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Wells helps Leicestershire post useful total

Opener Trevor Ward led the way with a fluent 61 from 79 balls as Leicestershire Foxes posted a useful total in their National League Division One contest with Northamptonshire Steelbacks at Wantage Road

13-Aug-2000•Andrew Radd

Crowe's career best leaves Hampshire in the bird.

Carl Crowe took a career best 4 for 55, and coupled with Vince Wells 4 for 54 it led Leicestershire to an unexpected victory after Hampshire had directed much of the play in the morning session

11-Aug-2000•Vic Isaacs

Mullally continues to outfox the Foxes

At lunch Leicestershire had reached 116 for 5 a lead of 154 over their hosts

10-Aug-2000•Vic Isaacs

Hampshire v Leicestershire 3rd Day Report - Lunch

Hampshire had some early good fortune at the start of the fourth and final day of their championship clash with leicestershire

10-Aug-2000•Vic Isaacs

Aymes rescues Hampshire, as Leicestershire take charge

Struggling at lunch time on the second day to save the follow on, the target was achieved more easily than expected, due in the main to an innings of patience coupled with an array of fine stokes by Hampshire wicket-keeper Adrian Aymes

09-Aug-2000•Vic Isaacs

Hampshire struggle against Leicestershire seamers

Leicestershire added just one run to their overnight score before Morris enticed Crowe to edge Morris to give wicket-keeper Adi Aymes his fifth catch of the innings

09-Aug-2000•Vic Isaacs

Depleted Leicestershire made to struggle by in-form Mullally

Paceman Alan Mullally prolonged his sizzling vein of form with another five wicket haul today for Hampshire on the opening day of the County Championship clash with Leicestershire at Southampton

08-Aug-2000•Staff and agencies

Leicestershire recover after another Mullally haul ...

Hampshire gained maximum bowling points as Leicestershire reached 265-9

08-Aug-2000•Vic Isaacs

Hampshire v Leicestershire 1st Day Report - Lunch

Early rain meant a delayed start to the PPP healthcare County Championship match at the County Ground, Southampton

07-Aug-2000•Vic Isaacs

Leics outplay Lancashire

Leicestershire's convincing victory by seven wickets at Grace Road has given Lancashire a very clear prospect of relegation from the First Division of the National League just a year after they had won the title

23-Jul-2000•Staff and agencies

Surrey storm to a sixth championship victory

Surrey completed a resounding victory over Leicestershire by 10 wickets at Guildford today - their sixth win in the championship this summer

21-Jul-2000•Staff and agencies

Surrey came back strongly

Martin Bicknell broke through Leicestershire's batting by taking five wickets for Surrey in a spell which had the visitors in trouble at 33-6 by the close at Guildford: they were just 63 runs ahead

20-Jul-2000•Staff and agencies

Leicestershire start well but do not press the advantage

Leicestershire's score of 313-9 from 104 overs in their championship match against Surrey at Guildford was a considerable improvement on their performance when the two teams met previously just a few days ago, and would have been better still but for

19-Jul-2000•Staff and agencies

Northants overcome Leicestershire

Matthew Hayden's undefeated 96 took Northamptonshire to victory by 4 wickets with nine balls to spare over Leicestershire at Grace Road

16-Jul-2000•Staff and agencies

Leicestershire pitch out Durham with day to spare

Leicestershire are unlikely to suffer the fate of Middlesex and have points deducted for the state of their pitch after their Division One championship match with Durham ended with a day to spare

14-Jul-2000•Staff and agencies

Battling Smith blunts Durham break-through

Ben Smith's patience brought Leicestershire through an awkward day against Durham's competent pace attack led by John Wood (5-60) on a pitch unfavourable to batting in their championship at Leicester

12-Jul-2000•Staff and agencies

Surrey got to top of championship

Surrey, the defending title-holders, crushed Leicestershire by an innings and 178 runs in their championship match at Oakham School and moved to the head of Division One

09-Jul-2000•Staff and agencies

Ally Brown's schooldays

Alistair Brown continued to batter Leicestershire at Oakham School and went on to a career best 295 n.o.

08-Jul-2000•Staff and agencies

Brown blasts Leicestershire

Alistair Brown hammered a magnificent 211 n.o

08-Jul-2000•Staff and agencies

Champion Gloucester's dramatic victory

Gloucestershire, holders of the NatWest Trophy, showed the quality of real champions as they beat Leicestershire by 10 runs at Grace Road - coming the day after they had beaten Worcestershire in their replayed match from the preceding round

05-Jul-2000•Staff and agencies

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