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Umar Akmal scored an unbeaten half-century as Leicestershire put a brake on Birmingham's NatWest T20 Blast hot streak with a comfortable seven-wicket win at Edgbaston

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Wes Durston had the Foxes on the run when he demolished Leicestershire's bowling to lead Derbyshire to a 17-run victory in the NatWest Blast T20 North Group at Derby.

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Ashwell Prince, Arron Lilley and Kyle Jarvis all starred as Lancashire wrapped up a three-day win over Leicestershire at Old Trafford by an innings and 157 runs.

Karl Brown put Lancashire well on top against Leicestershire at Old Trafford as he narrowly missed his first Championship century for four years

Bad light forced the umpires to call off a match shortened by rain to 11 overs a side before a positive result was possible at Grace Road, ruining anticipation of a clash between two Pakistan team-mates - Shahid Afridi and Umar Akmal

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Leicestershire's elation after pulling off their first Championship win since September 2012 was tinged with reality as promotion contenders Surrey gave them a thumping at Grace Road

Sixteen wickets fell during a compelling day's cricket that ended with Surrey as strong favourites to complete victory over Leicestershire at Grace Road.

A burst of five wickets for 17 runs in just 30 balls shortly after lunch ensured the balance of play favoured Leicestershire at the end of the first day's play of their Division Two against Surrey at Grace Road.

Grant Elliott and Luke Ronchi both scored hundreds as the New Zealanders recorded a 198-run win over Leicestershire

Umar Akmal showed his experience to guide Leicestershire to a six-wicket victory at Trent Bridge. The Pakistan international, on his Foxes' debut, made an unbeaten 76 as the match ended in slightly controversial circumstances.

At one minute past one, with lunch looming and Essex's fielders resigned to their fate, Leicestershire's Lewis Hill nudged the single into the covers that consigned to history one of the most ignominious runs of failure in the history of county cricket

Leicestershire established themselves as firm favourites to claim their first Championship victory in 38 attempts after being left a modest target of 163 in their Division Two clash with Essex at Chelmsford.

Angus Robson struck his first century of the season as Leicestershire ended the second day at Chelmsford as favourites to claim a long-overdue victory.

Ben Raine returned career-best figures of 5 for 48 in 18 overs as Leicestershire took the honours on a rain-affected day at Chelmsford.

A second match in 24 hours was a step too far for Leicestershire as their NatWest T20 Blast challenge took a blow with a six-wicket defeat by Worcestershire at New Road.

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