worcestershire rapids are back in vitality blast action today when they take on northamptonshire steelbacks at New Road.
here are the records of previous t20 meetings between the two counties.
worcestershire: played: 28 won: 15 lost: 12 tied: 0 no result: 1 abandoned 2
last match played: rapids won by 9 wickets at northampton – 27th july 2018
steelbacks 187-9 (re levi 39, pr brown 3-31) rapids 189-1 (mj guptill 102, rj gleeson 1-37)
highest total – rapids: 227-6 kidderminster 2007
highest total – steelbacks: 222-3 kidderminster 2007
lowest total – rapids: 86 new road 2006
lowest total – steelbacks: 128-5 northampton 2012
highest score – rapids: 116* ga hick luton 2004
highest score – steelbacks: 111* l klusener kidderminster 2007
best bowling – rapids: 5-28 dkh mitchell northampton 2014
best bowling – steelbacks: 6-21 aj hall northampton 2008
75 or more runs for rapids:
ga hick 116* luton 2004
ga hick 110 kidderminster 2007
mj guptill 102 northampton 2018
mm ali 90 northampton 2015
st jayasuriya 87 new road 2010
rk oliver 77 new road 2014
75 or more runs for steelbacks:
l klusener 111* kidderminster 2007
bm duckett 92* new road 2017
jj cobb 80 northampton 2015
4 or more wickets for rapids:
dkh mitchell 5-28 northampton 2014
mm ali 5-34 northampton 2013
dy pennington 4-9 new road 2018
saeed ajmal 4-14 milton keynes 2011
4 or more wickets for steelbacks:
aj hall 6-21 northampton 2008
aj hall 4-19 northampton 2009
rsg anderson 4-29 new road 2003
best partnerships for rapids:
1st 175 vs solanki ga hick kidderminster 2007
2nd 85 mm ali an kervezee new road 2011
3rd 101 pj hughes jg cameron northampton 2012
4th 69 t kohler-cadmore bl d’oliveira new road 2016
5th 85* vs solanki dkh mitchell milton keynes 2011
6th 54 ra whiteley ob cox new road 2015
7th 51* dkh mitchell gh rhodes new road 2017
8th 26 bl d’oliveira eg barnard northampton 2017
9th 21 z khan rw price new road 2006
21 bl d’oliveira jd shantry northampton 2017
10th 23 z khan ms mason new road 2006
best partnerships for steelbacks:
1st 92 u afzaal l klusener kidderminster 2007
2nd 105 sc ganguly ra white northampton 2006
3rd 86 djg sales u afzaal new road 2005
4th 66* sd peters ag wakely northampton 2009
66* ag wakely ri keogh northampton 2017
5th 106* bm duckett sp crook new road 2017
6th 44 bm duckett ri keogh new road 2016
7th 55 aj hall l klusener new road 2008
8th 62 sp crook rk kleinveldt new road 2015
9th 5 gg white nl buck northampton 2018
10th 7* gg white rj gleeson northampton 2018
*thanks to worcestershire ccc analyst-first team scorer phil mellish for the above information
