Gloucestershire and director of cricket John Bracewell have agreed to go their separate ways at the end of next month.
New Zealander Bracewell will be replaced by a head coach, who Gloucestershire expect to be in place before the end of January.
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Leicestershire’s former director of cricket Phil Whitticase has left the club, ending a 31-year association with the county.
The 49-year-old started out at Grace Road as a teenage wicketkeeper and made his debut in 1984, the start of a 12-year playing career, spanning 132 first-class matches.
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Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin is in a race to be fit for the Test series against India after being ruled out of Australia’s one-day series against South Africa.
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Pakistan trainer Waqar Younis has warned his team to brace themselves for a backlash from Australia in the 2nd Test on Thursday.
The Aussies endured a jolt 221-run defeat in the very first Test in Dubai on Sunday.
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Leicestershire fast bowler Charlie Shreck has signed a new one-year contract at Grace Road.
Veteran Shreck, 36, took 57 wickets across all formats in his first season with the club after joining them from Kent.
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Leicestershire batsman Matthew Boyce and quick bowler Ollie Freckingham have agreed new contracts with all the team.
Boyce has signed a one-year expansion which keeps him at Grace Road until at least the end of next season and Freckingham has signed the same expansion which keeps him at the team before the conclusion of 2016.
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Captain Josh Cobb has become the most recent player to leave Leicestershire after he signed a two-year contract with Northamptonshire.
Cobb’s departure from Grace Road follows those of allrounder Shiv Thakor and seamer Nathan Buck in recent weeks.
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Jesse Ryder claimed career-best first class bowling figures to keep Essex in competition for promotion to the initial day of their LV= County Championship Division Two match against Leicestershire at Grace Road.
The underside-of-the-table hosts were dismissed for 138 in 36.4 overs, with New Zealand allrounder Ryder taking 5-50.
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Leicestershire are to release seamer Anthony Ireland and top-order batsman Michael Thornely at the end of this season.
Zimbabwe-born Ireland, 30, is departing Grace Road despite finishing as the club’s leading wicket-taker in the NatWest t20 Blast in his two years at the club, with 32 wickets at an average of 16.90, including a best of 5-22 at Derbyshire.
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