Kashif Ali and Ben Gibbon were the leading run-scorer and top wicket-taker respectively for Worcestershire Seconds in red ball cricket this summer.
The duo both stepped up into the first team after a series of impressive performances for the Seconds.
Middle order batter Kashif only played five games, but amassed 741 runs at an average of 82.33 after becoming the first product of the South Asian Cricket Academy to earn a contract with a first class county.
In one particularly productive run, Kashif had successive scores of 80, 74, 108, 82, 106, 74 and 203 for the Seconds which led to an LV=Insurance County Championship debut versus Derbyshire.
Left arm pace bowler Ben Gibbon also made his mark at second team level before becoming a regular member of the first team attack at the end of the season.
He played in all four LV Insurance County Championship matches in September and a total of seven in his first season as professional and showed a lot of promise.
Gibbon finished with 31 wickets for the Seconds with the highlight being a match return of 34-10-129-12 in the win over Somerset at Stourport in July.
With the bat, Rehaan Edavalath, Taylor Cornall, who skippered the side on several occasions, and Henry Cullen also made their mark
Bowling-wise, spinner Olly Davidson chipped in with 19 wickets, including 6-111 versus Nottinghamshire at Lady Bay Sports Club and 5-62 against Gloucestershire at Rockhampton.
SECOND ELEVEN RED BALL AVERAGES
BATTING
Kashif Ali Matches 5, Innings 9, Not Out 0, Runs 741, Highest 203, Average 82.33
Taylor Cornall 8, 12, 1, 614, 145, 55.82
Henry Cullen 13, 18, 5, 587, 85*, 45.15
Tom Fell 9, 15, 2, 579, 136*, 44.54
Rehaan Edavalath 8, 9, 1, 483, 164, 60.38
Josh Dell 5, 8, 1, 259, 72, 37.00
Gareth Roderick 4, 7, 1, 242, 62, 40.33
Jordan Neil 2, 4, 0, 216, 126, 54.00
Jacques Banton 8, 14, 1, 200, 54, 15.38
BOWLING
Ben Gibbon Overs 199.0, Maidens 47, Runs 636, Wickets 31, Best 7-64, Average 20.52
Olly Davidson 116.0, 17, 476, 19, 6-111, 25.05
Reeve Evitts 73.2, 18, 252, 15, 4-11, 16.80
Cameron Jones 133.0, 21, 530, 12, 3-82, 44.17
Adam Finch 112.0, 26, 327, 11, 4-44, 29.73
Mitchell Stanley 103.4, 13, 434, 11, 2-12, 39.45
Taylor Cornall 71.2, 6, 313, 8, 3-40, 39.13
Pat Brown 109.4, 15, 438, 7, 2-52, 62.57
Josh Dickenson 61, 3, 265, 7, 4-77, 37.86
Worcestershire again finished in the top half of the Second Eleven Championship, equalling their 2021 performance in coming eighth in the 18-team table.
The placings are decided on average number of points per game as counties play different numbers of matches.
Worcestershire increased their allocation of games from eight to 10 this summer and finished with 129 points at an average of 12.90.
They recorded three wins, four draws and three defeats.
SECOND ELEVEN CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL TABLE
Yorkshire Played 9, Won 5, Drawn 4, Lost 0, Batting 28, Bowling 22, Points 162, Average 18.00
Glamorgan 10, 5, 4, 1, 37, 26, 175, 17.50
Middlesex 9, 6, 2, 1, 16, 26, 154, 17.11
Warwickshire 9, 5, 3, 1, 21, 26, 151, 16.77
Northamptonshire 10, 6, 2, 2, 24, 26, 151, 16.77
Nottinghamshire 12, 6, 3, 3, 26, 32, 178, 14.83
Surrey 8, 3, 3, 2, 23, 19, 114, 14.25
WORCESTERSHIRE 10, 3, 4, 3, 29, 20, 129, 12.90
Somerset 9, 3, 3, 3, 19, 23, 114, 12.66
Leicestershire 9, 2, 4, 3, 20, 24, 108, 12.00
Lancashire 12, 3, 4, 5, 29, 29, 138, 11.50
Sussex 8, 3, 1, 4, 19, 17, 92, 11.50
Kent 10, 2, 4, 4, 23, 27, 114, 11.40
Hampshire 9, 2, 2, 5, 22, 26, 96, 10.66
Derbyshire 7, 1, 3, 3, 11, 15, 66, 9.42
Durham 8, 0, 4, 4, 22, 21, 75, 9.37
Essex 10, 0, 4, 6, 24, 24, 80, 8.00
Gloucestershire 11, 2, 2, 7, 12, 23, 83, 7.54
