Leicestershire have eight points returned from 27-point pitch penalty

Leicestershire had eight points reinstated after the Cricket Discipline Panel reduced their original 27-point deduction for a poor pitch in August's County Championship win over Glamorgan. The amended penalty leaves the county with a 19-point deduction from the match they won by 42 runs. An additional eight-point suspended deduction and a £5,000 fine remain in place.

The Foxes were relegated from Division One last week after an innings defeat by Warwickshire. Their points total now stands at 119, 17 behind third-from-bottom Essex with one round remaining. A successful appeal would lift Leicestershire above the relegation zone.

Leicestershire chief executive Emma White said the club's position on the charge is unchanged. She said the county still intends to appeal, focusing on the process and evidential position. The original sanction followed a breach of ECB pitch regulations after filming of a Bollywood film prevented the pitch from being covered for eight hours.