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Division One Liverpool Victoria County Championship 2015
Warwickshire CCC v Worcestershire CCC
at Edgbaston 9-12th May 2015
Umpires:
M. Saggers & D Millns
Toss won by:
Worcestershire who chose to field
WARWICKSHIRE CCC
1st INNINGS
2nd INNINGS
V. Chopra *
c Mitchell
b Leach
3
c Cox †
b Ali
107
I. Westwood
lbw
b Leach
8
c Cox †
b Shantry
12
W. Porterfield
c Cox †
b Shantry
29
c Fell
b Senanayake
4
L. Evans
c Shantry
b Leach
50
c Mitchell
b Leach
16
S. Hain
lbw b Leach
82
0
T. Ambrose †
b Leach
1
5
c Shantry
b Leach
6
R. Clarke
c Ali
b Morris
39
6
c and
b Morris
1
K. Barker
c Cox †
b Morris
21
7
lbw
b Ali
43
J. Patel
c Cox †
b Morris
9
st Cox †
b Senanayake
8
C. Wright
c Cox †
b Morris
16
8
not out
61
B. Rankin
not out
0
10
not out
56
Extras
(1 b 5 lb 2 nb)
8
Extras
(7 lb)
7
Total
(10 wkts, 101.3 overs)
264
Total
(8 wkts dec, 109 overs)
321
Wkts:
1-9, 2-20, 3-53, 4-140, 5-142, 6-215, 7-215, 8-231, 9-258, 10-264
Wkts:
1-30, 2-60, 3-106, 4-124, 5-125, 6-191, 7-196, 8-207
O
M
R
W
O
M
R
W
Morris
27
5
79
3
Morris
27
8
73
1
Leach
26.3
6
73
6
Leach
24
4
61
2
Shantry
26
9
46
1
Shantry
13
2
31
1
Senanayake
14
2
39
0
Senanayake
21
3
63
2
Ali
8
1
21
0
Ali
21
1
66
2
Mitchell
2
0
8
0
Kervezee
1
0
12
0
WORCESTERSHIRE CCC
1st INNINGS
2nd INNINGS
D. Mitchell *
run out
(Wright)
1
c Clarke
b Rankin
38
R. Oliver
c Westwood
b Wright
13
c Evans
b Patel
33
M. Ali
lbw
b Wright
1
c Ambrose †
b Barker
33
T. Fell
c Clarke
b Wright
36
5
lbw
b Patel
33
A. Gidman
b Barker
0
6
lbw
b Patel
12
A. Kervezee
c Westwood
b Barker
9
7
c Evans
b Clarke
3
O. Cox †
lbw
b Clarke
45
8
c Ambrose † b Patel
44
J. Leach
c sub (Lewis)
b Barker
18
9
not out
29
J. Shantry
c Ambrose †
b Clarke
2
10
c Ambrose † b Rankin
0
S. Senanayake
c Chopra
b Rankin
15
11
c Chopra
b Barker
6
C. Morris
not out
0
4
c Clarke
b Barker
2
Extras
(1 lb 8 nb)
9
Extras
(6 lb 16 nb)
22
Total
(10 wkts, 42.5 overs)
149
Total
(10 wkts, 83 overs)
255
Wkts:
1-2, 2-15, 3-24, 4-27, 5-49, 6-93, 7-132, 8-132, 9-137, 10-149
Wkts:
1-52, 2-88, 3-100, 4-147, 5-147, 6-160, 7-188, 8-216, 9-223, 10-255
O
M
R
W
O
M
R
W
Barker
15
1
43
3
Barker
19
5
42
3
Wright
13
3
60
3
Wright
12
2
38
0
Clarke
9
2
15
2
Patel
22
7
69
4
Rankin
5.5
1
30
1
Clarke
13
5
38
1
Rankin
17
2
62
2
Match Result: Warwickshire won by 181 runs. Warwickshire 21 points, Worcestershire 3 points.
Losing the toss and being put into bat at Edgbaston,
Warwickshire found progress difficult, losing both openers,
Chopra and Westwood in the first hour of play followed by
Porterfield before lunch when they were 70-3.
Evans completed his first Championship fifty since 2013
before pulling Leach to mid-on while Ambrose’s inside edge
removed his middle stump off the same bowler. Hain became
Leach’s fifth victim in the second over with the new ball after
making a confident eighty two.
Both Clarke and Patel quickly followed to the bowling of
Morris but Barker and Wright managed to take Warwickshire to
stumps on 258-8.
Next morning Worcestershire mopped up the remaining two
wickets for the addition of just six runs with Leach returning a
career best of 6-73.
The Worcestershire reply faltered from the start, after Wright
deflected Oliver’s drive into the non-striker’s stumps to run out
Mitchell he then removed Ali and Oliver while Barker yorked
Gidman for a duck and had Kervezee caught in the gulley by
Porterfield.
Five wickets down at lunch, Worcestershire’s brief resistance
from Fell and Cox was swept away by the seam attack of Wright,
Barker, Clarke and Rankin as they were dismissed for 149 from
just 42.5 overs.
By the close Warwickshire were 105-2, but Evans 16 edged
to second slip off Leach in the third over of the third morning
and with Hain absent with a dislocated shoulder, Ambrose 6
and Clarke 1, moved up the order but fell cheaply to Leach and
Morris as Warwickshire slipped to 125-5.
Barker 43 joined Chopra who completed his second century
of the season just before lunch, but then edged Ali to Cox first
ball after the break for 107.
Patel was stumped but an unbroken ninth wicket partnership
between Wright 61* and Rankin 55* his maiden half century,
added 114 before Warwickshire declared at tea setting
Worcestershire a target of 437 to win.
In the final session of the day, Worcestershire lost Oliver 33,
miscuing Patel and just before stumps. Moeen Ali was caught
behind off Barker for thirty three with Worcestershire closing the
day on 88-2.
On the final day night-watchman, Morris went early, but
Mitchell and Fell batted solidly until they fell within the space of
three deliveries immediately before lunch.
Patel 4-69 and Barker 3-42 did the most damage and with
Rankin and Clarke collecting wickets, combined with some smart
catching, Worcestershire’s resistance fell away and Warwickshire
ran out comfortable winners by 181 runs before tea.
