Worcestershire Seconds completed a T20 double over Warwickshire Seconds at RGS Worcester with both sides using several first team squad members ahead of Friday's NatWest T20 Blast clash between the counties at Edgbaston.
The home side won the opening match by seven wickets with 5.5 overs to spare and the second game by five wickets with 2.5 overs overs remaining.
Play got underway an hour later than scheduled because of overnight rain.
In Game One Worcestershire opted to bowl first and three wickets in six balls from Charlie Morris gave them a control they never relinquished.
Morris's burst reduced Warwickshire to 42-4 and he finished with 3-27 as they were restricted to 116-8. Only Robert Yates with 41 not out from 23 balls showed signs of acceleration.
Mitchell Santner and fellow spinner Zen Malik both registered identical figures of 4-0-18-2 while skipper Ben Cox pulled off two stumpings.
Santner struck a quickfire 32 off 17 deliveries and an unbroken stand of 56 between George Rhodes (46 not out off 25 balls) and Ollie Westbury (21 not out off 27 balls) steered Worcestershire home in 14.1 overs.
In Game Two, Warwickshire were again put in and fared slightly better in scoring 146-8 with Matthew Lamb (40) top-scoring.
George Scrimshaw returned fine figures of 4-0-28-3 and Daryl Mitchell 4-0-18-1.
Worcestershire suffered an early innings wobble at 39-3 in reply but Ross Whiteley struck another five sixes in making 56 off 33 deliveries.
Ed Barnard (32 not out off 17 balls) partnered Whiteley in a fifth wicket stand of 51 in 4.5 overs to seal victory.
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GAME ONE
Warwickshire Seconds
EJ Pollock c TC Fell b AW Finch 3
NA Hammond c GH Rhodes b CAJ Morris 21
AJ Mellor+ c OB Cox b CAJ Morris 10
M Lamb b CAJ Morris 2
AD Thomason st OB Cox b MJ Santner 6
AT Thomson st OB Cox b Z Malik 6
RM Yates not out 41
DP Richardson c AW Finch b MJ Santner 8
JE Poysden* lbw b Z Malik 0
S Singh not out 13
Extras 6
Total (for 8 wickets) 116
FOW: 6, 37, 39, 42, 52, 58, 79, 80
Bowling
AW Finch 4-0-35-1
PR Brown 4-0-17-0
CAJ Morris 4-0-27-3
MJ Santner 4-0-18-2
Z Malik 4-0-18-2
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Worcestershire Seconds
MJ Santner c M Lamb b S Singh 32
TC Fell c AJ Mellor b OJ Hannon-Dalby 4
OB Cox*+ st AJ Mellor b S Singh 15
GH Rhodes not out 46
OE Westbury not out 21
Extras 4
Total (for 3 wickets) 122 in 14.1 overs
FOW: 5, 50, 66
Bowling
OJ Hannon-Dalby 3-0-21-1
AD Thomason 1-0-15-0
DP Richardson 1-0-9-0
S Singh 4-0-28-0
JE Poysden 4-0-34-0
AT Thomson 1.1-0-13-0
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GAME TWO
Warwickshire Seconds
WTS Porterfield c A Hepburn b GLS Scrimshaw 17
NA Hammond c A Hepburn b JD Shantry 1
M Lamb run out (A Hepburn) 40
R Clarke c BJ Twohig b DKH Mitchell 21
AT Thomson run out (DKH Mitchell) 0
M Ahmed not out 25
DP Richardson lbw b A Hepburn 33
JE Poysden* c DKH Mitchell b GLS Scrimshaw 3
S Singh b GLS Scrimshaw 1
Extras 5
Total (for 8 wickets) 146
FOW: 19, 21, 70, 78, 82, 138, 144, 146
Bowling
JD Shantry 3-0-20-1
GLS Scrimshaw 4-0-28-3
EG Barnard 2-0-27-0
A Hepburn 3-0-21-1
BJ Twohig 4-0-30-0
DKH Mitchell 4-0-18-1
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Worcestershire Seconds
JM Clarke+ c JE Poysden b OJ Hannon-Dalby 13
JW Hastings c WTS Porterfield b S Singh 10
A Hepburn c and b S Singh 11
DKH Mitchell c and b S Singh 23
RA Whiteley b JE Poysden 56
EG Barnard not out 32
J Leach* not out 0
Extras 5
Total (for 5 wickets) 150 in 17.2 overs
FOW: 13, 38, 39, 88, 139
Bowling
R Clarke 4-0-28-0
OJ Hannon-Dalby 2.-0-27-1
S Singh 4-0-23-3
JE Poysden 4-0-33-1
AT Thomson 2-0-20-0
M Ahmed 1-0-15-0
