Metro Bank Men’s One-Day Cup final, Trent Bridge Middlesex 231 (49.5 overs): Higgins 100, Duke 55; Holland 5-36 Leicestershire 200 (44.2 overs): Kelly 103; Roland-Jones 3-27, Helm 3-32 Middlesex win by 31 runs Match scorecard Middlesex claimed their first silverware in a decade as they fought back from a tricky start to beat Leicestershire in
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
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Uptonsteel Grace Road, Leicester (day four) Hampshire 214 & 363: Gubbins 133; A Patel 4-103 Leicestershire 244 & 335-5: Kelly 86, Cox 75* Leicestershire (19 pts) beat Hampshire (3 pts) by five wickets Match scorecard Hampshire have been relegated to Division Two of the County Championship for the first time
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Uptonsteel Grace Road, Leicester (day three) Hampshire 214 & 363: Gubbins 133; A Patel 4-103 Leicestershire 244 & 156-3: Ahmed 55; Currie 1-27 Leicestershire (3 pts) need 178 more runs to beat Hampshire (3 pts) Match scorecard Leicestershire and Hampshire’s fight to avoid relegation from Division One will head into
Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Uptonsteel Grace Road, Leicester (day two) Hampshire 214: Brown 80*; Holland 6-38, Gilchrist 4-54 & 255-3: Gubbins 124* Leicestershire 244: Shaikh 63, Scriven 53*; Abbott 4-58 Hampshire (3 pts) lead Leicestershire (3 pts) by 225 runs Match scorecard Opener Nick Gubbins made his first County Championship hundred since April last
Leicestershire are on the brink of relegation from Division One of the County Championship after being deducted 27 points for breaching pitch regulations in their victory over Glamorgan in August. The points penalty imposed by the Cricket Discipline Panel midway through their penultimate match of the season drops the Foxes to the bottom of the
