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With the dust scarcely settled from Sunday's mishap, Worcestershire are right back on the horse tomorrow with the first home match of 2023, as relegated Gloucestershire visit New Road in search of their first win. Having managed no play at all last weekend, they're well rested, though perhaps a little rusty; nevertheless, centuries from Marcus Harris and Graeme van Buuren a fortnight ago, along with six wickets for young Tom Price at a razor-sharp average, spell a threat for the Pears in this encounter.

Yet with Jack Haynes second only to Colin Ackermann in the Division Two run stakes, Josh Tongue likely to make a return along with Ben Cox, and some signs of real promise from Ben Gibbon for a bright summer, Worcestershire have reasons to be cheerful. The weather may be patchy, but we should see plenty of action at New Road in the coming days.


Probable Worcestershire XI: Libby, Pollock, Ali, Haynes, D'Oliveira, Hose, Cox, Waite, Leach, Tongue, Gibbon