Cliff inspires Foxes to victory

NatWest Pro40 D2, Grace Road:
Leicestershire 183-8 bt Derbyshire 177 by six runs

Match scorecard

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Sam Cliff claimed career-best bowling figures as a youthful Leicestershire side beat Derbyshire by six runs with an over to spare in their Pro40 clash.

The seamer, 20, took 4-26 as the Phantoms were dismissed for 177 after Leicestershire had posted 183-9.

Teenager James Taylor top scored for the Foxes with 43no, striking two fours and two sixes in his 42-ball stay.

Derbyshire came close to snatching a win, with Chris Rogers making 61, but Cliff (4-26) ensured they fell short.

Tom New, on loan at Derbyshire from Leicestershire, also did well - scoring an unbeaten 36 with the bat and taking three catches behind the stumps - but it was not enough.

The win - Leicestershire's first of the Pro40 campaign - sees the Foxes leapfrog Derbyshire in the table but leaves both sides still in the bottom three.