Worcestershire County Cricket Club

1996 Season

Playing Staff: M Amjad, JE Brinkley, MJ Church, TS Curtis, +I Dawood, M Diwan, SWK Ellis, CP Harrison, GR Haynes, GA Hick, RK Illingworth, SR Lampitt, DA Leatherdale, *TM Moody (overseas player), PJ Newport, BEA Preece, JT Ralph, M Rawnsley, +SJ Rhodes, A Sheriyar, VS Solanki, KR Spiring, PA Thomas, WPC Weston.

Benefit: SJ Rhodes.

Benson & Hedges Trophy

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
26 Apr	Northamptonshire	Worcester	Lost
28 Apr	Yorkshire	Worcester	Lost
30 Apr	Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge	Lost
14 May	Scotland	Edinburgh	Won

Did not qualify for the Knock out.

County Championship

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Points
2-6 May	Essex	Worcester	Lost	5
16-18 May	Leicestershire	Leicester	Lost	2
23-27 May	Glamorgan	Abergavenny	Drawn	8
30 May-3 Jun	Hampshire	Worcester	Drawn	9
13-17 Jun	Nottinghamshire	Worcester	Drawn	10
19-22 Jun	Somerset	Bath	Won	20
27 Jun-1 Jul	Yorkshire	Worcester	Lost	8
4-8 Jul	Lancashire	Old Trafford	Drawn	11
18-22 Jul	Durham	Worcester	Won	23
24-27 Jul	Northamptonshire	Kidderminster	Drawn	11
1-5 Aug	Kent	Canterbury	Won	24
15-19 Aug	Middlesex	Lord's	Drawn	11
22-26 Aug	Warwickshire	Worcester	Drawn	8
29-31 Aug	Derbyshire	Chesterfield	Lost	5
3-5 Sep	Sussex	Worcester	Won	24
12-16 Sep	Gloucestershire	Worcester	Won	23
19-22 Sep	Surrey	The Oval	Won	24

Sunday League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Points
5 May	Essex	Worcester	Won	4
19 May	Leicestershire	Leicester	Abandoned	2
26 May	Glamorgan	Ebbw Vale	Abandoned	2
2 Jun	Hampshire	Worcester	Won	4
16 Jun	Nottinghamshire	Worcester	Lost	0
23 Jun	Somerset	Bath	Won	4
30 Jun	Yorkshire	Worcester	Lost	0
7 Jul	Lancashire	Old Trafford	Won	4
14 Jul	Surrey	The Oval	Lost	0
21 Jul	Durham	Worcester	Won	4
28 Jul	Northamptonshire	Worcester	Abandoned	2
4 Aug	Kent	Canterbury	Won	4
18 Aug	Middlesex	Lord's	Won	4
25 Aug	Warwickshire	Edgbaston	Lost	0
1 Sep	Derbyshire	Chesterfield	Lost	0
8 Sep	Sussex	Worcester	Lost	0
15 Sep	Gloucestershire	Worcester	Won	4

NatWest Trophy

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
25 Jun	Glamorgan	Cardiff	Won
10 Jul	Hampshire	Worcester	Lost

University Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
6-8 Jun	Oxford Univ.	The Parks	Drawn

Matches against the Tourists

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
8-10 May	India	Worcester	Drawn
9-12 Aug	South Africa `A'	Worcester	Lost

Date-stamped : 18 Feb1998 - 06:20