Warwickshire have only one win, alongside three defeats and seven ‘drawn’ games. WAS are coming off their only win in the tournament by a margin of an innings and 21 runs against Kent.
Preview
Two teams in the middle of the points table, ‘number 5’ Worcestershire and ‘number 6’ Warwickshire will lock horns in the 60th match of the ongoing County Championship Division One 2024. The game will be played at the County Ground in New Road, Worcester. It will be a crucial game for both teams to strengthen their chances in contention for the tournament’s knockout stage.
Worcestershire are in the fifth spot of the tournament standings, with only three wins and three defeats, including five draws in the 11 games they have played. They currently have 134 points to their name. Notably, Worcestershire are coming off three successive wins, alongside a defeat and a ‘drawn’ game.
On the other hand, Warwickshire have only one win, alongside three defeats and seven ‘drawn’ games. WAS are coming off their only win in the tournament by a margin of an innings and 21 runs against Kent. A win in this match will help them stay alive in the race for the knockout stage of the tournament.
Match Information
Worcestershire vs Warwickshire, 60th Match
Vitality County Championship Division One, 9 Sep 2024, Mon, 3:00 PM IST ,Worcester
Probable PlayingXI
Worcestershire
JD Libby, AJ Hose, RP Jones, Kashif Ali, Nathan Smith, BL D’Oliveira(C), TAI Taylor, GH Roderick, J Leach, AW Finch, A Virdi
Bench:OB Cox, Azhar Ali, EJ Pollock, JA Haynes, Taylor Cornall, MJ Waite, JC Tongue, Ben Gibbon, DY Pennington, JA Brooks, Josh Baker, Henry Cullen, Olly Cox, Rehaan Edavalath, JJ Cobb, Jason Holder, Ethan Brookes, Y Singh, H Darley, Ben Allison, Shoaib Bashir, James Hartshorn
Warwickshire
SR Hain, RM Yates, Michael Booth, Jacob Bethell, EG Barnard, WMH Rhodes, AL Davies(C), MGK Burgess, C Rushworth, OJ Hannon-Dalby, MD Rae
Bench:Chris Benjamin, Muhammad Hamza Shaikh, Amir Khan-I, Dan Mousley, Kraigg Brathwaite, MM Ali, Chris Woakes, Ethan Brookes, GJ Maxwell, Dom Bess, DR Briggs, Manraj Johal, Che Simmons, Hasan Ali, HJH Brookes, LC Norwell, CN Miles, George Garrett, JB Lintott, GHS Garton, Aamer Jamal, Jake Lintott, Amir Khan
Injury News- Will be added when there is an update.
Weather Report- Moderate Rain
Win Prediction- Worcestershire
Pitch Condition- Balanced
Avg 1st Inning Score- 256
Pitch Report
Captains- 9
Alex Davies WAS | wk
Warwickshire’s Alex Davies has been in a brilliant run of form with the bat in the current edition of the tournament. He has scored 966 runs in 18 innings, including an unbeaten appearance. Davies has an average of 56.82, alongside four centuries and a half-century.
Worcestershire’s pace-bowling all-rounder, Joe Leach has scalped 22 wickets in 16 innings of the 9 matches he has played. It also includes his best performance of ‘6 wickets at the cost of 52 runs in a match.’
Avoid Player Message- 8
Ethan Brookes- WAS | BOWL- 6.5
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