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Cosgrove and Pettini led Leicestershire revival
- Updated: May 29, 2016
Leicestershire 340 for 8 (Cosgrove 119, Pettini 97) v KentScorecard
Mark Cosgrove led a Leicestershire fightback against Kent that saw the visitors rally from 19 for 3 to go in at stumps on day one sitting pretty on 340 for 8.
Cosgrove, the free-scoring 31-year-old South Australian, hit his third century in successive Specsavers Championship games against Kent and featured in a record fourth-wicket stand in matches between the two counties with Mark Pettini.
Despite losing the toss, it was Kent who enjoyed the opening exchanges as Leicestershire lost both openers within 20 minutes of the start. Paul Horton, the ex-Lancashire stalwart, pushed at a Darren Stevens leg-cutter to edge behind and give Sam Billings – fresh from his IPL stint – a first catch of the season.
Four balls later Angus Robson drove loosely at a wide one from Matt Coles only to pick out Daniel Bell-Drummond at cover point who snaffled a catch diving forward and slightly to his right.
Ten runs on, visiting skipper Neil Dexter went lbw for a single. Prodding half-forward in defence, he was deceived by a slower off-cutter from Stevens that thudded into the former Kent allrounder’s front pad.
The visitors broke the shackles thereafter as …
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