Worcestershire will be striving for a seventh successive victory in the Specsavers County Championship when they take on Sussex at Hove today.
Here are the first class records for the previous matches between the two counties.
Worcestershire – Played: 157 Won: 40 Lost: 65 Drawn: 52
Last match played: Worcestershire won by 11 runs at Hove – 12th-14th September 2016
Worcs 306 (DKH Mitchell 75, OB Cox 69, SJ Magoffin 5-38) & 194 (TC Fell 85, OB Cox 56, SJ Magoffin 5-32)
Sussex 229 (CJ Jordan 57*, ML Cummins 7-84) & 260 (D Wiese 70*, CJ Jordan 50, ML Cummins 5-82)
Highest total – Worcestershire: 491 New Road 2016
Highest total – Sussex: 620-9 dec New Road 2009
Lowest total – Worcestershire: 57 Horsham 1924
Lowest total – Sussex: 47 New Road 1903
Highest score – Worcestershire: GA Hick 186 Hove 1991
Highest score – Sussex: RR Relf 272* Eastbourne 1909
Best innings bowling – Worcs: JA Flavell 9-122 Hastings 1954
Best innings bowling – Sussex: MW Tate 8-18 Horsham 1924
Best match bowling – Worcs: RO Jenkins 15-122 Dudley 1953
Best match bowling – Sussex: M Ahmed 13-140 Hove 2004
Most runs – Worcestershire: D Kenyon 2198 Ave: 34.34
Most runs – Sussex: JM Parks 1948 Ave: 38.96
Most wickets – Worcestershire: JA Flavell 125 Ave: 19.09
Most wickets – Sussex: MW Tate 133 Ave: 13.73
Best partnerships for Worcestershire:
1st 181 CF Walters HHIH Gibbons Eastbourne 1933
2nd 243 VS Solanki GA Hick New Road 1998
3rd 215 JG Cameron MM Ali New Road 2010
4th 208 DKH Mitchell MM Ali New Road 2009
5th 181 PA Neale MJ Weston Kidderminster 1988
6th 219 DA Leatherdale SJ Rhodes New Road 1996
7th 151 PA Neale DJ Humphries Hove 1980
8th 89 EG Arnold WB Burns Eastbourne 1909
9th 95* N Gifford VA Holder New Road 1968
10th 76 RTD Perks ES Baker New Road 1934
Best partnerships for Sussex:
1st 212 MW Goodwin RR Montgomerie Horsham 2001
2nd 178 GD Mendis DK Standing New Road 1983
3rd 213 HW Parks G Cox New Road 1946
4th 282 LJ Wright BC Brown New Road 2015
5th 201 J Langridge AER Gilligan New Road 1928
6th 226 G Cox G Potter New Road 1954
7th 218 TER Cook AF Wensley Eastbourne 1933
8th 209 GA Stannard HE Roberts Hove 1920
9th 120 RSC Martin-Jenkins CJ Liddle Hove 2007
10th 68 AER Gilligan GB Street New Road 1922
*Thanks to Worcestershire CCC analyst Phil Mellish for the above information
