County DIV2 2026, GLO vs WOR 36th Match Match Report, August 20 – 23, 2026

Nevertheless it was 20-year-old Lategan who stole the present in solely his twelfth Championship look, the elegant South African left-hander scoring 144 through 163 deliveries and putting 17 fours and 5 sixes, 4 of the latter coming on the expense of India spinner Sai Kishore.

James Bracey had earlier scored a battling 127 and staged a partnership of 102 with Ollie Value, who mustered 77, to propel Gloucestershire to 395-7 declared and set-up an thrilling finale to the Competition. Worcestershire took 20 factors, with bottom-of-the-table Gloucestershire claiming three as they slipped to an eighth defeat in 9 matches.

Worcestershire’s hopes of controlling the sport had been invested within the new ball, which was taken within the second over of the day. However the pitch was by now, largely, unresponsive to seam and Gloucestershire’s batters continued to name the photographs, Bracey going to 50 from 63 balls because the in a single day lead of 131 was prolonged apace.

Eventually in a position to drive down the bottom with out jeopardy, Value performed his half in staging 100 partnership in 22 overs to impact a momentum shift. By the point he was bowled by Ben Allison, he had harvested seven boundaries.
Having opened up an finish, Allison then snaffled an opportunity within the slip cordon as Tom Taylor accounted for Tommy Boorman cheaply, whereas Daz Ahmed skied a catch behind off Beyers Swanepoel with the rating 310-6, Worcestershire reimposing strain on the Gloucestershire batting.

His priorities clearly outlined following the autumn of three fast wickets, the watchful Bracey went to his nineteenth firstclass hundred and his third of the season from 128 deliveries, dominating a stand of 70 with Ed Middleton to usher his facet to security. Swanepoel bowled Bracey to complete with 4 for 49 from 22 overs and the declaration got here shortly after lunch.

Kishore took the brand new ball and created strain instantly, Lategan edging the primary supply to brief leg, the place Boorman put down a pointy likelihood. If the skilled sluggish left-armer was troublesome to attain in opposition to, the seamers offered a possibility, Lategan and Libby elevating 50 in 12 overs to afford the chase stable foundations.

Rising in stature and confidence, Lategan drove Kishore for an enormous six over extensive long-on to bring-up a 48-ball half century, his duel with spin luring Competition devotees from the marquees to look at the drama unfold. Content material to play a supporting function, Libby contributed 35 to a gap stand of 100 inside 20 overs as Worcestershire reached tea on 110 with out loss.

Required to attain an extra 169 off a minimal 37 overs within the remaining session with all wickets standing, the guests had been within the driving seat, an impression confirmed when Libby went to 50 from 82 balls.

Spinners Value, Middleton and Kishore bowled tidily after tea to drive the required charge above 5, however Lategan surpassed his earlier highest rating of 89, made at Derby in April, and pulled Value to the boundary to register his maiden firstclass hundred through 132 deliveries and hold the chase on observe.

By the point Libby chopped a supply from Miles Hammond right down to the third man boundary to boost his hundred from 136 balls, Worcestershire had been virtually house and dry.