{"id":773873,"date":"2026-09-17T18:34:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/773873\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T18:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:34:30","slug":"county-championship-leicestershire-hit-with-27-point-deduction-and-5000-fine-for-breaching-pitch-regulations-sky-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/773873\/","title":{"rendered":"County Championship: Leicestershire hit with 27-point deduction and \u00a35,000 fine for breaching pitch regulations &#8211; Sky Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-AFBVV95cUxOa3lfUGtwazNISDFEUGEtMlctSFJLUFpIUzRxM254N1Bha0FmU3h6aUlWNTQ1LXVXdG9LZHh0ZmZlQUN6R043VC1pdU0ycXBGdEN4bzRWQkJ3V1lISUVmYzNLWmhkbTYyYnBKdnRJR1F2TW1OZm9uQ1J5RjhtN3JvRVkwcXBjaTRvdVZZRTNTbnk5QmI2VjE3SWU3Z3B6RldhOEJkTFA1ZVprOUlaOWhZdTNjTWhpS0hWNkRYVGJaNjIzNXdnLUxyWmpna1BFVmxyOE0xTWNsbDR5aktKa3N0elc5SHIzQ2t1R0laTDgycVRwTms2MnlhNg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">County Championship: Leicestershire hit with 27-point deduction and \u00a35,000 fine for breaching pitch regulations<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiakFVX3lxTE96SE1BQkFLckVZWkU3Z1ZhaG1XS29qQ2hnTnlZTk56cmRoam16STlXZm5oYWdETk1xOU9nY2RQMVdSTWZsT1JJM3AxdUFhVUFfSGQ4SENTR25DdkVwM21sR0hYR3Vrb25fUkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leicestershire deducted 27 points and on brink of relegation from County Championship Division One<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6gFBVV95cUxQdFhCU1ZMZXpBcFB2eUtFY1dUc1BFczFWdm9qMC1PVlVwOUNYcmxTUTFEVzZmaExucUpuTk01QWhfeG83dzktZTc4NDNXdkh6LTh2YlR3NzJXTDNGelNUdWRMeWhwTGN6UUtxV1pQV3oyMkk4Y2tEbFc1UU11WGlHaEM4aVNNWU0zSW93dnB5a0hpYWJxcXQtc1pYWjZLUmJTamhDSGZaX2Y1QW9TYmNabWNtNHJTWHRSR0NrSUZvZDh3QjN5bktPZGZXU1U4eHV2Q3Nodjdhb2plMllsd3lBSGpZN29RSXg5UHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leicestershire facing relegation over pitch penalty, and more: County Championship cricket, day three \u2013 live<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTE9YdEwtQ1c5WkVqZ1VieTVQY29zR0lUUk1lQ2E3dDcyVVJLdU1CNU1NMVE2QlFnQm9WTngxeGpoenZsaldZenpiaHZIN29aRnU2SHVXVWFYLXNNQkxwS25xYlVEbkJnMzkzcFl2UXE2dVFraVdKVlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Club Statement: Glamorgan Pitch<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Leicestershire County Cricket Club<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxPVF9CcmJZUzNkeFVqQ2hiVzhxMG4zOFI1eS1PbjVJM0h4ZXhOX19MTDZJWWF6NkU4VGtNQWc5Sm9QSTNTS044VWJEQk5LbnBWXzNiODJyMGdWS1o0OGN1c1NTQ1J6Z2xyZXdZWjMxNTB5eFUyWTFwRjM5QWdyYlpYeHNuRm11NFMtcFUwRk52WWEzMFhqWm5Ia01tZzFOMFpyLVN6N0QydjI0R1BCbGF3eVhjZGdoMW1hdzg5YnlvOVhpQTll?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leicestershire blame Sourav Ganguly biopic for 27-point pitch penalty<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"County Championship: Leicestershire hit with 27-point deduction and \u00a35,000 fine for breaching pitch regulations&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky SportsLeicestershire deducted 27 points&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-773873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}