Leicestershire Vs. Lancashire LVCC day four.

Weather holds as Lancs defeat Leicester.

Matthew Hoggard is bowled by Kyle Hogg
who finished with figures of 5-77.

On a day which had originally been forecasted as full of showers, the Division Two leaders were treated to a pleasant morning session, which gave them more than enough time to finish-off a woeful Leicestershire side.

Lancashire are the only team from both divisions who are yet to lose a match this season, with their roses rivals the next best, having lost just one game.

The hosts lost their remaining 5 wickets for just 27 runs, falling to an innings and 52-run defeat, their fourth of the championship campaign.

Leicestershire are also yet to register a victory this season and have never gone a championship season without doing so, but based on this performance it is hard to see where the win will come from.

The key wicket of Niall O'Brien took some work this morning, as the Leicestershire wicket keeper reached his half-century from 63 balls, but his partner Tom Wells edged
to Andrea Agathangelou at second slip for 17.

With no further runs added, O'Brien flashed wildly at a delivery from Kyle Hogg and was also caught by Agathangelou. At this stage the Lancashire players will have felt as if they were closing in on their sixth win of the campaign and when Hogg struck again, forcing Oliver Freckingham to edge behind, the match was coming to its inevitable close.

Hogg refused to offer the hosts any kind of respite, cleanly bowling veteran Matthew Hoogard, as he finished with figures of 5-77.

Rather fittingly the match was ended by Lancashire skipper Glen Chapple who was gifted the wicket of James Sykes, taking a simple caught and bowled with the very first ball of his spell.