By Tim MurrayWhen a high-class Test player marvels at what he is seeing, you know it is something special. That was the case for Phil DeFreitas when he played for Derbyshire against Durham at Queen's Park early in the...
In recent articles we have celebrated the 2025 season’s national success of our Over 60 First XI. It is time to recognise some outstanding individual achievements by a number of our players. Four of them have been sel...
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is delighted to confirm that tickets for the 2026 Vitality Blast, Metro Bank One Day Cup and Rothesay County Championship are now available to purchase online. Supporters can look fo...
By Tim Murray Stellar names from the cricket world arrived at Queen's Park on a Monday evening in July 2013 for a special event, an all-star charity T20 game. It was a fund-raiser for the McGrath Foundation, a breast...
Friends of Grace Road, the volunteer led supporters’ group raising funds for LCCC, held a successful 10th Annual Quiz night last Friday with twenty-six teams competing for the Pat Ball Shield.The quiz was won by a tea...
By Tim MurrayJonathan Agnew has fond memories of his playing days at Chesterfield - and one nightmare. He once made what he describes as "the most humiliating entrance by a batsman in the history of cricket" in a game...
Leicestershire CCC is excited to announce Sol Budinger has penned a new two-year contract at Uptonsteel Grace Road.The entertaining opener, who has scored more than 3,000 runs in 88 appearances for the Foxes, has exte...
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is pleased to announce the full list of fixtures for the 2026 Vitality T20 Blast, alongside the fixtures for the Leicestershire Foxes Women, who in just their second season in Tier 2...
By Tim Murray Few have given greater or more varied service to cricket than Jack Birkenshaw. He had a 24-season playing stint at first-class level, is one of a select band who have played in and umpired Test matches,...
A week into life at his new home, Josh Davey says he already feels like part of the furniture at Leicestershire. Still in the process of upping sticks from Somerset, it’s a move he’s hoping culminates in further silve...
Academy graduates Rehan Ahmed and Josh Hull have both been awarded central contacts for 2025-2026 by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).Ahmed, who was first awarded a central contract in 2024, has seen his deal...
Rehan Ahmed has crowned an outstanding 2025 season after being chosen as the PCA Men’s Young Player of the Year.The Leicestershire all-rounder beat Glamorgan’s Asa Tribe and Sussex’s James Coles to the coveted honour...
