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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Derbyshire continued their positive response to last week's backroom upheaval when successfully chasing 296 to beat Worcestershire by seven wickets in their opening Royal London Cup fixture at New Road https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/243500/243517.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1023199.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1023199.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1023199 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Worcestershire extended their 100% start to the NatWest T20 Blast campaign, registering a third straight victory when overcoming Yorkshire by seven wickets in front of 4,000 spectators at New Road https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/244300/244397.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1022657.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1022657.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1022657 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The spectre of Saeed Ajmal loomed over Worcestershire's return to Division One. Last year Essex coach Paul Grayson said that if umpires had been "brave" enough to call Ajmal for an illegal action Worcestershire would not have been promoted. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/211100/211159.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/864857.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/864857.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-864857 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Richard Oliver's second first-class hundred and aggressive half-centuries from Alexei Kervezee and Gareth Andrew led an impressive Worcestershire response on the second day against Sussex https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/211200/211281.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/864101.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/864101.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-864101 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/132300/132318.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/752775.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/752775.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-752775 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A Moeen Ali-less Worcestershire is a lesser team, but it was the early loss of Daryl Mitchell - the country's leading Championship run-scorer - that was a bigger blow in the context of the game https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/185800/185803.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/750969.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/750969.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-750969 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alexei Kervezee's 110 and 99 from Moeen Ali put Worcestershire well on top at stumps on day three of their Championship clash with Derbyshire at New Road https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/120800/120824.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/740569.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/740569.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-740569 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Worcestershire overcame Gloucestershire in Friends Life t20 thanks to a flush of form for Alexei Kervezee, who has had a difficult summer since he retired from international cricket with the Netherlands. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/143900/143902.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/648557.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/648557.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-648557 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Worcestershire condemned the Netherlands to a sixth successive Yorkshire Bank 40 defeat, with Alexei Kervezee scoring an important half-century against his former team-mates https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/638882.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/638882.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-638882 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alexei Kervezee has announced his retirement from international cricket for Netherlands in order to focus on his career with Worcestershire https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/143900/143902.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/netherlands/content/story/630314.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/netherlands/content/story/630314.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-630314 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Abdur Rehman finished with match figures of 14 for 101 as Somerset clinched runners-up spot in Division One https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/582108.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/582108.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-582108 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Paceman Toby Roland-Jones bagged the first 10-wicket haul of his career as Middlesex clinched a tense five-wicket https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/148600/148661.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/580260.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/580260.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-580260 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Afghanistan were outplayed by Netherlands in Sharjah, going down by nine wickets https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wcl-championship-2011-13/content/story/559218.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wcl-championship-2011-13/content/story/559218.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-559218 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of matches on the second day of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/143500/143521.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/world-twenty20-qualifier-2012/content/story/557311.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/world-twenty20-qualifier-2012/content/story/557311.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-557311 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Bangladesh Premier League is an opportunity for players from Associate countries to showcase their talents alongside international stars and in front of packed stadiums https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/128300/128311.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh-premier-league-2012/content/story/551798.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/bangladesh-premier-league-2012/content/story/551798.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-551798 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Worcestershire may well go on to avoid relegation this season, but goodness me, they are making life hard for themselves https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/531685.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/531685.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-531685 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Moeen Ali's first century in 10 months gave Worcestershire a promising start against Somerset at New Road https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/135300/135370.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/524864.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/524864.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-524864 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Worcestershire retained their top-four place in the Friends Life t20 North Group and dealt a blow to Yorkshire's hopes of reaching the knockout stages with a 41-run victory at New Road https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/520834.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/520834.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-520834 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Worcestershire registered their first Friends Life t20 win of the season following another batting failure by Northamptonshire at New Road https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/133900/133933.6.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/518649.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/518649.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-518649 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Steve Kirby helped give Somerset a useful lead against Worcestershire with 4 for 64 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/513902.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/513902.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-513902 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alexei Kervezee and Vikram Solanki both hit excellent half-centuries as Worcestershire beat Kent by six wickets in an entertaining Clydesdale Bank 40 game at Canterbury https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/513308.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/513308.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-513308 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A maiden half-century for Luke Procter carried Lancashire Lightning to an entertaining four-wicket Clydesdale Bank 40 win over Worcestershire Royals at Liverpool https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/475786.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/475786.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-475786 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Two wickets from Northamptonshire captain Andrew Hall were not enough to secure victory against Worcestershire as yet more rain spoiled the final day of their County Championship encounter at Wantage Road https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/474846.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/474846.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-474846 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT When Alexei Kervezee first appeared on the scene as a fresh-faced teenager, the coach, Ian Pont, remarked that there were 'shades of Graeme Hick' about him. The comments were roundly dismissed as absurd. How could anyone compare an untried teenager to Hic https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/120800/120822.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/473175.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/473175.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-473175 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Daryl Mitchell struck his third consecutive century to lead a Worcestershire fightback on the second day of their County Championship match against Glamorgan at Colwyn Bay https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/471915.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/471915.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-471915 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alexei Kervezee defied Derbyshire's bowlers for the second time this season when his career-best 155 helped Worcestershire to safety at Derby https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/468717.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/468717.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-468717 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the second day's action of the World Cricket League Division One in Netherlands https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/118900/118922.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wcldiv1/content/story/465924.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wcldiv1/content/story/465924.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-465924 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Moeen Ali has put Worcestershire the verge of a first-innings lead against Gloucestershire, but on another day Steve Kirby would have taken a bag of wickets for the visitors https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/89200/89268.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/461431.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/461431.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-461431 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alexei Kervezee laid on a family celebration with a maiden first-class century as Worcestershire systematically put Derbyshire on the rack in the County Championship at New Road https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/460121.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/460121.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-460121 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alexei Kervezee fell one short of a maiden first-class century but still helped put Worcestershire in a commanding position against Leicestershire on day three of the County Championship clash at Grace Road https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/117000/117040.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/458733.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/458733.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-458733 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Half-centuries from Alexei Kervezee, Ben Smith and Ben Scott helped Worcestershire trim Surrey's first-innings lead to 28 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/116400/116438.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/457057.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/457057.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-457057 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kenya sealed a remarkable five-wicket win on the final day at the Nairobi Gymkhana, chasing down 320 in 62 overs. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/114600/114652.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2010/content/story/449746.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2010/content/story/449746.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-449746 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kenya's lower order fought back admirably after an early-morning collapse, but Netherlands worked their way back through Ryan ted Doeschate's bowling and the assured batting of their openers to finish day three 130 ahead https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/114600/114605.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2010/content/story/449609.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2010/content/story/449609.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-449609 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Netherlands board has given a boost to the country's players by handing out central contracts for the first time https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/104600/104618.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/netherlands/content/story/446353.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/netherlands/content/story/446353.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-446353 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT After failing to win any of their last seven Championship matches, Hampshire secured the victory they needed to lift them away from the relegation positions at New Road https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/424584.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/424584.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424584 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alexei Kervezee, the Netherlands batsman, has signed a two-year contract extension with Worcestershire and will stay with the county until the end of the 2012 season https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/422391.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/422391.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-422391 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT More good bowling by Durham and a lack of confidence by the Worcestershire batsmen turned this match in favour of the county champions on the third day https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/412055.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/412055.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-412055 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Netherlands were clinical with ball and, to a lesser degree, with bat, executing a seven-wicket victory in their warm-up game against Scotland at the Oval https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/104200/104241.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wt202009/content/story/407212.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wt202009/content/story/407212.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-407212 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of matches from the final round in the Super Eights of the World Cup Qualifiers tournament in South Africa https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/102400/102417.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/iccwcq2009/content/story/400117.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/iccwcq2009/content/story/400117.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-400117 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of matches from the Super Eights of the World Cup Qualifiers tournament in South Africa https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/iccwcq2009/content/story/399598.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/iccwcq2009/content/story/399598.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-399598 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of matches from the second day of the World Cup Qualifiers tournament in South Africa https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101400/101476.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/iccwcq2009/content/story/397784.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/iccwcq2009/content/story/397784.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397784 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Fidel Edwards has withdrawn from his forthcoming spell as Worcestershire's overseas player after picking up a knee injury during the current series against Australia https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/356085.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/356085.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-356085 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Netherlands bowled Bermuda out for 115 in 43.4 overs and needed only 19.3 overs to knock off the target with eight wickets in hand https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/netherlands/content/story/307583.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/netherlands/content/story/307583.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-307583 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Half-centuries by openers Tom de Grooth, Alexei Kervezee and a late flourish from Mudassar Bukhari set up Netherlands' 172-run win against Bermuda in the first ODI at Rotterdam https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/netherlands/content/story/307420.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/netherlands/content/story/307420.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-307420 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Bermuda are staring a three-day defeat in the face following another abject performance in the Intercontinental Cup at Amstelveen https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/307000.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/307000.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-307000 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT Bermuda's nightmare European tour continued with an abject performance on the first day of their Intercontinental Cup match against Netherlands at Amstelveen https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/306869.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/306869.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-306869 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT A fine 98 from Alex Kervezee and a crucial all-round performance from Mudassar Bukhari gave the Netherlands a positive start on the first day of the Intercontinental Cup match against Canada at Toronto https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/300045.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/story/300045.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-300045 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:17 GMT Netherlands have retained the same squad that played in the World Cricket League for next month's World Cup https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/280219.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/280219.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-280219 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT An impressive all-round display from Ryan ten Doeschate helped Netherlands to a confident 17-run win as they opened their Tri-series account on a positive note at Potchefstroom https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/triseries-southafrica/content/story/269949.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/triseries-southafrica/content/story/269949.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269949 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Netherlands must beat Bermuda in the latest Intercontinental Cup match at Pretoria on Tuesday if they are to have a hope of replacing Canada at the top of Group B https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont/content/story/269097.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icccont/content/story/269097.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-269097 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alexei Kervezee, the 17-year-old Netherlands batsman, has signed a two-year contract with Worcestershire https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/260738.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/260738.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-260738 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka have broken the world record for the highest one-day international total in their match against Netherlands at Amstelveen https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/engvsl/content/story/252357.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/engvsl/content/story/252357.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-252357 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Peter Cantrell, the Netherlands coach, has named a 13-man squad for the two ODIs against Sri Lanka https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/engvsl/content/story/252211.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/engvsl/content/story/252211.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-252211 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT