Worcestershire return to Specsavers County Championship action today against Derbyshire at the 3aaa County Ground after a three week break for white ball cricket.
The County will be at the half-way stage in their Championship programme after this fixture.
Here are the first class records of matches between the two counties.
Worcestershire: Played: 141 Won: 42 Lost: 47 Drawn: 52 Abandoned: 2
Last match played: Derbyshire won by 138 runs at Derby – 31st August-3rd September 2014
Derbys 356 (AL Hughes 74, CAJ Morris 5-54) & 296 (WL Madsen 98, BT Slater 65, MJ McClenaghan 5-78)
Worcs 385 (J Leach 71, TC Fell 70, DKH Mitchell 67, MHA Footitt 6-115) & 129 (WJ Durston 5-19)
Highest total – Worcestershire: 560 Kidderminster 1993
Highest total – Derbyshire: 513-8 dec Chesterfield 1933
Lowest total – Worcestershire: 46 Derby 1922
Lowest total – Derbyshire: 54 New Road 1935
Highest score – Worcestershire: SC Moore 246 New Road 2005
Highest score – Derbyshire: TS Worthington 200* Chesterfield 1933
Best innings bowling – Worcs: LJ Coldwell 8-41 Kidderminster 1961
Best innings bowling – Derbys: C Gladwin 9-41 Stourbridge 1952
Best match bowling – Worcs: CF Root 12-104 New Road 1924
Best match bowling – Derbys: C Gladwin 16-84 Stourbridge 1952
Most runs – Worcestershire: D Kenyon 1894 Ave: 29.59
Most runs – Derbyshire: D Smith 1492 Ave: 33.91
Most wickets – Worcestershire: RTD Perks 115 Ave: 25.35
Most wickets – Derbyshire: TB Mitchell 104 Ave: 19.12
Best partnerships for Worcestershire:
1st 309 HK Foster FL Bowley Derby 1901
2nd 192 FL Bowley RE Foster New Road 1902
3rd 198 GA Hick VS Solanki Derby 2001
4th 207 GE Bromley-Martin HK Foster New Road 1899
5th 197 WPC Weston DA Leatherdale New Road 1997
6th 206 PA Neale SJ Rhodes Derby 1988
7th 138 WV Fox MK Foster Kidderminster 1926
8th 184 SJ Rhodes SR Lampitt Kidderminster 1991
9th 173 SC Moore DJ Pipe New Road 2005
10th 94 CF Root RTD Perks Kidderminster 1930
Best partnerships for Derbyshire:
1st 283 JG Wright B Wood Chesterfield 1981
2nd 194 H Storer Jnr D Smith Chesterfield 1930
3rd 186* PD Bowler CJ Adams New Road 1992
4th 218 PD Bowler CJ Adams Derby 1992
5th 149 MJ North AG Botha Chesterfield 2006
6th 141 SWA Cadman JM Hutchinson Chesterfield 1925
7th 163 TS Worthington H Elliott Chesterfield 1933
8th 145 DJ Pipe GG Wagg Chesterfield 2008
9th 108 KM Krikken SJ Lacey New Road 1997
10th 123 TD Groenewald PS Jones New Road 2010
*Thanks to Worcestershire analyst Phil Mellish for supplying the above information.
