Worcestershire v Warwickshire match report

Bitter local rivals Worcestershire and Warwickshire clashed in the Friends Provident Trophy on Sunday. There was bound to be a bit of edge to proceedings.

Chris reports:

"The toffee ice-cream was particularly fine. A highlight was a fat Warwickshire man with an enormous voice. His encouraging rants boomed across the field for two hours or so. He then shouted "rubbish" and was not heard again as Worcestershire marched to 230-odd for none.

"The broomwork of the groundstaff on the wicket after the match was exquisite and there was also an impromptu quiz: "Which players have reached 40,000 first class runs?" asked a man with Wisden resting on his stomach."

Thanks Chris. This report is even more impressive for the fact that it arrived within half an hour of our request for match reports.