worcestershire seconds will launch their 2020 championship programme with a home fixture.
new seconds coach kadeer ali will oversee his first championship match in charge against northamptonshire at kidderminster’s chester road ground.
the match will get underway on april 14 with the competition this summer consisting of four-day matches.
the championship will emulate the senior programme in starting and ending with a sizeable block of red ball cricket.
worcestershire will play six home and four away championship fixtures – with a home and away meeting with leicestershire.
kidderminster will play host to three championship fixtures with one apiece being staged at New Road, barnt green and stourbridge.
after the initial block of championship cricket, t20 will take centre stages for the seconds, again replicating the seniors schedule at that juncture of the season.
this year the majority of t20 days will consist of one match, as opposed to the two in the past, although there will be double headers versus warwickshire and northamptonshire.
there is little seconds cricket planned for july and the first part of august when the hundred is taking place for the first time.
with seven worcestershire players participating in the hundred, players will have the chance to step up to the plate and stake their claim for a senior spot.
the 2020 season will end with a quartet of championship matches.
the full list of seconds fixtures and venues is:
—
april
1 somerset taunton vale (two days) – f
5 shropshire wrekin college (one day) – f
8 gloucs kidderminster (two days) – f
14 northants kidderminster – sec
20 warwicks barnt green (a) – sec
—
may
4 leics New Road – sec
11 warwicks portland road – seft20 (two games)
15 somerset taunton vale – sef20
19 leics stourport – set20
20 yorks kidderminster – set20
21 durham barnt green – set20
25 warwicks portland road – set20 (two games)
28 northants stourport – set20 (two games)
—
june
2 lancs liverpool – set20
3 derbys derby – set20
4 notts trent college – set20
8 kent-sussex beckenham-polo – sec
29 middlesex barnt green – sec
—
july
6 leics witham hall school sec
15 warwicks New Road (one day) – f
—
august
17 glamorgan stourbridge – sec
24 notts kidderminster – sec
—
september
1 yorks headingley – sec
7 lancs kidderminster – sec
*sec = second eleven championship
*set20 = second eleven t20 competition
*f = friendly
*seft20 = t20 friendly
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