Worcestershire Rapids will be looking to extend their formidable home record in List A cricket when they take on Hampshire at Visit Worcestershire New Road on Sunday (August 11).
The Rapids have tasted defeat in 50 over cricket on their own ground just once since the 2022 campaign.
Last summer they overcame Sussex, Gloucestershire and Glamorgan at home with their only setback at the hands of Warwickshire.
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During the current campaign they so far have a 100 per cent win record at New Road after triumphing in impressive style against Middlesex, Durham and Kent.
The Rapids have played an exciting brand of cricket with their young and inexperienced squad and are strongly placed to push for a spot in the knockout stages.
Head Coach Alan Richardson said: “I hadn’t thought about our home record too much but you would like to think you know your own surfaces pretty well and know how to play on them.
“New Road has its own nuances which we know about.
“But the main thing for me is if we can put in as good a performance as we can and then hope the results take care of themselves.
“Whilst recent history says we’ve got a good home record, it also shows we’ve had some really good games of cricket which is exciting for us.”
One Day Cup captain Jake Libby has urged the Rapids to keep playing with belief and confidence ahead of two crucial matches, with a trip to face Lancashire Lightning at Emirates Old Trafford on Wednesday completing the group campaign.
He said: “We are still hopeful of qualification, absolutely, and would certainly have taken the start we’ve had at the beginning of the competition.
“It’s a big few days coming up and by the end of it we would have had four matches in eight days with basically one day in between each game.
“We rested up after Friday and then will go hard because we know that qualification is what we really want.
“It will be a big test for the young lads but that’s professional cricket. It just keeps coming at you.
“I want the guys to keep playing with belief and confidence and I’m sure we can do that.”
Jack Home is set to come back into contention against Hampshire after being rested for the encounter with Somerset at Taunton.
The pace bowler will be looking to continue the form which has brought him 12 wickets from his first three appearances in the competition.
Worcestershire Rapids
1 Fateh Singh
2 Jake Libby (C)
3 Josh Cobb
7 Ed Pollock
9 Gareth Roderick (W)
10 Tommy Sturgess
11 Rehaan Edavalath
24 Jack Home
25 Hishaam Khan
41 Harry Darley
42 Tom Hinley
77 Ethan Brookes
88 Rob Jones
