Cricket News

David Smith has left his position as chief executive of Leicestershire and looks set to take legal action against the club

Yorkshire's run of three consecutive Friends Provident t20 victories was ended by Leicestershire who beat them by six runs at Headingley

Simon Katich signed off his Friends Provident t20 campaign in spectacular style with a match-winning innings for Lancashire against Leicestershire

Leicestershire reactivated their faltering Friends Provident t20 campaign with a demolition job on Warwickshire at Edgbaston

Andrew Gale and Jacques Rudolph both hit half-centuries as Yorkshire Carnegie raced to a crushing nine-wicket win over Leicestershire Foxes in their Friends Provident t20 clash at Grace Road

Chaminda Vaas hit a quickfire half-century and then took two vital wickets as Northamptonshire Steelbacks beat Leicestershire Foxes by 10 runs

Ross Taylor blasted 80 not out from 33 balls to set record-breaking Durham on their way to a 71-run victory over Leicestershire in the Friends Provident t20

A round-up from the latest Friends Provident t20 matches as Matt Prior, Ian Bell and Adam Gilchrist all make their mark

Leicestershire spin duo Brad Hodge and Claude Henderson ended Lancashire's unbeaten start to their campaign with a 14-run win

The concept of two-innings one-day cricket, which Cricket Australia will trial next season, has been viewed with cautious optimism by two of the county second XI coaches in England who have had first hand experience this year

Leicestershire fast bowler Nadeem Malik took four wickets as the Foxes claimed a 12-run win over the Northamptonshire Steelbacks in the Friends Provident t20 at Wantage Road.

Leicestershire spinners Claude Henderson and Jigar Naik combined superbly to inflict an innings and 60-run defeat on Surrey in their County Championship Division Two match at The Brit Oval

Claude Henderson re-established Leicestershire's authority with two key wickets in five balls after Surrey had battled their way back in the match

Will Jefferson ended his five-year wait for a County Championship hundred to put Leicestershire firmly in control of their Division Two clash with Surrey at The Oval

Steffan Jones earned career-best bowling figures as Derbyshire launched their Twenty2 cup bid with an 11-run win over Leicestershire

Leicestershire's County Championship game against Middlesex was abandoned as a draw without a ball being bowled on the last day at Grace Road

Owais Shah and Neil Dexter both made centuries as Middlesex battled back on the third day of their County championship game against Leicestershire at Grace Road

James Taylor hit a brilliant double century and Australian Andrew McDonald a career best 176 in a record fourth-wicket partnership as Leicestershire took control of their County Championship game against Middlesex at Grace Road

Only 9.2 overs of play were possible on the first day of Leicestershire's County Championship Division Two game against Middlesex at Grace Road

Glamorgan made it four wins in a row by completing a crushing 10-wicket victory over Leicestershire with more than a day to spare at Grace Road