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- Leicestershire County Cricket Club has been fined £5,000 (about Rs 6.43 lakh) and handed a 27-point penalty after the Grace Road pitch was rated 'poor' in a County Championship match against Glamorgan in August.
- The penalty includes losing the 19 points Leicestershire earned from the match, an eight-point deduction, and eight more suspended points until the end of the 2027 season.
- Head groundsman Callum Lewin cited factors beyond his control, including 35-degree heat and an unscheduled Bollywood film shoot for Sourav Ganguly's biopic four days before the game.
- The Cricket Discipline Panel rejected the film shoot as a mitigating factor because it lasted only one day, and found the club's pitch preparation 'unreasonable' though not deliberate.
- The deduction threatens Leicestershire's Division One status as the club fights relegation, with an appeal possible within 10 working days.
What to watch next
- Whether Leicestershire appeals the Cricket Discipline Panel's decision within 10 working days.
- The outcome of Leicestershire's ongoing Division One match against Hampshire and its relegation chances.
- Whether the suspended eight-point penalty is triggered before the end of the 2027 season.
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Callum Lewin
Leicestershire head groundsman
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“We also had an unscheduled Bollywood filming event four days before (the match vs Glamorgan), and I wasn't allowed to work on the pitch. I wasn't allowed to cover it or anything.”
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…this time around. We had two T20s on it 10 weeks ago. There were a lot of circumstances leading up to the game that were just out of my control, such as the weather was 35 degrees," Lewin told the Cricket Regulator. " We also had an unscheduled Bollywood filming event four days before (the match vs Glamorgan), and I wasn't allowed to work on the pitch. I wasn't allowed to cover it or anything. " However, the panel rejected the filming as a mitigating factor, noting that the shoot lasted only one day. The pitch later produced uneven bounce because of moving cracks, with match referee Ian Ramage recording 43…
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Named United Kingdom · Glamorgan · Hampshire · Leicestershire County Cricket Club · Callum Lewin · Cricket Discipline Panel · Ian Ramage · Sourav Ganguly
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