Worcestershire

"We have played some really good cricket in the last two games. Now let’s try to take this form into the game at Northants this week.”

"Olly Hannon-Dalby, his loan from Warwickshire extended for another four games, bowled superbly for 18-6-27-3, building pressure which debutant Beyers Swanepoel exploited to take three for 51."

“It was nothing more than a strip of dried mud to start with and by the time Kent had played an innings on it, it had broken up into a bed of sand and gravel. Neither bowlers nor batsmen could hazard a guess as to what would happen when a ball was bowled."

“You see the sunshine streaming across New Road and there is such an air or relaxation. There is something therapeutic about it. Safe and comfortable. A very special place with a very special history.”

To bowl them out for even a small first innings lead was great in terms of momentum and then Dan Lategan and Jake Libby’s batting was very impressive. In their different ways, they put on a century stand in a low-scoring match - that says it all. That partnership on a tricky pitch was massive in the game and really put us in the driving seat.  

"From the position we were in, to come away with a draw was a very positive result after the guys dug in brilliantly in our second innings."

Nigel Gardner reports from an absorbing Fourth Day of action in the Pears' County Championship opener in Derby.

Paul Edwards, with the help of Worcestershire legend Tim Curtis, takes a deep-dive into England's unorthodox approach to Test cricket and reflects upon the key takeaways from a disappointing winter down under.