The National Counties, known as the Minor Counties before 2020, are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that do not have first-class status. The game is administered by the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), which comes under the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). There are currently twenty teams in National Counties cricket: nineteen representing historic counties of England, plus the Wales National County Cricket Club.
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 first-class status pending its entry into the County Championship in 1895. Since then, Leicestershire have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.
James Charles Hildreth is a former English professional cricketer who played for Somerset County Cricket Club. He attended Millfield School, Somerset. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. Hildreth represented England at all youth levels including the 2003–04 Under-19 World cup held in Bangladesh. He made his first-class debut in 2003 and became a regular member of the side from the start of the 2004 season. The James Hildreth Stand was opened by him at Somerset County Cricket Ground on 21 September 2022.
Marcus James North is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played 21 Test matches and two One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the Australian national side.
Ian David Hunter is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
Martin Speight is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. After his education at Hurstpierpoint College and St Chad's College, Durham University, he played for Sussex, Wellington and Durham in first-class cricket, before capping off a 17-year career with Northumberland.
Paul Matthew Roger Havell is an Australian-born English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler.
The Second XI Championship is a season-long cricket competition in England that is competed for by the reserve teams of those county cricket clubs that have first-class status. The competition started in 1959 and has been contested annually ever since.
Søren Vestergaard is a former Danish cricketer. Vestergaard was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast.
Ben James Phillips is an English cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club until his release in 2013. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler.
Mitchell Eric Claydon is an Australian-English former first-class cricketer. Although he was born at Fairfield, New South Wales he holds a British passport. Claydon is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Claydon most recently played for Sussex County Cricket Club. In July 2021, Claydon announced that he would retire from cricket at the end of the 2021 season.
Karl Robert Brown is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Lancashire until 2018. Brown made his first-class debut in 2006 and his list A debut the following year. Between 2005 and 2007, Brown played 15 Youth One Day Internationals. In 2011, Brown scored his maiden centuries in first-class and list A cricket and debuted for Lancashire in twenty20s.
Ian Pattison is an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Durham.
Phillip Anthony Cottey is a Welsh former cricketer who played for Glamorgan, Sussex and Eastern Transvaal in a first-class career lasting 18 years. He was a right-hand batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler.
Steffan Andrew Piolet is an English cricketer. He specialises in short format cricket and is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played over 100 matches for Sussex and Warwickshire County Cricket Clubs
Craig Piers Crowe is an English cricketer. Crowe is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire.
David John Lovell is an Australian born former Welsh cricketer. Lovell was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia.
Derek Mark Lane is a former English cricketer. Lane was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire.
Alexander Zak Lees is an English professional cricketer who plays internationally for the England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket, he represents Durham, having previously played for Yorkshire. Lees made his Test debut in 2022, and plays as a left-handed opening batsman.
Thomas Patrick Milnes is an English first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
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