Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Carberry	c †Cox b Tongue	5	32	42	0	0	15.62
Ned Eckersley	c Mitchell b Leach	12	37	52	1	0	32.43
Colin Ackermann	b Barnard	4	11	19	1	0	36.36
Mark Cosgrove (c)	c Clarke b Barnard	74	123	148	8	0	60.16
Aadil Ali	lbw b Leach	40	92	108	5	0	43.47
Neil Dexter	lbw b Ashwin	114	154	227	19	1	74.02
Lewis Hill †	lbw b Tongue	33	91	97	4	0	36.26
Ben Raine	b Leach	3	18	23	0	0	16.66
Zak Chappell	c Fell b Brown	48	71	80	9	0	67.60
Dieter Klein	b Ashwin	26	29	40	3	1	89.65
Callum Parkinson	not out	22	32	33	2	0	68.75
Extras	(b 5, lb 14, nb 4)	23
Total	114.4 Ov (RR: 3.52)	404
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Michael Carberry, 9.5 ov), 2-21 (Ned Eckersley, 12.3 ov), 3-25 (Colin Ackermann, 13.5 ov), 4-129 (Aadil Ali, 43.2 ov), 5-172 (Mark Cosgrove, 53.1 ov), 6-272 (Lewis Hill, 81.1 ov), 7-285 (Ben Raine, 86.2 ov), 8-354 (Neil Dexter, 104.2 ov), 9-360 (Zak Chappell, 105.2 ov), 10-404 (Dieter Klein, 114.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Joe Leach	25	4	80	3	3.20	113	10	0	0	2
12.3 to EJH Eckersley, . 21/2 43.2 to AM Ali, . 129/4 86.2 to BA Raine, . 285/7
Josh Tongue	19	3	60	2	3.15	85	9	0	0	0
9.5 to MA Carberry, . 19/1 81.1 to LJ Hill, . 272/6
Ed Barnard	20	6	58	2	2.90	96	10	0	0	0
13.5 to CN Ackermann, . 25/3 53.1 to MJ Cosgrove, . 172/5
Ravichandran Ashwin	36.4	5	132	2	3.60	150	16	1	0	0
104.2 to NJ Dexter, . 354/8 114.4 to D Klein, . 404/10
Pat Brown	14	1	55	1	3.92	57	7	1	0	0
105.2 to ZJ Chappell, . 360/9

Worcestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daryl Mitchell	c Klein b Parkinson	58	75	98	9	0	77.33
Brett D'Oliveira	c & b Parkinson	138	207	293	15	1	66.66
Tom Fell	b Parkinson	0	8	8	0	0	0.00
Joe Clarke	c Eckersley b Raine	28	44	50	3	0	63.63
George Rhodes	c Carberry b Parkinson	47	102	102	6	0	46.07
Josh Tongue	st †Hill b Parkinson	10	17	20	2	0	58.82
Ravichandran Ashwin	c Eckersley b Parkinson	44	50	61	6	0	88.00
Ben Cox †	c Klein b Parkinson	77	107	166	6	1	71.96
Ed Barnard	c †Hill b Raine	30	61	69	3	0	49.18
Joe Leach (c)	c & b Parkinson	28	38	41	1	1	73.68
Pat Brown	not out	2	5	12	0	0	40.00
Extras	(b 10, lb 9, nb 12)	31
Total	118 Ov (RR: 4.17)	493
Fall of wickets: 1-119 (Daryl Mitchell, 25.6 ov), 2-120 (Tom Fell, 27.4 ov), 3-161 (Joe Clarke, 40.3 ov), 4-270 (George Rhodes, 67.5 ov), 5-294 (Josh Tongue, 73.1 ov), 6-313 (Brett D'Oliveira, 77.6 ov), 7-380 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 87.6 ov), 8-443 (Ed Barnard, 104.6 ov), 9-486 (Joe Leach, 115.6 ov), 10-493 (Ben Cox, 117.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dieter Klein	12	2	67	0	5.58	44	10	0	0	2
Ben Raine	31	7	90	2	2.90	134	9	0	0	1
40.3 to JM Clarke, . 161/3 104.6 to EG Barnard, . 443/8
Zak Chappell	16	0	108	0	6.75	51	15	1	0	2
Callum Parkinson	45	1	148	8	3.28	171	9	2	0	0
25.6 to DKH Mitchell, . 119/1 27.4 to TC Fell, . 120/2 67.5 to GH Rhodes, . 270/4 73.1 to JC Tongue, . 294/5 77.6 to BL D'Oliveira, . 313/6 87.6 to R Ashwin, . 380/7 115.6 to J Leach, . 486/9 117.6 to OB Cox, . 493/10
Neil Dexter	11	2	40	0	3.63	46	6	0	0	0
Aadil Ali	3	0	21	0	7.00	8	2	0	0	1

Leicestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Carberry	b Leach	1	15	22	0	0	6.66
Ned Eckersley	c †Cox b Tongue	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Colin Ackermann	c †Cox b Tongue	4	5	5	1	0	80.00
Mark Cosgrove (c)	lbw b Leach	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Aadil Ali	lbw b Barnard	24	62	72	2	0	38.70
Neil Dexter	lbw b Ashwin	48	83	102	5	1	57.83
Lewis Hill †	c D'Oliveira b Ashwin	60	106	148	7	0	56.60
Ben Raine	c Mitchell b Ashwin	10	14	17	2	0	71.42
Zak Chappell	c D'Oliveira b Brown	66	84	81	7	1	78.57
Dieter Klein	c Clarke b Brown	0	3	8	0	0	0.00
Callum Parkinson	not out	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 6)	7
Total	63.2 Ov (RR: 3.47)	220
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ned Eckersley, 1.1 ov), 2-4 (Colin Ackermann, 1.6 ov), 3-5 (Mark Cosgrove, 2.6 ov), 4-10 (Michael Carberry, 4.3 ov), 5-59 (Aadil Ali, 22.3 ov), 6-97 (Neil Dexter, 33.4 ov), 7-111 (Ben Raine, 37.3 ov), 8-214 (Zak Chappell, 60.5 ov), 9-216 (Dieter Klein, 62.2 ov), 10-220 (Lewis Hill, 63.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Joe Leach	10	3	27	2	2.70	47	4	0	0	0
2.6 to MJ Cosgrove, . 5/3 4.3 to MA Carberry, . 10/4
Josh Tongue	10	1	36	2	3.60	40	4	0	0	0
1.1 to EJH Eckersley, . 0/1 1.6 to CN Ackermann, . 4/2
Ravichandran Ashwin	25.2	2	94	3	3.71	106	8	2	0	0
33.4 to NJ Dexter, . 97/6 37.3 to BA Raine, . 111/7 63.2 to LJ Hill, . 220/10
Ed Barnard	14	2	41	1	2.92	65	6	0	0	0
22.3 to AM Ali, . 59/5
Pat Brown	4	1	15	2	3.75	17	2	0	0	0
60.5 to ZJ Chappell, . 214/8 62.2 to D Klein, . 216/9

Worcestershire 2nd Innings (T: 132 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daryl Mitchell	b Parkinson	24	36	49	3	0	66.66
Brett D'Oliveira	b Parkinson	15	24	38	2	0	62.50
Tom Fell	b Raine	18	37	34	4	0	48.64
Joe Clarke	lbw b Ali	35	44	68	5	0	79.54
George Rhodes	not out	22	40	47	3	0	55.00
Ravichandran Ashwin	not out	5	4	5	1	0	125.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 4, nb 6, w 1)	13
Total	30.2 Ov (RR: 4.35)	132/4
Did not bat: Ben Cox †, Ed Barnard, Joe Leach (c), Josh Tongue, Pat Brown
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Brett D'Oliveira, 9.1 ov), 2-51 (Daryl Mitchell, 11.2 ov), 3-69 (Tom Fell, 18.1 ov), 4-124 (Joe Clarke, 29.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Raine	12	1	43	1	3.58	55	7	0	0	0
18.1 to TC Fell, . 69/3
Zak Chappell	3	0	16	0	5.33	12	1	0	0	2
Callum Parkinson	11	1	37	2	3.36	49	6	0	0	0
9.1 to BL D'Oliveira, . 40/1 11.2 to DKH Mitchell, . 51/2
Dieter Klein	3.2	0	20	0	6.00	10	2	0	0	1
Aadil Ali	1	0	10	1	10.00	3	2	0	1	0
29.3 to JM Clarke, . 124/4

Close of Play

Tue, 12 Sep - day 1 - Leics 1st innings 325/7 (Neil Dexter 102*, Zak Chappell 32*, 93 ov)

Wed, 13 Sep - day 2 - Worcs 1st innings 270/4 (Brett D'Oliveira 121*, Josh Tongue 0*, 69 ov)

Thu, 14 Sep - day 3 - Leics 2nd innings 111/7 (Lewis Hill 18*, 37.3 ov)

Fri, 15 Sep - day 4 - Worcs 2nd innings 132/4 (30.2 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Toss	Leicestershire, elected to bat first
Series	Specsavers County Championship Division Two
Season	2017
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	12,13,14,15 September 2017 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Neil Bainton Peter Hartley
Points	Worcestershire 24, Leicestershire 6

Match Coverage

Home-grown Worcestershire close to deserved reward

Worcestershire survive Parkinson's feat to close in on victory

D'Oliveira keeps Worcestershire above water

Ashwin goes unrewarded as Cosgrove and Dexter prosper

Instant answers to T20 questions

Worcs Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
BA Raine	12	1	43	1	3.58
ZJ Chappell	3	0	16	0	5.33 (2 nb)
CF Parkinson	11	1	37	2	3.36
D Klein	3.2	0	20	0	6 (1 nb)
AM Ali	1	0	10	1	10

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