Foxes are riding high on all fronts

By Jon Culley

Toss: Leicestershire, who elected to field . Officials: Peter Hartley, Naeem Ashraf, Ian Herbert Points: Leicestershire 19, Gloucestershire 3 LEICESTERSHIRE kept themselves in the hunt for promotion from Division Two, closing out a three-day win over Gloucestershire by mid-afternoon, an unbroken partnership of 161 between Colin Ackermann and skipper Lewis Hill guiding them home by an impressive eight-wicket margin. Leicestershire have not played Division One cricket since 2003 and realistically the odds against them returning next year are long, especially with Worc...

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