Tuesday, August 30th, 2022

CAPTAIN LIBBY LEADS BY EXAMPLE AS TOP RUN-SCORER FOR RAPIDS IN ROYAL LONDON CUP

Captain Jake Libby finished as Worcestershire Rapids highest run scorer in the 2022 Royal London Cup.

The 29-year-old totalled 332 runs at an average of 66.40 including his career best List A score of 126 not out versus Derbyshire at New Road.

Libby also hit half centuries against Yorkshire and Glamorgan as well as contributing 31 not out and 39 not out in the wins over Northamptonshire and Essex.

Newcomer Taylor Cornall (280), with three half centuries in the opening batter role, and all-rounder Ed Barnard (253) were the next highest run-scorers.

Ben Cox topped the batting averages with 253 runs at 84.33 on his return to first team action and during the tournament he also completed 600 dismissals in all cricket.

In addition to Libby, centuries were scored by Azhar Ali against Northamptonshire and Kashif Ali on his List A debut against Kent.

The competition was a challenge for bowlers in the extreme heat but Dillon Pennington (10) ended as the leading wicket-taker with Adam Finch picking up eight scalps.

WORCESTERSHIRE RAPIDS AVERAGES

ROYAL LONDON CUP 2022

BATTING

Cox Matches 7, Innings 6, Not Out 3, Runs 253, Highest 84*, Average 84.33
Libby 8, 8, 3, 332, 126*, 66.40
Kashif Ali 4, 4, 0, 206, 114, 51.50
Barnard 8, 8, 2, 256, 85*, 42.66
Cornall 7, 7, 0, 280, 97, 40.00
Pennington 7, 5, 3, 68, 35, 34.00
Azhar Ali 6, 6, 0, 185, 130, 30.83
Roderick 6, 6, 0, 163, 76, 27.16
Leach 7, 6, 1, 133, 63, 26.60
Tongue 2, 1, 0, 23, 23, 23.00
D’Oliveira 1, 1, 0, 21, 21, 21.00
Finch 7, 4, 1, 46, 24, 15.33
Pollock 6, 6, 0, 78, 34, 13.00
Evitts 1, 1, 0, 10, 10, 10.00
Cullen 4, 2, 0, 11, 8, 5.50
Gibbon 5, 2, 0, 11, 11, 5.50
Baker 1, 1, 0, 2, 2, 2.00
Davidson 1, 1, 1, 2, 2* —-

BOWLING

Gibbon Overs 42.0, Maidens 0, Runs 248, Wickets 7, Best 2-22, Average 35.42
D’Oliveira 6.0, 0, 37, 1, 1-37, 37.00
Pennington 65.0, 1, 382, 10, 3-42, 38.20
Libby 29.0, 1, 164, 4, 2-47, 41.00
Leach 57.0, 4, 296, 7, 3-41, 42.28
Cornall 21.2, 0, 130, 3, 2-23, 43.33
Finch 61.3, 0, 368, 8, 3-54, 48.25
Tongue 17, 0, 128, 2, 2-41, 64.00
Barnard 49.5, 1, 292, 3, 1-39, 97.33
Evitts, 6, 0, 21, 0, —-, —-
Azhar Ali 4, 0, 23, 0, —-, —-
Baker 10, 0, 71, 0, —-, —-
Davidson 7, 0, 65, 0, —-, —