du Toit and Nixon score well in Seconds win

Date: Tuesday 17 May 2011

Jacques du Toit and Paul Nixon both scored in excess of 70 as Leicestershire Seconds registered an excellent 39-run Second XI Trophy win at Durham.

du Toit (77) and Nixon (72) were the top-scorers as Leicestershire posted 247-5 in their 40 overs at the Emirates Durham ICG, which is the new name for the Riverside ground.

Ned Eckersley chipped in with an unbeaten 24 and it proved too much for Durham, who were all out for 208 in their reply.

All-rounder Nathan Hawkes excelled with 5-36 as the team registered their second Trophy win of the season.

Leicestershire have also beaten Derbyshire in the competition but lost to Warwickshire and Lancashire.