WOR vs NOR – 46th Match

Commentary

End of Match! Northamptonshire win by 6 wickets

Match Highlights:
Saif Zaib: 110(150)
Henry Cullen: 64(105)
Luke Procter: 5/63
Yuzvendra Chahal: 4/46

Worcestershire 1st200/10 (67.1 ov, RR 2.97)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Lategan lbw b BW Sanderson	0	2	0	0	0.0
Jake Libby lbw b LA Procter	55	96	4	0	57.3
Rehaan Edavalath b LA Procter	4	28	0	0	14.3
Adam Hose c LPJ Kimber b C Harrison	45	103	5	0	43.7
Brett D'Oliveira (c) c LPJ Kimber b LA Procter	2	17	0	0	11.8
Henry Cullen c GA Bartlett b Y Chahal	64	105	5	2	61.0
Matthew Waite b H Conway	3	15	0	0	20.0
Tom Taylor b LA Procter	8	8	1	0	100.0
Ben Allison c Y Chahal b H Conway	4	3	1	0	133.3
Usama Mir lbw b LA Procter	0	1	0	0	0.0
Adam Finch* Not out	5	25	0	0	20.0

Extras10 (b 7, lb 3, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total200/10 (67.1 ov · 16 fours, 2 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Ben Sanderson	16	5	42	1	2.62
Harry Conway	17	3	38	2	2.23
Luke Procter	20	4	63	5	3.15
James Sales	4	0	19	0	4.75
Yuzvendra Chahal	7.1	3	19	1	2.65
Calvin Harrison	3	0	9	1	3.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Daniel Lategan 0 lbw b BW Sanderson	0-1	0.2
Rehaan Edavalath 4 b LA Procter	20-2	10.1
Jake Libby 55 lbw b LA Procter	103-3	34.1
Brett D'Oliveira 2 c LPJ Kimber b LA Procter	109-4	38.4
Adam Hose 45 c LPJ Kimber b C Harrison	122-5	44.6
Matthew Waite 3 b H Conway	135-6	51.1
Tom Taylor 8 b LA Procter	144-7	52.5
Ben Allison 4 c Y Chahal b H Conway	149-8	53.6
Usama Mir 0 lbw b LA Procter	150-9	54.6
Henry Cullen 64 c GA Bartlett b Y Chahal	200-10	67.1

Northamptonshire 1st289/10 (85.3 ov, RR 3.38)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos lbw b TAI Taylor	13	25	1	0	52.0
Luke Procter (c) c JD Libby b MJ Waite	21	72	3	0	29.2
Calvin Harrison c H Cullen b AW Finch	24	54	5	0	44.4
Saif Zaib c D Lategan b MJ Waite	110	150	14	2	73.3
George Bartlett c H Cullen b B Allison	4	26	1	0	15.4
James Sales c B Allison b TAI Taylor	52	82	4	1	63.4
Lewis McManus c D Lategan b B Allison	30	60	3	1	50.0
Louis Kimber c H Cullen b MJ Waite	0	2	0	0	0.0
Ben Sanderson b U Mir	7	16	1	0	43.8
Harry Conway* Not out	15	27	2	0	55.6
Yuzvendra Chahal c RM Edavalath b B Allison	0	1	0	0	0.0

Extras13 (b 0, lb 8, w 1, nb 4, p 0)

Total289/10 (85.3 ov · 34 fours, 4 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Tom Taylor	23	4	76	2	3.30
Ben Allison	19.3	5	44	3	2.25
Matthew Waite	16	7	31	3	1.93
Adam Finch	16	1	55	1	3.43
Usama Mir	11	0	75	1	6.81

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Ricardo Vasconcelos 13 lbw b TAI Taylor	16-1	8.3
Calvin Harrison 24 c H Cullen b AW Finch	62-2	24.3
Luke Procter 21 c JD Libby b MJ Waite	68-3	27.2
George Bartlett 4 c H Cullen b B Allison	100-4	35.6
James Sales 52 c B Allison b TAI Taylor	233-5	67.3
Saif Zaib 110 c D Lategan b MJ Waite	233-6	68.3
Louis Kimber 0 c H Cullen b MJ Waite	233-7	68.5
Ben Sanderson 7 b U Mir	246-8	73.3
Lewis McManus 30 c D Lategan b B Allison	289-9	85.2
Yuzvendra Chahal 0 c RM Edavalath b B Allison	289-10	85.3

Worcestershire 2nd182/10 (73.5 ov, RR 2.46)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Lategan c empty & b H Conway	13	23	3	0	56.5
Jake Libby lbw b H Conway	12	27	2	0	44.4
Rehaan Edavalath c SA Zaib b H Conway	6	15	1	0	40.0
Adam Hose c R Vasconcelos b LA Procter	18	73	2	0	24.7
Brett D'Oliveira (c) c empty & b Y Chahal	64	160	4	0	40.0
Henry Cullen c C Harrison b BW Sanderson	19	17	2	0	111.8
Matthew Waite lbw b Y Chahal	5	21	0	0	23.8
Tom Taylor* Not out	25	75	1	1	33.3
Ben Allison b LA Procter	10	16	0	1	62.5
Usama Mir c GA Bartlett b Y Chahal	2	14	0	0	14.3
Adam Finch lbw b Y Chahal	0	3	0	0	0.0

Extras8 (b 1, lb 5, w 0, nb 2, p 0)

Total182/10 (73.5 ov · 15 fours, 2 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Ben Sanderson	17	4	32	1	1.88
Harry Conway	16	4	33	3	2.06
Luke Procter	10	0	32	2	3.20
James Sales	6	1	16	0	2.66
Yuzvendra Chahal	18.5	0	46	4	2.44
Calvin Harrison	5	0	13	0	2.60
Saif Zaib	1	0	4	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Daniel Lategan 13 c empty & b H Conway	19-1	5.2
Rehaan Edavalath 6 c SA Zaib b H Conway	27-2	9.4
Jake Libby 12 lbw b H Conway	34-3	11.6
Adam Hose 18 c R Vasconcelos b LA Procter	88-4	34.6
Henry Cullen 19 c C Harrison b BW Sanderson	112-5	40.5
Matthew Waite 5 lbw b Y Chahal	123-6	47.4
Brett D'Oliveira 64 c empty & b Y Chahal	162-7	63.5
Ben Allison 10 b LA Procter	177-8	68.3
Usama Mir 2 c GA Bartlett b Y Chahal	182-9	73.2
Adam Finch 0 lbw b Y Chahal	182-10	73.5

Northamptonshire 2nd96/4 (25.4 ov, RR 3.74)

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos c H Cullen b AW Finch	22	41	3	53.7
Luke Procter (c) lbw b U Mir	21	51	4	41.2
Calvin Harrison c JD Libby b U Mir	1	5	0	20.0
Saif Zaib c RM Edavalath b U Mir	24	28	3	85.7
George Bartlett* Not out	19	26	4	73.1
James Sales* Not out	2	3	0	66.7

Extras7 (b 0, lb 7, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total96/4 (25.4 ov · 14 fours, 0 sixes)

Did not batLewis McManus, Louis Kimber, Ben Sanderson, Harry Conway, Yuzvendra Chahal

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Tom Taylor	6	3	14	0	2.33
Ben Allison	5	1	15	0	3.00
Adam Finch	6	1	18	1	3.00
Usama Mir	7	0	34	3	4.85
Brett D'Oliveira	1.4	0	8	0	4.80

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Luke Procter 21 lbw b U Mir	49-1	14.1
Ricardo Vasconcelos 22 c H Cullen b AW Finch	51-2	15.4
Calvin Harrison 1 c JD Libby b U Mir	53-3	16.3
Saif Zaib 24 c RM Edavalath b U Mir	90-4	24.1

Loading overs…

Playing XI

DL

Daniel Lategan AR

Jake Libby BAT

RE

Rehaan Edavalath AR

Adam Hose BAT

Brett D'Oliveira CAR

HC

Henry Cullen WKBAT

Matthew Waite BOWL

Tom Taylor AR

Ben Allison BOWL

Usama Mir BOWL

Adam Finch BOWL

MatchWorcestershire vs Northamptonshire, 46th Match

SeriesCounty Championship Division Two

Date & timeTue, 8 Sep 2026 · 3:00 PM IST

VenueCounty Ground, New Road, England

TossNorthamptonshire won the toss and chose to bowl

FormatFirst Class

UmpiresNeil Pratt (England), James Tredwell (England)

Match refereeWill Smith (England)

Pitch

PitchFlat Track Pitch

BattingAverage

PacePace & Bounce

SpinAverage

Weather

Condition<nil>

Temp0°C

Humidity<nil>%

Wind<nil> km/h

Rain chance0%

Which team will win?

Worcestershire89%

Northamptonshire11%

Draw0%

9 votes