Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club, fondly known as the Pears, is one of the proud pillars of English cricket, nestled in the heart of Worcestershire. Established in 1865, the team has etched a significant mark in the annals of the sport, captivating fans with its charm and competitive spirit.

The team enjoyed its first brush with major success in the 20th century, clinching its initial County Championship title in 1964. The 1960s were indeed a golden era, as Worcestershire secured another championship in 1965. The club celebrated further triumphs in 1974 and 1988, along with back-to-back wins in 1987 and '88 that cemented its standing in English cricket. One cannot overlook their prowess in one-day cricket; they won the Sunday League in 1971 and added more silverware with the Benson & Hedges Cup victories in 1991 and 1994.

Key players have often donned the Worcestershire jersey, leaving indelible marks on both the county and the international stage. The legendary Basil D’Oliveira, known for his elegant stroke play and an unwavering spirit, became a pivotal figure, not just for his cricketing prowess but also for his courageous stand against apartheid. Another icon, Graeme Hick, dominated the batting charts with over 40,000 first-class runs, making cricket look almost effortless.

Matches against Warwickshire have always had an extra edge, embodying the quintessential West Midlands rivalry. These encounters, often fiercely contested, stir passionate emotions among fans on both sides. Yet, Worcestershire, with its charming setting and amicable culture, has consistently punched above its weight.

Playing at New Road, set against the picturesque backdrop of Worcester Cathedral, adds a poetic touch to their matches. Known for its tricky wickets that offer assistance to seamers and spinners alike, New Road is a challenge for any visiting team. The fans, with their fervent yet sensible support, create an atmosphere that balances intensity with quintessential English grace.

Worcestershire's playing style is a reflection of adaptive cricket, thriving on the strengths of their bowlers and the resilience of their batsmen. Their spirit extends beyond cricket, often seen participating in local initiatives and community engagements — a sign of their deep-rooted cultural significance in the region.

Traditions and community spirit run akin to the gentle flow of the River Severn that flanks their home ground. Families have passed down their love for the Pears through generations, ensuring that support never wavers, even when the chips are down. Worcestershire embodies the soul of county cricket — it is as much about camaraderie and local pride as it is about the game itself.

North Group, North Group, T20 Blast - May 29, 2025

Lancashire

176/8 (20)

Worcestershire

169/7 (20)

Lancashire won by 7 runs

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - May 23, 2025

Worcestershire

181/10 (69.1) & 181/8 (61.2)

Warwickshire

227/10 (77.2) & 280/10 (90.5)

Match drawn

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - May 16, 2025

Worcestershire

358/10 (99.2) & 134/10 (57.3)

Essex

157/10 (60) & 110/10 (43.5)

Worcestershire won by 225 runs

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - May 9, 2025

Sussex

284/10 (90.3) & 256/10 (79.4)

Worcestershire

180/10 (70.4) & 313/10 (106.2)

Sussex won by 47 runs

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - April 25, 2025

Worcestershire

162/10 (68.2) & 81/10 (23.5)

Durham

136/10 (56) & 108/4 (26.3)

Durham won by 6 wickets

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - April 18, 2025

Essex

179/10 (58.4) & 317/10 (94.5)

Worcestershire

202/10 (54) & 266/10 (84.4)

Essex won by 28 runs

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - April 11, 2025

Yorkshire

456/10 (101.2) & 315/4 (56)

Worcestershire

162/10 (66.3) & 105/10 (37.1)

Yorkshire won by 504 runs

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - April 4, 2025

Somerset

670/7 (149.4)

Worcestershire

154/10 (45.3) & 485/9 (200)

Match drawn

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - September 26, 2024

Worcestershire

180/10 (45) & 223/9 (56)

Lancashire

177/10 (55.1)

Match drawn

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - September 17, 2024

Hampshire

462/10 (111.5) & 204/10 (57)

Worcestershire

273/10 (69.4) & 158/10 (58.2)

Hampshire won by 235 runs

Martin Guptill
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 38

Callum Ferguson
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 40

Ben Cox
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 33

Daryl Mitchell
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 41

Ross Whiteley
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Brett D'Oliveira
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 33

Ed Barnard
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 29

Joe Clarke
Position: Top Order Batter
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 29

Luke Wood
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 29

George Rhodes
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 31

Pat Brown
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 26

Dillon Pennington
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 26

Travis Head
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 31

Moeen Ali
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 37

Andy Carter
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Wayne Parnell
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

Olly Westbury
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 26

Tom Fell
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 31

John Hastings
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 39

Joe Leach
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Jack Shantry
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 37

Mitchell Santner
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 33

Josh Tongue
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

Alex Hepburn
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 29

George Scrimshaw
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

Riki Wessels
Position: Middle Order Batter
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 39

Hamish Rutherford
Position: Top Order Batter
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 36

Charlie Morris
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Jack Haynes
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 24

Jake Libby
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 32

Adam Finch
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25

Ben Dwarshuis
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Ish Sodhi
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 32

Ed Pollock
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 29

Gareth Roderick
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Josh Baker
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 23

Colin Munro
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 38

Matthew Waite
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 29

Dwayne Bravo
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 41

Jacques Banton
Position: Bowler
Age: 23

Ali Kashif
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 33

Mitchell Stanley
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 24

Michael Bracewell
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Age: 34

Adam Hose
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Kashif Ali
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

Usama Mir
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 29

Joshua Cobb
Position: Batting Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 34

Ethan Brookes
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 24

Tom Taylor
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Nathan Smith
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 26

Hayden Walsh
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak Googly
Age: 33

Rob Jones
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 29

Shoaib Bashir
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 21

Harry Darley
Position: Bowler
Age: 25

Henry Cullen
Position: Bowler
Age: 25

Jack Home
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Age: 19

Jason Holder
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Ben Gibbon
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 24

Yadvinder Singh
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 29

Ben Allison
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25

Amar Virdi
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 26

James Hartshorn
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

Logan van Beek
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 34

Tom Hinley
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 22

Jacob Duffy
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Henry Nicholls
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 33

Fateh Singh
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 21

County Ground, New Road
City: Worcester
Country: England
Capacity: 4500

New Road
City: Worcester
Country: England
Capacity: 4500

Edgbaston
City: Birmingham
Country: England
Capacity: 24803

Chester Road North Ground
City: Kidderminster
Country: England
Capacity: 2000