Dinesh Mongia was dimissed for a first-ball duck as Leicestershire struggled to overtake Lancashire's first inning's score in a Division Two match of the County Championship at Grace Road, Leicester on Thursday.

Responding to Lancashire's first innings score of 291, the home side had a good start before the loss of four wickets, including that of Mongia, in quick succession put them in a hole.

Openers Tom New (50) and Darren Maddy (20) helped Leicestershire give a strong reply adding 69 for the first wicket before they slumped to 78 for four.

Maddy, J K Maunders and Mongia departed for the addition of just nine runs with Glen Chapple taking the first wicket and Lancashire's Australian import Andrew Symonds [Images] accounting for the other two.

Mongia, who had bowled five overs without success in Lancashire's first innings, was out leg before to Symonds.