Gloucestershire recorded their first LV County Championship win at Bristol since May 2006 as they beat Leicestershire by 10 wickets to go top of Division Two.

The visitors extended their second-innings total from an overnight 243 for six to 331 all out, Carl Crowe making an unbeaten 41 and Jon Lewis taking four for 39.

That left Gloucestershire only 72 to win and they reached their target by 2.31pm on the final day thanks to openers Kadeer Ali (38 not out) and Will Porterfield (32no).

The 21 points gained gave the home side 53 from their first four Championship games, a remarkable effort considering they failed to win a single match in the competition last season. Leicestershire took two points.

Even in 2007, Gloucestershire's only home win came at Gloucester. They had not won in the Championship at their County Ground headquarters since beating Northants on May 12 2006, 17 games ago.

The return of John Bracewell as director of cricket has clearly had a galvanising effect on the team, who have also kicked off their Friends Provident Trophy campaign with three wins.

But they were made to fight by the Leicestershire tail. Crowe hit three fours in facing 79 balls and received particularly good support from Iain O'Brien, who made 31 batting at 10.

The pair added 55 for the ninth wicket after James Taylor had fallen for 35, caught behind trying to withdraw the bat from a short Anthony Ireland delivery, and Andrew Harris drove a sharp return catch to the same bowler.

The two wickets gave Ireland two for 78 and match figures of eight for 109. O'Brien eventually fell to a catch at second slip off Lewis and Steve Kirby ended the innings by cartwheeling the middle stump of last man Alex Wyatt.

Batting conditions were good as Gloucestershire set about reaching their small target and Kadeer and Porterfield soon went on the attack.

Kadeer hit six boundaries and Porterfield four to see their side home. It was Kadeer who hit the winning four in the 16th over of the innings.