Northamptonshire ended a run of 20 LV= County Championship matches without a win after beating Leicestershire by 92 runs at Grace Road.
Resuming on 44 for one in pursuit of a 376 victory target, the hosts lost three wickets in the first hour of play and, on a pitch that continued to offer occasional assistance to the seamers, never genuinely threatened to get close to their target.
Rory Kleinveldt was the pick of the bowlers for Northamptonshire with four for 87 although Mohammad Azharullah was a valuable presence, chipping in with three scalps.
It was Azharullah who got the first breakthrough of the morning by knocking out the off-stump of Angus Robson, who made 32, with a delivery that straightened off the seam.
Captain Mark Cosgrove was then given out lbw for two to Olly Stone, a decision that surprised the left-handed batsman, who may have thought the ball was going over the stumps.
There were no such doubts about the decision to send Neil Pinner on his way, however, Azharullah switching ends to trap the batsman plumb in front for 12, leaving Leicestershire on 93 for four.
Ned Eckersley and Niall O'Brien put together a partnership of 59 for the fifth wicket, but Northants struck again before lunch, Kleinveldt ending Eckersley's 111-ball innings of 37 with an in-swinger that won another leg before decision.
Tom Wells became the fourth lbw victim of the day when he was beaten by Kleinveldt's in-swinger, but O'Brien played with characteristic fluency in going to his half-century, hitting eight fours before inside-edging a Kleinveldt delivery onto his stumps to depart for 58.
Ben Raine was caught behind driving at Azharullah, but Leicestershire's newly arrived overseas player Clint McKay hit out to good effect, as he had in the Foxes' first innings, before top edging a hook off Kleinveldt into the hands of deep backward square-leg.
Ollie Freckingham and Charlie Shreck ensured Leicestershire's defeat would be by less than 100 before the latter went caught behind off Kleinveldt.
Source: PA
