Angus Robson

Angus Robson has been granted an immediate release from his Leicestershire contract after being at odds with the new coach Pierre de Bruyn

Pierre de Bruyn has warned his Leicestershire players that complacency will not be tolerated under his leadership

Glamorgan's seamers picked up Leicestershire's last eight second-innings wickets for just 85 runs to put the visitors in a strong position to go on and win their Division Two Specsavers County Championship match

As another season enters its closing weeks it needs to be asked how much progress Leicestershire have made

Leicestershire pulled off a late run chase to inflict Essex's first defeat of the season after Clint McKay's eight wickets in the match had opened a route to victory

England bowling prospect Jamie Porter survived a serious bout of the yips to help Essex keep Leicestershire firmly in check at Chelmsford.

Half-centuries from captain Mark Cosgrove and opener Angus Robson helped Leicestershire make good progress in the 60.1 overs possible during the third day of the County Championship match at Grace Road

A career-best one-day knock of 90 from Leicestershire opener Angus Robson, the highest of the match, could not stop Yorkshire completing a 31-run victory over their visitors in the Royal London Cup clash at Headingley

At one minute past one, with lunch looming and Essex's fielders resigned to their fate, Leicestershire's Lewis Hill nudged the single into the covers that consigned to history one of the most ignominious runs of failure in the history of county cricket

Angus Robson struck his first century of the season as Leicestershire ended the second day at Chelmsford as favourites to claim a long-overdue victory.

Leicestershire's quest for a first County Championship victory since September 2012 is set to be extended, but with Ned Eckersley and Angus Robson ushering their team to 202 for 1 the first signs of a team beginning to emerge from hibernation were robustl

Atif Sheikh claimed a hat-trick in only his second County Championship game for Leicestershire as they fought back on the second day against Gloucestershire at Bristol

Angus Robson, the younger brother of England's new opening batsman Sam, and Greg Smith hit run-a-ball centuries as their 221-run second-wicket stand ensured a chastening time in the field for the Indians

Leicestershire's torment has been so acute that the gloom over Grace Road shows no sign of lifting but in Angus Robson there is a flicker of light amidst the despondency.

Leicestershire were the whipping boys too often last season, cast adrift at the foot of Division Two, to contemplate a more daring declaration on the final day against Kent