Complex sentence: The ground has hosted two List-A matches for Northamptonshire: the first came in the 1971 John Player League, when Northamptonshire played Lancashire; and the second came in 1982 in the same competition and between the same two sides.
Split into simpler sentences: The ground has hosted two List-A matches for Northamptonshire. The first came in the 1971 John Player League, when Northamptonshire played Lancashire, and the second came in 1982 in the same competition and between the same two sides.