Leicestershire batter Lewis Hill will retire from professional cricket at the end of the season.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old has scored 8,434 runs in 282 appearances across County Championship, One-Day Cup and T20 competitions for the Foxes since emerging from the club’s academy more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n
He has previously captained Leicestershire across multiple formats and was skipper when the club won the One-Day Cup in 2023 – which was Leicestershire’s first List A trophy triumph for 38 years.<\/p>\n
Hill stepped aside as the Foxes’ County Championship captain last season but remained a key part of the side, finishing as the club’s top run scorer in the competition as they won promotion to the top flight as Division Two title winners.<\/p>\n
The Leicester-born batter has announced his intention to call time on his career just days after scoring a century in Leicestershire’s defeat by Essex.<\/a><\/p>\n Hill, who started out as a wicketkeeper-batter, said deciding to retire from the professional game had been “incredibly difficult”.<\/p>\n