Charlie Clist and Jujhar Johal took the honours for Worcestershire Academy on the opening day of their two-day match with Ireland Under-19s at Stourbridge.
Opener Clist hit 151 off just 159 balls – after the Academy had opted to bat – out of their 252-8 declared in their first innings.
Johal picked up four wickets in the space of just five balls as Ireland Under-19s closed the day on 235-7 with honours even between the two sides.
Clist struck four sixes and 17 fours and shared in a second wicket partnership of 90 with Johal (30 off 66 balls, three fours).
He added a further 59 for the fifth wicket with Fahd Janjua (35 off 36 balls, six fours).
Clist was eventually eighth out at which point the Academy declared.
In reply, the Ireland Under-19s top order batsmen all made useful contributions with Poskett top-scoring with 75.
He was dismissed by Johal who then struck with successive balls in one over and repeated the feat in his next over as Ireland subsided from 221-4 to 228-8 in quickfire time.
Johal ended the day with figures of 9-1-34-5.
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WORCESTERSHIRE ACADEMY – FIRST INNINGS
Lea c Rock b Hoey 12
Clist c Burton b Hunter 151
Johal lbw Garth 30
Clarke c Hoey b McFaul 9
Ul-Hassan lbw Garth 1
Janjua c Rock b Hoey 35
Clark c Poskett b Thompson 0
Parker-Cole c Burton b Hoey 3
Cullen not out 3
Bragg not out 0
Total (for 8 wickets declared) 252 in 55.5 overs
FOW: 34, 124, 137, 141, 200, 201, 210, 252
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BOWLING
McFaul 11-1-53-1
Hoey 11-2-35-3
Neavy 5-1-21-0
Garth 17-3-70-2
McDonnell 6-1-30-0
Thompson 5-0-36-1
Hunter 0.5-0-3-1
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IRELAND UNDER-19S – FIRST INNINGS
Metcalf lbw Davis 36
Poskett c Janjua b Johal 75
Stiles c Parker-Cole b Blunt 31
Thompson c Lea b Johal 32
Rock b Johal 18
Burton st Cullen b Johal 0
Hoey c Davis b Johal 1
Hunter not out 2
Garth not out 5
Extras 35
Total (for 7 wickets) 235 in 44 overs
FOW: 98, 142, 194, 221, 221, 228, 228
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BOWLING
Parker-Cole 6-1-25-0
Bragg 2-0-11-0
Ul-Hassan 4-0-25-0
Davis 4-0-25-1
Clark 7-0-32-0
Blunt 12-0-60-1
Johal 9-1-34-5
