f63005 cc22641	Worcestershire v Surrey
	Rothesay County Championship 2025 (Division 1)
Venue	Visit Worcestershire New Road, Worcester on 22nd, 23rd, 24th June 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 9 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 3 (Bowling 3); Surrey 20 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	NJ Llong, S Shanmugam
Referee	WM Noon
Scorers	D Beesley (Surrey), SM Drinkwater (Worcestershire)
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 47/0 (Patel 34*, Sibley 12*; 15 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 69/4 (Hose 23*, Allison 8*; 17 overs)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
+GH Roderick	lbw b Fisher	10	33	37	2	-	29
*JD Libby	b Clark	28	84	112	2	1	69
HM Nicholls	c Burns b Fisher	31	79	109	3	-	59
Kashif Ali	run out (Clark)	0	3	4	-	-	3
AJ Hose	lbw b Clark	9	30	37	-	1	27
EA Brookes	c Burns b Smith	11	37	50	1	-	31
MJ Waite	c Lawrence b Jacks	68	113	137	7	1	78
TAI Taylor	lbw b Santner	4	25	24	-	-	22
BMJ Allison	c Burns b Fisher	3	32	29	-	-	29
F Singh	not out	26	31	41	6	-	23
JA Duffy	b Clark	10	8	5	2	-	5
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 1 w, 5 pen)	14
Total	(all out, 78.5 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Roderick, 9.4 ov), 2-70 (Libby, 28.3 ov), 3-70 (Kashif Ali, 29.2 ov), 4-77 (Nicholls, 37.2 ov), 5-87 (Hose, 38.3 ov), 6-118 (Brookes, 50.3 ov), 7-135 (Taylor, 57.2 ov), 8-153 (Allison, 67.2 ov), 9-198 (Waite, 77.2 ov), 10-214 (Duffy, 78.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Smith	12	2	27	1	-	1	59	2	1
Fisher	16	7	34	3	-	-	79	5	-
Curran	4	1	8	0	-	-	20	1	-
Lawes	9	1	38	0	1	-	35	4	-
Clark	13.5	3	38	3	-	1	66	3	1
Jacks	9	1	22	1	-	-	43	2	1
Santner	15	3	38	1	-	-	72	6	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
RS Patel	c Duffy b Allison	61	88	115	11	-	65
DP Sibley	lbw b Allison	73	184	247	3	2	139
*+RJ Burns	c Roderick b Duffy	34	70	84	4	-	52
SM Curran	b Waite	8	10	11	1	-	6
DW Lawrence	c Hose b Taylor	52	97	127	6	-	67
WG Jacks	b Allison	0	2	1	-	-	2
MJ Santner	lbw b Allison	0	9	9	-	-	9
J Clark	c Roderick b Taylor	34	72	95	3	-	51
NG Smith	c Roderick b Taylor	6	10	19	1	-	8
TE Lawes	not out	9	7	11	-	1	4
MD Fisher	c Roderick b Allison	0	3	6	-	-	3
Extras	(4 lb, 6 nb, 4 w)	14
Total	(all out, 91.3 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-87 (Patel, 28.5 ov), 2-160 (Burns, 51.2 ov), 3-171 (Curran, 54.1 ov), 4-195 (Sibley, 61.2 ov), 5-195 (Jacks, 61.4 ov), 6-197 (Santner, 63.5 ov), 7-266 (Lawrence, 85.6 ov), 8-281 (Clark, 89.1 ov), 9-282 (Smith, 89.6 ov), 10-291 (Fisher, 91.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Duffy	15	0	61	1	3	2	64	7	1
Taylor	21	3	37	3	-	-	105	4	-
Allison	18.3	7	44	5	-	-	91	6	-
Waite	16	2	59	1	1	-	71	6	1
Brookes	11	0	34	0	-	1	44	2	-
Singh	10	0	52	0	-	-	29	4	1

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
+GH Roderick	c Jacks b Smith	4	5	3	1	-	4
*JD Libby	lbw b Fisher	20	34	53	3	1	28
HM Nicholls	lbw b Smith	0	2	6	-	-	2
Kashif Ali	b Fisher	12	19	19	2	-	14
AJ Hose	c Lawes b Smith	40	68	108	6	-	48
BMJ Allison	c Lawes b Smith	27	57	78	4	-	46
EA Brookes	b Fisher	0	8	12	-	-	8
MJ Waite	not out	3	9	25	-	-	7
TAI Taylor	lbw b Fisher	6	9	7	1	-	6
F Singh	c Burns b Smith	2	4	7	-	-	2
JA Duffy	c Burns b Smith	0	1	1	-	-	1
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 36 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Roderick, 0.5 ov), 2-8 (Nicholls, 2.1 ov), 3-21 (Kashif Ali, 7.2 ov), 4-46 (Libby, 11.6 ov), 5-112 (Allison, 29.6 ov), 6-113 (Hose, 31.4 ov), 7-113 (Brookes, 32.3 ov), 8-119 (Taylor, 34.2 ov), 9-125 (Singh, 35.5 ov), 10-125 (Duffy, 35.6 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Smith	11	2	38	6	1	-	50	5	1
Fisher	14	3	47	4	-	-	66	9	-
Clark	10	2	26	0	-	-	46	3	-
Santner	1	0	4	0	-	-	4	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
RS Patel	not out	35	55	54	4	1	41
DP Sibley	c Libby b Singh	8	27	33	1	-	22
*+RJ Burns	not out	8	8	18	-	1	5
MD Fisher	did not bat
TE Lawes	did not bat
NG Smith	did not bat
J Clark	did not bat
MJ Santner	did not bat
WG Jacks	did not bat
DW Lawrence	did not bat
SM Curran	did not bat
Extras	(2 w)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 15 overs)	53
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Sibley, 8.6 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Taylor	3	0	5	0	-	-	15	-	-
Allison	3	1	6	0	1	-	16	1	-
Singh	5	0	33	1	-	-	17	3	2
Waite	3	0	8	0	-	-	14	1	-
Libby	1	0	1	0	1	-	6	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Worcestershire (1) 70/3 (Nicholls 27*; 29.2 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Worcestershire (1) 149/7 (Waite 47*, Allison 2*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Surrey (1) 147/1 (Sibley 51*, Burns 32*; 47 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Surrey (1) 246/6 (Lawrence 44*, Clark 15*; 79 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Surrey (2) 11/0 (Patel 4*, Sibley 6*; 6 overs)
--> Worcestershire first innings: 50 in 21.2 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 100 in 42.2 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 150 in 64.3 overs
--> Worcestershire first innings: 200 in 77.3 overs
--> Surrey first innings: 50 in 15.2 overs
--> Surrey first innings: 100 in 34.2 overs
--> Surrey first innings: 150 in 47.1 overs
--> Surrey first innings: 200 in 66.3 overs
--> Surrey first innings: 250 in 79.2 overs
--> Worcestershire second innings: 50 in 13.1 overs
--> Worcestershire second innings: 100 in 26.4 overs
--> Surrey second innings: 50 in 14.6 overs
--> F Singh made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> F Singh made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JA Duffy made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MJ Santner made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> NG Smith made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MJ Waite (1) 50 in 77 balls with 6 fours
--> F Singh (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> F Singh (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> RS Patel (1) 50 in 71 balls with 9 fours
--> DP Sibley (1) 50 in 132 balls with 2 fours and 1 six
--> DW Lawrence (1) 50 in 80 balls with 6 fours
--> AJ Hose (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 40
--> NG Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed F Singh in the Worcestershire second innings (previous best was 4-29)
--> NG Smith achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire second innings
--> RS Patel (38) and DP Sibley (12) added 50 in 92 balls for the Surrey 1st wicket in the first innings
--> DP Sibley (24) and RJ Burns (26) added 50 in 82 balls for the Surrey 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> DW Lawrence (33) and J Clark (15) added 50 in 92 balls for the Surrey 7th wicket in the first innings
--> AJ Hose (22) and BMJ Allison (19) added 50 in 81 balls for the Worcestershire 5th wicket in the second innings

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