Worcestershire will take on Leicestershire in today’s Specsavers County Championship encounter at New Road.
Here are the first class records of previous meetings between the two counties.
Worcestershire: Played: 144 Won: 47 Lost: 39 Drawn: 58
Last match played: Worcestershire won by 3 wickets at New Road – 3rd-6th July 2016
Leics 407 (NJ Dexter 109, EJH Eckersley 92*, EG Barnard 4-62, BL D’Oliveira 4-80) & 307-3 dec (MJ Cosgrove 146*, PJ Horton 117*)
Worcs 349 (J Leach 90, TC Fell 61, CJ McKay 4-59) & 369-7 (JM Clarke 123, RA Whiteley 71, J Leach 64*, CE Shreck 4-104)
Highest total – Worcestershire: 561 Leicester (AR) 1901
Highest total – Leicestershire: 701-4 dec New Road 1906
Lowest total – Worcestershire: 40 New Road 1971
Lowest total – Leicestershire: 43 Leicester (GR) 2016
Highest score – Worcestershire: D Kenyon 253* New Road 1954
Highest score – Leicestershire: AE Knight 229* New Road 1903
Best innings bowling – Worcs: N Gifford 8-85 Leicester (GR) 1969
Best innings bowling – Leics: G Geary 8-20 Leicester (AR) 1931
Best match bowling – Worcs: CF Root 13-107 Leicester (AR) 1931
Best match bowling – Leics: FW Stocks 13-120 Leicester (GR) 1899
Most runs – Worcestershire: D Kenyon 2265 Ave: 38.39
Most runs – Leicestershire: GL Berry 1889 Ave: 33.14
Most wickets – Worcestershire: RTD Perks 148 Ave: 21.26
Most wickets – Leicestershire: G Geary 124 Ave: 15.99
Best partnerships for Worcestershire:
1st 278* CF Walters HHIH Gibbons New Road 1934
2nd 200 FL Bowley EG Arnold New Road 1906
3rd 269* GR Cass TJ Yardley Leicester (GR) 1975
4th 217 FL Bowley EG Arnold Stourbridge 1905
5th 167 WPC Weston DA Leatherdale Leicester (GR) 1998
6th 212 SM Davies GJ Batty Leicester (GR) 2006
7th 190 RES Wyatt RO Jenkins New Road 1949
8th 113 CJ Lyttelton JS Buller Loughborough (PR) 1938
9th 85 GW Gaukrodger RD Burrows Leicester (AR) 1904
10th 61 GHT Simpson-Hayward CB Ponsonby New Road 1911
Best partnerships for Leicestershire:
1st 380 CJB Wood H Whitehead New Road 1906
2nd 209 JC Balderstone NE Briers Leicester (GR) 1981
3rd 264 PJ Horton MJ Cosgrove New Road 2016
4th 173 JC Balderstone R Illingworth Leicester (GR) 1975
5th 320 JJ Whitaker A Habib Leicester (GR) 1996
6th 146 VE Jackson JE Walsh Leicester (GR) 1952
7th 123 NF Armstrong G Geary Kidderminster 1929
8th 120 WE Astill HA Smith New Road 1937
9th 160 RT Crawford WW Odell Leicester (AR) 1902
10th 122 NE Briers ARK Pierson New Road 1995
*Thanks to Worcestershire CCC analyst Phil Mellish for the above information.
