Somerset made a fast start after being put in at Taunton and were 70-1 after 38 balls as Will Smeed brought up his half-century from 29 deliveries. When Smeed fell to Eddie Jack for 68 from 37 balls, with nine fours and three sixes, Somerset were 116-3 with more than nine overs to come, but...
Match of the Day 2 celebrates a perfect final game in a Leicester shirt for the “inspirational” Jamie Vardy as he scores his 200th goal for the club in his 500th appearance as the Foxes beat Ipswich 2-0 in the Premier League. READ MORE: Vardy says goodbye to the ‘club I love’ Available to UK...
It was inevitable. Thirteen years to the day since Leicester City paid £1m to Fleetwood Town for Jamie Vardy, he ended his Foxes career with a goal – his 200th for the club. As the ball rolled past Alex Palmer, those inside King Power Stadium drew breath in expectation before exploding in celebration for a...
Three wickets apiece for seamers Logan van Beek and Ben Green set up Leicestershire’s first red-ball victory at Lord’s in 45 years, flattening Middlesex to strengthen their position as County Championship Division Two front-runners. Van Beek took 3-28 – including two wickets in as many balls – while Green’s 3-32 also played a pivotal role...
Ian Holland underlined his status as Division Two’s leading wicket-taker with figures of 5-35 to give Leicestershire the upper hand on the opening day of their County Championship clash with Middlesex. The 34-year-old medium-pacer took his wicket tally to 26 for the season, returning 3-9 during a relentlessly accurate opening eight-over salvo to reduce the...
As the plane’s banner suggested, director of football Jon Rudkin and the board have been the target for fans this season. They see Rudkin as a root cause of their decline in recent seasons. He was, of course, in the same position when the Foxes stunned the world to win the Premier League in 2016,...