Published: May 25, 2016, 02:47 AM (IST)
Edited: May 25, 2016, 03:18 AM (IST)
Worcestershire bowled out Leicestershire for 43 in a County Championship Division Two match at Grace Road on Tuesday. Playing at home, Leicestershire had put up 316 (Paul Horton, Angus Robson and Neil Dexter all got fifties, while Mark Pettini scored 49). They even secured a 42-run lead. But the new-ball pair of Matt Henry (4 for 27) and Joe Leach (4 for 10) bowled unchanged for 25, skittling out Leicestershire for a paltry 43. Niall O’Brien (17) scored a chunk of the runs, Pettini (7) being the second-highest scorer of the innings. Once that was done, they proceeded to knock of the 86-run target inside 16 overs, winning comfortably by 7 wickets. Read: When 10 players took catches in a First-Class innings
Lowest scores by any side against Worcestershire
| Score | Team | Venue | Season |
| 30 | Hampshire | New Road | 1903 |
| 31 | Hampshire | Bournemouth | 1965 |
| 43 | Leicestershire | Grace Road | 2016 |
| 47 | Sussex | New Road | 1903 |
| 49 | Oxford | New Road | 1937 |
Leicestershire, of course, has had a rather illustrious track record when it comes to low scores. They have scored less than 43 as many as twenty times (along with two 43s), but since World War II things have not been as bad. In fact, this has been their second-lowest score since 1968. Earlier, in 2011, they were bowled out for 34 by Essex.
Lowest scores by Leicestershire against any side
| Score | Against | Venue | Season |
| 33 | Glamorgan | Ebbw Vale | 1965 |
| 34 | Essex | Southend-on-Sea | 2011 |
| 36 | Derbyshire | Loughborough | 1965 |
| 37 | Lancashire | Grace Road | 1960 |
| 40 | Sussex | Hove | 1960 |
| 40 | Glamorgan | Grace Road | 1965 |
| 42 | Sussex | Grace Road | 1960 |
| 43 | Northamptonshire | Peterborough | 1968 |
| 43 | Worcestershire | Grace Road | 2016 |
Note: Leicestershire’s previous lowest score against Worcestershire was 52, at New Road in 1965. At home, their lowest against Worcestershire was 70, at Aylestone Road in 1912.
