Yuzvendra Chahal takes four wickets as Northants bowl out Leicestershire for 203 and then reach 134-3 in reply on day one at Wantage Road.
Spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Rob Keogh combined to share seven wickets and give Northamptonshire the upper hand on the opening day of their County Championship game against Leicestershire.
Opener Sol Budinger's 56 was the only score of note for Leicestershire, who opted to bat after winning the toss but struggled to get to grips with the home spinners. Rishi Patel fell to Saif Zaib's low catch at point off Jack White before Ian Holland batted almost an hour for 12 until he was bowled by Chahal's third ball.
Louis Kimber nudged Ben Sanderson behind, Rehan Ahmed belted Chahal for two sixes in his quickfire 30, but picked out the long-off fielder when he tried it a third time, before Ben Cox swung and missed to provide the spinner with another wicket.
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