Leicestershire / Features

County cricket's commercial crusade for the 21st century

Apr 16, 2013: Every club is trying its best to stay afloat, selling real estate, hosting concerts, borrowing heavily, but is the model sustainable?

County previews

Lancs and Hants look strong

Apr 9, 2013: ESPNcricinfo's senior correspondent George Dobell looks at the prospects for clubs in Division Two

County preview

A county game to savour

Apr 9, 2013: Critics of county cricket ignore its importance to the England team and its relevance throughout the country - there is much to celebrate and admire

County previews

Results not on the production line

Apr 2, 2013: Leicestershire still bring through talented players but their prospects for success on the field look limited

Diverse city, static cricket

Feb 7, 2013: Leicestershire has a big Asian-origin community, but you wouldn't know that if you saw its county team

'It's great to show you can come through as an Asian sportsman'

Feb 6, 2013: A 19-year-old Leicestershire allrounder is proving to other cricketing hopefuls from his community that they can make it too

English cricket's Asian challenge

Feb 5, 2013: Harnessing the interest of the UK's population of enthusiastic expats from the Indian subcontinent is going to be important to the future of the English game

County cricket

Homegrown champs and Middlesex's foreign influence

Nov 6, 2012: The second of our four-part series of statistical analysis on the 2012 County Championship

County cricket 2012

Reality check for Yorkshire

Apr 4, 2012: ESPNcricinfo previews the 2012 season for teams in Division Two of the County Championship

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A bad decision for English cricket

Jan 11, 2012: David Morgan will certainly leave his mark on the domestic game in England and Wales

Countyscape

County cricket should be celebrated

Aug 26, 2011: It's only fair that the county game receives some of the praise for its part in England's success story. The Championship to provide the foundations for the international side

Loss of identity, but it's the new way

Aug 9, 2011: County cricket doesn't have a transfer system but it may not be far away as more players are being enticed to new clubs

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The low-key birth of one-day cricket

Apr 9, 2011: At a time when English domestic cricket is under constant review, we look back to when a county secretary had an idea that revolutionised the game

Kent fight for survival

Sep 2, 2010: It has been known for a long time that Kent are in financial trouble, but the club insist the future is bright as the chairman dips into his own pocket

Mutiny at Grace Road

Aug 26, 2010: Leicestershire have been plunged into crisis with the players and management wanting Neil Davidson to resign. It's a messy situation, as is the structure for next year's county season

Amateurs show their value

Jul 29, 2010: As the counties face crucial decisions about the game's structure, many are struggling to stay afloat, although the Unicorns have shown money isn't everything

Lessons from the county scene

Jun 17, 2010: County chief executives on the lessons learned from the season to date

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Lost in transit

Apr 10, 2010: The batsman who was given out while he was on a train

Ripe young age

Nov 16, 2008: England's most promising new fast bowler may be just 22 but he's quite a seasoned campaigner already

Paul Nixon

A lot of hard yak yak

Oct 17, 2008: He's got a mouth on him, Nico has. The sledge-a-minute former England wicketkeeper talks about the joys of getting up the opposition's nose