Worcestershire Under-15 side are through to the quarter-finals of the prestigious ECB County Cup and will take on Nottinghamshire Under-15s at Kidderminster’s Chester Road ground tomorrow (Wednesday).
The Under-15s produced a superb performance to top Group 2A and registered their sixth win in eight games when they defeated Warwickshire Under-15s.
They chalked up 24 points from their eight matches – seven more than runners-up Cricket Wales who also qualified for the last eight.
Worcestershire will face a Nottinghamshire side who finished runners-up in Group 1A with the winners participating in the semi-finals – and possibly final – at Kibworth CC, Leicestershire on August 23 and 24.
The County have named an unchanged side for the quarter-final which includes Alex Hinkley and Peter Clark.
The duo have been selected for the ‘Best Of Bunburys’ matches at the National Performance Centre, Loughborough from August 27-29 and will represent the combined Midlands-North side.
Worcestershire Under-15s:
E Bragg (c)
CA Kulkarni (w)
D Holland
D Meredith
A Hinkley
P Clark
H Marshall
L Tulacz
N Jakobsen
H Akram
C Greening
A Tomson
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GROUP 2A TABLE
Worcs Played 8, Won 6, Lost 2, Aband 0, Points 24
Wales 8, 4, 3, 1, 17
Northants 8, 4, 4, 0, 16
Warwicks 8, 3, 4, 1, 13
Staffs 8, 1, 5, 2, 6
