17/05Result

23rd Match, County Championship Division Two at Leicester, May 17-20 2024

GloucestershireGloucestershireGLOUC
706/6d
LeicestershireLeicestershireLEICS
371 & 377/7 (105 ov) (f/o)

Match drawn

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Leicestershire dig deep to secure draw and thwart Gloucestershire

Four half-centuries led by Handscomb's 81 ensure survival with seven wickets down

Match Centre

Match Details

Grace Road, Leicester

Series

County Championship Division Two 2024

Toss

Leicestershire , elected to field first

Season

2024

Hours of play (local time)

11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00

Match days

17,18,19,20 May 2024 (4-day match)

Umpires

Surendiran Shanmugam

Chris Watts

Match Referee

Will Smith

Points

Gloucestershire 14, Leicestershire 11

Scorecard Summary

END OF OVER:
105 | 8 Runs | LEICS: 377/7

Ben Mike37 (48b)
Tom Scriven25 (39b)

Miles Hammond1-0-8-0
Oliver Price24-5-103-2

104.6

Hammond to Mike, no run,

104.5

Hammond to Mike, FOUR,

104.4

Hammond to Mike, no run,

104.3

Hammond to Mike, no run,

104.3

2nb

Hammond to Mike, 2 no balls,

104.2

Hammond to Mike, 2 runs,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Leicestershire dig deep to secure draw and thwart Gloucestershire
Four half-centuries led by Handscomb's 81 ensure survival with seven wickets down
Patel, Currie form Leicestershire roadblock with Gloucestershire eyeing victory
Home side made to follow on despite hundred from opener, career-best from nightwatcher
Gloucestershire's record 706 for 6 leaves Leicestershire staring down the barrel
Hosts ship five wickets before the close, still 573 runs adrift after one-sided day
Cameron Bancroft, Ben Charlesworth compile record-breaking 316-run stand
Big hundreds from openers leave Leicestershire playing catch-up at Grace Road

Leics INNINGS		R	B
RK Patel	caught wk	51	136
MS Harris	caught wk	17	50
LPJ Kimber	bowled	13	39
LJ Hill	bowled	54	111
PSP Handscomb	stumped	81	135
Rehan Ahmed	stumped	55	57
OB Cox	caught	18	17
BWM Mike	not out	37	48
TAR Scriven	not out	25	39
SW Currie
J Hull
EXTRAS	(b 14, lb 2, w 6, nb 4)
TOTAL	377 (7 wkts; 105 ovs)

Gloucs BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
MD Taylor	19.0	5	42	0	2.21
J Shaw	19.0	4	56	2	2.94
EWO Middleton	24.0	5	102	2	4.25	(1nb, 2w)
BJ Webster	10.0	5	20	1	2.00
GL van Buuren	2.0	0	9	0	4.50
OJ Price	24.0	5	103	2	4.29
LA Charlesworth	6.0	0	21	0	3.50
MAH Hammond	1.0	0	8	0	8.00	(1nb)

Leics 3rd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	38	MS Harris	RK Patel
2nd	29	RK Patel	LPJ Kimber
3rd	42	LJ Hill	RK Patel
4th	92	PSP Handscomb	LJ Hill
5th	76	PSP Handscomb	Rehan Ahmed
6th	35	PSP Handscomb	OB Cox
7th	4	PSP Handscomb	BWM Mike
8th	61	TAR Scriven	BWM Mike

County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUSS	9	5	1	3	150
MIDDX	9	3	1	5	127
YORKS	9	2	2	5	123
LEICS	9	1	1	7	115
GLAM	9	1	1	6	108
GLOUC	9	1	2	4	103
NHNTS	9	0	2	7	97
DERBS	9	0	3	5	78

Grace Road, Leicester

Series

Toss

Season

Hours of play (local time)

Match days

Umpires

Match Referee

Points

GLOUCESTERSHIRE 706/6d(148.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

LEICESTERSHIRE 371(122.3 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

LEICESTERSHIRE 377/7 f/o(105 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:105 | 8 Runs | LEICS: 377/7

Leicestershire dig deep to secure draw and thwart Gloucestershire

Patel, Currie form Leicestershire roadblock with Gloucestershire eyeing victory

Gloucestershire's record 706 for 6 leaves Leicestershire staring down the barrel

Cameron Bancroft, Ben Charlesworth compile record-breaking 316-run stand

GLOUCESTERSHIRE 706/6d(148.4 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

LEICESTERSHIRE 371(122.3 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

LEICESTERSHIRE 377/7 f/o(105 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
105 | 8 Runs | LEICS: 377/7