Cricket News

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Alexei Kervezee has announced his retirement from international cricket for Netherlands in order to focus on his career with Worcestershire

Abdur Rehman finished with match figures of 14 for 101 as Somerset clinched runners-up spot in Division One

Paceman Toby Roland-Jones bagged the first 10-wicket haul of his career as Middlesex clinched a tense five-wicket

Afghanistan were outplayed by Netherlands in Sharjah, going down by nine wickets

A round-up of matches on the second day of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers

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

Worcestershire may well go on to avoid relegation this season, but goodness me, they are making life hard for themselves

Moeen Ali's first century in 10 months gave Worcestershire a promising start against Somerset at New Road

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

Worcestershire registered their first Friends Life t20 win of the season following another batting failure by Northamptonshire at New Road

Steve Kirby helped give Somerset a useful lead against Worcestershire with 4 for 64