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Rain hits Foxes quarter-final bid

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26.05.2008 23:26

Leicestershire must pick up at least a point against Nottinghamshire on Wednesday to clinch a quarter-finals place in the Friends Provident Trophy.

They had looked set to qualify for the quarter-final stage after restricting the Bears to 187-8.

Chasing a revised target of 189 off 49 overs Leicestershire were left stranded on 53-2 after three balls of the 20th over when the match was abandoned.

It gave Warwickshire victory by eight runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method.

The Foxes were ahead of their required run rate when Ackerman hit across the line and was bowled for 14 by Neil Carter in the 13th over.

And when James Allenby was brilliantly run out by a direct hit from Jim Troughton in the 17th over with the total at 43, the Foxes were left reeling.

A couple of boundaries from Tom New and Boeta Dippenaar closed the gap before heavy rain put paid to Leicestershire's hopes with another 19 overs still remaining.

Tony Frost and Navdeep Poonia were Warwickshire's heroes after they were put into bat on a cold and windy day on a pitch that had plenty of bounce.

Poonia held things together despite the continued loss of early wickets until he was smartly caught and bowled by Allenby having made 45 off 84 balls.

Frost finished unbeaten on 55 but Warwickshire's total still did not look enough against a strong batting Leicestershire line-up until the weather intervened, leaving the Foxes' hopes of reaching the quarter-finals still in the balance.

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