Cricket News

Neil Davidson's future as Leicestershire chairman could be decided within the next 24 hours

It was, perhaps, the type of stubborn defiance that Leicestershire have required all season. Sadly, however, the performance came off the pitch as Neil Davidson, the club's chairman, reacted to calls for his resignation

Leicestershire chairman Neil Davidson has accused coach Tim Boon and captain Matthew Hoggard of setting a poor example to the younger players at the club after the pair led calls for his resignation

Leicestershire captain, Matthew Hoggard, has demanded the immediate removal of the club's chairman, Neil Davidson

Scotland beat Leicestershire by 12 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method in their Clydesdale Bank 40 clash at Mannofield Park in Aberdeen

Neil McKenzie used all his experience gleaned over a long career in international cricket with South Africa to guide Hampshire to a two-wicket win

Leicestershire's James Taylor posted his third century in four matches against Middlesex to leave this County Championship clash at Lord's intriguingly poised

Leicestershire's James Taylor posted his third century in four matches against Middlesex to leave this County Championship clash at Lord's intriguingly poised

Only 39 overs were possible at Lord's where Leicestershire did their utmost to edge toward a first-innings lead over Middlesex despite persistent showers

A dozen wickets fell on the opening day at a bright and breezy Lord's where Leicestershire's captain Matthew Hoggard revelled on centre stage with a first-class exhibition of good old-fashioned swing bowling

A round-up of action from the Clydesdale Bank 40

Kent recorded their third win of the Clydesdale Bank 40 campaign in emphatic style with an eight-wicket drubbing of Leicestershire with more than 13 overs in hand

Matthew Boyce and Greg Smith steered Leicestershire to their fifth County Championship win of the season as Matthew Hoggard took his 700th first-class wicket at Grace Road

Leicestershire's County Championship clash against Derbyshire is evenly poised after the bottom-of-the-table visitors staged a spirited fightback on the third day at Grace Road

An enterprising seventh-wicket stand between Tom New and Claude Henderson halted a Derbyshire fightback and regained the advantage for Leicestershire

Matthew Hoggard and Nadeem Malik claimed four wickets apiece to put Leicestershire in command on the first day against Derbyshire

Andrew McDonald, the Australia allrounder, has been ruled out for the remainder of the season with Leicestershire due to an ongoing shoulder problem

Corey Collymore bagged six wickets as top-of-the-table Sussex sent Leicestershire crashing to defeat by an innings and 19 runs with a day and a half to spare in their County Championship Division Two clash at Grace Road

A career-best innings of 184 by Chris Nash and some hostile bowling from Corey Collymore and Yasir Arafat put Sussex in sight of their sixth win of the season at the end of the second day of the County Championship clash with Leicestershire at Grace Road

Lewis Hatchett boosted his hopes of landing a professional contract at Sussex with the first five-wicket haul of his career on the opening day of the County Championship match against Leicestershire at Grace Road