Overview
- Worcestershire overcame Gloucestershire by five wickets at New Road after a dramatic final day in which 14 wickets fell and nine were taken by spinners.
- A seventh-wicket stand of 116 between Ethan Brookes (66) and Matthew Waite (63) lifted Worcestershire to 388 and laid the platform for the result.
- Left-armer Fateh Singh produced his maiden five-wicket haul, 5-74, and Waite took 3-14 to collapse Gloucestershire from 59-1 to 185 all out.
- Graeme van Buuren returned strong bowling figures across the match, taking 4-96 and then 4-36, which made the 87-run chase tense as Worcestershire lost five wickets.
- The win earned Worcestershire 20 points to Gloucestershire’s 3 and moved the hosts up the Division Two table while extending Gloucestershire’s run of defeats this season.