Leicestershire Seconds beat Notts in thrilling three-day Championship clash
Leicestershire Seconds beat Nottinghamshire by 23 runs in an exciting three-day Championship clash at Market Harborough.
Greg Smith cracked a century in County's first innings and Alex Wyatt took 4-49 to check the visitors' chase for a target of 336.
Leicestershire first innings: Jones b Cummins 12, Hawkes c Williams b Cummins 17, Smith c Williams b Cummins 108, Benning lbw Shreck 12, Pope lbw White 66, Thakor b White 2, Kinch not out 74, Wells b Cummins 0, Masters b White 1, Gurney b Cummins 1, Sykes b Cummins 0, extras 27, total 321.
Bowling: Fletcher 19 3 83 0, Shreck 20 5 70 1, Cummins 12.5 1 51 6, White 28 4 79 3, Elstone 8 0 39 0, Patel 1 0 1 0.
Nottinghamshire first innings: Kelsall b Gurney 25, Patel b Wyatt 14, Williams b Sykes 1, Wood st Pope b Sykes 33, Nelson not out 39, Shafayat not out 0, extras 13, total 125-4 dec.
Bowling: Gurney 16 4 46 1, Masters 7 1 25 1, Wyatt 12 8 20 1, Sykes 2 0 8 2, Wells 3.3 0 20 0.
Leicestershire second innings: Hawkes c Elstone b Fletcher 27, Jones c Williams b Fletcher 0, Smith not out 37, Pope not out 53, extras 12, total 129-2.
Bowling: Fletcher 6 2 16 2, Shafayat 6 0 51 0, Wood 3 0 18 0, Kelsall 3 0 38 0.
Nottinghamshire second innings: Patel b Wyatt 45, Kelsall c Smith b Wyatt 12, Shafayat c Hawkes b Benning 110, Wood c Pope b Gurney 19, Nelson c Benning b Masters 31, Elstone c Thakor b Sykes 10, White not out 2, Williams b Wyatt 22, Fletcher b Wyatt 27, Shreck c Hawkes b Benning 8, Cummins not out 9, extras 17, total 312.
Bowling: Gurney 15 2 57 1, Masters 9 2 51 1, Wyatt 18.5 4 49 4, Benning 15 4 54 2, Sykes 13 1 73 1, Thakor 2 0 15 0.
The County seconds lost the one-day Trophy game between the two sides at Grace Road by five wickets, despite pace bowler Dan Masters taking 3-44 off nine overs.
Leicestershire innings: Boyce c&b White 72, Jones c Shreck b Shafayat 79, Smith c&b Hutton 43, Benning c Stanworth b Fletcher 33, Pope c Fletcher b Shreck 8, Hawkes run out 22, Thakor c Hutton b Shreck 4, Kinch c Stanworth b Shreck 3, Gurney b Fletcher 0, Masters not out 0, Wyatt b Shreck 0, extras 19, total 283.
Bowling: Fletcher 10 0 55 2, Shreck 9.4 0 41 4, Hutton 5 0 40 1, White 9 0 49 0, Elstone 10 0 59 0, Shafayat 6 3 37 1.
Nottinghamshire innings: Patel c Boyce b Thakor 125, Shafayat c Hawkes b Masters 13, Wood b Masters 1, Nelson b Benning 24, Elstone c Thakor b Masters 91, White not out 27, Wood not out 2, extras 22, total 285-5.
Bowling: Gurney 8.1 2 43 0, Masters 9 0 44 3, Wyatt 10 0 51 0, Benning 9 0 69 1, Kinch 4 0 33 0, Thakor 8 0 42 1.







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