Story Leicestershire County season [C2005] UPDATED

[tjh1989]

Leicestershire embark on another county season. Leicestershires gruelling schedule begins in March with a pre season warm up series scheduled in pakistan. This series starts on the 2nd march with a Twenty20 game againsts Pakistan A. The following day Leicestershire are then scheduled to play Pakistan A again in 50 over aside game followed by two 4 days games 3 days later.

Pre Season Tour-Pakistan

2nd March- Twenty20- Pakistan A v Leicestershire at Karachi
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3rd March- 50 over Match- Pakistan A v Leicestershire at Karachi
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6th March- 4 Day Match- Pakistan A v Leicestershire at Karachi

12th March 4 Day Match- Pakistan A v Leicestershire at Karachi
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Leicestershire have selected 20 players for the overseas tour inlcuding big names such as Paul Nixon and Stuart Broad. Below is the full squad selected for the Tour of Pakistan.

Leicestershire Squad
- J Snape (OD Captain)
- J Sadler
- P Nixon (wkt.)
- S Broad
- HD Ackerman
- J Allenby
- M Amjad
- R Cummins
- C Henderson
- D Masters
- J Maunders
- T New (wkt.)
- D Robinson (FC Captain)
- CK Langeveldt
- N Walker
- P Harrison
- RP Singh
- MJ Rosenberg
- Arno Jacobs
- G Kruger

Well the actions starts soon and it will be interesting to see how it all pans out.

 

[kookaburra69]

Great start mate,Looking forward to this

 

[Left_Hander]

Good luck with this Tom. What ever happened to your Ashes story?

 

[mattfb]

Sounds good. Good luck with this

 

[Griffo]

looks good GO BROADY (looks around for foxy) and why wasnt amo jacobs abbreviated like the others???

 

[tjh1989]

Good luck with this Tom. What ever happened to your Ashes story?

I had to uninstalled all my games from my brothers computer which was were the Ashes story was. Was a shame cause i enjoyed that series but now i got it all on my laptop so theres no chance of it being lost hahaha

 

[Griffo]

i sense that leicestershire fox has read this... i got a rep

 

[Left_Hander]

I had to uninstalled all my games from my brothers computer which was were the Ashes story was. Was a shame cause i enjoyed that series but now i got it all on my laptop so theres no chance of it being lost hahaha

Oh ok. Good luck with this!

 

[Pakistani Army]

Yeah good luck Tom! Hope this can live to the expectations from your amazing Ashes story

 

[tjh1989]

Pakistan 'A' vs Leicestershire
Twenty20 (20-over Match)
12-03-2007
National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
Umpires: Raweed Khan & Zaheer Ahmed

Leicestershires Pre season tour gets underway with a Twenty20 game against Pakistan A. Both teams are playing a strong side with Umar Gul picked for Pakistan 'A' along with Saqlain Mushtaq and Kamran Akmal. Leicestershire will still be confident with two Twenty20 cup titles under their belt along with two other finals day visits. This game promises to be a thriller and it will be interesting to see how it all pans out.

Squads:
HD Ackerman - Imran Nazir
J Allenby - Imran Farhat
J Sadler - Hasan Raza
J Snape - Mohammad Hafeez
P Nixon - Yasir Hameed
J Maunders - Asim Kamal
C Henderson - Azhar Mahmood
D Masters - Kamran Akmal
S Broad - Saqlain Mushtaq
G Kruger - Mohammad Akmal
C Langeveldt - Umar Gul

The toss was won By Leicestershires Snape who decided to Bat first on the Flat karachi wicket. Snape went on to say " The wicket looks very dry and dusty so we think ti will detriorate as the innings progresses. So if we can get up to 150 we shoudl have a good chance."

 

[Leicester Fox]

Thats a strong looking leicester side but we have a huge tail!

 

[mattfb]

Thats a strong line-up for both teams. This should be interesting.

 

[tjh1989]

Pakistan 'A' vs Leicestershire
Twenty20 (20-over Match)
12-03-2007
National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
Umpires: Raweed Khan & Zaheer Ahmed

Update after 10 overs:
Leicestershire 87-4 at 8.7 R.P.O

Leicestershires Have made a strong start despite losing 4 wickets. HD Ackerman has raced to 49 off 28 balls but has lost support on the way with the further 4 batsmen following him failing to make double figures. Maunders has managed a well made 18 of 12 balls adding to a valuable partnership. Leicestershires strong runrate has meant that 170 is a viable target but it will be interesting to see how they handle the Pakistani spin.

Pakistan 'A' have fielded well and arguably been unlikely with some of the Leicestershire strokeplay. This was shown in the 10th over where Ackerman manged to just clear the Long on fielder. However, thye have been very sucessful especially Gul whos pace has looked damaging with him beating Snape for pace causing him to top edge and Salder who failed to pick the in swinger.

Leicestershire 87-4 at 8.7 R.P.O

 

[Leicester Fox]

With Ackerman playing like he is and Gul having used up all his overs if we get a partnership we could reach 160 but with our tail its unlikely, great pres mate!

 

[Griffo]

foxy did you rep me on this thread?