One-Day Cup: Surrey collapse to agonising one-run defeat at Leicestershire

Harry Swindells anchored the Leicestershire innings with a career-best List A knock

Leicestershire fought back to claim a thrilling one-run win at home after a spectacular late Surrey collapse.

Chasing a rain-revised target of 227, Surrey needed just three runs from five balls with three wickets in hand.

But Rikki Clarke (82) fell lbw to Ben Mike (3-34) who bowled Matt Dunn with the penultimate ball after Dan Moriarty was run out as Surrey fell just short.

Earlier Harry Swindells (75) and Arron Lilley (41) helped the Foxes post 253-9 from their 50 overs.

Leicestershire’s second win of the campaign moved them off the bottom of Group One up to seventh, while Surrey stayed sixth.

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Group standings

After Lilley plundered four boundaries and two sixes in an entertaining 28-ball innings, Cameron Steel (4-33) ripped through the Leicestershire top order.

He removed Lewis Hill, George Rhodes, Louis Kimber and then the key wicket of opener Swindells to reduce the hosts to 177-6.

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