Worcestershire County Cricket Club

Well, he supported it a few years ago.

Worcestershire are absolutely fantastic for looking after teams there as well.

I think they made a mint on the bar a few years back.

I suspect they made a fair bit this year as well.

Yeah, slightly strange, yeah.

I would have never have designed to have gone to Worcester, but really grateful to them to be able to go get some first-class cricket under my belt down at New Road and really enjoyed my time there.

And I think that stood me in really good stead personally to be able to go back to Edgbaston when they needed me and, uh, hit the ground running and, and perform well.

So yeah, if you'd have asked me in April, "Do you think you'd be County champions?" I probably wouldn't have believed you.

Um, you know, Woakes only played, like seven or eight games, but did his bit.

[smacks lips] Oliver Hannon-Dalby, who's just always a good story because he started outside of the squad really, had to go on loan to Worcestershire-

Mm

... and he's come back in and taken 28 wickets.

So, um, even though, you know, he was quick, you didn't feel so much threatened by him.

Um, but then I remember facing, you know, against, you know, Sriya Bakta when I played Northants against Worcester.

Um, he bowled this ball yorker on my legs, and I just got bat onto it, and it went for four.

And he goes, "Easy, tiger.

Yeah.

I've also, I was going to wear, I've got a Worcestershire County Cricket top.

Oh, good man.

So I've got that with a Morgan emblem on it.

Glamorgan's bowlers overcame Surrey resistance to claim a first red ball victory at the Oval since 2014, and rubber-stamp their place in County Championship Division 1 next season.

And the weather brought an early end at Chester-le-Street, as Worcestershire were denied the chance to become the first team this season to beat County Championship Division 2 leaders Durham.

Kent remain firmly in the County Championship Division 2 promotion race after they beat Lancashire by seven wickets at Canterbury.

Promotion hopefuls Northamptonshire's hopes of pulling off a County Championship win over Derbyshire were dented by bad light and rain, with a victory looking certain.

It has been a phenomenal, phenomenal week across both divisions, so we have got an awful lot to discuss and s- and get into.

And because of that, Joe, we've brought back some reinforcements, or I should say a rather special reinforcement, in the form of our resident Worcestershire fan and fellow County Cricket badger.

It is the excellent Kieran Hyde.

Kieran, again, mate, it's great to have you back on.

And I'll start by reading out the results, because there were four victors in Division Two this week.

So let's begin in the northeast, where Durham secured the title after beating Middlesex by 93 runs at the Riverside.

In the West Midlands, we saw Northamptonshire return to winning ways after beating Worcestershire by six wickets at New Road.

In the East Midlands, we saw Derbyshire beat Kent by 181 runs in Derby.