Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Harris	lbw b Leach	1	25	31	0	0	4.00
Chris Dent	c Haynes b Gibbon	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
James Bracey †	c Libby b Gibbon	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Miles Hammond	c Libby b Leach	4	7	13	0	0	57.14
Graeme van Buuren (c)	c †Cox b Pennington	14	25	49	2	0	56.00
Oliver Price	lbw b Leach	11	21	25	0	0	52.38
Jack Taylor	c Gibbon b Pennington	10	29	42	1	0	34.48
Zafar Gohar	c †Cox b Leach	22	53	67	3	0	41.50
Tom Price	run out (Waite)	109	98	139	12	4	111.22
Marchant de Lange	c †Cox b Tongue	22	26	37	0	3	84.61
Ajeet Singh Dale	not out	22	42	62	4	0	52.38
Extras	(b 5, lb 7, nb 4)	16
Total	54.4 Ov (RR: 4.22)	231
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Chris Dent, 1.3 ov), 2-0 (James Bracey, 1.4 ov), 3-5 (Miles Hammond, 4.3 ov), 4-8 (Marcus Harris, 6.4 ov), 5-24 (Oliver Price, 12.1 ov), 6-32 (Graeme van Buuren, 15.3 ov), 7-45 (Jack Taylor, 21.5 ov), 8-89 (Zafar Gohar, 30.6 ov), 9-150 (Marchant de Lange, 39.4 ov), 10-231 (Tom Price, 54.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Joe Leach	16	4	49	4	3.06	78	2	3	0	1
4.3 to MAH Hammond, . 5/3 6.4 to MS Harris, . 8/4 12.1 to OJ Price, . 24/5 30.6 to Zafar Gohar, . 89/8
Ben Gibbon	9	3	41	2	4.55	39	3	1	0	1
1.3 to CDJ Dent, . 0/1 1.4 to JR Bracey, . 0/2
Dillon Pennington	14	2	54	2	3.85	64	9	0	0	0
15.3 to GL van Buuren, . 32/6 21.5 to JMR Taylor, . 45/7
Josh Tongue	11	1	54	1	4.90	47	6	3	0	0
39.4 to M de Lange, . 150/9
Brett D'Oliveira	3	0	15	0	5.00	10	2	0	0	0
Matthew Waite	1.4	0	6	0	3.60	6	0	0	0	0

Worcestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ed Pollock	c †Bracey b TJ Price	34	83	111	2	0	40.96
Jake Libby	lbw b Dale	27	47	69	2	0	57.44
Azhar Ali	c †Bracey b TJ Price	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Jack Haynes	c †Bracey b TJ Price	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Brett D'Oliveira (c)	c †Bracey b TJ Price	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Matthew Waite	c OJ Price b Dale	44	66	108	5	0	66.66
Ben Cox †	lbw b Dale	15	33	37	1	0	45.45
Joe Leach	c Dent b Dale	1	8	8	0	0	12.50
Josh Tongue	b Dale	11	52	60	0	0	21.15
Ben Gibbon	not out	13	28	44	2	0	46.42
Dillon Pennington	c †Bracey b Dale	6	10	18	1	0	60.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 4)	6
Total	55.1 Ov (RR: 2.84)	157
Fall of wickets: 1-58 (Jake Libby, 17.3 ov), 2-59 (Azhar Ali, 18.2 ov), 3-59 (Jack Haynes, 18.3 ov), 4-59 (Brett D'Oliveira, 18.4 ov), 5-84 (Ed Pollock, 26.4 ov), 6-113 (Ben Cox, 35.5 ov), 7-115 (Joe Leach, 37.2 ov), 8-132 (Matthew Waite, 45.4 ov), 9-143 (Josh Tongue, 51.3 ov), 10-157 (Dillon Pennington, 55.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Marchant de Lange	10	1	41	0	4.10	39	4	0	0	0
Tom Price	16	1	58	4	3.62	68	5	0	0	2
18.2 to Azhar Ali, . 59/2 18.3 to JA Haynes, . 59/3 18.4 to BL D'Oliveira, . 59/4 26.4 to EJ Pollock, . 84/5
Ajeet Singh Dale	17.1	4	41	6	2.38	80	3	0	0	0
17.3 to JD Libby, . 58/1 35.5 to OB Cox, . 113/6 37.2 to J Leach, . 115/7 45.4 to MJ Waite, . 132/8 51.3 to JC Tongue, . 143/9 55.1 to DY Pennington, . 157/10
Zafar Gohar	11	5	14	0	1.27	58	1	0	0	0
Graeme van Buuren	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Dent	c †Cox b Waite	83	157	238	11	1	52.86
Marcus Harris	c †Cox b Tongue	26	56	75	3	0	46.42
James Bracey †	c †Cox b Tongue	51	78	95	8	0	65.38
Miles Hammond	c Waite b Tongue	15	27	27	2	0	55.55
Graeme van Buuren (c)	not out	34	43	59	3	0	79.06
Oliver Price	not out	7	13	18	0	0	53.84
Extras	(lb 5, nb 4, w 1)	10
Total	62 Ov (RR: 3.64)	226/4d
Did not bat: Jack Taylor, Zafar Gohar, Marchant de Lange, Tom Price, Ajeet Singh Dale
Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Marcus Harris, 18.3 ov), 2-142 (James Bracey, 42.1 ov), 3-162 (Miles Hammond, 48.3 ov), 4-210 (Chris Dent, 57.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Joe Leach	16	4	63	0	3.93	68	8	0	0	1
Ben Gibbon	13	2	58	0	4.46	54	10	0	0	0
Josh Tongue	14	2	37	3	2.64	67	4	0	1	1
18.3 to MS Harris, . 51/1 42.1 to JR Bracey, . 142/2 48.3 to MAH Hammond, . 162/3
Dillon Pennington	10	1	29	0	2.90	46	3	0	0	0
Matthew Waite	8	1	25	1	3.12	35	2	0	0	0
57.6 to CDJ Dent, . 210/4
Brett D'Oliveira	1	0	9	0	9.00	2	0	1	0	0

Worcestershire 2nd Innings (T: 301 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ed Pollock	c sub b TJ Price	3	5	7	0	0	60.00
Jake Libby	c Harris b Dale	22	40	62	1	0	55.00
Azhar Ali	c de Lange b TJ Price	9	5	12	2	0	180.00
Jack Haynes	c OJ Price b de Lange	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Brett D'Oliveira (c)	retired hurt	0	7	7	0	0	0.00
Matthew Waite	not out	5	22	33	0	0	22.72
Ben Cox †	not out	2	4	9	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 4, nb 6)	10
Total	14 Ov (RR: 3.64)	51/4
Did not bat: Joe Leach, Josh Tongue, Ben Gibbon, Dillon Pennington
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Ed Pollock, 1.2 ov), 2-27 (Azhar Ali, 3.3 ov), 3-28 (Jack Haynes, 4.4 ov), 3-30* (Brett D'Oliveira, retired not out), 4-49 (Jake Libby, 12.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Marchant de Lange	5	1	20	1	4.00	21	2	0	0	1
4.4 to JA Haynes, . 28/3
Tom Price	7	2	19	2	2.71	35	1	0	0	2
1.2 to EJ Pollock, . 5/1 3.3 to Azhar Ali, . 27/2
Ajeet Singh Dale	2	0	8	1	4.00	8	0	0	0	0
12.2 to JD Libby, . 49/4

Close of Play

Thu, 20 Apr - day 1 - Worcs 1st innings 118/7 (Matthew Waite 37*, Josh Tongue 1*, 41 ov)

Fri, 21 Apr - day 2 - no play

Sat, 22 Apr - day 3 - Gloucs 2nd innings 172/3 (Chris Dent 66*, Graeme van Buuren 7*, 52 ov)

Sun, 23 Apr - day 4 - Worcs 2nd innings 51/4 (14 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Match Details

County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Toss	Gloucestershire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2023
Match days	20,21,22,23 April 2023 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Chris Watts Ian Blackwell
Match Referee	Alec Swann
Points	Gloucestershire 8, Worcestershire 8

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Worcs Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
M de Lange	5	1	20	1	4 (1 nb)
TJ Price	7	2	19	2	2.71 (2 nb)
AS Dale	2	0	8	1	4

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