Leicestershire

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Manager

Paul Nixon

League Position

Recent League Form ➡

Established
1879 (147 years old)

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Cricket

Venue

Grace Road
(12,000 Capacity)

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Location
Leicester

Nicknames
limited overs, Leicestershire Foxes

Competitions
English County Championship Division 2

Last Edit
smudgie: 03/Jun/24

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Results
26 Sep	Derbyshir	-	Leicester
20 Sep	Leicester	-	Middlesex
12 Sep	Leicester	-	Durham
05 Sep	Nottingha	-	Leicester
20 Jul	Leicester	-	Glamorgan

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Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland. 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 senior status pending its entry into the County Championship in 1895. Leicestershire is classified as an unofficial first-class team by substantial sources in 1894; classified as an official first-class team from 1895 by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the County Championship clubs; classified as a List A team since the beginning of limited overs cricket in 1963; and classified as a senior Twenty20 team since 2003.
County Championship 1975, 1996, 1998.