Worcestershire have reached the half-way stage of their Specsavers County Championship programme for 2017 – and have the leading Division Two run-scorer and top wicket-taker in the country.
Daryl Mitchell and skipper Joe Leach are at the top of the respective batting and bowling charts after outstanding contributions during the first two and a half months of the campaign.
Opener Mitchell has amassed 731 Division Two runs which includes four Championship centuries in the last five matches.
The 33-year-old chairman of the Professional Cricketers’ Association has an average of 60.92 from his 13 innings.
The forthcoming day-night match with Durham will be a battle of the top two scorers in Division Two as next in line is Paul Collingwood on 728 at an average of 66.18.
They are followed by Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire), 727 at 90.88, and the Kent duo of Joe Denley, 642 at 53.60, and Sam Northeast, 601 at 60.10.
On the bowling front Leach reached the 40 wicket mark with his seven victims in the memorable four wicket win over Kent at New Road.
He has three five wicket hauls and his wickets have cost just 18.40 runs apiece.
The 26-year-old all-rounder has edged just ahead of Kent’s Darren Stevens with 38 wickets at 17.79.
Next in line are Jofra Archer (Sussex), 35 at 23.03, Nathan Buck (Northamptonshire), 33 at 16.67, and Luke Fletcher (Nottinghamshire), 32 at 21.81.