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| Venue | County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 31st July, 1st, 2nd, 4th August 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Worcestershire 11 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Kent 9 (Batting 2, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | JD Bond, JH Harris |
| Close of play day 1 | Worcestershire (1) 58/0 (Moody 32*, Curtis 21*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Worcestershire (1) 409/7 (Leatherdale 120*, Newport 23*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Worcestershire (2) 82/3 (Hick 56*, Haynes 4*) |
| Worcestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *TM Moody | lbw b Fleming | 60 | 128 | 10 | - | ||
| TS Curtis | c Marsh b Headley | 25 | 60 | 4 | - | ||
| GA Hick | c Cowdrey b Fleming | 46 | 68 | 9 | - | ||
| KR Spiring | lbw b Fleming | 5 | 20 | - | - | ||
| GR Haynes | c Marsh b Igglesden | 35 | 77 | 4 | - | ||
| DA Leatherdale | c Cowdrey b Headley | 129 | 214 | 17 | 1 | ||
| VS Solanki | c Wells b Headley | 61 | 103 | 9 | - | ||
| +SJ Rhodes | c Wells b Igglesden | 11 | 21 | 2 | - | ||
| PJ Newport | c Wells b Strang | 23 | 21 | 3 | 1 | ||
| RJ Chapman | b Headley | 0 | 6 | - | - | ||
| MM Mirza | not out | 0 | 6 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (5 b, 6 lb, 16 nb) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 119.2 overs) | 422 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-66 (Curtis), 2-137 (Moody), 3-143 (Spiring), 4-156 (Hick), 5-208 (Haynes), 6-344 (Solanki), 7-381 (Rhodes), 8-410 (Newport), 9-413 (Chapman), 10-422 (Leatherdale, 119.2 ov) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Headley | 29.2 | 6 | 102 | 4 | - | - | |
| Igglesden | 23 | 3 | 81 | 2 | - | - | |
| Strang | 22 | 6 | 63 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ealham | 22 | 4 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thompson | 9 | 0 | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fleming | 14 | 2 | 49 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kent first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TR Ward | c Hick b Chapman | 14 | 23 | 2 | - | ||
| ET Smith | c Solanki b Haynes | 45 | 90 | 10 | - | ||
| AP Wells | c Moody b Newport | 24 | 88 | 2 | - | ||
| GR Cowdrey | c Curtis b Leatherdale | 32 | 75 | 5 | - | ||
| MA Ealham | c and b Moody | 56 | 52 | 10 | - | ||
| MV Fleming | b Leatherdale | 20 | 23 | 4 | - | ||
| PA Strang | c Curtis b Moody | 0 | 10 | - | - | ||
| *+SA Marsh | c Hick b Leatherdale | 17 | 57 | 3 | - | ||
| DW Headley | c Hick b Mirza | 25 | 45 | 3 | - | ||
| JBD Thompson | not out | 7 | 16 | 1 | - | ||
| AP Igglesden | b Mirza | 3 | 8 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (1 b, 32 nb) | 33 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 78.3 overs) | 276 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35 (Ward), 2-88 (Smith), 3-100 (Wells), 4-193 (Cowdrey), 5-197 (Ealham), 6-199 (Strang), 7-213 (Fleming), 8-261 (Headley), 9-273 (Marsh), 10-276 (Igglesden, 78.3 ov) | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Newport | 16 | 4 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Chapman | 14 | 2 | 87 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mirza | 19.3 | 6 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| Haynes | 11 | 6 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Moody | 8 | 1 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Leatherdale | 10 | 2 | 25 | 3 | - | - | |
| Worcestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *TM Moody | c Marsh b Headley | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| TS Curtis | c Marsh b Ealham | 10 | 24 | 1 | - | ||
| GA Hick | retired hurt | 56 | 54 | 8 | 1 | ||
| KR Spiring | c Marsh b Ealham | 5 | 9 | 1 | - | ||
| GR Haynes | not out | 38 | 60 | 4 | - | ||
| DA Leatherdale | not out | 51 | 38 | 7 | 2 | ||
| VS Solanki | did not bat | ||||||
| +SJ Rhodes | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Newport | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Chapman | did not bat | ||||||
| MM Mirza | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 1 lb, 6 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 31 overs) | 174 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Moody), 2-62 (Curtis), 3-70 (Spiring) | |||||||
| Kent bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Headley | 6 | 0 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Igglesden | 4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ealham | 4 | 0 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Fleming | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cowdrey | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wells | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ward | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kent second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TR Ward | b Mirza | 52 | 77 | 8 | - | ||
| ET Smith | c sub b Newport | 19 | 24 | 4 | - | ||
| AP Wells | c Moody b Haynes | 43 | 119 | 7 | - | ||
| GR Cowdrey | c Solanki b Moody | 21 | 53 | 3 | - | ||
| MA Ealham | not out | 14 | 18 | 3 | - | ||
| MV Fleming | not out | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| AP Igglesden | did not bat | ||||||
| PA Strang | did not bat | ||||||
| *+SA Marsh | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Headley | did not bat | ||||||
| JBD Thompson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 8 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 48 overs) | 158 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27 (Smith), 2-88 (Ward), 3-133 (Cowdrey), 4-158 (Wells) | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Newport | 14 | 3 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Chapman | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Haynes | 8 | 2 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mirza | 9 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Moody | 12 | 3 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> MM Mirza made his debut in County Championship matches
--> ET Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in County Championship matches
--> DW Headley reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> GA Hick retired hurt in the Worcestershire second innings having scored 56 (team score 82/3)
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