Worcestershire are in Specsavers County Championship action for the next four days against Durham at the Emirates in a floodlit match being played with a pink duke ball.
Here are the first class records of the previous first class meetings between the two counties.
Worcestershire: Played: 26 Won: 6 Lost: 10 Drawn: 10
Last meeting: Durham won by 3 wickets at Chester le Street – 14th-17th September 2015
Worcs 350-7 dec (T Kohler-Cadmore 89, TC Fell 83) & 217-9 dec (BL D'Oliveira 49)
Durham 277 (SG Borthwick 73, BL D'Oliveira 5-48) & 291-7 (SG Borthwick 99, MJ Richardson 75*)
Highest total – Worcestershire: 643-7 dec New Road 2002
Highest total – Durham: 634-8 dec New Road 2009
Lowest total – Worcestershire: 120 Chester le Street 2012
Lowest total – Durham: 120 New Road 2002, 120 New Road 2003
Highest score – Worcestershire: GA Hick 315* New Road 2002
Highest score – Durham: S Chanderpaul 201* New Road 2009
Best innings bowling – Worcs: MS Mason 6-68 New Road 2003
Best innings bowling – Durham: OD Gibson 7-46 Chester le Street 2007
Best match bowling – Worcs: PJ Newport 9-72 Darlington 1995
Best match bowling – Durham: SJ Harmison 8-86 Chester le Street 2005
Most runs – Worcestershire: GA Hick 1179 Ave: 56.14
Most runs – Durham: PD Collingwood 954 Ave: 47.70
Most wickets – Worcestershire: A Sheriyar 35 Ave: 22.37
Most wickets – Durham: SJ Harmison 45 Ave: 19.49
Best partnerships for Worcestershire:
1st 148 DKH Mitchell PJ Hughes Chester le Street 2012
2nd 190 A Singh GA Hick New Road 2002
3rd 171 GA Hick BF Smith New Road 2002
4th 134 TM Moody GR Haynes New Road 1994
5th 90 T Kohler-Cadmore RA Whiteley Chester-le-Street 2015
6th 117 SM Davies DA Wheeldon New Road 2009
7th 85 GA Hick SJ Rhodes New Road 2002
8th 138* GA Hick AJ Bichel New Road 2002
9th 108 RK Illingworth RJ Chapman New Road 1998
10th 54 SR Lampitt A Sheriyar Kidderminster 2001
Best partnerships for Durham:
1st 124 MJ Di Venuto KJ Coetzer New Road 2009
2nd 145 PWG Parker P Bainbridge New Road 1992
3rd 138 JJB Lewis PD Collingwood Chester le Street 2001
4th 226 S Chanderpaul DM Benkenstein New Road 2009
5th 247 GJ Muchall ID Blackwell New Road 2011
6th 152 IT Botham AC Cummins Stockton 1993
7th 154 P Mustard SG Borthwick New Road 2011
8th 35 P Mustard CD Thorp Chester le Street 2009
9th 75 LE Plunkett PJ Wiseman Chester le Street 2007
10th 95 SG Borthwick G Onions New Road 2015
*Thanks to Worcestershire CCC analyst Phil Mellish for the above information
