Nixon asks for toss re-think as Foxes miss out

By Richard Rae

Waterlogged: There was no prospect of play at Grace road yesterday

LEICESTERSHIRE head coach Paul Nixon called for an adjustment to the toss rule after only 11 overs were possible in the Championship match against Middlesex at the Fischer County Ground.
Continuous heavy rain ruled out any chance of play on the first two days, and although Herculean labour on the part of the Grace Road ground staff enabled umpires Steve O’Shaughnessy and Ulhas Gandhe to rule play could start at 3.10pm on the third afternoon, bad light and then the return of the rain meant only 45 minu...

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