Edwards On: Worcestershire's trip to Southport

No county coach worth his pay goes into a match aiming merely not to lose it; at least, none of them would admit to harbouring such a defensive objective. Yet Worcestershire’s players travelled to Southport having recently suffered wounding defeats, both of which featured second-innings batting collapses to totals under 120. So as they returned home on Monday evening, Alan Richardson and his staff might have felt a quiet sense of relief that a rot had been stopped.