Red Rose woes continue as they fail to stop rot against rampant leaders

Lancashire's misery continued at Leicestershire, whose remarkable season continued apace with victory by an innings and three runs to further reinforce an already formidable lead in Division Two of the Rothesay County Championship.

- by Sports Reporter

With a 251-run advantage on first innings, brought about largely by centuries from Rehan Ahmed and Lewis Hill, they bowled Lancashire out for 248 to complete a fifth win of the season, all of which have been achieved with a day to spare.

Keaton Jennings, who stepped down as Red Rose captain earlier this month in the light of his side’s woeful start to the campaign, gave his side hope of salvaging something from this match with a characterful 112, but no other batter made 26 in another dismal Lancashire performance.

Logan Van Beek was Leicestershire’s most successful bowler with four for 61 and there were two wickets each for Josh Hull, Tom Scriven and Ahmed.