Wednesday, April 17th, 2019

SECONDS LAUNCH TROPHY PROGRAMME AFTER DELL AND FINCH IMPRESS IN WARM-UP WIN

SECONDS LAUNCH TROPHY PROGRAMME AFTER DELL AND FINCH IMPRESS IN WARM-UP WIN

Worcestershire Seconds completed their warm-up programme for the Second Eleven Trophy with a three wicket win over their Gloucestershire counterparts at RGS Worcester.

Adam Finch picked up four wickets and Josh Dell hit a half century as Worcestershire reached their 222 target with 6.1 overs to spare.

They will launch their Trophy programme tomorrow (Thursday) when taking on local rivals Warwickshire at Moseley.

Finch finished with figures of 10-0-42-4 with George Scrimshaw (3-1-10-1), James Wainman (10-1-37-1) and Zain Ul-Hassan (10-1-49-1) the other wicket-takers.

Max Tryfonos (69 off 118 balls) top-scored for Gloucestershire and shared in stands of 55 with Marc Lezar (28) and 65 with George Drissell (43).

Worcestershire, who were skippered by Joe Leach, lost two early wickets in reply but then Dell and Alex Milton (39 off 60 balls) added 103 for the third wicket in 21 overs.

Dell was eventually dismissed for 67 from 89 deliveries with eight boundaries.

The game was in the balance at 161-6 but then Jacques Banton (32) and Ul-Hassan (25 not out) took their side to the brink of victory a partnership of 54.

Joe Leach will captain the Seconds at Moseley as they look to get off to a winning start.

Worcestershire Seconds:

G Rhodes

O Westbury

J Dell

J Leach (c)

A Milton (w)

J Wainman

J Banton

Z Ul-Hassan

P Brown

A Finch

J Dickenson

12th man: M Ahmed