Leicestershire v Warwickshire
Grace Road… Tuesday September 11th…
Warks win by an Innings & 104 runs
Part one of a double header; Grace Road first, followed by the King Power…
A cool, damp morning gave way to a warmer, drier afternoon. As a result, play didn’t get underway until 2pm. When it did, Warwickshire batted through to the close…
Bad light brought play to an end at just before 6pm, with Warwickshire sitting at 384/9 from 108 overs…
Teams…
Leicestershire; Harrry Dearden, Paul Horton (cpt), Colin Ackermann, Mark Cosgrove, Neil Dexter, Ateeq Javid, Ned Eckersley (wkt), Ben Mike, Usman Arshad, David Sayer, Mohammad Abbas
Warwickshire; Will Rhodes, Dom Sibley, Ian Bell, Jonathan Trott, Sam Hain, Tim Ambrose (wkt), Chris Woakes, Keith Barker, Chris Wright, Oli Stone, Jeetan Patel (cpt)
Stats…
Leicestershire; Dearden (3 – c Ambrose b Barker), Horton (19 – b Woakes), Ackermann (12 – lbw Barker), Cosgrove (4 – r.o. Woakes), Dexter (1 – c Ambrose b Woakes), Javid (0 – b Barker), Eckersley (13 – b Stone), Mike (23 – c Wright b Stone), Arshad (9 – c Woakes b Stone), Sayle (6 – b Wright), Abbas (0 – n.o.)
Did Not Bat; None
Extras; 2nb 0w 4b 4lb – 10
100 all out (32.1 overs)
Bowling; Barker (11 / 23 /3), Woakes (9 / 27 / 2), Stone (7 / 24 /3), Wright (5.1 / 18 / 1)
FOW; 10 -26 – 42 – 42 – 43 – 45 – 76 – 84 – 95 – 100
Warwickshire; Rhodes (37 – lbw Dexter), Sibley (106 – lbw Mike), Bell (1 – lbw Abbas), Trott (42 – c Eckersley b Mike), Hain (72 – lbw Mike), Ambrose (28 – c Eckersley b Ackermann), Woakes (64 – n.o.), Barker (9 – c Sayer b Ackermann), Wright (0 – c Sayer b Abbas), Stone (0 – b Abbas), Patel (2 – n.o.)
Did Not Bat; None
Extras; 8nb 9w 3b 3lb – 23
384 for 9 (108 overs)
Bowling; Abbas (25 / 63 / 3), Sayer (5 / 28 / 0), Arshad (16 / 81 / 0), Mike (25 / 112 / 3), Dexter (26 / 72 / 1), Ackermann (11 / 31 / 2)
FOW; 123 – 126 – 184 – 214 – 269 – 344 – 376 – 380 -380
Day 3 – Warks 400 for 9 dec (1st Innings) / Leics 196 all out (2nd Innings)
Warwickshire scored the 16 runs required for 5 maximum batting points with two deliveries to spare (109.4 overs) and immediately declared. Chris Woakes (73) and Jeetan Patel (9) finishing not out…
In their second innings, Leicestershire were dismissed for 196. Warwickshire therefore winning by an innings and 104 runs, thus extending their lead over Kent at the top of Division Two of the County Championship to * points.
As usual, more pictures on flickr…