Foxes make bright start as batsmen plough on

By Edwin Charles
May 25, County Ground, Derby
Derbyshire Leicestershire 214-2
(Ackermann 81*) Tea, Day One
Toss: Leicestershire, who chose to batUmpires: DJ Millns, BV Taylor
THE batsmen certainly had the best of the first two sessions at Derby as Leicestershire picked up their first batting point while Colin Ackermann passed 80 and looked set for a century.
Opener Harry Dearden fell four runs short of what would have been his second first-class 50, this after the loss of Paul Horton in the first hour. Mark Cosgrove did make his own half-century as all of the visitors&rsquo...

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