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Worcestershire captain Daryl Mitchell became the second player to reach 1,000 runs in the current County Championship season before Leicestershire's bowlers pegged the Division Two leaders back to 317 for 9.

A 29-ball half-century from acting captain Varun Chopra reignited Warwickshire's NatWest T20 Blast campaign in a five-wicket win over Worcestershire in front of crowd of 12,500 at Edgbaston.

Andrew Flintoff's first professional match for nearly five years coincided with a day of Lancashire records on the banks of the Severn

If Warwickshire go on to win the County Championship title this year, they will surely look back on this match as the turning point of their campaign

Saeed Ajmal posted match figures of 12 for 140 as Worcestershire went 12 points clear of Hampshire with a crushing 249-run victory over Glamorgan at New Road

Moeen Ali treated Worcestershire fans to a glimpse of his international quality when making 80 from 87 balls on what is likely to be a fleeting return to New Road

A limping Jacques Rudolph missed a third consecutive Championship century in Glamorgan's battle to hold off Worcestershire in a gripping Division Two clash

Tom Fell scored his second consecutive Championship hundred in an immediate tribute to his mentor, Damian D'Oliveira, who died only hours before the fixture with Glamorgan at New Road

Jonathan Trott continued his comeback with a low-key innings as Warwickshire were swept up in Worcestershire's winning streak at the top of the NatWest T20 Blast North Group

Saeed Ajmal took six wickets for 13 runs in a magical 36-ball spell to give Worcestershire a 234-run victory over Leicestershire on the final day of their LV= County Championship Division Two game at Grace Road

Daryl Mitchell and Colin Munro both struck half-centuries while Chris Russell kept his cool at the death as North Division pacesetters Worcestershire beat rock-bottom Derbyshire

It was a shame that the only day of this encounter unblemished by rain merely saw the game home to a draw but Michael Carberry scored a fine, second hundred of the season, to steer his side to safety.

Worcestershire lead by 152 runs, needing nine Hampshire wickets to secure an innings victory over their Division Two rivals

Ben Cox scored his maiden first-class hundred to help Worcestershire beyond par and to a useful first-innings score on a two-paced pitch

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

It's often a strategy, in rain-truncated games, to evaluate the conditions by bowling first. Worcestershire captain Daryl Mitchell had no hesitation in doing just that, following a two-hour delay, and his methods paid dividends as his side timed their tri

A fine half-century from captain Daryl Mitchell was enough for Worcestershire to pick up a five-wicket victory in their NatWest T20 Blast clash with the Leicestershire at Grace Road