| LV= County Championship Division Two, Headingley (day one) |
| Worcestershire 280-5: Kashif 93, D’Oliveira 90*; Coad 2-35, Hill 2-43 |
| Yorkshire: But to bat |
| Match scorecard |
Worcestershire want 20 extra runs to clinch promotion to Division One of many County Championship for subsequent season after selecting up the one of many two bonus factors wanted on the opening day in opposition to Yorkshire at a humid Headingley.
After being requested to bat, the Pears wanted to attain 300 to verify second spot in Division Two however stumbled to 67-4, earlier than Kashif Ali (93) and captain Brett D’Oliveira (90) put them firmly on monitor.
The pair placed on 155 for the fifth wicket, with Kashif notching his career-best first-class rating, earlier than Ben Allison (31 not out) joined D’Oliveira (90 not out) to take the Pears to 280-5 at stumps.
Once they do clinch their second bonus level it will likely be the seventh time Worcestershire have gained promotion for the reason that County Championship was break up into two divisions in 2000.
Extra to comply with.