Leicestershire’s relegation from Division One of the County Championship has been confirmed after failing in their appeal against points penalty. It was during the penultimate match of the season in mid-September that the independent cricket discipline panel handed down an initial 27-point punishment for the poor pitch they produced against Glamorgan a month earlier. Leicestershire
The 27-point deduction that has Leicestershire on the brink of County Championship relegation is what is fuelling their fight for survival, says Foxes head coach Alfonso Thomas. It was at lunch on the second day of their Division One match against Hampshire this week that Thomas told his Leicestershire players of the impending punishment for
