Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic

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structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

. It has also been representative of the county of

Rutland Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire. Its greatest len ...

. The club's limited overs team is called the Leicestershire Foxes. Founded in 1879, the club had minor county status until 1894 when it was promoted to first-class status pending its entry into the

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in 1895. Since then, Leicestershire have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The club is based at

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, known as Uptonsteel County Ground and have also played home games at

Aylestone Road Aylestone Road, now also known as the Leicester Electricity Sports Cricket Ground, is a cricket ground in Leicester, England, which was the headquarters of Leicestershire County Cricket Club from 1901 to 1939. Although the playing area is much r ...

in Leicester, at

Hinckley Hinckley is a market town in south-west Leicestershire, England. It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the third largest settlement in the administrative county of Leicestershire, after Leicester and Loughbor ...

Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University. At the 2011 census the town's built-up area had a population of 59,932 , the second larg ...

Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray () is a town in Leicestershire, England, north-east of Leicester, and south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, known below Melton as the Wreake. The town had a population 27,670 in 2019. The town is sometimes promo ...

, Ashby-de-la-Zouch,

Coalville Coalville is an industrial town in the district of North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England, with a population at the 2011 census of 34,575. It lies on the A511 trunk road between Leicester and Burton upon Tr ...

Uppingham Uppingham is a market town in Rutland, England, off the A47 between Leicester and Peterborough, south of the county town, Oakham. It had a population of 4,745 according to the 2011 census, estimated at 4,853 in 2019. It is known for its ...

and

Oakham Oakham is the county town of Rutland in the East Midlands of England, east of Leicester, south-east of Nottingham and west of Peterborough. It had a population of 10,922 in the 2011 census, estimated at 11,191 in 2019. Oakham is to the west o ...

inside the traditional county boundaries. In limited overs cricket, the kit colours are red with black trim in the Royal London One Day Cup and black with red trim in the T20. The shirt sponsors are Oval Insurance Broking with Highcross Leicester (shopping centre) on the top reverse side of the shirt. Leicestershire are in the second division of the

and in the north group of the Royal London One Day Cup. They recently finished bottom of the County Championship for the sixth time since the introduction of two divisions. Their best showing in recent years has been in the

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with the Foxes winning the trophy three times in eight years.

Honours

First XI honours

(3) – 1975, 1996, 1998 :''Runners-up (2) – 1982, 1994'' * Sunday/National League (2) – 1974, 1977 :''Runners-up: 1972, 2001 '' * Gillette Cup/NatWest/C&G Trophy/

Friends Provident Trophy The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom. It was one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties competed each season. They were joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland. La ...

:''Runners-up: 1992, 2001 '' *

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(3) – 2004, 2006, 2011 * Benson & Hedges Cup (3) – 1972, 1975, 1985 :''Runners-up: 1974, 1998''

Second XI honours

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(1) – 1983, 2014 :''Runners-up: 1961, 1975 '' * Second XI Trophy (5) – 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2014 * Second XI Twenty20 Cup (1) – 2014 * Minor Counties Championship (1) – 1931 * Under-25 Competition(2) – 1975, 1985 + 1 Bain Hogg Trophy – second XI one-day competition – 1996

History

Earliest cricket

Cricket may not have reached

until well into the 18th century. A notice in the ''Leicester Journal'' dated 17 August 1776 is the earliest known mention of cricket in the county. Soon afterwards, a

Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket Club Cricket may not have reached the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland until the 18th century. A notice in the ''Leicester Journal'' dated 17 August 1776 is the earliest known mention of cricket in the area. A few years later, a Leices ...

was taking part in important matches, mainly against

Nottingham Cricket Club Nottingham Cricket Club was an English cricket club which played in Nottingham during the 18th and 19th centuries. Matches have been recorded between 1771 to 1848 and the team played in 15 first-class matches between 1826 and 1848. The earliest ...

and

Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influence ...

(MCC). This club was prominent from 1781 until the beginning of the 19th century.

19th century

Little more is heard of Leicestershire cricket until the formation of the present club on 25 March 1879. Essex CCC ''versus'' Leicestershire CCC at Leyton on 14, 15 & 16 May 1894 was the first first-class match for both clubs. In 1895, the

was restructured into a 14-team competition with the introduction of Essex, Leicestershire and

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Early and mid-20th century

Leicestershire's first 70 years were largely spent in lower table mediocrity, with few notable exceptions. In 1953, the motivation of secretary-captain

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lifted the side fleetingly to third place, but most of the rest of the 1950s was spent propping up the table, or thereabouts.

Start of improvement: The late 1950s and the 1960s

Change came in the late 1950s with the recruitment of the charismatic Willie Watson at the end of a distinguished career with

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and

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. Watson's run gathering sparked the home-grown Maurice Hallam into becoming one of England's best

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. In bowling, Leicestershire had an erratically successful group of seamers in

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, Brian Boshier, John Cotton and Jack van Geloven, plus the spin of John Savage. Another change was in the captaincy:

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, the former England and

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spinner who had galvanised

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The 1970s and the first golden era

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, again from Yorkshire, instilled self-belief to the extent that the county took its first ever trophy in 1972, the Benson & Hedges Cup with

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man of the match. This was start of the first golden era as the first of five trophies in five years and included Leicestershire's first ever County Championship title in 1975. A couple of runners up spots were also thrown in. The game when Leicestershire won their first ever County Championship, on 15 September 1975, marked something of a personal triumph for Chris Balderstone. Batting on 51 not out against Derbyshire at Chesterfield, after close of play he changed into his football kit to play for

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in an evening match 30 miles away (a 1–1 draw with

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). Thus he is the only player to have played League Football and first class cricket on the same day. He then returned to Chesterfield to complete a century the following morning and take three wickets to wrap up the title. To add to that season's success for Leicestershire was a second Benson & Hedges victory.

The 1980s

A runners up spot in the 1982 County Championship brought some respectability, but the decade's only first class silverware was in the 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup with Balderstone still on board making him the most successful trophy winner in the club's history with six.

Success in the late 1990s

Leicestershire won the county championship in 1996, and again in 1998. This was an amazing achievement considering the resources of the club compared to other county teams. This Leicestershire side, led by

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and James Whitaker, used team spirit and togetherness to get the best out of a group of players who were either discarded from other counties or brought through the Leicestershire ranks. This team did not have many stars, but

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, Vince Wells, Jimmy Ormond,

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and Chris Lewis all had chances for

. West Indian all-rounder

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was also named as one of Wisden's Cricketers of the year in 1997 while playing for the club.

2000 and beyond: Twenty20 success and four-day struggles

The advent of

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cricket saw Leicestershire find a new source of success, winning the domestic T20 competition in 2004, 2006 and 2011. However, in the era of two-division County Championship cricket they have found success more difficult to come by, having not played in the top division since 2003 and been regular "

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" contenders. In 2013 and 2014 they finished without a single Championship win, the first team to achieve this unwanted feat in back to back seasons since

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just before

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Grounds

Current

(1877 – present) *

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(2000 – present)

* Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch (1912–1964) *

Kirkby Road Kirkby Road is a cricket ground in Barwell, Leicestershire. Cricket in Barwell dates to 1807, with cricket being played at Kirkby Road since at least 1913. First-class cricket has been played there three times in 1946 and 1947, with Leicester ...

, Barwell (1946–1947) *

Fox and Goose Ground The Fox and Goose Ground was a cricket ground in Coalville, Leicestershire. Linked with the nearby Fox & Goose pub, public house (now demolished), the ground was used as an outground by Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Leicestershire in 1913 ...

(1913–1914) * Town Ground, Coalville (1950) *

Snibston Colliery Ground Snibston Colliery Ground was a cricket ground in Coalville, Leicestershire. The land for the cricket ground was originally set aside for the miners at Snibston, Snibston Colliery. Snibston Colliery was used as an outground by Leicestershire Coun ...

(1957–1982) *

Ashby Road The Ashby Road ground was a cricket stadium in the town of Hinckley, Leicestershire, England. It operated between 1911 and 1937. It is now a housing estate. Ashby Road had been used by Leicestershire as an out-ground, and held 19 games. The first ...

(1911–1937) *

Coventry Road Coventry Road Cricket Ground was a cricket ground in Hinckley, Leicestershire. It was located along Coventry Road to the south, Trinity Lane to the east, with Trinity Vicarage Road to the north. Established in 1946, the ground had a capacity of ...

(1951–1964) *

Leicester Road The Leicester Road Ground is a cricket ground based in the town of Hinckley, Leicestershire. It has, in the past, been used by Leicestershire as an outground and has held 11 first class games in total.Hinckley Hinckley is a market town in south-west Leicestershire, England. It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the third largest settlement in the administrative county of Leicestershire, after Leicester and Loughbor ...

(1981–1991) *

(1901–1962) * Brush Ground,

(1953–1965) * College Ground, Loughborough (1928–1929) * Park Road, Loughborough (1913–1970) *

Egerton Park Egerton Park is a cricket ground in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. The land for the park was purchased from the Egerton Lodge Estate by the Melton Mowbray Town Estate in 1931. Egerton Park was used as an outground by Leicestershire following th ...

(1946–1948)

Players

Current squad

* No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt. * denotes players with international caps. * denotes a player who has been awarded a

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Former captains

International players

England *

Jonathan Agnew Jonathan Philip Agnew, (born 4 April 1960) is an English cricket broadcaster and a former professional cricketer. He was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and educated at Uppingham School. He is nicknamed "Aggers", and, less commonly, "Spiro" � ...

Ewart Astill William Ewart Astill (1 March 1888 – 10 February 1948) was, along with George Geary, the mainstay of the Leicestershire team from 1922 to about 1935. He played in nine Test matches but was never picked for a home Test or for an Ashes tour. ...

Nigel Briers Nigel Edwin Briers (born 15 January 1955 in Southfields, Leicester, England) played first-class and List A cricket for Leicestershire between 1971 and 1995. Cricket career A right-handed opening batsman, Briers was Leicestershire's youngest ...

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Michael Carberry Michael Alexander Carberry (born 29 September 1980) is an English former professional cricketer who most recently played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club. Carberry is a left-handed opening batsman who bowls occasional right-arm off break ...

* Nick Cook * Eddie Dawson *

Phillip DeFreitas Phillip Anthony Jason "Daffy" DeFreitas (born 18 February 1966) is an English former cricketer. He played county cricket for Leicestershire, Lancashire and Derbyshire, as well as appearing in 44 Test matches and 103 ODIs. Cricket writer Colin ...

George Geary George Geary (9 July 1893 – 6 March 1981) was a first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. Abilities Above medium pace and right-handed, Geary was able to swing the new ball very e ...

David Gower David Ivon Gower (born 1 April 1957) is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer who was captain of the England cricket team during the 1980s. Described as one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of his era, Gower played 117 Te ...

Matthew Hoggard Matthew James Hoggard, (born 31 December 1976) is a former English cricketer, who played international cricket for England cricket team from 2000 to 2008, playing both Test cricket and One Day Internationals. The 6' 2" Hoggard was a right arm f ...

Ken Higgs Kenneth Higgs (14 January 1937 – 7 September 2016) was an English fast-medium bowler, who was most successful as the opening partner to Brian Statham with Lancashire in the 1960s. He later played with success for Leicestershire. Cricket wr ...

* John King * Albert Knight * Barry Knight * Chris Lewis *

Devon Malcolm Devon Eugene Malcolm (born 22 February 1963) is a former English cricketer. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Malcolm played in 40 Test matches and 30 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team. At his best, he was the unquestionably the f ...

Tom New Thomas James New (born 18 January 1985) is an English cricketer born at Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He played first-class and List A cricket for Leicestershire from 2004 to 2011, spending the latter part of the 2008 season on loan to ...

Paul Nixon Paul Andrew Nixon (born 21 October 1970) is an English cricket coach and former professional cricketer who played for Leicestershire, England, England A, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Kent. He is a wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman. N ...

* Jimmy Ormond *

Dick Pougher Arthur Dick Pougher (; 19 April 1865 – 20 May 1926) was an English professional cricketer and umpire who played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club from 1885 to 1901, and in one Test match for England in 1891–92. He was born at Humberst ...

Jeremy Snape Jeremy Nicholas Snape (born 27 April 1973) is a former English cricketer, who played limited over internationals, and a sports psychologist. He was a right-handed batsman and bowled right-arm off-break. He was the 20/20 captain for Leicester. ...

Peter Such Peter Mark Such (born 12 June 1964) is an English cricketer, cricket coach, and match referee. An off-spinner, Such was brought into the Test arena in 1993 as a replacement for John Emburey but, despite taking 6 for 67 on debut and being the h ...

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* Les Taylor *

Roger Tolchard Roger William Tolchard (born 15 June 1946) is an English former cricketer, who played in four Tests and one One Day International for England in the late 1970s. Life and career Tolchard was a wicket-keeper. Educated at Malvern College, he play ...

* Willie Watson * Vince Wells * James Whitaker *

Peter Willey Peter Willey (born 6 December 1949) is a former English cricketer, who played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. In and out of the England team, he interrupted his international career for three years by taking part in the ...

Luke Wright Luke James Wright (born 7 March 1985) is an English former cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. Wright joined Sussex in 2004, having started his career at Leicestershire. He was named in England's squad for ...

Australia *

Michael Bevan Michael Gwyl Bevan (born 8 May 1970) is a former Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left arm wrist-spin bowler. He has been credited for initiating the art of finishing matches. For several years, he was considered as ...

* Brad Hodge * Michael Kasprowicz * Andrew McDonald *

Garth McKenzie Graham Douglas McKenzie (born 24 June 1941) – commonly known as "Garth", after the comic strip hero – is an Australian cricketer who played for Western Australia (1960–74), Leicestershire (1969–75), Transvaal (1979–80) and Austral ...

Mark Cosgrove Mark James Cosgrove (born 14 June 1984) is an Australian-English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and part-time medium pace bowler. He represented Australia in three One Day Internationals in 2006. Career Cosgrove made his state debu ...

Bangladesh *

Shakib Al Hasan Shakib Al Hasan (Bengali: সাকিব আল হাসান; born 24 March 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and current captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team in Tests and T20Is. He plays for Barishal in domestic cricket as an all- ...

India *

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RP Singh Rudra Pratap Singh (born 17 December 2007) is an Indian former cricketer, who played for the India national cricket team in Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket as a left arm fast-medium bowler. In September 2018, he ...

Javagal Srinath Javagal Srinath, (, born 31 August 1969) is a former Indian cricketer and currently an ICC match referee. He is considered among India's finest fast bowlers, and was the first Indian fast bowler to take more than 300 wickets in One Day Inte ...

Varun Aaron Varun Raymond Aaron (born 29 October 1989) is an Indian cricketer from Jamshedpur. A right-arm fast bowler, he first played for Jharkhand U-19 followed by Jharkhand Ranji team. He played his first One Day International (ODI) for India in Octo ...

New Zealand * Stewie Dempster Pakistan * Mohammad Asif * Shahid Afridi *

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* Mohammad Abbas South Africa * HD Ackerman *

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* HH Dippenaar *

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* Charl Langeveldt *

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West Indies *

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Vasbert Drakes Vasbert Conniel Drakes (born 5 August 1969 in Springhead, Saint Andrew, Barbados) is a former West Indian cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and handy right-hand lower order batsman. Drakes featured fo ...

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* Andy Roberts *

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Zimbabwe * Neil Johnson Leicestershire CCC squad 2007

Records

Most first-class runs for Leicestershire
Qualification – 17,000 runs Most first-class wickets for Leicestershire
Qualification – 600 wickets Most first-team winners medals for Leicestershire * J. C. Balderstone – 6

Batting

* Highest team total: 756-4d v.

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, 2022 * Highest home team total: 638-8d v.

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, 1996 * Lowest team total: 25 v.

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, Leicester, 1912 * Highest total against: 761-6d by Essex, Chelmsford, 1990 * Lowest total against: 24 by Glamorgan, Leicester, 1971 * Highest individual score: 309* by HD Ackerman v.

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, 2006. * Highest home individual score: 262 by Brad Hodge v.

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, Grace Road, 2004 * Highest partnership: 477* by C. N. Ackermann and P. W. A. Mulder v.

, 2022 Best partnership for each wicket (county championship) *1st – 390 B. Dudleston and J. F. Steele v. Derbyshire, Leicester, 1979 *2nd – 320 Hassan Azad and N. J. Dexter v. Gloucestershire, Leicester, 2019 *3rd – 316* W. Watson and A. Wharton v. Somerset, Taunton, 1961 *4th – 290* P. Willey and T. J. Boon v. Warwickshire, Leicester, 1984 *5th – 477* C. N. Ackermann and P. W. A. Mulder v. Sussex, Hove, 2022 *6th – 284 P. V. Simmons and P. A. Nixon v. Durham, Chester-le-Street, 1996 *7th – 219* J. D. R. Benson and P. Whitticase v. Hampshire, Bournemouth, 1991 *8th – 203* H. J Swindells and E. Barnes v. Somerset, Taunton, 2021 *9th – 160 R. T. Crawford and W. W. Odell v. Worcestershire, Leicester, 1902 *10th – 228 R. Illingworth and K. Higgs v. Northamptonshire, Leicester, 1977

Bowling

*Most first-class wickets in a season: 170 by Jack Walsh, 1948 *Best bowling figures in an innings: 10–18 by

v. Glamorgan,

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Pontypridd () ( colloquially: Ponty) is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Geography comprises the electoral wards of , Hawthorn, Pontypridd Town, 'Rhondda', Rhydyfelin Central/Ilan ( Rhydfelen), Trallwng ( Trallwn) and Treforest (). ...

, 1929 *Best bowling figures in a match: 16–96 by George Geary

Fielding

*Most dismissals in an innings: 7 by

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v. Somerset, Grace Road, 2001 *Most dismissals in a match: 10 by Percy Corrall v. Sussex, Hove, 1936

Sub Academy

The Leicestershire Sub Academy is designed for young cricketers who have potential to play at the highest level. It is also called the EPP (Emerging Player Programme). Many players who are involved in this set up move on to the LCCC academy, where they will play matches against academies from other counties.

References

External links

Leicestershire County Cricket Club – Official SiteFriends of Grace Road - Supporters' GroupThe Meet – Fan's SiteCricInfo Page

BBC Sport Page
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