u18ch225	Worcestershire Under-18s v Somerset Under-18s
	ECB Under-18 County Championship 2025 (Group 2)
Venue	Bromsgrove School Ground, Bromsgrove on 22nd, 23rd, 24th July 2025 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	12 per side (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Somerset Under-18s won the toss and decided to field
Result	Somerset Under-18s won by an innings and 18 runs
Points	Worcestershire Under-18s 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Somerset Under-18s 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	M Burgess, R Franks
Scorers	CE Crees, ND Donovan
Close of play day 1	Somerset Under-18s (1) 143/2 (Linnitt 38*, OJ Coleman 4*; 37 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire Under-18s (2) 119/6 (Porter 11*, BT Jones 16*; 29 overs)

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Worcestershire Under-18s first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJ Hardinges	c H Coleman b MacDonald	28	71	99	4	-
Y Akbar	c H Coleman b Ogborne	5	12	18	1	-
F Jones	c H Coleman b MacDonald	15	33	52	3	-
*F Gunston	b MacDonald	12	32	55	1	-
S Maddekar	c Linnitt b OJ Coleman	0	2	6	-	-
+JD Porter	c Linnitt b Ogborne	20	68	108	-	-
JD Leach	c and b Ogborne	38	56	67	5	1
BT Jones	b MacDonald	5	16	25	1	-
LD Brockman	not out	6	14	24	1	-
A Azami	c OJ Coleman b MacDonald	0	7	11	-	-
JS Varaich	lbw b Ogborne	0	6	6	-	-
O Smith	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 8 lb, 3 nb, 9 w)	30
Total	(all out, 238 minutes, 52.5 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Akbar, 4.2 ov), 2-49 (F Jones, 15.3 ov), 3-66 (Hardinges, 21.4 ov), 4-67 (Maddekar, 22.5 ov), 5-80 (Gunston, 27.4 ov), 6-142 (Leach, 44.1 ov), 7-152 (Porter, 48.1 ov), 8-152 (BT Jones, 49.1 ov), 9-158 (Azami, 51.3 ov), 10-159 (Varaich, 52.5 ov)

Somerset Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ogborne	12.5	4	34	4	1	-
Vukusic	7	2	14	0	-	-
MacDonald	12	2	31	5	1	2
OJ Coleman	9	2	31	1	-	1
Blackwell	3	1	2	0	1	-
Richards	7	0	19	0	-	-
Rice	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Somerset Under-18s first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Martin	c Porter b Varaich	37	59	78	6	-
T Stoddard	lbw b Leach	45	106	149	1	-
*SJ Linnitt	b Azami	107	134	185	10	4
OJ Coleman	c Porter b Brockman	4	5	5	-	-
B Mason	b Leach	40	78	104	5	-
LW Rice	b Smith	31	74	81	4	-
ZXM Vukusic	c and b Leach	91	110	131	9	3
+H Coleman	lbw b Leach	39	48	68	4	-
JDL Ogborne	not out	14	38	35	-	-
WH MacDonald	b Hardinges	15	19	22	1	-
HNJ Richards	not out	0	0	1	-	-
J Blackwell	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 18 lb, 6 nb, 14 w)	46
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 431 minutes, 110.5 overs)	469
Fall of wickets:
1-67 (Martin, 17.5 ov), 2-139 (Stoddard, 36.2 ov), 3-146 (OJ Coleman, 37.3 ov), 4-258 (Mason, 62.3 ov), 5-262 (Linnitt, 63.2 ov), 6-352 (Rice, 84.5 ov), 7-427 (Vukusic, 99.1 ov), 8-440 (H Coleman, 103.2 ov), 9-469 (MacDonald, 110.5 ov)

Worcestershire Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
BT Jones	16	1	71	0	1	2
Brockman	20	1	75	1	4	2
Smith	11	0	79	1	1	2
Varaich	15	1	50	1	-	-
Leach	28	6	76	4	-	-
Azami	13	0	64	1	-	-
Hardinges	7.5	0	28	1	-	-

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Worcestershire Under-18s second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJ Hardinges	b MacDonald	20	20	20	3	-
Y Akbar	c H Coleman b MacDonald	0	3	3	-	-
F Jones	b MacDonald	1	15	24	-	-
*F Gunston	lbw b Rice	20	43	61	2	-
S Maddekar	b Richards	35	41	65	3	-
+JD Porter	c OJ Coleman b Vukusic	93	186	235	8	-
JD Leach	lbw b Richards	2	5	3	-	-
BT Jones	c H Coleman b MacDonald	68	169	167	6	-
LD Brockman	b MacDonald	3	5	15	-	-
A Azami	c Vukusic b Ogborne	10	23	43	1	-
JS Varaich	not out	0	1	5	-	-
O Smith	did not bat
Extras	(19 b, 6 lb, 15 nb)	40
Total	(all out, 323 minutes, 82.4 overs)	292
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Akbar, 0.6 ov), 2-20 (Hardinges, 4.6 ov), 3-27 (F Jones, 6.3 ov), 4-75 (Gunston, 18.4 ov), 5-87 (Maddekar, 21.1 ov), 6-89 (Leach, 21.6 ov), 7-244 (BT Jones, 70.5 ov), 8-262 (Brockman, 74.1 ov), 9-288 (Porter, 81.5 ov), 10-292 (Azami, 82.4 ov)

Somerset Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MacDonald	18	2	52	5	-	2
Vukusic	6	2	22	1	-	-
OJ Coleman	12	0	77	0	-	10
Rice	21	4	41	1	-	-
Richards	20	6	44	2	-	1
Ogborne	5.4	0	31	1	-	2

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Notes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s first innings: 50 in 16.5 overs, 77 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s first innings: 100 in 32 overs, 147 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s first innings: 150 in 47.3 overs, 209 minutes
--> Somerset Under-18s first innings: 50 in 14.1 overs, 57 minutes
--> Somerset Under-18s first innings: 100 in 27.5 overs, 118 minutes
--> Somerset Under-18s first innings: 150 in 40.4 overs, 168 minutes
--> Somerset Under-18s first innings: 200 in 52.4 overs, 219 minutes
--> Somerset Under-18s first innings: 250 in 61 overs, 254 minutes
--> Somerset Under-18s first innings: 300 in 76.2 overs, 303 minutes
--> Somerset Under-18s first innings: 350 in 84.2 overs, 338 minutes
--> Somerset Under-18s first innings: 400 in 92 overs, 369 minutes
--> Somerset Under-18s first innings: 450 in 106.4 overs, 419 minutes
--> Somerset Under-18s score at 100 overs in the first innings was 466-8
--> Worcestershire Under-18s second innings: 50 in 14.1 overs, 65 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s second innings: 100 in 24.3 overs, 105 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s second innings: 150 in 34.1 overs, 146 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s second innings: 200 in 49.4 overs, 200 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s second innings: 250 in 71.5 overs, 268 minutes
--> SJ Linnitt (1) 50 in 69 balls, 95 minutes with 4 fours and 2 sixes
--> SJ Linnitt (1) 100 in 130 balls, 177 minutes with 9 fours and 4 sixes
--> ZXM Vukusic (1) 50 in 64 balls, 83 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> JD Porter (2) 50 in 113 balls, 151 minutes with 4 fours
--> BT Jones (2) 50 in 66 balls, 79 minutes with 6 fours
--> JD Porter (13) and JD Leach (28) added 50 in 76 balls, 49 minutes for the Worcestershire Under-18s 6th wicket in the first innings
--> H Martin (30) and T Stoddard (18) added 50 in 87 balls, 57 minutes for the Somerset Under-18s 1st wicket in the first innings
--> T Stoddard (14) and SJ Linnitt (24) added 50 in 91 balls, 58 minutes for the Somerset Under-18s 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> SJ Linnitt (31) and B Mason (17) added 50 in 79 balls, 54 minutes for the Somerset Under-18s 4th wicket in the first innings
--> SJ Linnitt (54) and B Mason (37) added 100 in 134 balls, 96 minutes for the Somerset Under-18s 4th wicket in the first innings
--> LW Rice (9) and ZXM Vukusic (33) added 50 in 91 balls, 48 minutes for the Somerset Under-18s 6th wicket in the first innings
--> ZXM Vukusic (32) and H Coleman (18) added 50 in 46 balls, 30 minutes for the Somerset Under-18s 7th wicket in the first innings
--> JD Porter (19) and BT Jones (26) added 50 in 68 balls, 44 minutes for the Worcestershire Under-18s 7th wicket in the second innings
--> JD Porter (37) and BT Jones (53) added 100 in 121 balls, 80 minutes for the Worcestershire Under-18s 7th wicket in the second innings
--> JD Porter (54) and BT Jones (68) added 150 in 289 balls, 159 minutes for the Worcestershire Under-18s 7th wicket in the second innings

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