Tuesday, May 14th, 2019

FIRST CLASS RECORDS WORCESTERSHIRE VERSUS DURHAM 2019

Worcestershire will take on Durham today in their first home Specsavers County Championship match of 2019.

Here are the records of the previous first class meetings between the two counties.

Worcestershire: Played: 28 Won: 7 Lost: 10 Drawn: 11

Last meeting: Worcestershire won by 137 runs at New Road – 25th-28th September 2017

Worcs 335 (R Ashwin 82, G Onions 4-68) & 242-3 dec (DKH Mitchell 123*) Durham 208 (G Clark 60, J Leach 3-30) & 232 (G Clark 62, R Ashwin 5-95)

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 1042 Ave: 45.30

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 130 BL D’Oliveira MM Ali Chester-le-Street 2017

6th 117 SM Davies DA Wheeldon New Road 2009

7th 86 R Ashwin EG Barnard New Road 2017

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 54 SW Poynter MA Wood Chester-le-Street 2017

9th 75 LE Plunkett PJ Wiseman Chester-le-Street 2007

10th 95 SG Borthwick G Onions New Road 2015

*Thanks to Worcestershire first team scorer and analyst Phil Mellish for the above information