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There have been plenty of false dawns for the Pears in red-ball cricket over the last couple of years - too many to get excited over one solitary win - but nevertheless, last weekend suggested that there are plenty of positives to build on as Glamorgan visit New Road on Saturday. They tend to be stiff opposition for Worcestershire, but with the three groups of the Bob Willis Trophy currently being topped by the three teams that propped up Division Two last summer, there's a sense that the competition is wide open, and there's no greater incentive to give the Welshmen a proper game.

The Pears have named an unchanged squad, and barring any unforeseen injuries, the team will probably remain the same too. With Ed Barnard, Jack Haynes and Josh Tongue all signing contract extensions this week hopefully we'll get to see the very best from them over the next four days.

Probable Worcestershire XI: Mitchell, Libby, Fell, Haynes, D'Oliveira, Wessels, Cox (wk), Barnard, Leach ©, Tongue, Morris