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Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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Fosse Boy

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To add to this - James Taylor and Naik together put on 195 for the 8th wicket!

Just checked the ol' Playfair 2009 annual and apparently that's a county record for the eighth wicket, the previous record of 172 having been set by Nikko and David Milns against Lancashire at Old Trafford in 1996.

I'm not a nerd, honest. :ph34r:

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Narborough Bod

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Just checked the ol' Playfair 2009 annual and apparently that's a county record for the eighth wicket, the previous record of 172 having been set by Nikko and David Milns against Lancashire at Old Trafford in 1996.

I'm not a nerd, honest. :ph34r:

Playfair, the stuff that dreams are made of.....you wait till you're in your mid 30's and your parents STILL buy it every christmas for you!! That is proper statto-esque!!

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Fosse Boy

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Playfair, the stuff that dreams are made of.....you wait till you're in your mid 30's and your parents STILL buy it every christmas for you!! That is proper statto-esque!!

Your parents are absolute heroes! :cool:

As for Shah getting a fourfor against us. Ouch. >_<

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Narborough Bod

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Nixons playing tonight against Kent, so who's missing as if we don't know. Benning was out after a terrible over and Boyce not very good. Latest 34-2 after 8 overs. Nicco and Taylor playing well.

Cracking game, watching this with city on the radio - top stuff.

Should have been dead and buried, then should have won, then blew it at the end.

Some decent performances, nearly there, one win and we could start looking good.

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Narborough Bod

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Very interesting read

http://www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/lc/News...o40-Policy-2009

White, Malik and Thompson not offered contracts for next season (yet)

Dippenaar, Harris, O'Brien, Henderson and Naik offered contracts, also looking for a seasoned opening bat. Any thoughts anyone?

Still want to play 8/3 so assume Dippenaar, McDonald and O'Brien as non qual - think they are trying to fiddle thsi so he might qualify. Possibly Henderson to have British residency in 2010??

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Ultra

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The ECB funding of Counties works slightly differently between 2010 to 2013. The MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) is a strategic financial agreement between all counties and the ECB. Next season and beyond, to obtain an increase in level of funding from 2009, clubs need to play Five English qualified players under the age of 26 in County Championship cricket and 50 and 40 over cricket. If a County Cricket Club does not meet these age incentives then it will actually receive less financial support from the Governing Body than in previous years. Leicestershire simply cannot afford not to meet these age incentives.

The MOU also financially rewards clubs for playing Nine English qualified players in Championship and 50 and 40 over cricket. Clubs playing less than nine qualified players in 2010 will, in effect, be financially penalised. Leicestershire have taken a view that it can afford to continue with its policy of playing Eight English qualified players and Three None qualified players for 2010 but it will try to work towards a Nine/Two split as its English players mature and develop. (Non Qualified means cannot play Test Match cricket for England).

1. Club Policy for Pro40 Games during 2009 Cricket Season and Key Strategies for us in One Day Cricket

The Club has taken the following view of its Pro40 games:

The Club will use some of the Pro40 games to assess its younger players in One Day cricket and review the needs for the 2010 cricket season which will include Sixteen Twenty20 Games and Twelve 40 or 50 over games - Totalling 28 One Day games.

Our aim is to have a minimum of two batsmen in the top six capable of bowling a full quota of overs and we believe at this stage that those batsmen will be James Benning and Andrew McDonald (our Overseas Player for 2010).

We also believe in One Day cricket it is important that we play two spinners; Jigar Naik and Claude Henderson give us good options as they showed in this year’s Twenty20 competition and we want to see them play this season’s Pro40 bowling in tandem. We would like our attack to be spearheaded by Iain O’Brien (who is looking at ways to become a “local” non qualified player in county cricket).

Boeta Dippenaar’s captaincy during Twenty20 cricket and in Championship cricket has been outstanding and he has shown great patience and understanding of the current transitional and the development stage that the club is going through.

2. Current Contract Offers and Status

The Club no longer has a particular meeting date to review contract requirements; these are decided on an ongoing basis by the Chief Executive and Senior Coach and approved by the elected Board Members.

At this stage the players below have been offered new contracts for the 2010 cricket season and beyond:

Claude Henderson, Jigar Naik, Boeta Dippenaar, AJ Harris and Iain O’Brien. We are also looking at bringing an experienced English qualified top order batsman to the Club for the 2010 cricket season and beyond.

The players below are currently already contracted for 2010 onwards:

James Benning, Matthew Boyce, Nathan Buck, Sam Cliff, Josh Cobb, Jacques Du Toit, Harry Gurney, Andrew McDonald, Tom New, Paul Nixon, Joel Pope, Greg Smith, James Taylor and Alex Wyatt.

3. The Future

I do understand the frustration being felt by a number of our members at recent performances, but, as I have said, we need your support through the current transitional and development stage that the Club is going through.

In June 2008, the Club was top of Division Two in the four-day game and in the quarter-finals of the Friends Provident Trophy, and at that time it was playing six non English qualified players. This was clearly unsustainable and the ECB had already taken steps via work permit criteria and in the MOU that counties from 2010 to 2013 would be financially incentivised to play English qualified players under the age of 26 and Nine English qualified players in all games, excluding Twenty/20.

The Club has had six of its young cricketers represent England Age Group squads in the last 12 months – Cobb, Taylor, Buck, Smith, Thakor and Collins. Alex Wyatt would also have played but for injury. We do also have a strong pipeline of young age group cricketers following through the ranks.

We have to ensure we meet all the criteria outlined in the new MOU from 2010 onwards and we will attempt to reflect a sensible balance between our young and senior role model players going forward. Please be patient and support us through this difficult but essential period of transition.

David Smith

Chief Executive Officer

All credit to him for being open and honest. We look forward to a time when his counterparts in football can do likewise.

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harpendenfox

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Nixon opening the batting today in a four day game. 39 not out at lunch. Really hope he goes on and gets a big one. I think this is a cracking move. It means we have more experience in the team, and whilst it means Boyce is not playing in this game, he needs a rest I think.

Important months ahead for the Club. There is the basis of a good team there. Nixon and Dips should score loads of runs, and Taylor looks superb. Smith, Boyce, New and Cobb have loads of potential, but need to turn handy 20s into 80s and more.

Naik and Hendo look like decent spinners too. Fast bowling is a problem. Not convinced the likes of White, Gurney and Harris are the solution. O'Brien should be good enough, and I wonder if Malik will get a new contract if he is fit? One top order batter, and even more importantly, one decent fast bowler are what we need now

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Having a young squad may mean that we aren't competing at the top for a few years, but I like the principle and will support it.

Hopefully the youngsters will develop and stay at the club for a few seasons.

Players like Henderson and Nixon will help with their experience.

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Narborough Bod

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Having a young squad may mean that we aren't competing at the top for a few years, but I like the principle and will support it.

Hopefully the youngsters will develop and stay at the club for a few seasons.

Players like Henderson and Nixon will help with their experience.

Claude has applied for British residency so should qualify as one of the English players next year allowing us to play Ronnie, Dips and O'Brien (if he can wangle it as a Kolpak) as

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