Roy Bradley

News of an early victory for rivals Hampshire was all the incentive Worcestershire needed to clinch the last promotion place in the Norwich Union League

Middlesex, who held a permanent place in the top three in the Second Division until the end of August, finished their season in a fifth match without a victory

Middlesex made one last effort to get back into the promotion shake-up with a headlong charge to wipe out Worcestershire's first innings advantage of 85

A dazzling first Championship century by Anurag Singh added to Middlesex's frustrations on bad a day for their hopes of snatching promotion

Robin Weston's third century of the season in the CricInfo Championship put the seal on a mixed first day for promotion outsiders Middlesex at a chilly and sometimes damp New Road

Glamorgan are now officially promoted in the Norwich Union League and all but champions of the Second Division with two points from an abandoned game at New Road

Yorkshire crashed from the high standards of four wins in five Norwich Union League games when Warwickshire wrapped up a seven-wicket victory with 18.1 overs to spare at Edgbaston

Hampshire scrambled a two-wicket victory at New Road to join Glamorgan and Worcestershire in three-way tie on 34 points behind Second Division leaders Durham

Worcestershire needed only 20 minutes on the last morning to wrap up a 112-run victory over Hampshire at New Road

Promotion-chasing Hampshire are on the brink of a setback after collapsing to 186 for 6 in pursuit of a target of 307 for victory at New Road

Neil Johnson's first Championship century for Hampshire re-kindled the promotion contenders' hopes of forcing victory at New Road

Hampshire secured three bowling points in pursuit of Sussex at the top of the Second Division by digging out Worcestershire for 247 at New Road

Durham survived a first-over scare and irritating wait through the lunch interval before completing a seven-wicket win against Worcestershire two minutes into the final afternoon at Kidderminster

Rain at Kidderminster denied Durham an opportunity to wrap up a three-day win after skittling Worcestershire for 147 in their second innings

Durham survived a double dose of inspirational cricket by Alamgir Sheriyar before Danny Law took them 33 runs clear of Worcestershire's first innings total of 227

Rain probably prevented a swift demolition job on Worcestershire's batting in a short but eventful first day in the annual Championship match at Kidderminster

Worcestershire smashed the record for the highest total by a side batting second in a day-night league match by reaching 275 for 3 to beat Durham by seven wickets in an epic top-of-the-table clash

Leicestershire stayed on course for a one-day double by overwhelming Worcestershire by 118 runs to register an 11th consecutive victory in limited-overs competitions

Worcestershire took only 52 minutes to reach a target of 70 complete a home-and-away double over Gloucestershire in the CricInfo Championship

Groundsman Roy McLaren's last Championship match at New Road appeared to be in danger of folding in two days as Gloucestershire crashed to 21 for 5 in their second innings