Worcestershire have two wins in the last five matches. They have lost the last two matches in a row. Their last match loss was against Leicestershire which they lost by 6 wickets. Gareth Roderick did well in the batting while Matthew Waite took one wicket, being the most economical bowler for them.
Durham, on the other hand, have a better recent form in the T20 Blast 2025. They have won three matches out of their last five matches. They are unbeaten in the last three matches. In the last match against Yorkshire, they bowled out Yorkshire on just 128 runs. Matthew Potts took five while Callum Parkinson took three wickets. Alex Lees played a captain’s knock of 62 off 46 balls to chase down the easy target.
New Road, Worcester is generally a chase-friendly wicket with help for the second innings team. This pitch has hosted a total of 69 T20 Blast matches where the batting second team have won 40 matches, showing a clear domination of the chasing team. The average first innings score of this venue is 171 runs, which is a high score. Lancashire once scored 229/4 on this ground which remains the highest score of this venue till now.
Durham have not enjoyed playing on this ground, they hold the record for the lowest score of this venue which is 105/3. Overall, this pitch has produced high-scoring matches with help for the chasing teams, meaning the pitch remains the same throughout the match.
Durham has won five matches in the last 10 head-to-head matches between Worcestershire and Durham, four matches have been won by Worcestershire while one match ended in no result. In the last head-to-head between these two teams, Durham batted first to score 190-5. Ollie Robinson and Michael Jones did well in the batting department.
Brett D'Oliveira took two wickets in the match. Kashif Ali and Josh Cobb scored 45 and 39 runs respectively in the match but could not win the match for Worcestershire. Ben Dwarshuis, who was part of Durham in the last edition, and Ben Raine took three wickets each to win the match for Durham.
Ed Pollock, Jake Libby, Adam Hose(c), Ethan Brookes, Gareth Roderick(w), Ben Dwarshuis, Matthew Waite, Tom Hinley, Jacob Duffy, Fateh Singh, Tom Taylor
Injury Update: None
Alex Lees(c), Graham Clark, Colin Ackermann, Oliver Robinson(w), Ben Raine, James Neesham, Will Rhodes, Zakary Foulkes, Nathan Sowter, Matthew Potts, Callum Parkinson
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Keeper: Oliver George Robinson, G Roderick
Batters: Adam Hose, W Rhodes, Graham Clark
All-rounders: James Neesham, Ben Raine, Ethan Brookes
Bowlers: Ben Dwarshuis, Jacob Duffy, Zakary Foulkes
Ben Raine
Adam Hose
James Neesham
Ben Dwarshuis
Keeper: G Roderick
Batters: Adam Hose, Alex Rees, Graham Clark
All-rounders: James Neesham, Ben Raine, Ethan Brookes
Bowlers: Ben Dwarshuis, Callam Parkinson, Matthew Potts, Tom Hinley
Graham Clark
G Roderick
Alex Rees
Tom Hinley
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