WATCH: Lancashire Awarded Five Penalty Runs After A 'Dangerous' Throw From Dieter Klein Hits The Batsman

In a controversial incident during a Bob Willis Trophy First-Class fixture between Leicestershire and Lancashire, a five-run penalty to awarded to the latter after Leicestershire seamer Dieter Klein hit batsman Danny Lamb with a dangerous overthrow.

Domestic cricket returned to England this past week with county teams locking horns in the one-off Bob Willis Trophy. The controversial incident in the Leicestershire-Lancashire happened on Sunday when left-arm bowler Dieter Klein hurled a dangerous throw at batsman Danny Lamb [27], who had played the full-length delivery straight to Klien.

Klien picked the ball and threw the batsman hitting him as he hopped off towards square leg. Lancashire, as a result, was awarded five penalty runs for the incident. According to the clause 42.3.1, “throwing the ball at a player…in an inappropriate manner or dangerous manner” is deemed a Level-2 offense and a 5-run penalty is charged.

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A five-run penalty is handed to Leicestershire for this incident with Dieter Klein

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Leicestershire in firm control of proceedings against Lancashire

As far as the match is concerned, Leicestershire has taken a firm grip on the proceedings. Riding on a brilliant 172 from Ben Slater and an equally brilliant 94 from skipper Colin Ackermann, Leicestershire went on to declare their innings at 8-409 in response to Lancashire’s 322 in the first innings.

Earlier Lancashire batted first and on the back of a 5th 130-run-stand between Dane Vilas [90 off 125 balls] and Steven Croft [63] recovered from an abysmal position of 4-97 to eventually post 322. Dieter Klein [3-81] was the pick of the bowlers for his team. At the time of writing, Lancashire had already lost opener Keaton Jennings for 8 and they still 37 runs in arrears.

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