Leicestershire To Show Support For Rainbow Laces Campaign

Leicestershire CCC is proud to be taking part in cricket’s game-wide celebration of Rainbow Laces from 29 June - 7 July in a demonstration of the Club’s continued support for the LGBTQ+ community.

The Foxes’ stars will be sporting rainbow laces for this week’s Vitality County Championship fixture against Middlesex at Uptonsteel County Ground, as well as Vitality Blast matches against Notts Outlaws (5 July) and Derbyshire Falcons (6 July).

Rainbow stump stickers will also adorn both sets of stumps during Leicestershire’s two home fixtures at Uptonsteel County Ground during the campaign period.

The celebrations are part of a game-wide effort, now in its seventh year, allowing cricketers to show their support for fellow LGBTQ+ athletes while spreading awareness of the difficulties the whole community face.

ECB Chief Executive Officer Richard Gould said: “We’re very clear in our ambition to become the most inclusive team sport in England and Wales and campaigns like Rainbow Laces can help our game on that journey.

“We want the LGBTQ+ community to feel welcome and included in cricket, whether as players, fans or participants.

“It’s brilliant to see the game at professional and recreational level stand firmly behind LGBTQ+ inclusion and to see our game communicate its continued desire to be a game for everyone.”

Rainbow Laces was originally set up by Stonewall UK in 2013. To read more about the campaign, click HERE.