Leicestershire County Cricket Club

[Cobbo]

went down yesterday - cracking match and victory - du Toit batted superbly!

Great to see Nicko flying about in the field too tee hee. Wayne White picking up superb figures.

[Samilktray]

Kirby Muxloe Cricket Club has just been on SSN in some article about grassroots Cricket improving.

Used to play football on the pitch next to where they were filming back in the day. Didnt see any point in starting a new thread so thought I'd stick it in here

[Clive Redman]

An interesting blog from County opening batsman Will Jeffeson...

"The fact that our overseas player Andrew ‘Trevor’ McDonald has arrived at the weekend only adds to the mix of our own expectations. He will bring great balance to our team which also adds to our position of strength.

"On a personal level, it has been nice to get some runs and lead the team out at Fenner’s when Hoggy took a well-deserved breather. I hope to keep playing well over the coming weeks and months and that as a team, we continue to progress."

http://www.soarmagazine.co.uk/2010/04/27/will-jefferson-blog-lighting-the-candle/

[Wilkesy]

Not the best start today. Sussex won the toss and put us in. Currently 53 for 2 from 15 overs.

Interesting to see that McDonald is playing and is captain with Hoggard not in the team - did he pick up a knock in the last game?

Now 85 for 6 at lunch,

Edited 27 April 2010 by Wilkesy

[Shatoon]

Wonder where Hoggy is then? Without him we look a bit like our old selves unfortunately. Come on you FOXES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[Corky]

Not the best start, but Sussex look very strong this season.

[Fosse Boy]

Evidently lacking the Hoggy factor.

[SemperEadem]

Hoggard is unwell.

[Shatoon]

I'm feeling a bit unwell myself looking at this scoreboard.

[RizLCFC]

I'm feeling a bit unwell myself looking at this scoreboard.

And it's not getting any easier to read either. Goodwin and Rana have their centuries, the lead is over 200 and Leicestershire are staring an innings defeat in the face I feel. One question I have is that Wayne White, who has been a revelation so far this season has only bowled 7 overs in the innings, why?

[StanSP]

Looked at the score yesterday around afternoon - saw Sussex were on 185-7.

Shocked to see that at the moment they are on 330-8 .

[Wilkesy]

Lost by 10 wickets. On to the next one...

[Shatoon]

A batting collapse in the first innings was probably not unexpected with the young players in the team. The good thing is that Nicco did well and White and McDonald had a bit of a bash. I'd like to see Du Toit given a chance in the batting line up and Gurney or Wyatt brought into the attack with Harris rested. COME ON YOU FOXESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!

Edited 29 April 2010 by Shatoon

[Corky]

So, first defeat of the season and a pretty convincing one at that.

If lessons are learnt then hopefully another good run of results can be achieved.

[SemperEadem]

Took a battering today. Another hard game tommorow against Durham, its on sky sports 3 for anyone who cant go.

[SMX11]

Took a battering today. Another hard game tommorow against Durham, its on sky sports 3 for anyone who cant go.

Bowling clearly wasn't up to much yesterday, needs to improve today or it's gonna be 3 defeats in a row No doubt Sky will have a swipe at us for no reason (as per usual) and probably mistaking Du Toit & Hendo for Kolpak players again

[Peter File]

Duckworth/Lewis what a farce!

We finished early on 235/7 with 34.1 overs gone. After 34.1 overs, they had just lost Clarke and were 234/7

We had Taylor on 90 odd with his eye in and were well on course to win the game

I say that with a bit of tongue in cheek of course, its a shame that after our bowlers had pulled it back a bit, we let Woakes go mental.

[Stinkenzo]

you can find form against our boys tomorrow, i'm sure you will.

[Corky]

First home defeat of the season, pretty comfortable for Durham in the end after a promising start with the ball from Leicestershire.

[SMX11]

McDonald = 3 possibly 4 consecutive losses

[Peter File]

Would you really blame McDonald for having a negative impact on our team? You can't not pick an Australian test cricketer, especially when the other option is AJ Harris.

Our batting hasn't fired all season to be honest. We've been propped up by runs by New and White at 6/7 but the top 5 really needs to produce more. We need 100s.

[Cobbo]

Lost by 9 wickets to Glous today.

Although Nicko did take his first ever wicket!

[SMX11]

Nico that must be the most embarassing moment for the batsmen in his career. You can see the wicket on the LCCC website

[Corky]

Well done Nicko, but down to 7th in table. Though only one heavy win from 2nd.

Surrey have had an abysmal start to this season

[davieG]

County lose to Scotland