MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Gloucestershire v Worcestershire

Group 2, match 36 · College Ground, Cheltenham · 20 Aug 2026 – 23 Aug 2026

Worcestershire won by 8 wickets

Gloucestershire 1st innings15059.5 overs

Worcestershire 1st innings26789.1 overs

Gloucestershire 2nd innings395/7d114 overs

Worcestershire 2nd innings281/255.1 overs

Gloucestershire 1st innings 150 (59.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	c GH Roderick b BMJ Allison	9	10	2	0	90.0
JP Phillips	b MJ Waite	9	36	1	0	25.0
OJ Price	b MJ Waite	31	117	6	0	26.5
Miles Hammond	c AJ Hose b BMJ Allison	1	5	0	0	20.0
James Bracey	c JD Libby b BMJ Allison	0	2	0	0	0.0
TW Boorman	c DH Lategan b B Swanepoel	60	114	9	1	52.6
DJ Ahmed	b MJ Waite	8	14	2	0	57.1
EWO Middleton	b B Swanepoel	13	22	2	0	59.1
R Sai Kishore	not out	13	18	2	0	72.2
AA Rao	c RM Edavalath b BMJ Allison	1	4	0	0	25.0
WSA Williams	lbw b BMJ Allison	2	17	0	0	11.8
Extras		3
Total	all out, 59.5 overs	150

Fall of wickets: 11-1 (CT Bancroft, 3.1 ov), 27-2 (JP Phillips, 12.4 ov), 28-3 (Miles Hammond, 13.3 ov), 28-4 (James Bracey, 13.5 ov), 103-5 (OJ Price, 43.1 ov), 111-6 (DJ Ahmed, 47.3 ov), 132-7 (EWO Middleton, 52.3 ov), 133-8 (TW Boorman, 54.2 ov), 138-9 (AA Rao, 55.2 ov), 150-10 (WSA Williams, 59.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
TAI Taylor	17	8	35	0	2.06	87
BMJ Allison	17.5	9	19	5	1.07	94
MJ Waite	12	1	43	3	3.58	56
B Swanepoel	10	1	42	2	4.20	41
F Singh	3	0	8	0	2.67	15

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	11	19	CT Bancroft 9, JP Phillips 2
2	16	57	JP Phillips 7, OJ Price 8
3	1	5	OJ Price 0, Miles Hammond 1
4	0	2	OJ Price 0, James Bracey 0
5	75	176	OJ Price 23, TW Boorman 51
6	8	26	TW Boorman 0, DJ Ahmed 8
7	21	30	TW Boorman 8, EWO Middleton 13
8	1	11	TW Boorman 1, R Sai Kishore 0
9	5	6	R Sai Kishore 4, AA Rao 1
10	12	27	R Sai Kishore 9, WSA Williams 2

Worcestershire 1st innings 267 (89.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DH Lategan	lbw b R Sai Kishore	15	32	2	0	46.9
JD Libby	c James Bracey b WSA Williams	20	70	3	0	28.6
RM Edavalath	c AA Rao b R Sai Kishore	63	133	11	0	47.4
AJ Hose	lbw b WSA Williams	2	7	0	0	28.6
BL D'Oliveira	b R Sai Kishore	83	183	8	1	45.4
HJ Cullen	c TW Boorman b R Sai Kishore	5	6	1	0	83.3
MJ Waite	lbw b EWO Middleton	3	16	0	0	18.8
TAI Taylor	c CT Bancroft b EWO Middleton	4	10	0	0	40.0
B Swanepoel	b WSA Williams	42	62	6	0	67.7
BMJ Allison	lbw b DJ Ahmed	4	11	1	0	36.4
F Singh	not out	1	5	0	0	20.0
Extras		25
Total	all out, 89.1 overs	267

Did not bat: GH Roderick

Fall of wickets: 25-1 (DH Lategan, 10.2 ov), 63-2 (JD Libby, 25.2 ov), 69-3 (AJ Hose, 27.1 ov), 148-4 (RM Edavalath, 50.4 ov), 154-5 (HJ Cullen, 52.3 ov), 167-6 (MJ Waite, 57.2 ov), 177-7 (TAI Taylor, 63.1 ov), 248-8 (B Swanepoel, 83.3 ov), 259-9 (BMJ Allison, 86.5 ov), 267-10 (BL D'Oliveira, 89.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
WSA Williams	15.5	2	52	3	3.28	71	2
DJ Ahmed	13	3	38	1	2.92	60	0
R Sai Kishore	30.2	9	76	4	2.51	146	8
AA Rao	12	1	28	0	2.33	56	0
EWO Middleton	14	1	49	2	3.50	56	0
OJ Price	4	0	9	0	2.25	17	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	25	62	DH Lategan 15, JD Libby 8
2	38	90	JD Libby 12, RM Edavalath 21
3	6	11	RM Edavalath 4, AJ Hose 2
4	79	140	RM Edavalath 38, BL D'Oliveira 33
5	6	11	BL D'Oliveira 1, HJ Cullen 5
6	13	29	BL D'Oliveira 8, MJ Waite 3
7	10	35	BL D'Oliveira 5, TAI Taylor 4
8	71	122	BL D'Oliveira 22, B Swanepoel 42
9	11	20	BL D'Oliveira 7, BMJ Allison 4
10	8	15	BL D'Oliveira 7, F Singh 1

Gloucestershire 2nd innings 395/7d (114 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	lbw b B Swanepoel	37	83	3	0	44.6
JP Phillips	c HJ Cullen b B Swanepoel	35	66	5	0	53.0
OJ Price	b BMJ Allison	77	186	7	0	41.4
Miles Hammond	lbw b TAI Taylor	57	114	6	1	50.0
James Bracey	b B Swanepoel	127	151	14	3	84.1
TW Boorman	c BMJ Allison b MJ Waite	2	10	0	0	20.0
DJ Ahmed	c HJ Cullen b B Swanepoel	5	7	1	0	71.4
EWO Middleton	not out	33	60	2	1	55.0
R Sai Kishore	not out	7	7	1	0	100.0
Extras		15
Total	7 wickets declared, 114 overs	395

Did not bat: WSA Williams, AA Rao

Fall of wickets: 74-1 (JP Phillips, 23.6 ov), 77-2 (CT Bancroft, 25.1 ov), 190-3 (Miles Hammond, 62.2 ov), 292-4 (OJ Price, 89.3 ov), 303-5 (TW Boorman, 92.5 ov), 310-6 (DJ Ahmed, 95.1 ov), 380-7 (James Bracey, 112.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
TAI Taylor	23	3	73	1	3.17	94
BMJ Allison	19	3	70	1	3.68	86
MJ Waite	18	2	56	1	3.11	76
B Swanepoel	22	8	49	4	2.23	99
F Singh	23	0	103	0	4.48	84
BL D'Oliveira	8	0	26	0	3.25	27
JD Libby	1	0	3	0	3.00	4

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	74	144	CT Bancroft 34, JP Phillips 35
2	3	7	CT Bancroft 3, OJ Price 0
3	113	223	OJ Price 51, Miles Hammond 57
4	102	163	OJ Price 26, James Bracey 75
5	11	20	James Bracey 8, TW Boorman 2
6	7	14	James Bracey 2, DJ Ahmed 5
7	70	102	James Bracey 42, EWO Middleton 28
Unbroken	15	11	EWO Middleton 5, R Sai Kishore 7

Worcestershire 2nd innings 281/2 (55.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DH Lategan	c JP Phillips b EWO Middleton	144	163	17	5	88.3
JD Libby	not out	107	151	12	0	70.9
B Swanepoel	c & b EWO Middleton	22	16	3	1	137.5
AJ Hose	not out	4	1	1	0	400.0
Extras		4
Total	2 wickets, 55.1 overs	281

Did not bat: F Singh, BMJ Allison, GH Roderick, RM Edavalath, TAI Taylor, BL D'Oliveira, MJ Waite, HJ Cullen

Fall of wickets: 244-1 (DH Lategan, 49.3 ov), 277-2 (B Swanepoel, 53.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
R Sai Kishore	18	2	79	0	4.39	72	0
WSA Williams	4	0	25	0	6.25	15	0
DJ Ahmed	3	0	15	0	5.00	12	0
AA Rao	5	0	33	0	6.60	14	0
OJ Price	12	0	47	0	3.92	38	1
EWO Middleton	11.1	1	63	2	5.64	34	0
Miles Hammond	2	0	17	0	8.50	5	1

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	244	297	DH Lategan 144, JD Libby 97
2	33	27	JD Libby 10, B Swanepoel 22
Unbroken	4	7	JD Libby 0, AJ Hose 4

Match details

Toss: Gloucestershire, chose to bat
Ground: College Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: AG Wharf, BJ Peverall
Match referee: SG Hinks
Source: Cricsheet match 1513431