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Leicestershire's Sol Budinger hits out at Nathan Sowter during the Vitality T20 Blast North Group match between Durham County Cricket Club and Leicestershire Foxes at the Banks Homes Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, UK on 24 May 2026.
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The Curious Case of Sol Budinger: What’s Going On At Leicestershire?

The Foxes are struggling in both of the opening formats of the game so far this season and one of the suggestions around their struggles is selection,...

29.05.26, 12:39 Updated 29.05.26, 12:39 3 Minute Read

Andy Moore

Andy Moore

At the start of pre-season, Sol Budinger looked unstoppable, he was one of Leicestershire’s standout performers during the early pre-season matches. There was a sense that this was going to be the season where he established himself as one of the Foxes’ key players across all formats.

Instead, the exact opposite has happened.

Budinger has drifted in and out of the side, appeared short of confidence, and now finds himself in the strange position of seemingly being overlooked despite often outperforming some of the players being picked ahead of him.

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