Cosgrove shrugs off bowling fears

By Joe Brigly

Leics v Sussex
June 9-12, Grace Road, Leicester, 11:00
WHILE their batsmen appear to be in good nick, concerns remain about Leicestershire’s ability to take 20 wickets in four-day cricket – not that skipper Mark Cosgrove will share them!
Leicestershire made over 400 after being put in to bat against Kent last month before clearing 600 on a lifeless track against Derbyshire, where Cosgrove (188), Ned Eckersley (158) and Colin Ackermann (118) all hit career-best scores for the county.
Yet only Ben Raine, despite missing the last two matches with...

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