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Northamptonshire's seamers took five wickets in the second hour of play to bowl the visitors back into a match which ended the day finely balanced at Grace Road

Leicestershire set up the opportunity to record a first County Championship win since September 2012 with a dominant opening day showing against Northamptonshire at Grace Road

Ned Eckersley equalled his career-best 147 before late wickets from Charlie Shreck lifted chances of a positive result at Grace Road

Leicestershire's quest for a first County Championship victory since September 2012 is set to be extended, but with Ned Eckersley and Angus Robson ushering their team to 202 for 1 the first signs of a team beginning to emerge from hibernation were robustl

Glamorgan batsmen Jacques Rudolph and Will Bragg both scored centuries as the Welsh county enjoyed much the best of the first day of their opening Championship match against Leicestershire at Grace Road.

ESPNcricinfo assesses Leicestershire's prospects ahead of the 2015 season

Kevin O'Brien, the big hitting Ireland batsman, will join his brother Niall at Leicestershire for the NatWest T20 Blast this season.

Leicestershire have signed Mark Cosgrove, the experienced Australian batsman Mark Cosgrove as club captain with the season less than a month away

Troubled Leicestershire lost £225,000 last year as they failed to win a Championship match for the second successive season

Kevin Pietersen has been offered an unlikely route back into English cricket after an audacious bid from Leicestershire.

Leicestershire have signed New Zealand batsman Grant Elliott as their second overseas player for the NatWest T20 Blast.

Nottinghamshire's director of cricket Mick Newell has risked an outcry among cricket traditionalists by advancing the view that some counties could combine their scouting and coaching resources to form a regional super academy

Wasim Khan, Leicestershire's new chief executive, realises that his success - or lack of it - could determine whether the county retains its first-class status

Phil Whitticase is to leave Leicestershire after 31 years at the club as player and then coach

Yorkshire will begin the defence of their County Championship title at New Road in 2015 as Worcestershire face the toughest of starts to life back in Division One.

Leicestershire's management restructuring has continued with the appointment of Andrew McDonald as head coach

Wasim Khan said he was under no illusions about the scale of the task facing him after he was confirmed as Leicestershire's new chief executive

Leicestershire have announced the appointment of Wasim Khan as their new chief executive officer

There was at last some good news for Leicestershire as a new cricket facility was opened in the city centre. A boost to the recreational game in the city can only be of benefit to a beleaguered county.

Phil Whitticase has stood down as Leicestershire's director of cricket and Mark Cosgrove could be on his way to Grace Road as captain in all three formats