This week I was given a ticket for the Worcester v Yorkshire fifty over match and as the weather forecast was good for Thursday, I decided to go with the family. I set off on Wednesday morning so I could call into the Leicester Seconds match against Lancashire at Ashby de la Zouch for three hours.
Next morning the sun was shining but with a cold breeze blowing. I settled down to watch Yorkshire bat when I saw John Abrahams who had traveled down to see Alex Lees bat on behalf of England The photograph above is the hotel we stopped in on Wednesday night looking over the ground.
Alex Lees scored 67 and looks in form again after mid season loss of form.However the star of the innings was Glenn Maxwell.
This was his maiden century for Yorkshire finishing on 111 with 8 fours and 4 sixes. This helped Yorkshire score 345 in the fifty overs which always look to much for Worcester.
After a walk round the town I watched the second innings in the covered old stand with a view of the Cathedral. There were two run outs at the start of the Worcester innings which soon put them under pressure.
However the highlight of the afternoon was watching Ross Whiteley bat again. I have watched him three times and twice he had big hitting innings. Yesterday again he shown his clean powerful hitting. He scored 77 excellent runs with 6 fours and 5 sixes.He is the outstanding young batsman of this season I have seen. He finished on 77 with Worcester scoring 212.
It was a hard drive back to Leeds during the evening but Yorkshire victory and Whiteley innings was worth it.
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