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Klein doesn't see the point - and neither do Leicestershire

[ad_1] Leicestershire 381 (Horton 66, Ackermann 65, Reece 3-64) drew with Derbyshire 251 for 8 dec ( Wilson 64) Scorecard A final day battle for bonus points ended with both Leicestershire and Derbyshire satisfied with their return from a match which saw the first seven sessions lost to the weather. An entertaining morning's cricket saw Leicestershire add 114 to their overnight score but miss out on a fifth batting bonus point as Derbyshire picked up five wickets. Resuming on 267-5, Neil Dexter and Ned Eckersley scored quickly in extending their sixth wicket partnership to 82, with Dexter lofting leg-spinner Matt Critchley high over extra cover for six before leaving a delivery from fellow South African Duanne Olivier that knocked his off-stump out of the ground. Eckersley went on to his half-century, made from 121 deliveries, before pulling Ravi Rampaul hard to midwicket, where 12th man Callum Broderick held the catch at the second attempt. Ben Raine hit eight boundaries in goin...