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Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county

Historic counties of England

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clubs which make up the English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

and Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

national cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire

Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...

. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland

Rutland

Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....

.

Its limited overs team is called the Leicestershire Foxes. Their kit colours are red with black trim in the Clydesdale Bank 40

Clydesdale Bank 40

The ECB40, currently known as the Clydesdale Bank 40 for sponsorship reasons, is a forty-over limited overs cricket competition for the English first-class counties. It began in the 2010 English cricket season as a replacement for the Pro40 and Friends Provident Trophy competitions...

and black with red trim in the t20. The shirt sponsors are Oval Insurance Broking with Highcross Leicester (shopping centre) on the top reverse side of the shirt.

The club is based at Grace Road

Grace Road

Grace Road is a cricket ground, in Leicester, England, home to Leicestershire County Cricket Club.-History:The land which Grace Road is built on was bought by Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 1877 from the then Duke of Rutland and spent the massive sum of £40,000 on developing a cricket club,...

, Leicester

Leicester

Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...

and have also played home games at Aylestone Road

Aylestone Road

Aylestone Road is a cricket stadium in Leicester, England.It was for many years the home to Leicestershire County Cricket Club. It was first used in 1901 after it was decided that Grace Road was too far from the centre of the city...

in Leicester, at Hinckley

Hinckley

Hinckley is a town in southwest Leicestershire, England. It has a population of 43,246 . It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council...

, Loughborough

Loughborough

Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and is home to Loughborough University...

, Melton Mowbray

Melton Mowbray

Melton Mowbray is a town in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is to the northeast of Leicester, and southeast of Nottingham...

, Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, — Zouch being pronounced "Zoosh" — often shortened to Ashby, is a small market town and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, within the National Forest. It is twinned with Pithiviers in north-central France....

and in Coalville

Coalville

Coalville is a town in North West Leicestershire, England, with a population estimated in 2003 to be almost 33,000. It is situated on the A511 trunk road between Leicester and Burton upon Trent, close to junction 22 of the M1 motorway where the A511 meets the A50 between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and...

inside the traditional county boundaries; and at Uppingham

Uppingham

Disambiguation: "Uppingham" is the colloquial name for Uppingham SchoolUppingham is a market town in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England, located on the A47 between Leicester and Peterborough, about 6 miles south of the county town, Oakham.- History :A little over a mile to the...

and Oakham

Oakham

-Oakham's horseshoes:Traditionally, members of royalty and peers of the realm who visited or passed through the town had to pay a forfeit in the form of a horseshoe...

over the border in Rutland

Rutland

Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....

.

Leicestershire are in the second divisions of the County Championship

County Championship

The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...

and in group c of the Pro40

National League (cricket)

The NatWest Pro40 League was a one-day cricket league for first-class cricket counties in England and Wales. It was inaugurated in 1999, but was essentially the old Sunday League retitled to reflect the fact that large numbers of matches were played on days other than Sunday.-Sunday League:The...

one day league. They recently finished bottom of the County Championship for the first time since the introduction of two divisions. Their best showing in recent years has been in the Twenty20 Cup

Twenty20 Cup

The Twenty20 Cup was a cricket competition for English and Welsh county clubs.In 2010, it has been replaced by Friends Provident t20 as the domestic Twenty20 competition.-History:...

with the Foxes winning the trophy three times in eight years.

Honours

County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...

(3) - 1975, 1996, 1998
Sunday/National League (2) - 1974, 1977
Twenty20 Cup
Twenty20 Cup
The Twenty20 Cup was a cricket competition for English and Welsh county clubs.In 2010, it has been replaced by Friends Provident t20 as the domestic Twenty20 competition.-History:...

(3) - 2004, 2006, 2011
Benson & Hedges Cup
Benson & Hedges Cup
The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals....

(3) - 1972, 1975, 1985

Second XI honours

Second XI Championship
Second XI Championship
The Second XI Championship is a season-long cricket competition in England that is competed for by the reserve teams of those county cricket clubs that have first-class status...

(1) - 1983; shared (0) -
Minor Counties Championship (1) - 1931; shared (0) -

+ 1 Bain Hogg Trophy - 2nd 11 one day competition - 1996

Earliest cricket

Cricket may not have reached the county until well into the 18th century. A notice in the Leicester Journal dated 17 August 1776 is the earliest known mention of cricket in Leicestershire.

But it was only a few years after that before a Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket Club

Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket Club

Cricket may not have reached the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland until the 18th century. A notice in the Leicester Journal dated 17 August 1776 is the earliest known mention of cricket in the area.-The original Leicestershire club:...

was taking part in important matches, mainly against Nottingham Cricket Club and Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...

(MCC). This club was prominent from 1781 until the beginning of the 19th century.

19th century

Little more is heard of Leicestershire cricket until the formation of the present club on 25 March 1879.

Essex CCC versus Leicestershire CCC at Leyton on 14, 15 & 16 May 1894 was the initial first-class match played by either club. In 1895, the County Championship

County Championship

The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...

was restructured into a 14-team competition with the introduction of Essex, Leicestershire and Warwickshire CCC.

Early and mid 20th century

Leicestershire's first 70 years were largely spent in lower table mediocrity, with few notable exceptions. In 1953, the motivation of secretary-captain Charles Palmer lifted the side fleetingly to third place, but most of the rest of the 1950s was spent propping up the table, or thereabouts.

Start of improvement: The late 50s and the 60s

Change came in the late 1950s with the recruitment of the charismatic Willie Watson

Willie Watson (England cricketer)

William "Willie" Watson, was an English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England. He was a double international, as Watson was also a footballer who played for England's national team.-Cricket career:...

at the end of a distinguished career with England

English cricket team

The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...

and Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

. Watson's run gathering sparked the home-grown Maurice Hallam

Maurice Hallam

Maurice Raymond Hallam was an English first class cricketer for Leicestershire County Cricket Club. He was a right-handed opening batsman-Records:...

into becoming one of England's best opening batsmen. In bowling, Leicestershire had an erratically successful group of seamers in Terry Spencer

Terry Spencer

Charles Terence Spencer is a former English first class cricketer who played for Leicestershire. Only Ewart Astill and George Geary have taken more wickets for Leicestershire...

, Brian Boshier

Brian Boshier

Brian Stanley Boshier was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Leicestershire County Cricket Club between 1953 and 1964....

, John Cotton and Jack van Geloven

Jack van Geloven

Jack van Geloven was an English first-class cricketer, who played three matches for Yorkshire in 1955, and but then joined Leicestershire on special registration for the 1956 season...

, plus the spin of John Savage.

Another change was in the captaincy: Tony Lock

Tony Lock

Graham Anthony Richard Lock was an English cricketer, who played primarily as a left-arm spinner. He played in forty nine Tests for England taking 174 wickets at 25.58 each.-Life and career:...

, the former England and Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...

spinner who had galvanised Western Australia

Western Warriors

The Western Australia cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team representing the state of Western Australia...

The 1970s & the first golden era

Ray Illingworth

Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so...

, again from Yorkshire, instilled self-belief to the extent that the county took its first ever trophy in 1972, the Benson & Hedges Cup with Chris Balderstone

Chris Balderstone

John Christopher Balderstone was an English professional in cricket and football, and one of the last sportsmen to combine both sports over a prolonged period. He played football as a midfielder for Huddersfield Town, Carlisle United, Doncaster Rovers and Queen of the South...

man of the match. This was start of the first golden era as the first of five trophies in five years and included Leicestershire's first ever County Championship title in 1975. A couple of runners up spots were also thrown in.

The game when Leicestershire won their first ever County Championship, on September 15 1975, marked something of a personal triumph for Chris Balderstone. Batting on 51 not out against Derbyshire at Chesterfield, after close of play he changed into his football kit to play for Doncaster Rovers in an evening match 30 miles away (a 1-1 draw with Brentford

Brentford

Brentford is a suburban town in west London, England, and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located at the confluence of the River Thames and the River Brent, west-southwest of Charing Cross. Its former ceremonial county was Middlesex.-Toponymy:...

). Thus he is the only player to have played League Football and first class cricket on the same day. He then returned to Chesterfield to complete a century the following morning and take three wickets to wrap up the title. To add to that season's success for Leicestershire was a second Benson & Hedges victory.

The 1980s

A runners up spot in the 1982 County Championship brought some respectability, but the decade's only first class silverware was in the 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup

Benson & Hedges Cup

The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals....

with Balderstone still on board making him the most successful trophy winner in the club's history with six.

Success in the late 90s

Leicestershire won the county championship in 1996, and again in 1998. This was an amazing achievement considering the resources of the club compared to other county teams. This Leicestershire side, led by Jack Birkenshaw

Jack Birkenshaw

Jack Birkenshaw, MBE was an English cricketer, who later stood as an umpire and worked as a coach...

and James Whitaker

James Whitaker (cricketer)

John James Whitaker is an English former cricketer, who played in one Test and two ODIs for England in 1986.-Life and career:...

, used team spirit and togetherness to get the best out of a group of players who were either discarded from other counties or brought through the Leicestershire ranks.

This team didn't have many stars, but Aftab Habib

Aftab Habib

Aftab Habib is an English cricketer. He has been appointed the coach of Afghanistan national cricket team on September 2011...

, Darren Maddy

Darren Maddy

Darren Lee Maddy is an English cricketer who plays first class cricket for Warwickshire. He played three Tests and eight One Day Internationals for England, making one international fifty in his ten innings between 1998 and 2000 before he was finally dropped following the tour of Zimbabwe in 2000,...

, Vince Wells, Jimmy Ormond, Alan Mullally

Alan Mullally

Alan Mullally is a former English cricketer.Mullally grew up in Western Australia, and played for the Australian Under-19 side against their West Indian counterparts in 1987/88. That same season he made his first-class debut for Western Australia in their Sheffield Shield final victory over...

and Chris Lewis

Chris Lewis (cricketer)

Chris Lewis is an English cricketer, who played for Nottinghamshire, Surrey and Leicestershire in the 1990s. He played in thirty two Tests and fifty three ODIs for England from 1990 to 1998.Lewis was regarded as an aggressive lower-order batsman, fine fast-medium bowler and an able all-round fielder...

all had chances for England. West Indian all-rounder Phil Simmons

Phil Simmons

Philip Veraint Simmons is a former skilled all-round cricketer who played as an opening batsman a useful bowler and a talented slip fielder.-Career:...

was also named as one of Wisden's Cricketers of the year

Wisden Cricketers of the Year

The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their "influence on the previous English season"...

in 1997 while playing for the club.

Current

Grace Road
Grace Road
Grace Road is a cricket ground, in Leicester, England, home to Leicestershire County Cricket Club.-History:The land which Grace Road is built on was bought by Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 1877 from the then Duke of Rutland and spent the massive sum of £40,000 on developing a cricket club,...

, Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...

(1877–Present)
Oakham School
Oakham School
Oakham School is a British co-educational independent school in the historic market town of Oakham in Rutland, accepting around 1,000 pupils, aged from 10 to 18, both male and female, as boarders and day pupils . The Good Schools Guide called the school "a privileged but unpretentious and...

, Oakham
Oakham
-Oakham's horseshoes:Traditionally, members of royalty and peers of the realm who visited or passed through the town had to pay a forfeit in the form of a horseshoe...

(2000–Present)

Bath Grounds
Bath Grounds
The Bath Grounds is a cricket ground based in the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. It is home to Ashby Hastings Cricket Club and is also known for Leicestershire's appearances on the ground....

, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, — Zouch being pronounced "Zoosh" — often shortened to Ashby, is a small market town and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, within the National Forest. It is twinned with Pithiviers in north-central France....

(1912–1964)
Kirkby Road
Kirkby Road
Kirkby Road is a cricket ground in Barwell, Leicestershire. It was used by the County team for three first class matches, two in 1946 and one in 1947. Les Berry scored 89 for the home side against Warwickshire in July 1946. This is the highest first class score on the ground. The ground is still...

, Barwell
Barwell
Barwell is a civil parish and large village in Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 8,750 people. The name literally translates as "Stream of the Boar" and is said to originate from a boar that used to drink from the well near a brook in Barwell. It was originally known as Borewell,...

(1946-1947)
Fox and Goose Ground
Fox and Goose Ground
The Fox and Goose Ground was a cricket stadium in Coalville, Leicestershire.There were two first class games completed at the ground. The home team being Leicestershire County Cricket Club and the away team on both occasions, being Worcestershire County Cricket Club. Leicestershire won both...

, Coalville
Coalville
Coalville is a town in North West Leicestershire, England, with a population estimated in 2003 to be almost 33,000. It is situated on the A511 trunk road between Leicester and Burton upon Trent, close to junction 22 of the M1 motorway where the A511 meets the A50 between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and...

(1913–1914)
Town Ground, Coalville
Coalville
Coalville is a town in North West Leicestershire, England, with a population estimated in 2003 to be almost 33,000. It is situated on the A511 trunk road between Leicester and Burton upon Trent, close to junction 22 of the M1 motorway where the A511 meets the A50 between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and...

(1950)
Snibston Colliery Ground
Snibston Colliery Ground
The Snibston Colliery Ground is a cricket stadium based in the town of Coalville, Leicestershire. It has also known as the North West Leicestershire Miners Welfare Centre, and is the home of Snibston Grange CC....

, Coalville
Coalville
Coalville is a town in North West Leicestershire, England, with a population estimated in 2003 to be almost 33,000. It is situated on the A511 trunk road between Leicester and Burton upon Trent, close to junction 22 of the M1 motorway where the A511 meets the A50 between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and...

(1957–1982)
Ashby Road
Ashby Road
The Ashby Road ground was a cricket stadium based in the town of Hinckley, Leicestershire, England. It operated between 1911 and 1937. It is now a housing estate....

, Hinckley
Hinckley
Hinckley is a town in southwest Leicestershire, England. It has a population of 43,246 . It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council...

(1911–1937)
Coventry Road
Coventry Road
The Coventry Road Ground is a cricket stadium based in the town of Hinckley, Leicestershire. It was established in 1946 but demolished in 1964....

, Hinckley
Hinckley
Hinckley is a town in southwest Leicestershire, England. It has a population of 43,246 . It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council...

(1951–1964)
Leicester Road
Leicester Road
The Leicester Road Ground is a cricket stadium based in the town of Hinckley, Leicestershire. It has, in the past, been used by Leicestershire as an outground and has held 11 first class games in total. The first game took place in 1981 against Nottinghamshire and the last in 1991 against...

, Hinckley
Hinckley
Hinckley is a town in southwest Leicestershire, England. It has a population of 43,246 . It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council...

(1981–1991)
Aylestone Road
Aylestone Road
Aylestone Road is a cricket stadium in Leicester, England.It was for many years the home to Leicestershire County Cricket Club. It was first used in 1901 after it was decided that Grace Road was too far from the centre of the city...

, Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...

(1901–1962)
Brush Ground
Brush Ground
The Brush Ground is a cricket stadium located in the town of Loughborough, Leicestershire. It has, in the past, been used by Leicestershire as an outground and has held 16 first class games in total. The first game took place in 1953 against Hampshire and the last in 1965 against Middlesex....

, Loughborough
Loughborough
Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and is home to Loughborough University...

(1953–1965)
College Ground, Loughborough
Loughborough
Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and is home to Loughborough University...

(1928–1929)
Park Road
Park Road, Loughborough
The Park Road Ground is a cricket stadium based in the town of Loughborough, Leicestershire. It has, in the past, been used by Leicestershire as an outground and has held 15 first class games in total. The first match took place in 1913 against Nottinghamshire and the last in 1952 against Kent...

, Loughborough
Loughborough
Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and is home to Loughborough University...

(1913–1970)
Egerton Park
Egerton Park
The Egerton Park Ground is a cricket stadium based in the town of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. It held three Leicestershire games in between 1946 and 1948 with Leicestershire hosting Somerset, Lancashire and Kent. It is still the home ground of Egerton Park CC....

, Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray is a town in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is to the northeast of Leicester, and southeast of Nottingham...

(1946–1948)

2011 squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
11	Matthew Boyce Matthew Boyce Matthew Boyce is an English cricketer. He is currently playing for Leicestershire, primarily as an opening batsman. Like his near contemporary, Stuart Broad, he was educated at Oakham School....	LHB	RM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
8	Jacques Du Toit Jacques Du Toit Jacques Du Toit is a cricketer who plays for Leicestershire. He is a middle order right handed batsman who can also bowl medium fast.-Cricket career:...	RHB	RFM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
5	Josh Cobb Joshua Cobb Joshua Cobb is an English cricket player. He currently plays for Leicestershire County Cricket Club. He is a top order batsmen and occasional off-spinner...	RHB	LS Leg break A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of...	England U-19 English U-19 cricket team The English Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1974. Prior to 1991/92 they were known as England Young Cricketers....
1	Will Jefferson Will Jefferson William Ingleby Jefferson is a professional cricketer who currently plays for Leicestershire and who played for Essex County Cricket Club until 2006, and for Nottinghamshire until 2009...	RHB		England Lions
14	Greg Smith Greg Smith (cricketer, born 1988) Gregory Philip Smith is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman and occasional leg-break bowler currently playing for Leicestershire....	RHB	SLA Left-arm orthodox spin Left-arm orthodox spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket.Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left arm bowler using the fingers to spin the ball from right to left of the cricket pitch...	England U-19 English U-19 cricket team The English Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1974. Prior to 1991/92 they were known as England Young Cricketers....
57	Shiv Thakor Shiv Thakor Shivsinh Jaysinh Thakor, known as Shiv Thakor is an English cricketer who currently plays for Leicestershire County Cricket Club...	RHB	RM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	England U-19 English U-19 cricket team The English Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1974. Prior to 1991/92 they were known as England Young Cricketers....
25	Will Jones William Jones (cricketer, born 1990) William Stephen Jones is an Australian born English cricketer. Jones is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break. He was born in Perth, Western Australia....	LHB
All-rounder
4	Andrew McDonald Andrew McDonald (cricketer) Andrew Barry McDonald is an Australian Test cricketer who plays for the Victorian Bushrangers, and who made his Test debut in Sydney on 3 January 2009, against South Africa. McDonald also represented Australia at under 19 level and has played for the Prime Minister's XI...	RHB	RM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	Australia
35	Wayne White Wayne White For the American artist see Wayne White Wayne Andrew White is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He played for Derbyshire until the end of the 2008 season. He was released and Leicestershire signed him on trial...	RHB	RFM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
12	Abdul Razzaq	RHB	RFM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	Pakistan cricket team ODI, T20 internationals
Wicket-keepers
18	Tom New Tom New Tom New is an English cricket player. He is current plays for Leicestershire but has spent the latter part of the 2008 season on loan to Derbyshire...	RHB	RM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	England U-19 English U-19 cricket team The English Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1974. Prior to 1991/92 they were known as England Young Cricketers....
3	Paul Nixon Paul Nixon Paul Andrew Nixon is an English cricket player who has played for Leicestershire, England, England A, MCC and Kent. He is a wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman...	LHB	LM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	England
84	Paul Dixey Paul Dixey Paul Garrod Dixey is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.He made his first-class debut for Kent in August 2005 against Bangladesh A, scoring 40 runs and taking three catches...	RHB		England U-19 English U-19 cricket team The English Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1974. Prior to 1991/92 they were known as England Young Cricketers....
Bowlers
17	Nathan Buck Nathan Buck Nathan Liam Buck is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who plays for Leicestershire...	RHB	RFM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	England Lions, England U-19 English U-19 cricket team The English Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1974. Prior to 1991/92 they were known as England Young Cricketers....
6	Harry Gurney Harry Gurney Harry Gurney is an English cricket player. He will play for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club in the 2012 season after leaving Leicestershire County Cricket Club at the end of the 2011 season...	RHB	LFM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	Joining Nottinghamshire
15	Claude Henderson Claude Henderson Claude William Henderson is a South African cricketer who bowls left-arm spin and played in seven Tests and four ODIs from 2001 to 2002...	RHB	SLA Left-arm orthodox spin Left-arm orthodox spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket.Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left arm bowler using the fingers to spin the ball from right to left of the cricket pitch...	South Africa, spin bowling coach
77	Matthew Hoggard Matthew Hoggard Matthew James Hoggard MBE is an English cricketer. The 6' 2" Hoggard is a right arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman. He played international cricket for England cricket team from 2000-2008, playing both Test cricket and One Day International cricket. He is currently the captain of... (c)	RHB	RFM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	England
21	Nadeem Malik Nadeem Malik Nadeem Malik , known by his last two names, is an English cricketer, a right-arm fast-medium seam bowler and right-handed lower-order batsman....	RHB	RFM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
22	Jigar Naik Jigar Naik Jigar Naik is an English cricket player. He is currently playing for Leicestershire.Naik who played for Kibworth and Billesdown as well as Loughborough MCCU, made history when he became the first Leicester-born Asian to play for Leicestershire in a first class game against a touring West Indies A...	RHB	OS Off spin Off spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket which is bowled by an off spinner, a right-handed spin bowler who uses his or her fingers and/or wrist to spin the ball from a right-handed batsman's off side to the leg side...
16	Alex Wyatt Alex Wyatt Alexander Charles Frederick Wyatt is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm bowler who plays for Leicestershire.Wyatt had a great first-class debut against the West Indians in 2009 by removing Ramnaresh Sarwan...	RHB	RFM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

International Players

England Jonathan Agnew

Jonathan Agnew

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Ewart Astill

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Records

Most first-class runs for Leicestershire

Qualification - 17000 runs

Player	Runs
Les Berry Les Berry George Leslie "Les" Berry, born at Dorking, Surrey on 28 April 1906 and died at Great Glen, Leicestershire on 5 February 1985, was a cricketer who played for Leicestershire and holds many of the county's first-class batting records....	30143
Maurice Hallam Maurice Hallam Maurice Raymond Hallam was an English first class cricketer for Leicestershire County Cricket Club. He was a right-handed opening batsman-Records:...	23662
John King John King (cricketer) John Herbert King was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire between 1895 and 1925. He also played one Test match for England, which was against Australia at Lord's in 1909...	22618
Cecil Wood	21872
Ewart Astill Ewart Astill Ewart Astill was, along with George Geary, the mainstay of the Leicestershire team from 1922 to about 1935. He played in nine Test matches but was never picked for a home Test or for the Ashes tour...	19879
Norman Armstrong	19001
Nigel Briers Nigel Briers Nigel Edwin Briers, born at Leicester, England on 15 January 1955, played first-class and List A cricket for Leicestershire. Between 1971 and 1995....	18726
Maurice Tompkin Maurice Tompkin Maurice Tompkin was an English sportsman who played first-class cricket with Leicestershire and professional football for Bury, Leicester City, Huddersfield Town and Kettering Town. He was born in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire.-References:*99 Years & Counting - Stats & Stories - Huddersfield Town...	18590
Brian Davison	18537
Albert Knight Albert Knight Albert Ernest Knight was an English professional cricket player. He was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys....	18142
Chris Balderstone Chris Balderstone John Christopher Balderstone was an English professional in cricket and football, and one of the last sportsmen to combine both sports over a prolonged period. He played football as a midfielder for Huddersfield Town, Carlisle United, Doncaster Rovers and Queen of the South...	17627
Samuel Coe Samuel Coe Samuel Coe was an English cricketer. He was a left-hand batsman and left-arm slow-medium bowler who played for Leicestershire....	17367

Most first-class wickets for Leicestershire

Qualification - 600 wickets

Player	Wickets
Ewart Astill Ewart Astill Ewart Astill was, along with George Geary, the mainstay of the Leicestershire team from 1922 to about 1935. He played in nine Test matches but was never picked for a home Test or for the Ashes tour...	2131
George Geary George Geary George Geary was easily the greatest cricketer Leicestershire produced before the advent of David Gower and one of the best and hardest-working bowlers of the inter-war period...	1759
Terry Spencer Terry Spencer Charles Terence Spencer is a former English first class cricketer who played for Leicestershire. Only Ewart Astill and George Geary have taken more wickets for Leicestershire...	1320
Jack Walsh Jack Walsh John Edward "Jack" Walsh, born at Walcha, New South Wales on 4 December 1912 and died at Wallsend, New South Wales on 20 May 1980, was an Australian cricketer who played nearly all of his cricket in England....	1127
John King John King (cricketer) John Herbert King was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire between 1895 and 1925. He also played one Test match for England, which was against Australia at Lord's in 1909...	1100
Haydon Smith	1076
Vic Jackson Vic Jackson Victor Edward Jackson was an Australian first class cricketer who played for New South Wales and Leicestershire.- From Australia to Cahn's XI :...	930
Jack Birkenshaw Jack Birkenshaw Jack Birkenshaw, MBE was an English cricketer, who later stood as an umpire and worked as a coach...	908
John Savage	816
William Odell William Odell For the Canadian politician see William Odell William Ward Odell was an English first class cricketer who played for Leicestershire. He was killed in action near Passchendaele in Belgium during World War I....	650
Jonathan Agnew Jonathan Agnew Jonathan Philip Agnew is an English cricket broadcaster and former professional cricketer. He was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire and educated at Uppingham School. He is nicknamed "Aggers", and, less commonly, "Spiro"....	632

Most first team winners medal for Leicestershire

J.C. Balderstone - 6

Batting

Highest team total: 701-4d vs Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
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at New Road
New Road, Worcester
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, Worcester
Worcester
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in 1906.
Highest home team total: 638-8d vs Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...

at Grace Road
Grace Road
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in 1996.
Lowest team total: 25 vs Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
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at Leicester in 1912
Highest Total Against: 761-6d by Essex Chelmsford 1990
Lowest Total Against: 24 by Glamorgan Leicester 1971
Most runs: 30143 by George Berry
Highest individual score: 309* by HD Ackerman vs Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
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at Sophia Gardens in 2006.
Highest home individual score: 262 by Brad Hodge
Brad Hodge
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vs Durham
Durham County Cricket Club
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at Grace Road in 2004.
Highest Partnership: 436* by Darren Maddy & Brad Hodge vs Loughborough UCCE
Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence
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at Grace Road
Grace Road
Grace Road is a cricket ground, in Leicester, England, home to Leicestershire County Cricket Club.-History:The land which Grace Road is built on was bought by Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 1877 from the then Duke of Rutland and spent the massive sum of £40,000 on developing a cricket club,...

in 2003.

Best Partnership for each wicket (county championship)

1st - 390 B.Dudleston & J.F.Steele v Derbyshire Leicester 1979
2nd - 289* J.C.Balderstone & D.I.Gower v Essex Leicester 1981
3rd - 316* W.Watson & A.Wharton v Somerset Taunton 1961
4th - 290* P.Willey & T.J.Boon v Warwickshire Leicester 1984
5th - 322 B.F.Smith & P.V.Simmons v Nottinghamshire Worksop 1998
6th - 284 P.V.Simmons & P.A.Nixon v Durham Chester-le-Street 1996
7th - 219* J.D.R.Benson & P.Whitticase v Hampshire Bournemouth 1991
8th - 195 JWA Taylor & JKH Naik v Derbyshire Leicester 2009
9th - 160 R.T.Crawford & W.W.Odell v Worcestershire Leicester 1902
10th - 228 R.Illingworth & K.Higgs v Northamptonshire Leicester 1977

Bowling

Most First Class Wickets: 2131 by Ewart Astill
Ewart Astill
Ewart Astill was, along with George Geary, the mainstay of the Leicestershire team from 1922 to about 1935. He played in nine Test matches but was never picked for a home Test or for the Ashes tour...
Most First Class Wickets in a Season: 170 by Jack Walsh
Jack Walsh
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in 1948
Best bowling figures in an innings: 10-18 by George Geary
George Geary
George Geary was easily the greatest cricketer Leicestershire produced before the advent of David Gower and one of the best and hardest-working bowlers of the inter-war period...

in 1929 against Glamorgan at Ynysangharad Park
Ynysangharad Park
Ynysangharad Park is a cricket ground in Pontypridd, Glamorgan. The ground was first established in 1870, but the first recorded match on the ground was in 1924, when Glamorgan played their first first-class match there against Derbyshire...

, Pontypridd
Pontypridd
Pontypridd is both a community and a principal town of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales and is situated 12 miles/19 km north of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff...

.
Best bowling figures in a match: 16-96 by George Geary in the same match.

Fielding

Most Dismissals in an innings: 7 by Neil Burns
Neil Burns
Neil David Burns is a former English cricketer who played as a wicketkeeper/batsman for various clubs but spent the majority of his career at Leicestershire and Somerset...

vs Somerset at Grace Road in 2001.
Most Dismissals in a Match: 10 by Percy Corrall vs Sussex at Hove in 1936.

Leicestershire Facts and Feats

Leicestershire Foxes are the only Twenty20 side to win the competition more than once (three times).
When Leicestershire dismissed Northamptonshire CCC for 211 in August 1967 all ten wickets fell to catches - by ten different fielders. The only man not to take a catch, Jack Birkenshaw
Jack Birkenshaw
Jack Birkenshaw, MBE was an English cricketer, who later stood as an umpire and worked as a coach...

, took three wickets.
Sam Coe made 252* in four hours without giving a chance against Northamptonshire at Leicester in 1914, a Leicester record which stood for over 70 years. He was an ancestor of fast bowler Les Taylor and is notable for being the first man ever dismissed by a Bernard Bosanquet
Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer)
Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet was an English cricketer best known for inventing the googly, a delivery designed to deceive the batsman. When bowled, it appears to be a leg break, but after pitching the ball turns in the opposite direction to that which is expected, behaving as an off break instead...

googly.

Sub Academy

The Leicestershire Sub Academy is designed for young cricketers who have potential to play at the highest level. It is also called the EPP (Emerging Player Programme). Many players who are involved in this setup move on to the LCCC academy, where they will play matches against academies from other counties.

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