Leicestershire reach 334 to stay in Division One race
Leicestershire chase 334 with Kelly and Cox's 158-run stand, four days after losing 27 points for a poor pitch.
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Leicestershire chase 334 with Kelly and Cox's 158-run stand, four days after losing 27 points for a poor pitch.
Kuldeep Yadav's Yorkshire secured a 185-run victory over Somerset while Jaydev Unadkat took seven wickets as Sussex beat Nottinghamshire by seven wickets.
Leicestershire head coach Alfonso Thomas says the points penalty fuelled his team's five-wicket win over Hampshire.
Dani Gibson will remain with Somerset until 2028 after signing a two-year contract extension with the county.
Nottinghamshire's seven-wicket defeat leaves the champions needing results elsewhere to defend their County Championship title.
Ben Cliff and Ben Coad's bowling display leaves Somerset's County Championship title hopes hanging by a thread.
Yorkshire's 185-run victory leaves Somerset needing results elsewhere to stay in the County Championship title race.
Adam Hose's century helped Worcestershire reach first-innings parity with Durham despite Ben Stokes's six wickets.
Sussex moved 31 runs ahead of Nottinghamshire after Ari Karvelas took four wickets on day three at Hove.
Leicestershire received a 27-point deduction and £5,000 fine after the Cricket Discipline Panel upheld charges of preparing a poor pitch.
Leicestershire were deducted 27 points after their Grace Road pitch was ruled below standard during a County Championship match.
Leicestershire face relegation threat after losing 27 points for a substandard Grace Road surface.
The club was penalised after the Grace Road pitch produced moving cracks and uneven bounce during the August match against Glamorgan.
Leicestershire have 10 days to appeal the verdict that leaves them on the brink of relegation from Division One.
Leicestershire loses 27 points for a pitch breach, placing the club on the brink of relegation from County Championship Division One.
Warwickshire top Division One while Leicestershire await a possible points deduction after day two of the County Championship round.
Zafar Daaryoush and R Sai Kishore added an unbroken 50-run stand to take Gloucestershire to 128 for seven against Middlesex on day one.
Warwickshire boosted their title challenge with an eight-wicket win over Essex in two days.
Carse's four wickets helped Durham seal promotion on the final day against Middlesex.
Unadkat's 4 for 36 kept Sussex on top after Nottinghamshire were dismissed for 115.
Somerset collapsed to 24 for four and finished day one at 86 for eight against Yorkshire in the County Championship.
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