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Madsen's solo effort bolsters Derbyshire

Madsen's solo effort bolsters Derbyshire

Wayne Madsen has played many more fluent and attractive innings in his long and illustrious career, but the South African cannot have made a more hard-fought than that which he scored on the first day against Leicestershire

07-Aug-2015•ECB/PA

Allrounder Borthwick routs Leicestershire

Allrounder Borthwick routs Leicestershire

06-Aug-2015•ECB/PA

Derbyshire seamers boost quarter-final hopes

Derbyshire seamers boost quarter-final hopes

Derbyshire boosted their quarter-final hopes by thrashing local rivals Leicestershire by six wickets in a one-sided Royal London Cup Group A match at Derby.

04-Aug-2015•PA/ECB

Yorkshire hold off Robson's best

Yorkshire hold off Robson's best

A career-best one-day knock of 90 from Leicestershire opener Angus Robson, the highest of the match, could not stop Yorkshire completing a 31-run victory over their visitors in the Royal London Cup clash at Headingley

03-Aug-2015•ECB/PA

Klinger's direct hit seals one-run win

Klinger's direct hit seals one-run win

Outstanding fielding made the difference as Gloucestershire made it two wins in as many games in an exciting finish to a wonderful Royal London Cup game at Grace Road

31-Jul-2015•ECB/PA

Stone, Crook finish off Leicestershire

Stone, Crook finish off Leicestershire

Olly Stone and Steven Crook led a superb Northamptonshire bowling display as they got off the mark at the third attempt in the Royal London Cup

29-Jul-2015•ECB/PA

Essex sneak through; Northants, Lancashire in quarters after rain

Essex sneak through; Northants, Lancashire in quarters after rain

The last series of group matches in the NatWest T20 Blast saw a number of teams deeply interested in what their rivals were doing or, more to the point, given the wide band of rain that moved in from the West, whether they were playing at all

24-Jul-2015•Paul Edwards

12 teams; 8 places - T20 Blast goes down to the wire

12 teams; 8 places - T20 Blast goes down to the wire

ESPNcricinfo previews the final round of NatWest T20 Blast matches by outlining what each county needs to do to finish in the top four

24-Jul-2015•Freddie Wilde

Boyce retires to take up financial career

Boyce retires to take up financial career

Matthew Boyce, the 29-year-old Leicestershire batsman, has announced his immediate retirement from the game to take up a new career in the financial sector

23-Jul-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Pioneer of one-day cricket dies

Pioneer of one-day cricket dies

Mike Turner, who passed away at the age of 80, was a lifelong figure of Leicestershire cricket but his impact on the game stretched well beyond one county

21-Jul-2015•George Dobell

Gloucestershire win completes profitable festival

Gloucestershire win completes profitable festival

Gloucestershire dominated the final day of their LV= County Championship game at Cheltenham, beating Leicestershire by 155 runs to register back-to-back wins in a season at the picturesque college ground for the first time since 1998

18-Jul-2015•ECB/PA

Painstaking Howell achieves maiden century

Painstaking Howell achieves maiden century

Benny Howell helped himself to a first ever first-class century as Gloucestershire moved into a position of strength at the end of the third day of their Division Two game against Leicestershire at Cheltenham

17-Jul-2015•ECB/PA

Taylor plots late raid for last-ditch Notts

Taylor plots late raid for last-ditch Notts

ESPNcricinfo previews the latest round of matches in the T20 Blast as a bunched field heads towards the final straight

17-Jul-2015•Freddie Wilde

Fuller keeps Gloucestershire's noses in front

Fuller keeps Gloucestershire's noses in front

Clint McKay claimed five wickets for Leicestershire as seam bowlers dominated the opening day at Cheltenham.

16-Jul-2015•ECB/PA

McKay takes five as bowlers dominate at Cheltenham

McKay takes five as bowlers dominate at Cheltenham

Clint McKay claimed five wickets for Leicestershire as seam bowlers dominated the opening day at Cheltenham.

15-Jul-2015•ECB/PA

Levi boosts Northants last-eight push

Levi boosts Northants last-eight push

Richard Levi's superb 67 in just 28 balls kept up Northamptonshire's push for the NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals and effectively eliminated Leicestershire with a nine-wicket win at Wantage Road

12-Jul-2015•ECB/PA

Croft quickens Lancashire last-eight push

Croft quickens Lancashire last-eight push

Half-centuries from Karl Brown, Paul Horton and Steven Croft enabled fast-improving Lancashire to set Leicestershire a target that proved far beyond them on a good pitch at Grace Road

10-Jul-2015•ECB/PA

Leaders Birmingham face derby threat

Leaders Birmingham face derby threat

ESPNcricinfo previews the latest round of matches in the T20 Blast as a bunched field heads towards the final straight

10-Jul-2015•Freddie Wilde

Coles completes 10-for in Kent breeze

Coles completes 10-for in Kent breeze

Kent lifted themselves off the bottom of the County Championship by completing their second victory of the season by beating Leicestershire by eight wickets at Grace Road.

07-Jul-2015•ECB/PA

Stevens sees Kent close in on victory

Bad light frustrated Kent as they ended the second day of the against Leicestershire closing in on victory. The home side lead by just 59 runs with a single second innings wicket remaining when at 7pm the umpires decided the light was too poor to continue

06-Jul-2015•ECB/PA

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