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Leicestershire surged to a clear advantage over Sri Lanka A on the second day at Grace Road, Wayne White picking up four wickets and Greg Smith reach an unbeaten fifty to secure a 258-run lead

James Taylor hit an unbeaten 161 to provide nearly half Leicestershire's total on the opening day of Sri Lanka A's tour

The dates for the Friends Life t20 quarter-finals have been announced with Somerset's trip to Nottinghamshire on August 7 the pick of the games

Leicestershire Foxes' Clydesdale Bank 40 clash with Hampshire Royals was abandoned after a series of rain interruptions wrecked all attempts to secure a result

Leicestershire took the runners-up spot in the Friends Life t20 North Group when their five-wicket victory put a dampener on the opening of Warwickshire's £32million pavilion at Edgbaston

Essex revived their promotion hopes with a crushing 254-run victory over Leicestershire in the County Championship Division Two clash at Grace Road

Billy Godleman hit a career-best 130 as Essex moved into a commanding position at the end of the third day of the County Championship match against Leicestershire at Grace Road

A second successive century from their captain, James Foster, and a four-wicket haul for trialist Tom Craddock gave Essex a vital edge in their County Championship Division Two game against Leicestershire at Grace Road

Half-centuries from Ravi Bopara and James Foster pulled Essex out of trouble on the first day of the County Championship match against Leicestershire at Grace Road

Leicestershire Foxes snatched a dramatic victory against Derbyshire Falcons at Grace Road to clinch a home tie in the quarter-finals of the Friends Life t20

Yorkshire's Friends Life t20 woes continued at Headingley, as they lost by 18 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis system to Leicestershire

Leicestershire Foxes remain on course for a quarter-final place in the Friends Life t20 thanks to a comfortable six-wicket win over struggling Northamptonshire Steelbacks at Grace Road

Leicestershire tightened their grip on second place in the Friends Life t20 North Group by beating closest challengers Worcestershire by six wickets at New Road

Andrew McDonald produced a Man-of-the-Match display to steer Leicestershire to an eight-wicket win over Yorkshire

A disciplined bowling performance enabled Durham Dynamos to claim their second Friends Life t20 victory in the space of three days and move a giant step closer to a quarter-final place. Despite appearing all but beaten at the halfway stage of their oppone

Leicestershire boosted their hopes of a place in the quarter-finals of the Friends Life t20 with their first home win in the competition for two years, beating Worcestershire by 19 runs at Grace Road

Division Two leaders Northamptonshire landed a spectacular victory against Leicestershire in their County Championship match at Grace Road, claiming the last eight wickets for 15 runs in 64 balls to win by an innings and 155 runs an hour before lunch on t

Stephen Peters just missed out on a century while David Lucas and Lee Daggett both hit career-best scores as Northamptonshire took a stranglehold on their County Championship game against Leicestershire at Grace Road

Northamptonshire made an impressive return to County Championship action, totally dominating the first day of the match against Leicestershire at Grace Road

Leicestershire Foxes suffered their third consecutive Friends Life T20 wash-out at Grace Road, with the North Group clash against Durham Dynamos abandoned after only five overs