u18ch271	Gloucestershire Under-18s v Worcestershire Under-18s
	ECB Under-18 County Championship 2025 (Group 2)
Venue	North Park, Cheltenham on 25th, 26th, 27th August 2025 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	12 per side (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Worcestershire Under-18s won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire Under-18s 13 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Worcestershire Under-18s 13 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	J Steele, EP Woodmason
Scorers	S Reece (Worcestershire Under-18s), MJ Wiltshire (Gloucestershire Under-18s)
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire Under-18s (1) 97/3 (Matravers 25*, Johnson 6*; 28 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire Under-18s (2) 100/3 (Cox 69*, Higgins 3*; 31 overs)

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Worcestershire Under-18s first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TJ Cox	c Shafi b Moore	11	20	35	2	-
JW Harrison	b Jordan	5	6	4	1	-
F Gunston	b Jordan	0	1	1	-	-
FO Goodman	c Shafi b Jordan	4	23	25	-	-
*ADP Higgins	b A Sweeting	47	97	134	6	-
HC Hawes	b A Sweeting	145	106	124	19	7
+JD Porter	not out	48	77	93	7	1
Y Akbar	c Jordan b Bryan	12	23	29	-	1
JD Leach	c A Sweeting b Matravers	22	33	31	4	-
LD Brockman	b A Sweeting	10	19	23	1	-
A Azami	c Johnson b A Sweeting	0	4	3	-	-
JS Varaich	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 254 minutes, 67.5 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Harrison, 1.1 ov), 2-6 (Gunston, 1.2 ov), 3-20 (Goodman, 7.5 ov), 4-20 (Cox, 8.3 ov), 5-211 (Hawes, 41.5 ov), 6-212 (Higgins, 43.1 ov), 7-241 (Akbar, 50.3 ov), 8-277 (Leach, 60.2 ov), 9-308 (Brockman, 67.1 ov), 10-308 (Azami, 67.5 ov)

Gloucestershire Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moore	10	1	47	1	-	-
Jordan	9	4	23	3	-	-
Bryan	7	0	59	1	-	-
Matravers	11	0	66	1	-	-
Johnson	24	5	75	0	-	-
A Sweeting	6.5	0	36	4	-	2

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Gloucestershire Under-18s first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Z Syed	lbw b Brockman	22	33	47	4	-
LP Bowden	b Brockman	5	22	21	-	-
+ZA Shafi	b Azami	25	44	63	3	-
JR Matravers	c Leach b Hawes	81	123	171	9	2
*AB Johnson	c Porter b Brockman	6	26	29	1	-
WSJ Sweeting	c Gunston b Azami	52	73	92	8	1
NS Bennett	lbw b Leach	18	33	32	2	-
A Sweeting	c Porter b Varaich	30	81	112	3	-
OR Moore	c Higgins b Azami	79	99	118	6	2
RT Baker	c Porter b Varaich	0	2	2	-	-
WG Jordan	not out	6	21	23	-	-
HD Bryan	did not bat
Extras	(50 b, 13 lb, 2 nb)	65
Total	(all out, 357 minutes, 92.3 overs)	389
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Bowden, 5.5 ov), 2-45 (Syed, 11.6 ov), 3-81 (Shafi, 20.6 ov), 4-97 (Johnson, 30.1 ov), 5-214 (WSJ Sweeting, 52.1 ov), 6-224 (Matravers, 55.2 ov), 7-252 (Bennett, 60.6 ov), 8-358 (A Sweeting, 84.4 ov), 9-358 (Baker, 84.6 ov), 10-389 (Moore, 92.3 ov)

Worcestershire Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cox	16	4	48	0	-	-
Brockman	18	2	86	3	-	1
Azami	19.3	1	88	3	-	-
Varaich	11	2	39	2	-	1
Leach	16	1	37	1	-	-
Hawes	12	1	28	1	-	-

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Worcestershire Under-18s second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TJ Cox	c Bowden b Jordan	80	116	123	11	1
JW Harrison	c WSJ Sweeting b Johnson	11	24	43	1	-
F Gunston	lbw b Johnson	11	26	32	-	1
FO Goodman	lbw b Johnson	0	8	8	-	-
*ADP Higgins	b Syed	101	128	135	18	-
HC Hawes	c Johnson b Bryan	5	7	6	1	-
+JD Porter	c Bryan b Syed	72	94	96	13	-
Y Akbar	not out	32	19	20	5	-
JD Leach	not out	21	13	13	4	-
LD Brockman	did not bat
A Azami	did not bat
JS Varaich	did not bat
Extras	(20 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	29
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 240 minutes, 72.2 overs)	362
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Harrison, 12.1 ov), 2-84 (Gunston, 22.1 ov), 3-90 (Goodman, 24.4 ov), 4-131 (Cox, 36.1 ov), 5-136 (Hawes, 37.4 ov), 6-291 (Higgins, 65.4 ov), 7-311 (Porter, 67.5 ov)

Gloucestershire Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jordan	15	2	55	1	-	-
Baker	5	1	16	0	-	-
Bryan	14	1	67	1	1	-
Johnson	21	6	59	3	-	-
Matravers	6	0	23	0	-	-
A Sweeting	2	0	27	0	-	-
Syed	3	1	31	2	-	1
Bennett	4.2	0	30	0	-	-
Patil	2	0	27	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire Under-18s second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Z Syed	c Azami b Varaich	24	42	54	3	-
LP Bowden	c Porter b Brockman	33	45	61	4	1
*AB Johnson	b Varaich	0	1	1	-	-
WSJ Sweeting	c Gunston b Varaich	21	23	38	4	-
H Bush	lbw b Leach	24	39	46	4	-
NS Bennett	c Porter b Varaich	0	4	3	-	-
S Patil	lbw b Azami	0	9	13	-	-
A Sweeting	not out	32	77	96	6	-
HD Bryan	b Azami	32	82	91	3	1
WG Jordan	not out	4	1	1	1	-
RT Baker	did not bat
JR Matravers	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(8 wickets, 204 minutes, 53.5 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-56 (Syed, 13.4 ov), 2-56 (Johnson, 13.5 ov), 3-60 (Bowden, 14.5 ov), 4-102 (WSJ Sweeting, 23.2 ov), 5-102 (Bennett, 23.6 ov), 6-106 (Bush, 26.4 ov), 7-106 (Patil, 27.3 ov), 8-170 (Bryan, 53.4 ov)

Worcestershire Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hawes	5	0	26	0	-	1
Cox	7	1	24	0	-	-
Brockman	8	1	28	1	-	-
Varaich	10	5	25	4	-	-
Leach	12	4	35	1	-	-
Azami	11.5	4	33	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Gloucestershire Under-18s full substitute: S Patil for OR Moore (start of day 3)
--> Gloucestershire Under-18s full substitute: H Bush for ZA Shafi (start of day 3)
--> Worcestershire Under-18s first innings: 50 in 12.4 overs, 54 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s first innings: 100 in 21.3 overs, 90 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s first innings: 150 in 28.5 overs, 116 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s first innings: 200 in 41.1 overs, 156 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s first innings: 250 in 53.2 overs, 204 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s first innings: 300 in 64.2 overs, 241 minutes
--> Gloucestershire Under-18s first innings: 50 in 13.1 overs, 57 minutes
--> Gloucestershire Under-18s first innings: 100 in 30.2 overs, 116 minutes
--> Gloucestershire Under-18s first innings: 150 in 43 overs, 168 minutes
--> Gloucestershire Under-18s first innings: 200 in 51.1 overs, 202 minutes
--> Gloucestershire Under-18s first innings: 250 in 59.4 overs, 234 minutes
--> Gloucestershire Under-18s first innings: 300 in 71.4 overs, 275 minutes
--> Gloucestershire Under-18s first innings: 350 in 84 overs, 328 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s second innings: 50 in 15.5 overs, 55 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s second innings: 100 in 30 overs, 101 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s second innings: 150 in 40.4 overs, 140 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s second innings: 200 in 49.5 overs, 172 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s second innings: 250 in 58 overs, 197 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s second innings: 300 in 67.1 overs, 225 minutes
--> Worcestershire Under-18s second innings: 350 in 71.4 overs, 237 minutes
--> Gloucestershire Under-18s second innings: 50 in 12.1 overs, 48 minutes
--> Gloucestershire Under-18s second innings: 100 in 22.3 overs, 91 minutes
--> Gloucestershire Under-18s second innings: 150 in 47.4 overs, 181 minutes
--> HC Hawes (1) 50 in 25 balls, 26 minutes with 7 fours and 3 sixes
--> HC Hawes (1) 100 in 63 balls, 80 minutes with 12 fours and 6 sixes
--> JR Matravers (1) 50 in 91 balls, 120 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> WSJ Sweeting (1) 50 in 71 balls, 88 minutes with 8 fours and 1 six
--> OR Moore (1) 50 in 67 balls, 86 minutes with 5 fours
--> TJ Cox (2) 50 in 77 balls, 70 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> ADP Higgins (2) 50 in 67 balls, 81 minutes with 9 fours
--> ADP Higgins (2) 100 in 116 balls, 123 minutes with 18 fours
--> JD Porter (2) 50 in 80 balls, 84 minutes with 8 fours
--> ADP Higgins (3) and HC Hawes (47) added 50 in 37 balls, 26 minutes for the Worcestershire Under-18s 5th wicket in the first innings
--> ADP Higgins (20) and HC Hawes (80) added 100 in 90 balls, 61 minutes for the Worcestershire Under-18s 5th wicket in the first innings
--> ADP Higgins (38) and HC Hawes (113) added 150 in 146 balls, 93 minutes for the Worcestershire Under-18s 5th wicket in the first innings
--> JR Matravers (24) and WSJ Sweeting (23) added 50 in 77 balls, 53 minutes for the Gloucestershire Under-18s 5th wicket in the first innings
--> JR Matravers (45) and WSJ Sweeting (47) added 100 in 125 balls, 84 minutes for the Gloucestershire Under-18s 5th wicket in the first innings
--> A Sweeting (12) and OR Moore (27) added 50 in 67 balls, 39 minutes for the Gloucestershire Under-18s 8th wicket in the first innings
--> A Sweeting (20) and OR Moore (61) added 100 in 140 balls, 91 minutes for the Gloucestershire Under-18s 8th wicket in the first innings
--> ADP Higgins (29) and JD Porter (15) added 50 in 62 balls, 36 minutes for the Worcestershire Under-18s 6th wicket in the second innings
--> ADP Higgins (63) and JD Porter (28) added 100 in 109 balls, 59 minutes for the Worcestershire Under-18s 6th wicket in the second innings
--> ADP Higgins (79) and JD Porter (59) added 150 in 164 balls, 88 minutes for the Worcestershire Under-18s 6th wicket in the second innings
--> Y Akbar (30) and JD Leach (21) added 50 in 27 balls, 13 minutes for the Worcestershire Under-18s 8th wicket in the second innings
--> Z Syed (24) and LP Bowden (23) added 50 in 73 balls, 48 minutes for the Gloucestershire Under-18s 1st wicket in the second innings
--> A Sweeting (31) and HD Bryan (19) added 50 in 135 balls, 78 minutes for the Gloucestershire Under-18s 8th wicket in the second innings

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