Leicestershire fined and docked points over Ganguly biopic pitch

Leicestershire have been handed a 27-point penalty and fined £5,000 after their County Championship pitch against Glamorgan was rated poor. The club lost the 19 points earned from the 42-run win and received an additional eight-point deduction, with eight more points suspended until the end of the 2027 season.

Head groundsman Callum Lewin cited hot weather reaching 35 degrees Celsius and an unscheduled one-day Bollywood film shoot for Sourav Ganguly's biopic four days before the match as factors that affected preparations. The Cricket Discipline Panel rejected the filming as a mitigating factor and said the club's approach to pitch preparation was unreasonable.

Match referee Ian Ramage documented 43 instances of uneven bounce in his report. Leicestershire have 10 working days to appeal the decision.