Glamorgan started the final day on 131-3 after Northeast and Ingram had survived the final session on day three. They serenely added a further 83 in the morning sunshine with few alarms, as Leicestershire were left ruing Rehan Ahmed’s inability to bowl because of a side strain which is set to rule him out of...
Derbyshire Falcons took East Midlands bragging rights after successfully chasing down Leicestershire Foxes’ target of 197 in the Vitality T20 Blast at Edgbaston. The win lifted Falcons off the bottom of North Group although they still need a continuation of their recent improvement to reach the knockout stages after losing five of their seven games...
Leicestershire’s first defeat of the season will not trigger panic, says Foxes all-rounder Logan van Beek. Sunday’s five-wicket T20 Blast loss to Northants Steelbacks came two days after the County Championship Division Two leaders opened their white-ball campaign with victory against East Midlands rivals Derbyshire. Two wickets lost in the first over and an early...
At Leicestershire they have a “passion” for proving people wrong. They won two County Championship titles in three years between 1996 and 1998 and are among the English game’s most decorated T20 clubs, having won the competition three times. The One-Day Cup success of two years ago, after a barren period of more than a...
Leicestershire’s remarkable season continued apace with victory over Lancashire by an innings and three runs to further reinforce an already formidable lead in Division Two of the County Championship. With a 251-run advantage on first innings, brought about largely by centuries from Rehan Ahmed and Lewis Hill, they bowled Lancashire out for 248 to complete...
The partnership between Hill and Ahmed, not out overnight on 29 and 26 respectively, was all the more admirable for the bowler-friendly conditions at the start of play after overnight rain and with heavy cloud cover. The two right-handers faced a real battle for the first hour, with Lancashire seamers Tom Bailey and George Balderson...
Winless Lancashire squandered a promising start to be bowled out for 206 on day one of their visit to runaway Division Two leaders Leicestershire in the County Championship. Logan Van Beek and Josh Hull took three wickets each as Lancashire, who had been 74-0 in the 28th over, were dismissed an hour after tea and...
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...
Leicestershire were initially bogged down as the new ball regularly whistled past both edges of the bat. Sol Budinger opted to counter-attack, depositing one from Dane Paterson over mid-on for six, but the former South African international reaped rapid vengeance, bowling him with a beauty which clipped off-stump. Toby Roland-Jones came on as the day’s...
Josh Hull reminded England’s selectors of his potency as Leicestershire cemented their place at the top of the County Championship Division Two with a 132-run victory over Northamptonshire. Chasing 289 at the Uptonsteel County Ground, Northamptonshire were bowled out for 156 after Hull bowled three of their top four in his first four overs. The...
Leicestershire will take a lead of 209 into day three of their County Championship match with neighbours Northamptonshire after 16 wickets fell on a dramatic second day. The Division Two leaders bowled out Northamptonshire for 191 to lead by 113 on first innings, after Logan van Beek had taken 4-47 and Ben Green an excellent...
An impressive century from opener Rishi Patel rescued Division Two leaders Leicestershire on the opening day of their County Championship game against Northamptonshire. In conditions that largely favoured the bowling side, Patel’s 105 from 189 balls was key as Leicestershire recovered from 119-55 to total 304 at the Uptonsteel County Ground. Australian paceman Harry Conway...
A nigh-on perfect morning’s bowling from Leicestershire’s in-form seamers saw the visitors record an ultimately nerve-shredding win at Bristol and strengthen their position at the top of County Championship Division Two as they stumbled over the line amid high tension in their chase of 143. A ruinous period of play for Gloucestershire, starting on Saturday...
Ben Green notched his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket as Leicestershire bowled out Gloucestershire for 252 on the opening day of their County Championship match at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol. The 27-year-old all-rounder, on loan from Somerset, exploited overcast conditions to claim 5-63 from 17 overs with his medium-paced seamers. Ian Holland...
Leicestershire head coach, Alfonso Thomas, said: “We’ve done some really good things in this game. There’s always room for improvement, but I’m just so proud of the guys for how they’ve gone about things. “To a man, everybody in this team does his job and that to me is the sign of a really strong...