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NOW into its fifth season, this 20-overs-each competition has rapidly become one of the most avidly supported and exciting cricket tournaments in the country, drawing in huge crowds as fans leave work and Grace Road is expected to be full to capacity this evening as the title-holders begin their defence of the crown. Having won this trophy twice in the past four years (with wicket-keeping batsman Paul Nixon, pictured, playing a crucial role) the Foxes are not only the current champions, but also the nation's masters in this event. If only the same could be said about them in the County Championship and Pro40 League they languish in the second division in both.
TWENTY20 CRICKET: LEICESTERSHIRE FOXES V YORKSHIRE PHOENIX, 5.30pm, Sky Sports 1 LOOK up 'classic' in the dictionary, and Billy Wilder's multi-layered, multi-Oscar-winning comedy will be there. Jaded insurance clerk C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) 'rents' his apartment to his superiors for their secret trysts in return for a promotion that never materialises, until suicidal colleague Miss Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine) who is having a fling with C.C.'s boss, the FILM: THE APARTMENT, 6.35pm, Film4 excellent Fred MacMurray crosses his path. Romantic comedy with a dark heart.See the full content of this document
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