 in List A matches

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