Friday, August 5th, 2022

ELEVEN WICKETS FOR BEN PARKER AS ACADEMY TRIUMPH IN ECB CHAMPIONSHIP

Ben Parker picked up six wickets in the space of 24 balls as Worcestershire Academy completed a 350 run victory over Cricket Wales in an ECB Under-18 County Championship encounter at Abergavenny.

Parker ended with match figures of 32-8-95-11 as he followed up his first innings 5-38 with 6-57 from 17 overs.

Cricket Wales began the final day on 30-1 in pursuit of a 513 target and were bowled out for 162 in 59 overs.

Worcestershire collected a second successive maximum 24 point haul after their win over Northamptonshire in the opening Group Two fixture.

Parker took the new ball but it was on his return to the attack at 123-4 that he quickly wrapped up the match.

Three wickets in his first over of the spell was quickly followed by three more as the last six wickets fell for 39 runs.

Cricket Wales had advanced to 86-1 but then Cameron Jones (3-0-18-1) trapped top scorer Ben Kellaway lbw for 48.

Ollie Walker (14-8-17-1) shared the new ball with Parker in place of Reeve Evitts who did not bowl in the second innings.

Captain Joe Stanley (15-3-40-1) was the other wicket-taker.