Wednesday 15th May saw us back at Kidderminster for day two of the second eleven county championship match between Worcestershire seconds and Yorkshire seconds. Having been beaten so soundly in the one day trophy game on Monday Yorkshire were obviously looking for revenge.While we were at Worcester yesterday they had put together a first innings score of 282 all out. Perhaps a little below par but put into perspective when Jared Warner took two wickets late on to reduce the home side to 35-2. Will Fraine and Jordan Thompson both got fifties and debutant Arjun Ramkumar impressed with 37.
The morning session on day two saw a considerable middle order collapse as Warner, bowling at a good pace, continued his good work of last evening with three more wickets and when Barnes joined in to dismiss Finch, Worcester had slumped to 84-7. Thoughts of enforcing the follow on soon disappeared however when young left hander Charles Clist, from Millfield School, got his head down in partnership with Phagura. Together this pair added 91 runs for the eighth wicket before Poysden had Phagura caught by Fraine for 46 and soon dismissed Sanders and Godsal as well. Clist was left not out for a very well played 64. Worcestershire all out for 193.
So Yorkshire had a handy lead of 89 which they added to in fine style with a prolific opening partnership of 164 between Fraine and Bean. Fraine was very much the dominant partner but Bean showed maturity well beyond his years in a very patient innings of 63. Fraine went on to reach his century just before the close and Yorkshire were well positioned for a declaration the following morning. By this time we were on our way back north but having set Worcester 385 to win, Yorkshire completed a comfortable victory by 258 runs just after tea on day three.
On Thursday 16th May we broke our journey home in deepest Staffordshire to visit Denstone College where Derbyshire seconds were taking on Durham seconds in a one day trophy game. Another new ground for us and a very pleasant one too. A nice welcome from not only John Brown, our friend the Derbyshire first team scorer taking a busman's holiday, but from a member of the school staff who told us free tea and coffee was available on the sports hall balcony. How different from our visit to Trent College, Long Eaton a couple of years ago when no refreshments were available to spectators at all - strictly players only!
So a very pleasant atmosphere with views of the school chapel and acres of other playing fields. Derbyshire batted first with a rather unknown opening pair in Tyler McGladdery, a Lancastrian who we had seen playing Minor Counties for Cumberland, and an Australian Jessie James Dinnie, who nobody seemed to know about including his fellow countryman Nathan Rimmington who was playing for Durham. Be that as it may but Dinnie scored a half century and McGladdery did even better with 102. The pair putting on 124 for the first wicket.
After that things rather fell apart somewhat with wickets for spinners Pringle and Harding leading to a considerable collapse, before skipper Daryn Smit, a South African veteran now, added 34 at the end to make a final score of 218-9 in fifty overs. We departed at the interval but learned later that after early problems, when Durham were 59-5, Brydon Carse (yet another South African) saw them home to a four wicket victory with 67 not out. He was well supported by Weighell with 39 and Josh Coughlin with 52 not out. So a very enjoyable ending to our five day Midlands tour.
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