26/07Result

County Championship Division Two at Cheltenham, Jul 26-29 2023

WorcestershireWorcestershireWORCS
406 & 316/8d
GloucestershireGloucestershireGLOUC
301 & 311 (87.1 ov)

Worcs won by 110 runs

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Worcestershire seamers battle to victory despite Taylor-made resistance

Brothers Jack and Matt fight in eighth-wicket stand but Gloucestershire succumb in final hour

Match Centre

Match Details

College Ground, Cheltenham

Series

County Championship Division Two 2023

Toss

Gloucestershire , elected to field first

Season

2023

Match days

26,27,28,29 July 2023 (4-day match)

Umpires

Martin Saggers

Jack Shantry

Match Referee

Simon Hinks

Points

Worcestershire 23, Gloucestershire 5

Scorecard Summary

87.1

Pennington to van Meekeren, OUT,

PA van Meekeren b Pennington 7 (24m 20b 1x4 0x6) SR: 35.00

END OF OVER:
87 | 10 Runs | GLOUC: 311/9

Matt Taylor49 (124b)
Paul van Meekeren7 (19b)

Adam Finch18-2-83-4
Dillon Pennington20-4-63-3

86.6

Finch to MD Taylor, no run,

86.5

Finch to MD Taylor, FOUR,

86.4

Finch to MD Taylor, no run,

86.3

Finch to MD Taylor, FOUR,

86.2

Finch to MD Taylor, 2 runs,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Worcestershire seamers battle to victory despite Taylor-made resistance
Brothers Jack and Matt fight in eighth-wicket stand but Gloucestershire succumb in final hour
Worcestershire cruise as Jake Libby hundred puts visitors in control
Gloucestershire concede 105-run lead despite Ollie Price's century
Prices show their value as Joe Phillips guides Gloucestershire revival
Young batters show their mettle in response to weighty first innings from Worcestershire
Brett D'Oliveira rescues promotion-chasing Worcestershire
Gloucestershire strike early before D'Oliveira, Roderick and Waite's half-centuries

Gloucs INNINGS		R	B
JP Phillips	caught	26	40
CDJ Dent	caught	24	28
OJ Price	caught	14	36
MAH Hammond	bowled	64	106
JR Bracey	caught wk	19	64
TJ Price	caught wk	0	5
JMR Taylor	bowled	98	91
Zafar Gohar	bowled	5	7
MD Taylor	not out	49	124
Zaman Akhter	caught	0	2
PA van Meekeren	bowled	7	20
EXTRAS	(pen 5)
TOTAL	311 (all out; 87.1 ovs)

Worcs BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Leach	22.0	4	57	2	2.59
DY Pennington	20.1	4	63	4	3.12
AW Finch	18.0	2	83	4	4.61
MJ Waite	12.0	4	35	0	2.91
JO Baker	13.0	0	66	0	5.07
BL D'Oliveira	2.0	1	2	0	1.00

Gloucs 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	37	CDJ Dent	JP Phillips
2nd	22	OJ Price	JP Phillips
3rd	17	MAH Hammond	OJ Price
4th	53	MAH Hammond	JR Bracey
5th	1	MAH Hammond	TJ Price
6th	44	JMR Taylor	MAH Hammond
7th	16	JMR Taylor	Zafar Gohar
8th	95	JMR Taylor	MD Taylor
9th	0	MD Taylor	Zaman Akhter
10th	26	PA van Meekeren	MD Taylor

County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
DURH	14	7	1	6	233
WORCS	14	5	3	6	167
SUSS	14	3	1	10	150
LEICS	14	3	4	7	142
GLAM	14	1	1	12	139
DERBS	14	0	4	10	113
YORKS	14	3	2	8	109
GLOUC	14	0	6	7	97

College Ground, Cheltenham

Series

Toss

Season

Match days

Umpires

Match Referee

Points

WORCESTERSHIRE 406(90.5 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

GLOUCESTERSHIRE 301(107.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

WORCESTERSHIRE 316/8d(70.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

GLOUCESTERSHIRE 311(87.1 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:87 | 10 Runs | GLOUC: 311/9

Worcestershire seamers battle to victory despite Taylor-made resistance

Worcestershire cruise as Jake Libby hundred puts visitors in control

Prices show their value as Joe Phillips guides Gloucestershire revival

Brett D'Oliveira rescues promotion-chasing Worcestershire

WORCESTERSHIRE 406(90.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

GLOUCESTERSHIRE 301(107.4 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

WORCESTERSHIRE 316/8d(70.2 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

GLOUCESTERSHIRE 311(87.1 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
87 | 10 Runs | GLOUC: 311/9