Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland.

Its limited overs team is called the Leicestershire Foxes. Their kit colours are red with black trim in the clydedale bank 40 and black with red trim in the t20. The shirt sponsors are Oval Insurance Broking with Highcross Leicester (shopping centre) on the top reverse side of the shirt.

The club is based at Grace Road, Leicester and have also played home games at Aylestone Road in Leicester, at Hinckley, Loughborough, Melton Mowbray, Ashby-de-la-Zouch and in Coalville inside the traditional county boundaries; and at Uppingham and Oakham over the border in Rutland.

Leicestershire are in the second divisions of the County Championship and in group c of thePro40 one day league. They recently finished bottom of the County Championship for the first time since the introduction of two divisions. Their best showing in recent years has been in the Twenty20 Cup with the Foxes winning the trophy two times in three years.

Honours

• County Championship (3) - 1975, 1996, 1998
• Sunday/National League (2) - 1974, 1977
• Twenty20 Cup (2) - 2004, 2006,
• Benson & Hedges Cup (3) - 1972, 1975, 1985

Second XI honours

• Second XI Championship (1) - 1983; shared (0) -
• Minor Counties Championship (1) - 1931; shared (0) -

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