County Championship Division Two Test match

Gloucestershire County vs Worcestershire

Gloucestershire 150

Worcestershire 267

281/2 · RR 5.04

Worcs won by 8 wickets

Start: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00
Venue: College Ground, Cheltenham
Toss: Gloucestershire, elected to bat first

Match report

Worcs won by 8 wickets in the County Championship Division Two at College Ground, Cheltenham. Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat first. Gloucestershire made 150 and Worcestershire replied with 267. Daniel Lategan top-scored with 144 from 163 balls (17 fours, 5 sixes). Ben Allison took 5/19 from 17.5 overs.

Scorecard

Gloucestershire 1 INN

Batting: Gloucestershire 1 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Cameron Bancroft	c Roderick b Allison	9	10	2	0	90.00
Joe Phillips	b Waite	9	36	1	0	25.00
Oliver Price	b Waite	31	117	6	0	26.49
Miles Hammond	c Hose b Allison	1	5	0	0	20.00
James Bracey	c Libby b Allison	0	2	0	0	0.00
Tommy Boorman	c Lategan b Swanepoel	60	114	9	1	52.63
Daaryoush Ahmed	b Waite	8	14	2	0	57.14
Ed Middleton	b Swanepoel	13	22	2	0	59.09
Sai Kishore	not out	13	18	2	0	72.22
Aman Rao	c Edavalath b Allison	1	4	0	0	25.00
Will Williams	lbw b Allison	2	17	0	0	11.76
Total	150 (59.5) (lb 3)

Bowling: Gloucestershire 1 INN
Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Tom Taylor	17.00	8	35	0	2.05
Ben Allison	17.50	9	19	5	1.06
Matthew Waite	12.00	1	43	3	3.58
Beyers Swanepoel	10.00	1	42	2	4.20
Fateh Singh	3.00	0	8	0	2.66

Worcestershire 2 INN

Batting: Worcestershire 2 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Lategan	lbw b Sai Kishore	15	32	2	0	46.87
Jake Libby	c Bracey b Williams	20	70	3	0	28.57
Rehaan Edavalath	c Rao b Sai Kishore	63	133	11	0	47.36
Adam Hose	lbw b Williams	2	7	0	0	28.57
Brett D'Oliveira	b Sai Kishore	83	183	8	1	45.35
Henry Cullen	c Boorman b Sai Kishore	5	6	1	0	83.33
Matthew Waite	lbw b Middleton	3	16	0	0	18.75
Tom Taylor	c Bancroft b Middleton	4	10	0	0	40.00
Beyers Swanepoel	b Williams	42	62	6	0	67.74
Ben Allison	lbw b Ahmed	4	11	1	0	36.36
Fateh Singh	not out	1	5	0	0	20.00
Gareth Roderick		0	0	0	0	0.00
Total	267 (89.2) (w 10, lb 11)

Bowling: Worcestershire 2 INN
Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Will Williams	16.00	2	52	3	3.25
Daaryoush Ahmed	13.00	3	38	1	2.92
Sai Kishore	30.20	9	76	4	2.50
Aman Rao	12.00	1	28	0	2.33
Ed Middleton	14.00	1	49	2	3.50
Oliver Price	4.00	0	9	0	2.25

Gloucestershire 3 INN

Batting: Gloucestershire 3 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Cameron Bancroft	lbw b Swanepoel	37	83	3	0	44.57
Joe Phillips	c Cullen b Swanepoel	35	66	5	0	53.03
Oliver Price	b Allison	77	186	7	0	41.39
Miles Hammond	lbw b Taylor	57	114	6	1	50.00
James Bracey	b Swanepoel	127	151	14	3	84.10
Tommy Boorman	c Allison b Waite	2	10	0	0	20.00
Daaryoush Ahmed	c Cullen b Swanepoel	5	7	1	0	71.42
Ed Middleton	not out	33	60	2	1	55.00
Sai Kishore	not out	7	7	1	0	100.00
Aman Rao		0	0	0	0	0.00
Will Williams		0	0	0	0	0.00
Total	395 (114) (lb 11)

Bowling: Gloucestershire 3 INN
Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Tom Taylor	23.00	3	73	1	3.17
Ben Allison	19.00	3	70	1	3.68
Matthew Waite	18.00	2	56	1	3.11
Beyers Swanepoel	22.00	8	49	4	2.22
Fateh Singh	23.00	0	103	0	4.47
Brett D'Oliveira	8.00	0	26	0	3.25
Jake Libby	1.00	0	3	0	3.00

Worcestershire 4 INN

Batting: Worcestershire 4 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Daniel Lategan	c Phillips b Middleton	144	163	17	5	88.34
Jake Libby	not out	107	151	12	0	70.86
Beyers Swanepoel	c & b Middleton	22	16	3	1	137.50
Adam Hose	not out	4	1	1	0	400.00
Rehaan Edavalath		0	0	0	0	0.00
Brett D'Oliveira		0	0	0	0	0.00
Henry Cullen		0	0	0	0	0.00
Matthew Waite		0	0	0	0	0.00
Tom Taylor		0	0	0	0	0.00
Ben Allison		0	0	0	0	0.00
Fateh Singh		0	0	0	0	0.00
Gareth Roderick		0	0	0	0	0.00
Total	281 (55.1) (w 2, lb 1)

Bowling: Worcestershire 4 INN
Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Sai Kishore	18.00	2	79	0	4.38
Will Williams	4.00	0	25	0	6.25
Daaryoush Ahmed	3.00	0	15	0	5.00
Aman Rao	5.00	0	33	0	6.60
Oliver Price	12.00	0	47	0	3.91
Ed Middleton	11.10	1	63	2	5.64
Miles Hammond	2.00	0	17	0	8.50

Fall of wickets

Gloucestershire 1 INN

11/1 3.1 ov c ?Roderick b Allison 9
27/2 12.4 ov b Waite 9
103/5 43.1 ov b Waite 31
28/3 13.3 ov c Hose b Allison 1
28/4 13.5 ov c Libby b Allison 0
133/8 54.2 ov c Lategan b Swanepoel 60
111/6 47.3 ov b Waite 8
132/7 52.3 ov b Swanepoel 13
138/9 55.2 ov c Edavalath b Allison 1
150/10 59.5 ov lbw b Allison 2

Worcestershire 1 INN

25/1 10.2 ov lbw b Sai Kishore 15
63/2 25.2 ov c ?Bracey b Williams 20
148/4 50.4 ov c Rao b Sai Kishore 63
69/3 27.1 ov lbw b Williams 2
267/10 89.2 ov b Sai Kishore 83
154/5 52.3 ov c Boorman b Sai Kishore 5
167/6 57.2 ov lbw b Middleton 3
177/7 63.1 ov c Bancroft b Middleton 4
248/8 83.3 ov b Williams 42
259/9 86.5 ov lbw b Ahmed 4

Gloucestershire 2 INN

77/2 25.1 ov lbw b Swanepoel 37
74/1 23.6 ov c Cullen b Swanepoel 35
292/4 89.3 ov b Allison 77
190/3 62.2 ov lbw b Taylor 57
380/7 112.1 ov b Swanepoel 127
303/5 92.5 ov c Allison b Waite 2
310/6 95.1 ov c Cullen b Swanepoel 5

Worcestershire 2 INN

244/1 49.3 ov c Phillips b Middleton 144
277/2 53.6 ov c & b Middleton 22

Head to head

Previous meetings
Date	Match	Result
20 Aug 2026	Gloucestershire v Worcestershire Day 1 - Gloucs chose to bat.	107/5
10 Jul 2026	Worcestershire v Gloucestershire Gloucs won by 2 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)	181/5 - 182/8
19 Jun 2026	Worcestershire v Gloucestershire Worcs won by 5 wickets	388 & 87/5 - 289 & 185
7 Jun 2026	Gloucestershire v Worcestershire Gloucs won by 3 runs	148/8 - 145
17 Aug 2025	Worcestershire v Gloucestershire Gloucs won by 6 wickets (with 43 balls remaining)	237/8 - 240/4

County Championship Division Two table

League standings
#	Team	MP	W	L	Pts
1	Durham	9	6	0	169
2	Kent	0	4	1	123
3	Northamptonshire	0	3	2	119
4	Middlesex	0	3	3	102
5	Derbyshire	9	3	5	102
6	Worcestershire	0	3	3	99
7	Lancashire	0	2	4	84
8	Gloucestershire	0	1	7	41

Line-ups

Gloucestershire

Cameron Bancroft
Joe Phillips
Oliver Price
Miles Hammond
James Bracey
Tommy Boorman
Daaryoush Ahmed
Ed Middleton
Sai Kishore
Aman Rao
Will Williams

Worcestershire

Daniel Lategan
Jake Libby
Rehaan Edavalath
Adam Hose
Brett D'Oliveira
Henry Cullen
Matthew Waite
Tom Taylor
Beyers Swanepoel
Ben Allison
Fateh Singh
Gareth Roderick