Leicestershire end three-year Grace Road drought
A fine 87 from Niall O'Brien, and a four-hour feat of concentration from 20-year-old batsman Aadil Ali, helped Leicestershire complete their first county championship victory at Grace Road since 2012
07/08Result
LV= County Championship Division Two at Leicester, Aug 7-10 2015
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![Derbyshire]( "Derbyshire")
345 & 241 -
![Leicestershire]( "Leicestershire")
314 & 273/7 (88.2 ov)
07/08Result
LV= County Championship Division Two at Leicester, Aug 7-10 2015
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![Derbyshire]( "Derbyshire")
345 & 241 -
![Leicestershire]( "Leicestershire")
314 & 273/7 (88.2 ov)
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
Leicestershire , elected to field first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days
7,8,9,10 August 2015 (4-day match)
First-class debut
Umpires
Points
Leicestershire 22, Derbyshire 6
Scorecard Summary
DERBYSHIRE 345 (103 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Wayne Madsen*172 (292)
- Shiv Thakor41 (56)
- Clint McKay3/51 (27)
- Charlie Shreck4/84 (25)
LEICESTERSHIRE 314 (90.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Mark Cosgrove102 (115)
- Niall O'Brien60 (110)
- Mark Footitt5/53 (22.2)
- Tony Palladino2/43 (18)
DERBYSHIRE 241 (66.3 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Billy Godleman101 (166)
- Alex Hughes28 (52)
- Clint McKay4/39 (14.3)
- Ben Raine3/53 (15)
LEICESTERSHIRE 273/7 (88.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Niall O'Brien87 (128)
- Aadil Ali42 (198)
- Tony Palladino3/32 (17)
- Ben Cotton2/57 (21)
88.2
1
Footitt to Raine, 1 run,
88.1
4
Footitt to Raine, FOUR,
END OF OVER:88 | 1 Run | LEICS: 268/7
- Clint McKay14 (22b)
- Ben Raine26 (35b)
- Ben Cotton21-5-57-2
- Mark Footitt22-4-82-1
87.6
0
Cotton to McKay, no run,
87.5
0
Cotton to McKay, no run,
87.4
1
Cotton to Raine, 1 run,
87.3
0
Cotton to Raine, no run,
Match Coverage
All Match NewsLeicestershire end three-year Grace Road drought
A fine 87 from Niall O'Brien, and a four-hour feat of concentration from 20-year-old batsman Aadil Ali, helped Leicestershire complete their first county championship victory at Grace Road since 2012
Godleman emerges well from helter-skelter day
Sixteen wickets fell and over 300 runs were scored during a frenetic day's cricket at Grace Road which finished with Derbyshire strong favourites to complete a fourth Championship win of the season.
Madsen's solo effort bolsters Derbyshire
Wayne Madsen has played many more fluent and attractive innings in his long and illustrious career, but the South African cannot have made a more hard-fought than that which he scored on the first day against Leicestershire
