Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic

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structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

. It has also been representative of the county of

Rutland Rutland is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Leicestershire to the north and west, Lincolnshire to the north-east, and Northamptonshire to the south-west. Oakham is the largest town and county town. Rutland has a ...

. The club's limited overs team is called the Leicestershire Foxes. Founded in 1879, the club had minor county status until 1894, when it was promoted to first-class status pending its entry into the

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in 1895. Since then, Leicestershire have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The club is based at

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, known as The Uptonsteel County Ground for sponsorship reasons, and has also played home games at

Aylestone Road Aylestone Road, now also known as the Leicester Electricity Sports Cricket Ground, is a cricket ground in Leicester, England, which was the headquarters of Leicestershire County Cricket Club from 1901 to 1939. Although the playing area is much ...

in Leicester, at

Hinckley Hinckley is a market town in south-west Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the third largest settlement in Leicestershire, after Leicester and Loughborough, and is about halfway between L ...

Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood (borough), Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England; it is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council. At the United Kingdom 2021 census, the town's built-up area had a popula ...

Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray () is a market town in the Borough of Melton, Melton district in Leicestershire, England, north-east of Leicester and south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, Leicestershire, River Eye, known below Melton as the Rive ...

Ashby-de-la-Zouch Ashby-de-la-Zouch (), also spelled Ashby de la Zouch, is a market town and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, near to the Derbyshire and Staffordshire borders. Its population at the 2021 census was ...

Coalville Coalville is a town in the district of North West Leicestershire in Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. In 2011, it had a population of 34,575. It lies on the A511 road, A511 between Leicester and Burton upon Trent, close to junct ...

and most recently

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inside the traditional county boundaries of Leicestershire, and at

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, in Rutland. In limited overs cricket, the kit colours are red shirt with green trousers in the One Day Cup and green shirt and green trousers in the T20 Blast. The shirt sponsors in the 2024 season were UptonSteel. Leicestershire are in the second division of the County Championship and in the north group of the T20 Blast. Their best performances in recent years have come in one day cricket, winning the T20 Cup three times in eight years between 2004-11, and the One Day Cup in 2023.

Honours

First XI honours

(3) – 1975, 1996, 1998 :''Runners-up (2) – 1982, 1994'' * Sunday/National League (2) – 1974, 1977 :''Runners-up: 1972, 2001 '' * Gillette Cup/NatWest/C&G Trophy/

Friends Provident Trophy The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom. It was one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class cricket, first-class counties competed each season. They were joined by teams from Scott ...

:''Runners-up: 1992, 2001 '' *

Twenty20 Cup The T20 Blast, officially known as the Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in England and Wales. The competition was established by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003. T20 Blast is ...

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(3) – 2004, 2006, 2011 * One-Day Cup (1) – 2023 *

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. It was the third major one-day competition established in Engla ...

(3) – 1972, 1975, 1985 :''Runners-up: 1974, 1998''

Second XI honours

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(2) – 1983, 2014 :''Runners-up: 1961, 1975 '' * Second XI Trophy (5) – 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2014 * Second XI Twenty20 Cup (1) – 2014 *

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(1) – 1931 * Under-25 Competition(2) – 1975, 1985 + 1 Bain Hogg Trophy – second XI one-day competition – 1996

History

Earliest cricket

Cricket may not have reached

until well into the 18th century. A notice in the ''Leicester Journal'' dated 17 August 1776 is the earliest known mention of cricket in the county. Soon afterwards, a Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket Club was taking part in important matches, mainly against

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and

Marylebone Cricket Club The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's, Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England. The club was the governing body of cricket from 1788 to 1989 and retain ...

(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 first first-class match for both clubs. In 1895, the

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

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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 1950s and the 1960s

Change came in the late 1950s with the recruitment of the charismatic Willie Watson at the end of a distinguished career with

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and

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. Watson's run gathering sparked the home-grown

Maurice Hallam Maurice Raymond Hallam (10 September 1931 – 1 January 2000) was an English first-class cricketer for Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered b ...

into becoming one of England's best

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. In bowling, Leicestershire had an erratically successful group of seamers in

Terry Spencer Charles Terence Spencer (18 August 1931 – 2 February 2020) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire. Only Ewart Astill and George Geary have taken more wickets for Leicestershire. His career best figures of 9- ...

, Brian Boshier, John Cotton and

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, plus the spin of John Savage. Another change was in the captaincy:

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, the former England and

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spinner who had galvanised

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The 1970s and the first golden era

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

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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 15 September 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

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in an evening match 30 miles away (a 1–1 draw with

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). 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 silverware was in the 1985

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

Success in the late 1990s

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

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and James Whitaker, 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 did not have many stars, but

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, Darren Maddy,

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, Jimmy Ormond, Alan Mullally and Chris Lewis all had chances for

. West Indian all-rounder

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was also named as one of Wisden's Cricketers of the year in 1997 while playing for the club.

2000 and beyond: Twenty20 success and four-day struggles

The advent of

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cricket saw Leicestershire find a new source of success, winning the domestic T20 competition in 2004, 2006 and 2011. However, in the era of two-division County Championship cricket they have found success more difficult to come by, having not played in the top division since 2003 and been regular "

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" contenders. In 2013 and 2014 they finished without a single Championship win, the first team to achieve this unwanted feat in back to back seasons since

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just before

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. Recent years have seen an improvement in first-class results, and in 2023 they won their first trophy for 12 years, beating Hampshire at Trent Bridge to lift the One Day Cup.

Grounds

Current

(1877 – present) *

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(2000 – present) * Kibworth CC (2023 - present)

* Bath Grounds,

(1912–1964) * Kirkby Road,

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(1946–1947) * Fox and Goose Ground,

(1913–1914) * Town Ground, Coalville (1950) * Snibston Colliery Ground,

(1957–1982) * Ashby Road,

(1911–1937) * Coventry Road,

(1951–1964) * Leicester Road,

(1981–1991) *

(1901–1962) * Brush Ground,

(1953–1965) * College Ground, Loughborough (1928–1929) * Park Road, Loughborough (1913–1970) * Egerton Park,

(1946–1948)

Players

Current squad

* No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt. * denotes players with international caps. * denotes a player who has been awarded a

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Former captains

International players

England *

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* Ewart Astill *

Nigel Briers Nigel Edwin Briers (born 15 January 1955 in Southfields, Leicester, England) played first-class and List A cricket for Leicestershire between 1971 and 1995. Cricket career A right-handed opening batsman, Briers was Leicestershire's youngest-e ...

Stuart Broad Stuart Christopher John Broad (born 24 June 1986) is an English former cricketer who played Test cricket for the England cricket team and was One Day and Twenty20 International captain. Broad was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ...

Michael Carberry Michael Alexander Carberry (born 29 September 1980) is an English former professional cricketer who most recently played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club. Carberry is a left-handed opening batsman who bowls occasional right-arm off break ...

* Nick Cook * Eddie Dawson *

Phillip DeFreitas Phillip Anthony Jason "Daffy" DeFreitas (born 18 February 1966) is an English former cricketer. He played county cricket for Leicestershire, Lancashire and Derbyshire, as well as appearing in 44 Test matches and 103 ODIs. Cricket writer Colin B ...

George Geary George Geary (9 July 1893 – 6 March 1981) was a first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. Primarily a bowler, he took 46 wickets in 14 Tests. Abilities Above medium pace and righ ...

David Gower David Ivon Gower (born 1 April 1957) is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer who was captain of the England cricket team during the 1980s. Described as one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of his era, Gower played 117 T ...

Matthew Hoggard Matthew James Hoggard, (born 31 December 1976) is a former English cricketer, who played international cricket for England cricket team from 2000 to 2008, playing both Test cricket and One Day Internationals. The 6' 2" Hoggard was a right arm f ...

Ken Higgs Kenneth Higgs (14 January 1937 – 7 September 2016) was an English fast-medium bowler, who was most successful as the opening partner to Brian Statham with Lancashire in the 1960s. He later played with success for Leicestershire. Cricket w ...

* John King * Albert Knight * Barry Knight * Chris Lewis *

* Darren Maddy *

Devon Malcolm Devon Eugene Malcolm (born 22 February 1963) is a Jamaican-born English former cricketer. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Malcolm played in 40 Test matches and 10 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team. Malcolm was one of the fastest ...

* Alan Mullally * Tom New *

Paul Nixon Paul Andrew Nixon (born 21 October 1970) is an English cricket coach and former professional cricketer who played for Leicestershire, England, England A, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Kent. He is a wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman. N ...

* Jimmy Ormond * Charles Palmer * Dick Pougher *

Jeremy Snape Jeremy Nicholas Snape (born 27 April 1973) is a former English cricketer, who played limited over internationals, and a sports psychologist. He was a right-handed batsman and bowled right-arm off-break. He was the 20/20 captain for Leicester. ...

Peter Such Peter Mark Such (born 12 June 1964) is an English cricketer, cricket coach, and match referee. An off-spinner, Such was brought into the Test arena in 1993 as a replacement for John Emburey but, despite taking 6 for 67 on debut and being the h ...

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* Les Taylor * Roger Tolchard * Willie Watson *

* James Whitaker *

Peter Willey Peter Willey (born 6 December 1949) is a former English cricketer, who played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. In and out of the England team, he interrupted his international career for three years by taking part in the ...

Luke Wright Luke James Wright (born 7 March 1985) is an English former cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. Wright joined Sussex in 2004, having started his career at Leicestershire. He was named in England's squad for t ...

Australia *

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Brad Hodge Bradley John Hodge (born 29 December 1974) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who batted in the middle order, as well as a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler. Hodge was a member of the Australi ...

Michael Kasprowicz Michael Scott Kasprowicz (born 10 February 1972) is a former Australian international cricketer, who played all formats of the game. He is a right arm fast bowler. He represented Queensland and played in the English county scene at first cla ...

* Andrew McDonald * Garth McKenzie * Mark Cosgrove Bangladesh *

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India *

Anil Kumble Anil Kumble (; born 17 October 1970) is a former Indian cricketer, captain, coach and commentator who played Test cricket, Test and One Day International cricket for his national team over an international career of 18 years. A right-arm leg sp ...

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RP Singh Rudra Pratap Singh (born 6 December 1985), popularly known as R.P. Singh, is an Indian former cricketer, who played for the India national cricket team in Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket as a left arm fast-mediu ...

Javagal Srinath Javagal Srinath (, born 31 August 1969) is a former Indian cricketer and currently an ICC match referee. He is considered among India's finest fast bowlers and is the only Indian fast bowler till date to have taken more than 300 wickets in O ...

Varun Aaron Varun Raymond Aaron (born 29 October 1989) is an Indian former cricketer from Jamshedpur. A right-arm fast bowler, he first played for Jharkhand U-19 followed by Jharkhand Ranji team. He played his first One Day International (ODI) for India in ...

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New Zealand *

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Pakistan * Mohammad Asif *

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* Abdul Razzaq *

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* Mohammad Abbas South Africa * HD Ackerman *

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* HH Dippenaar * Claude Henderson *

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* Charl Willoughby West Indies *

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Vasbert Drakes Vasbert Conniel Drakes (born 5 August 1969) is a former West Indian cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and handy right-hand lower order batsman. Drakes featured for Sussex, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshir ...

* Ottis Gibson *

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* Andy Roberts *

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Zimbabwe * Neil Johnson Leicestershire CCC squad 2007

Records

Most first-class runs for Leicestershire
Qualification – 17,000 runs Most first-class wickets for Leicestershire
Qualification – 600 wickets Most first-team winners medals for Leicestershire * J. C. Balderstone – 6

Batting

* Highest team total: 756-4d v.

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, 2022 * Highest home team total: 638-8d v.

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, 1996 * Lowest team total: 25 v.

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, Leicester, 1912 * Highest total against: 761-6d by Essex, Chelmsford, 1990 * Lowest total against: 24 by Glamorgan, Leicester, 1971 * Highest individual score: 309* by HD Ackerman v.

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, 2006. * Highest home individual score: 262 by

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, Grace Road, 2004 * Highest partnership: 477* by C. N. Ackermann and P. W. A. Mulder v.

, 2022 Best partnership for each wicket (county championship) *1st – 390 B. Dudleston and J. F. Steele v. Derbyshire, Leicester, 1979 *2nd – 320 Hassan Azad and N. J. Dexter v. Gloucestershire, Leicester, 2019 *3rd – 316* W. Watson and A. Wharton v. Somerset, Taunton, 1961 *4th – 290* P. Willey and T. J. Boon v. Warwickshire, Leicester, 1984 *5th – 477* C. N. Ackermann and P. W. A. Mulder v. Sussex, Hove, 2022 *6th – 284 P. V. Simmons and P. A. Nixon v. Durham, Chester-le-Street, 1996 *7th – 219* J. D. R. Benson and P. Whitticase v. Hampshire, Bournemouth, 1991 *8th – 239 L. P. J. Kimber and O. B. Cox v. Sussex, Hove, 2024 *9th – 160 R. T. Crawford and W. W. Odell v. Worcestershire, Leicester, 1902 *10th – 228 R. Illingworth and K. Higgs v. Northamptonshire, Leicester, 1977

Bowling

*Most first-class wickets in a season: 170 by Jack Walsh, 1948 *Best bowling figures in an innings: 10–18 by

v. Glamorgan,

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, 1929 *Best bowling figures in a match: 16–96 by George Geary

Fielding

*Most dismissals in an innings: 7 by

Neil Burns Neil David Burns (born 19 September 1965) is a former English cricketer who played as a wicketkeeper/batsman at First-class and List A level for various clubs but spent the majority of his career at Leicestershire and Somerset. Burns was bor ...

v. Somerset, Grace Road, 2001 *Most dismissals in a match: 10 by

Percy Corrall Percy "Paddy" Corrall (16 July 1906 – 23 February 1994) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire between 1930 and 1951. He was born and died in Leicester, Leicestershire. Corrall was a lower-order right-handed batsm ...

v. Sussex, Hove, 1936

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 set up move on to the LCCC academy, where they will play matches against academies from other counties.

References

External links

Leicestershire County Cricket Club – Official SiteFriends of Grace Road - Supporters' Group
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CricInfo Page

BBC Sport Page
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