26/04Result

LV= County Championship Division Two at Leicester, Apr 26-29 2015

NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshireNHNTS
251 & 429
LeicestershireLeicestershireLEICS
305 & 283 (75.5 ov)

Northants won by 92 runs

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Northants wrap up first win since 2013

Northamptonshire ended a run of 20 Championship matches without a win by beating Leicestershire by 92 runs at Grace Road

Match Centre

Match Details

Grace Road, Leicester

Series

LV= County Championship Division Two 2015

Toss

Leicestershire , elected to field first

Season

2015

Hours of play (local time)

11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00

Match days

26,27,28,29 April 2015 (4-day match)

Umpires

Neil Bainton

Michael Gough

Points

Northamptonshire 19, Leicestershire 6

Scorecard Summary

75.5

Kleinveldt to Shreck, OUT,

CE Shreck c †Rossington b Kleinveldt 13 (30m 23b 3x4 0x6) SR: 56.52

75.4

Kleinveldt to Freckingham, 1 run,

75.3

Kleinveldt to Freckingham, no run,

75.2

Kleinveldt to Freckingham, no run,

75.1

Kleinveldt to Freckingham, no run,

END OF OVER:
75 | 1 Run | LEICS: 282/9

Charlie Shreck13 (22b)
Ollie Freckingham25 (46b)

Olly Stone18-6-32-2
Rory Kleinveldt23-4-86-3

74.6

Stone to Shreck, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Northants wrap up first win since 2013
Northamptonshire ended a run of 20 Championship matches without a win by beating Leicestershire by 92 runs at Grace Road
Willey's assault brings Leicestershire heartache
David Willey's celebration of an England call-up seemed to whisk away Leicestershire's hopes of a first Championship win in 34 games
Northants edge ahead on fluctuating day
Northamptonshire's seamers took five wickets in the second hour of play to bowl the visitors back into a match which ended the day finely balanced at Grace Road
Raine gives further cause for optimism
Leicestershire set up the opportunity to record a first County Championship win since September 2012 with a dominant opening day showing against Northamptonshire at Grace Road

Leics INNINGS		R	B
AJ Robson	bowled	32	62
DJ Redfern	caught	6	16
EJH Eckersley	lbw	37	111
MJ Cosgrove	lbw	2	6
ND Pinner	lbw	12	22
NJ O'Brien	bowled	58	65
TJ Wells	lbw	13	37
BA Raine	caught wk	4	19
CJ McKay	caught	30	49
OH Freckingham	not out	26	50
CE Shreck	caught wk	13	23
EXTRAS	(b 22, lb 17, w 1, nb 10)
TOTAL	283 (all out; 75.5 ovs)

Northants BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
RK Kleinveldt	23.5	4	87	4	3.65	(5nb, 1w)
DJ Willey	15.0	4	48	1	3.20
Azharullah	19.0	1	77	3	4.05
OP Stone	18.0	6	32	2	1.77

Leics 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	16	DJ Redfern	AJ Robson
2nd	42	EJH Eckersley	AJ Robson
3rd	9	MJ Cosgrove	EJH Eckersley
4th	26	EJH Eckersley	ND Pinner
5th	59	NJ O'Brien	EJH Eckersley
6th	34	NJ O'Brien	TJ Wells
7th	13	NJ O'Brien	BA Raine
8th	25	CJ McKay	BA Raine
9th	37	CJ McKay	OH Freckingham
10th	22	CE Shreck	OH Freckingham

LV= County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	16	8	1	7	264
LANCS	16	7	1	8	254
ESSEX	16	6	5	5	200
GLAM	16	4	4	8	183
NHNTS	16	3	3	10	180
GLOUC	16	5	5	6	177
KENT	16	4	7	5	161
DERBS	16	3	7	6	153
LEICS	16	2	9	5	118

Grace Road, Leicester

Series

Toss

Season

Hours of play (local time)

Match days

Umpires

Points

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 251(72.1 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

LEICESTERSHIRE 305(80.5 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 429(114.1 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

LEICESTERSHIRE 283(75.5 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:75 | 1 Run | LEICS: 282/9

Northants wrap up first win since 2013

Willey's assault brings Leicestershire heartache

Northants edge ahead on fluctuating day

Raine gives further cause for optimism

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 251(72.1 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

LEICESTERSHIRE 305(80.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 429(114.1 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

LEICESTERSHIRE 283(75.5 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
75 | 1 Run | LEICS: 282/9