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The first home fixture of 2019 brings Durham to New Road, looking to maintain their 100% record in the competition so far. Whatever their troubles in the red-ball game, in white-ball cricket the men from the north-east remain a potent force, and Worcestershire will have to put in a much better performance than their showing at Grace Road on Sunday.

The corresponding fixture last season saw the Pears snatch defeat from the jaws of victory after bowling Durham out cheaply, with Duckworth-Lewis going against Worcs after they threw away early wickets and the rain came. Duckworth-Lewis may also have a bearing on this year's encounter, with the forecast questionable, and Michael Richardson and Scott Steel are the prize scalps to claim in the Durham batting line-up. With the ball, Matthew Potts leads the way with seven wickets, backed up by Matthew Salisbury and Brydon Carse on four apiece. Meanwhile, Worcestershire may finally look to change things up after Sunday's defeat, with the possibility of Pat Brown coming in. Not easy to decide who should make way, but Wayne Parnell proved expensive at the weekend, and was guilty of giving his wicket away cheaply in a run-chase where a cool head was needed.

It's dry (if overcast) in the Midlands so far this morning: here's hoping we can get a game.

Probable Worcestershire XI: Wessels, Rutherford, Fell, Mitchell, D'Oliveira, Cox, Whiteley, Barnard, Tongue, Brown, Morris