WOR vs LAN – 39th Match

Commentary

End of Match!

Match Highlights:
Beyers Swanepoel: 63(55)
Jake Libby: 56(120)
Beyers Swanepoel: 4/37
George Balderson: 4/78

Lancashire 1st180/10 (61.2 ov, RR 2.93)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Keaton Jennings c AJ Hose b B Swanepoel	55	117	5	1	47.0
Matthew Hurst c D Lategan b TAI Taylor	2	23	0	0	8.7
Josh Bohannon (c) lbw b MJ Waite	1	16	0	0	6.3
Marcus Harris c & b B Swanepoel	4	11	1	0	36.4
Rocky Flintoff c B Allison b F Singh	23	39	3	0	59.0
Arav Shetty c RM Edavalath b F Singh	4	5	1	0	80.0
Ben Walkden c H Cullen b F Singh	26	63	3	0	41.3
George Balderson b B Swanepoel	5	8	1	0	62.5
Noman Ali lbw b B Allison	0	6	0	0	0.0
Tom Bailey c AJ Hose b B Swanepoel	34	49	4	0	69.4
Tom Aspinwall* Not out	9	33	0	0	27.3

Extras17 (b 0, lb 12, w 1, nb 4, p 0)

Total180/10 (61.2 ov · 18 fours, 1 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Tom Taylor	16	6	38	1	2.37
Ben Allison	14	6	24	1	1.71
Beyers Swanepoel	10.2	3	37	4	3.58
Matthew Waite	13	3	42	1	3.23
Fateh Singh	8	0	27	3	3.37

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Matthew Hurst 2 c D Lategan b TAI Taylor	7-1	6.5
Josh Bohannon 1 lbw b MJ Waite	18-2	13.3
Marcus Harris 4 c & b B Swanepoel	23-3	16.5
Rocky Flintoff 23 c B Allison b F Singh	60-4	29.4
Arav Shetty 4 c RM Edavalath b F Singh	70-5	31.5
Keaton Jennings 55 c AJ Hose b B Swanepoel	102-6	38.4
George Balderson 5 b B Swanepoel	110-7	40.5
Noman Ali 0 lbw b B Allison	115-8	43.3
Ben Walkden 26 c H Cullen b F Singh	150-9	50.6
Tom Bailey 34 c AJ Hose b B Swanepoel	180-10	61.2

Worcestershire 1st263/7 (62 ov, RR 4.24)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Lategan c KK Jennings b TE Bailey	0	4	0	0	0.0
Jake Libby c M Hurst b TE Bailey	56	120	4	0	46.7
Rehaan Edavalath lbw b G Balderson	42	111	6	0	37.8
Adam Hose b G Balderson	0	2	0	0	0.0
Brett D'Oliveira (c) c & b G Balderson	45	44	4	1	102.3
Beyers Swanepoel* Not out	63	55	6	3	114.5
Henry Cullen c A Shetty b B Walkden	15	19	3	0	78.9
Matthew Waite b G Balderson	9	11	1	0	81.8
Tom Taylor* Not out	20	12	1	2	166.7

Extras13 (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 12, p 0)

Total263/7 (62 ov · 25 fours, 6 sixes)

Did not batBen Allison, Fateh Singh

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Tom Bailey	15	5	51	2	3.40
Tom Aspinwall	8	1	51	0	6.37
George Balderson	19	2	78	4	4.10
Ben Walkden	11	1	51	1	4.63
Noman Ali	9	0	31	0	3.44

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Daniel Lategan 0 c KK Jennings b TE Bailey	0-1	0.4
Rehaan Edavalath 42 lbw b G Balderson	87-2	33.4
Adam Hose 0 b G Balderson	87-3	33.6
Jake Libby 56 c M Hurst b TE Bailey	121-4	42.1
Brett D'Oliveira 45 c & b G Balderson	180-5	50.5
Henry Cullen 15 c A Shetty b B Walkden	203-6	55.2
Matthew Waite 9 b G Balderson	214-7	56.6

Lancashire 2nd2/0 (2 ov, RR 1.00)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Keaton Jennings* Not out	2	9	0	0	22.2
Matthew Hurst* Not out	0	3	0	0	0.0

Extras0 (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total2/0 (2 ov · 0 fours, 0 sixes)

Did not batJosh Bohannon, Marcus Harris, Rocky Flintoff, Arav Shetty, Ben Walkden, George Balderson, Noman Ali, Tom Bailey, Tom Aspinwall

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Tom Taylor	1	0	1	0	1.00
Ben Allison	1	0	1	0	1.00

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Playing XI

DL

Daniel Lategan AR

Jake Libby BAT

RE

Rehaan Edavalath AR

Adam Hose BAT

Brett D'Oliveira CAR

Beyers Swanepoel AR

HC

Henry Cullen WKBAT

Matthew Waite BOWL

Tom Taylor AR

Ben Allison BOWL

Fateh Singh BOWL

MatchWorcestershire vs Lancashire, 39th Match

SeriesCounty Championship Division Two

Date & timeThu, 27 Aug 2026 · 3:30 PM IST

VenueCounty Ground, New Road, England

TossWorcestershire won the toss and chose to bowl

FormatFirst Class

UmpiresMichael Gough (England), Ben Peverall (England)

Match refereeSteve Davis (Australia)

Pitch

PitchFast & Bounce

BattingAverage

PacePace & Bounce

SpinAverage

Weather

Condition<nil>

Temp25°C

Humidity48%

Wind16.5 km/h

Rain chance0%