LEICESTERSHIRE boosted their own promotion hopes and dented those of Kent by securing an emphatic County Championship win by 10 wickets with a shade over two days to spare.

By Mark Pennell

Star man
NED ECKERSLEY – Leics: Eckersley’s gutsy knock was described by Paul Nixon, the head coach, as: “As good an innings as I’ve seen for Leicestershire this season.”
Key moment
Dexter won the battle between the two former Kent and Middlesex team-mates when he ran one down the slope to trap Denly lbw
A low-scoring affair played out on a grassy, khaki-coloured seamer...