The deduction has dropped Leicestershire to the bottom of the table during their penultimate fixture against Hampshire. The club have lost the 19 points earned from the Glamorgan match and received an additional eight-point penalty, along with a £5,000 fine, leaving their survival hopes hanging by a thread.
An unscheduled Bollywood film shoot at Uptonsteel Grace Road four days before the match prevented the grounds team from covering the pitch for around eight hours.
Leicestershire had also tried to recreate the surface used in their win over Yorkshire in June. However, the pitch used against Glamorgan had already hosted two T20 matches in the previous 10 weeks and had been exposed to two months of unusually warm weather, leaving the soil drier and more prone to cracking.
Match Referee Records 43 Examples of Uneven Bounce
The pitch had around 3 mm of grass at both ends and 16 mm in the middle. Leicestershire used the shorter grass at the ends to assist the spinners while leaving a greener middle for the seamers. However, the drier soil made the surface different from the one used against Yorkshire.
“A bit drier than what we wanted,” Thomas said.
Leicestershire Given 27-Point Deduction as Club Considers Appeal
The Cricket Discipline Panel upheld the charge against Leicestershire and imposed an eight-point sanction. The club also lost all 19 points earned from their victory over Glamorgan, taking the total deduction to 27 points.
“The tribunal also takes into account Leicestershire's full co-operation with the Cricket Regulator's investigation, the fact that there was no intention to deliberately create a pitch with uneven bounce and the extreme weather conditions which do amount to some mitigation. This was not a case of cheating,” the judgment stated.
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