Daryl Mitchell's superb double century against Hampshire means he has replaced Tom Fell as Worcestershire's leading run-scorer after 10 matches in the LV = County Championship going into today's clash with Yorkshire at Scarborough.
The Worcestershire skipper and opener showed typical powers of endurance, discipline and concentration in scoring 206 not out and being on the field for all four days at New Road.
It was a feat he had also achieved when scoring an unbeaten 142 in the clash at the Ageas Bowl earlier in the campaign.
Mitchell, the county's highest run-getter with 1,334 in 2014, has now amassed 663 at an average of 47.36 – five more than Fell who has scored two hundreds and three fifties in an excellent campaign for the former Oakham School pupil.
On the bowling front, Jack Shantry became the first Worcestershire bowler to move past the 50 mark in first class wickets this season after his excellent 5-51 in unhelpful conditions during Hampshire's second innings.
But in terms of Championship wickets, Shantry and Leach are level on 44 wickets apiece with Charlie Morris forming the third part of this excellent trio with 33 victims.
Once again Shantry and Morris have played all 10 games which is a testament to the work of fitness and conditioning coach Ross Dewar and first team physiotherapist Ben Davies.
Leach has also maintained his fitness and played all eight games since replacing the injured Gareth Andrew for the third match of the season against Somerset.
LV COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP AVERAGES
BATTING
Mitchell Played 10, Inns 17, Not Outs 3, Runs 663, Highest 206*, Average 47.36
Fell 10, 16, 0, 658, 143, 41.12
Leach 8, 11, 2, 370, 95, 41.11
Andrew 2, 4, 0, 152, 70, 38.00
Cox 10, 16, 2, 497, 109, 35.50
Munro 1, 1, 0, 34, 34, 34.00
Moeen Ali 4, 8, 1, 227, 62, 32.43
Clarke 5, 7, 0, 185, 70, 26.43
Oliver 10, 17, 0, 412, 101, 24.24
Kervezee 4, 7, 0, 162, 93, 23.14
D'Oliveira 1, 1, 0, 19, 19, 19.00
Gidman 9, 14, 1, 239, 78, 18.38
Senanayake 5, 9, 0, 120, 132, 13.33
Shantry 10, 15, 3, 155, 41*, 12.92
Ajmal 4, 6, 1, 56, 20, 11.20
Whiteley 2, 3, 0, 26, 15, 8.67
Kohler-Cadmore 3, 5, 0, 37, 24, 7.40
Morris 10, 15, 7, 56, 24, 7.00
Barnard 2, 2, 0, 4, 4, 2.00
BOWLING
Gidman Played 9, Overs 3, Maidens 1, Runs 11, Wickets 1, Average 11.00
Shantry 10, 348.5, 89, 903, 44, 20.52
Leach 8, 319.2, 59, 1059, 44, 24.07
Andrew 2, 50.1, 5, 220, 8, 27.50
Kervezee 4, 23, 1, 86, 3, 28.67
Munro 1, 8, 2, 29, 1, 29.00
Morris 10, 353, 68, 1120, 33, 33.94
D'Oliveira 1, 18, 5, 36, 1, 36.00
Barnard 2, 61, 13, 188, 5, 37.60
Ajmal 4, 147.3, 26, 421, 11, 38.27
Senanayake 5, 137, 18, 381, 9, 42.33
Moeen Ali 4, 85, 6, 272, 3, 90.67
