Leicestershire County Cricket Club
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| One-day name: | Leicestershire Foxes |
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| Second XI: | Leicestershire 2nd XI |
| Captain: |
 Mark Cosgrove
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| One-day captain: |
Clint McKay
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| Coach: |
 Pierre de Bruyn
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| Overseas player(s): |
Clint McKay Sharjeel Khan
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| Founded: | 25 February 1879 |
| Home ground: | Grace Road |
| Capacity: | 12,000 (expanding to 13000) |
| Chief executive: |
 Wasim Khan
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| First-class debut: |
MCC in 1895 at Lord's |
| Championship wins: | 3 |
| Pro40 wins: | 2 |
| FP Trophy wins: | 0 |
| Twenty20 Cup wins: | 3 |
| Benson & Hedges Cup wins: | 3 |
| Official website: | LeicestershireCCC |
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland. The club's limited overs team is called the Leicestershire Foxes. Founded in 1879, the club had minor county status until 1894 when it was promoted to senior status pending its entry into the County Championship in 1895. Leicestershire is classified as an unofficial first-class team by substantial sources in 1894; classified as an official first-class team from 1895 by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the County Championship clubs; classified as a List A team since the beginning of limited overs cricket in 1963; and classified as a senior Twenty20 team since 2003.
The club is based at Grace Road, Leicester and have also played home games at Aylestone Road in Leicester, at Hinckley, Loughborough, Melton Mowbray, Ashby-de-la-Zouch and in Coalville inside the traditional county boundaries; and at Uppingham and Oakham over the border in Rutland.
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