Worcestershire’s final day of their match against Warwickshire at New Road saw the home team battling through adverse conditions and a formidable bowling attack. Resuming on 54 for 2, Worcestershire faced a significant challenge against the relentless efforts of Chris Rushworth and Chris Woakes from Warwickshire.
Brett D’Oliveira’s early dismissal for a duck made for a shaky start for Worcestershire. He miscued a sliced leg-stump half volley from Rushworth to long leg. This wicket was most responsible for sending Worcestershire tumbling to 87 for 6. That left them in a tight spot from the start of the day.
In a great show of fight, Matthew Waite and Ethan Brookes put on 61 runs from only 63 deliveries. Their collaboration served as a beacon of hope during the chaos. Soon Justin Langer’s men were on the ropes again as Bamber quickly interrupted their counter attack by clean bowling Brookes, his middle peg cartwheeling.
One bright spot for Warwickshire’s batting lineup was the continued breakout performance of Sam Hain. He went on to score 86, before capping it off with an unbeaten 87. He sparkled as the most brilliant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s warring ministers. Only one other batter was even able to reach 50 runs on a day ruled by the bowlers. Chris Woakes made his mark, having Ben Allison caught behind, putting Warwickshire deep into the ascendency in the match.
Late in the game, Matthew Waite and Tom Taylor showed impressive fight to hold off Warwickshire’s bowling for a long period. In any other realizable scenario, Worcestershire had a daunting task. They shepherded the scoreboard along. They were at 181 for 8 when the umpires called play off for insufficient light just before tee time.
Waite showed both his resistance and explosiveness under pressure as he remained not out at 44. Chris Rushworth led the bowling attack with outstanding figures of 3 for 30. Earlier, Chris Woakes had provided terrific support, taking 3 for 53. The day’s play saw Gareth Roderick adjudged lbw to Rushworth and Kashif Ali edging Woakes to second slip, where Beau Webster took a superb catch.
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