Worcestershire batsmen show good form

In a two day pre season friendly match against Sussex at Hove, Worcestershire's batsmen showed good form in reaching 342 for 6 off 85 overs. On a cold day interrupted by one shower, all the frontline batsmen reached double figures on a good batting track.

Captain Ben Smith top scored with 76 off 89 balls, closely followed by Vikram Solanki with 74 off 93 balls. Other scorers were Stephen Peters with 55, David Leatherdale with 54n/o, Anuarg Singh with 31, Graeme Hick with 17 and Kadeer Ali with 15.

The Sussex frontline bowlers all struggled except for Robin Martin-Jenkins who took 3 for 69 off 15 overs. Kirtley, Davis and Innes each took a wicket.

The County's bowlers will take centre stage today including new overseas signing Nantie Hayward together with Mark Harrity and Chris Liptrot. Hayward arrived in the Country on Tuesday morning for his first season in County Cricket.

Worcestershire's photocall will take place at New Road this Friday at 9-30am.

The inter-squad match scheduled for Saturday at New Road has been cancelled. The inter squad match scheduled for Wednesday 16th April at Ombersley CC will go ahead.