u18ch131	Gloucestershire Under-18s v Worcestershire Under-18s
	ECB Under-18 County Championship 2023 (Group 2)
Venue	North Parade, Bath on 29th August 2023 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	12 per side (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Worcestershire Under-18s won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire Under-18s 10 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Worcestershire Under-18s 13 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	CJ Coleman, M Nickson
Scorer	PM Mellish (Worcestershire Under-18s)

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Worcestershire Under-18s first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OH Cox	b Rivers	38	43		6	2
*J Stanley	c Newton b Taylor	113	132		15	-
RM Edavalath	b Rivers	6	15		1	-
OJ Walker	c Rivers b Johnson	10	10		2	-
RL Evitts	c Bowden b Rivers	4	17		-	-
LJ Hursthouse	b Johnson	12	27		1	-
+SJ Essenhigh	c Bowden b Hope	4	4		-	-
CW Jones	b Hope	79	78		13	1
C Egerton	b Stevenson	11	14		2	-
BJ Clarke	not out	3	10		-	-
JD Leach	not out	6	5		1	-
HC Darley	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 59 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-51 (Cox), 2-71 (Edavalath), 3-88 (Walker), 4-103 (Evitts), 5-138 (Hursthouse), 6-143 (Essenhigh), 7-253 (Stanley), 8-269 (Egerton), 9-293 (Jones)

Gloucestershire Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hope	14	2	55	2	-	-
Stevenson	13	0	87	1	-	1
Rivers	11	0	50	3	-	-
Johnson	15	1	65	2	-	-
Taylor	6	0	31	1	1	-

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Gloucestershire Under-18s first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDW Brooks	c Edavalath b Jones	33	91		5	-
JPR Sadler	lbw b Jones	2	10		-	-
AJ Newton	b Darley	0	8		-	-
Z Syed	lbw b Darley	0	1		-	-
+LP Bowden	c Essenhigh b Evitts	24	27		5	-
AB Johnson	c Stanley b Walker	25	65		4	-
*WJ Hope	c Essenhigh b Walker	20	39		3	-
JN Benkenstein	b Darley	6	26		1	-
BSF Rivers	lbw b Leach	39	28		8	-
JJB Taylor	b Stanley	7	20		1	-
JMW Stevenson	not out	6	9		1	-
JL Freebury	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 12 lb, 11 nb, 1 w)	35
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Sadler), 2-23 (Newton), 3-23 (Syed), 4-63 (Bowden), 5-89 (Brooks), 6-128 (Johnson), 7-143 (Hope), 8-157 (Benkenstein), 9-185 (Rivers), 10-197 (Taylor, 52.1 ov)

Worcestershire Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Darley	14	1	56	3	-	-
Jones	7	1	27	2	-	9
Egerton	5	1	9	0	-	-
Evitts	9	0	25	1	1	2
Stanley	4.1	1	9	1	-	-
Clarke	2	1	2	0	-	-
Walker	6	2	26	2	-	-
Leach	5	0	20	1	-	-

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Worcestershire Under-18s second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OH Cox	lbw b Hope	1	11		-	-
*J Stanley	c Bowden b Rivers	7	17		1	-
RM Edavalath	st Bowden b Taylor	119	152		14	-
OJ Walker	c Syed b Taylor	100	137		11	3
RL Evitts	not out	8	7		1	-
LJ Hursthouse	did not bat
+SJ Essenhigh	did not bat
CW Jones	did not bat
C Egerton	did not bat
BJ Clarke	did not bat
JD Leach	did not bat
HC Darley	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb, 3 w)	17
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 54 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Cox), 2-9 (Stanley), 3-241 (Walker), 4-252 (Edavalath, 54 ov)

Gloucestershire Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hope	14	6	24	1	-	-
Stevenson	6	1	20	0	1	-
Rivers	9	2	42	1	-	-
Freebury	8	0	43	0	1	-
Benkenstein	4	0	31	0	-	-
Johnson	11	0	61	0	1	-
Taylor	2	0	17	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire Under-18s second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDW Brooks	b Jones	2	16		-	-
JPR Sadler	c Cox b Darley	8	30		-	-
AJ Newton	c Cox b Jones	2	6		-	-
Z Syed	not out	26	26		3	1
+LP Bowden	not out	42	38		6	-
AB Johnson	did not bat
*WJ Hope	did not bat
JN Benkenstein	did not bat
JJB Taylor	did not bat
BSF Rivers	did not bat
JMW Stevenson	did not bat
JL Freebury	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(3 wickets, 19 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Brooks), 2-23 (Newton), 3-29 (Sadler)

Worcestershire Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Darley	6	2	19	1	-	-
Jones	7	0	30	2	-	-
Egerton	2	0	16	0	-	-
Evitts	2	0	9	0	-	1
Stanley	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in one.

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