Ahmed went straight into the Foxes side just days after returning from a successful spell with Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred. “I called him up on Tuesday and he kind of answered the call with ‘I’m playing on Sunday’ and I said ‘that’s fine, you’re playing, you’re batting at three’,” said Thomas. “That’s just the
One-Day Cup, men’s semi-final, Uptonsteel Grace Road Leicestershire 303-7 (50 overs): Shaikh 104, Kelly 53; Pennington 3-65 Nott Outlaws 280 all out (49 overs): McCann 64, Hameed 54; A Green 4-40 Leicestershire beat Notts Outlaws by 23 runs Scorecard Leicestershire reached their second One-Day Cup final in four years, overcoming Notts Outlaws by 23 runs
Drizzle just before play was due to start at 11:00 [BST] meant the action was delayed by 10 minutes and resulted in an over being docked off each innings. Perhaps buoyed by successfully chasing down 294 and 314 in their past two group matches, Kent chose to stick Surrey in after winning the toss but
Leicestershire Foxes all-rounder Ruan de Swardt has returned home to South Africa after suffering an injury against Notts Outlaws in the One-Day Cup. The 28-year-old sustained an injury in his quadriceps while bowling and was forced to leave the field of play during the match. De Swardt could only get through two overs as the
After deciding to bowl first in Leicester, Somerset quickly had their hosts in trouble at 18-3. But from there, Leicestershire went on to dominate proceedings. Wicketkeeper Ben Cox top scored with 89, while 60 from Nick Kelly and 77 from Ian Holland helped them to 289-8. It was a chase that very soon proved out
In recent years, the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) has worked with first-class counties to establish guidelines around the high-risk, low-paid work environment faced by second XI investigators. Before 2021, clubs were not required to pay testers when they turned up. Previously, the opportunity and hope that came from a match at that level were considered