Leicestershire charged by ECB over pitch breach
The ECB has charged Leicestershire with breaching Pitch Regulations after their Grace Road surface against Glamorgan was reported; the Cricket Discipline Panel will now rule.
Leicestershire have been charged by the ECB with breaching the Pitch Regulations after officials reported the surface used against Glamorgan at Grace Road at the end of August.
The case now goes to the independent Cricket Discipline Panel, which said it would rule "as quickly as appropriately as possible" given the ramifications.
Elsewhere on day one, Nottinghamshire have signed New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Mitchell Hay for their last three matches after Kyle Verreynne was recalled by South Africa. Essex go into their game short-handed, missing Simon Harmer, also recalled by South Africa, along with Sam Cook and Jordan Cox on England duty and Charlie Bennett and Noah Thain through injury; they have brought in teenager Jack Auld on a rookie contract.
Warwickshire's Che Simmons has joined Gloucestershire on loan for the rest of the season, ahead of a planned permanent move.
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