leicestershire have announced the signing of australian batsman mark cosgrove as club captain on a two year contract the 30 year old left hander, who has a british passport, will be available in all competitions and links back up with south australia and sydney thunder team mate andrew mcdonald, who is the new leicestershire head coach cosgrove has played county cricket before, having spent three full seasons at glamorgan, and represented australia in three one day internationals in 2006 mark cosgrove in action for the sydney thunder against hobart hurricanes in january  cosgrove is returning to county cricket for the 2015 season as captain of leicestershire  leicestershire chief executive wasim khan said: 'we are delighted to sign a player of mark's calibre, quality and experience 'he will be a fantastic captain for us and we look forward to mark having a huge influence on us in 2015' batsman ned eckersley has been named as vice captain for the 2015 season as leicestershire continue to ring the changes following a forgettable few years which has seen them fail to win an lv= county championship match since 2012
mark cosgrove leicestershire two year australian andrew mcdonald south australia sydney thunder cosgrove glamorgan three full seasons
mark cosgrove joins leicestershire as club captain on two year contract . australian batsman links back up with head coach andrew mcdonald . the pair were team mates at south australia and sydney thunder . cosgrove played for glamorgan for three full seasons 