MatchesMen's First-classCounty Championship 2026

Lancashire v Worcestershire

Group 2, match 39 · County Ground, Worcester · 27 Aug 2026 – 30 Aug 2026

Match drawn Rain likely

Lancashire 1st innings18061.2 overs

Worcestershire 1st innings263/7d62 overs

Lancashire 2nd innings2/02 overs

Lancashire 1st innings 180 (61.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KK Jennings	c AJ Hose b B Swanepoel	55	117	5	1	47.0
MF Hurst	c DH Lategan b TAI Taylor	2	23	0	0	8.7
JJ Bohannon	lbw b MJ Waite	1	16	0	0	6.3
MS Harris	c & b B Swanepoel	4	11	1	0	36.4
R Flintoff	c BMJ Allison b F Singh	23	39	3	0	59.0
AR Shetty	c RM Edavalath b F Singh	4	5	1	0	80.0
BL Walkden	c HJ Cullen b F Singh	26	63	3	0	41.3
GP Balderson	b B Swanepoel	5	8	1	0	62.5
Nauman Ali	lbw b BMJ Allison	0	6	0	0	0.0
TE Bailey	c AJ Hose b B Swanepoel	34	49	4	0	69.4
TH Aspinwall	not out	9	33	0	0	27.3
Extras		17
Total	all out, 61.2 overs	180

Fall of wickets: 7-1 (MF Hurst, 6.5 ov), 18-2 (JJ Bohannon, 13.3 ov), 23-3 (MS Harris, 16.5 ov), 60-4 (R Flintoff, 29.4 ov), 70-5 (AR Shetty, 31.5 ov), 102-6 (KK Jennings, 38.4 ov), 110-7 (GP Balderson, 40.5 ov), 115-8 (Nauman Ali, 43.3 ov), 150-9 (BL Walkden, 50.6 ov), 180-10 (TE Bailey, 61.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
TAI Taylor	16	6	38	1	2.38	74	0	2
BMJ Allison	14	6	24	1	1.71	70	0	0
B Swanepoel	10.2	3	37	4	3.58	46	1	2
MJ Waite	13	3	42	1	3.23	57	0	0
F Singh	8	0	27	3	3.38	30	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	7	41	KK Jennings 3, MF Hurst 2
2	11	40	KK Jennings 9, JJ Bohannon 1
3	5	20	KK Jennings 1, MS Harris 4
4	37	77	KK Jennings 12, R Flintoff 23
5	10	13	KK Jennings 6, AR Shetty 4
6	32	41	KK Jennings 24, BL Walkden 7
7	8	13	BL Walkden 3, GP Balderson 5
8	5	16	BL Walkden 1, Nauman Ali 0
9	35	45	BL Walkden 15, TE Bailey 14
10	30	62	TE Bailey 20, TH Aspinwall 9

Worcestershire 1st innings 263/7d (62 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DH Lategan	c KK Jennings b TE Bailey	0	4	0	0	0.0
JD Libby	c MF Hurst b TE Bailey	56	120	4	0	46.7
RM Edavalath	lbw b GP Balderson	42	111	6	0	37.8
AJ Hose	b GP Balderson	0	2	0	0	0.0
BL D'Oliveira	c & b GP Balderson	45	44	4	1	102.3
B Swanepoel	not out	63	55	6	3	114.5
HJ Cullen	c AR Shetty b BL Walkden	15	19	3	0	78.9
MJ Waite	b GP Balderson	9	11	1	0	81.8
TAI Taylor	not out	20	12	1	2	166.7
Extras		13
Total	7 wickets declared, 62 overs	263

Did not bat: F Singh, BMJ Allison

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (DH Lategan, 0.4 ov), 87-2 (RM Edavalath, 33.4 ov), 87-3 (AJ Hose, 33.6 ov), 121-4 (JD Libby, 42.1 ov), 180-5 (BL D'Oliveira, 50.5 ov), 203-6 (HJ Cullen, 55.2 ov), 214-7 (MJ Waite, 56.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
TE Bailey	15	5	51	2	3.40	66	6
TH Aspinwall	8	1	51	0	6.38	27	0
GP Balderson	19	2	78	4	4.11	80	2
BL Walkden	11	1	51	1	4.64	43	2
Nauman Ali	9	0	31	0	3.44	35	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	0	4	DH Lategan 0, JD Libby 0
2	87	198	JD Libby 40, RM Edavalath 42
3	0	2	JD Libby 0, AJ Hose 0
4	34	49	JD Libby 16, BL D'Oliveira 16
5	59	52	BL D'Oliveira 29, B Swanepoel 28
6	23	27	B Swanepoel 8, HJ Cullen 15
7	11	10	B Swanepoel 0, MJ Waite 9
Unbroken	49	30	B Swanepoel 27, TAI Taylor 20

Lancashire 2nd innings 2/0 (2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KK Jennings	not out	2	9	0	0	22.2
MF Hurst	not out	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras		0
Total	0 wickets, 2 overs	2

Did not bat: TH Aspinwall, GP Balderson, R Flintoff, Nauman Ali, MS Harris, TE Bailey, BL Walkden, AR Shetty, JJ Bohannon

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
TAI Taylor	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0
BMJ Allison	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0

Match details

Toss: Worcestershire, chose to field
Ground: County Ground, England & Wales
Season: 2026
Umpires: BJ Peverall, MA Gough
Match referee: SJ Davis
Rain: Draw with only 125.2 of ~360 overs bowled (35%)
Source: Cricsheet match 1513434