One-Day Cup: Josh Cobb hits 86 against Leicestershire

Josh Cobb joined Northants from Leicestershire at the end of the 2014 season

Royal London One-Day Cup, Northampton

Northants 244-9 (50 overs): Cobb 86, Keogh 50; McKay 3-36

Leicestershire 189 (44.3 overs): Eckersley 71, N O'Brien 34; Stone 3-36, Crook 3-38

Northants won by 55 runs

Match scorecard

Northants opener Josh Cobb struck 86 to set up a 55-run One-Day Cup win over Leicestershire at Northampton.

Cobb hit 10 fours against his former county and shared half-century stands with Ben Duckett and Richard Keogh (50) as the hosts made 244-9.

Leicestershire's Ned Eckersley took the visitors to 146-4, but fell for 71 when he was caught by Cobb off Steven Crook.

The rest of the tail then folded to 189 all out as pacemen Crook and Olly Stone starred with three wickets each.

Stone ripped through Leicestershire's top order to reduce them to 7-3, before Crook picked up vital wickets in the middle order, including Niall O'Brien for 34.