Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire - Preview, Predictions & H2H · County Championship Division Two
WORWorcestershire
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NORNorthamptonshire
County Championship Division Two · Division 2
The Statz verdict
Northamptonshire lead this head-to-head 1–0. The season batting edge is NOR's, 389.1 runs per game vs 310.9, while NOR's attack takes 9.6 wickets a match, the better bowling unit.
Head-to-head record
1 meetingSeason comparison
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Projected win probability
toss pending · blend of both scenariosPlayer projections
expected XI · per-player output| Worcestershire | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | Ov | Wkts | Conc | Econ | Ct | St | RO | Perf | D11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lategan | 56.4 | 103 | 55 | 8.7 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | 0.1 | 60.4 | 107.2 |
| Jake Libby | 56.3 | 112 | 50 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 5 | 3.1 | 0.6 | - | 0.0 | 64.2 | 99.5 |
| Brett D'Oliveira | 49.7 | 107 | 46 | 5.8 | 0.2 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 25 | 4.5 | 0.1 | - | 0.1 | 55.1 | 89.2 |
| Gareth Roderick | 51.7 | 114 | 46 | 5.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 3.7 | - | 0.1 | 88.9 | 114.7 |
| Adam Hose | 54.7 | 99 | 55 | 7.2 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | 0.0 | 61.0 | 102.4 |
| Ethan Brookes | 50.2 | 101 | 50 | 6.2 | 0.8 | 11.6 | 1.1 | 37 | 3.2 | 1.2 | - | 0.1 | 84.1 | 123.5 |
| Matthew Waite | 47.1 | 88 | 54 | 5.5 | 0.3 | 20.9 | 2.6 | 59 | 2.8 | 0.3 | - | - | 100.8 | 139.6 |
| Tom Taylor | 27.1 | 53 | 51 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 28.4 | 4.0 | 85 | 3.0 | 0.2 | - | 0.0 | 109.7 | 141.6 |
| Beyers Swanepoel | 31.8 | 44 | 72 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 28.9 | 3.3 | 88 | 3.0 | 0.1 | - | - | 97.8 | 134.9 |
| Ben Allison | 24.1 | 53 | 45 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 25.0 | 3.2 | 71 | 2.9 | 0.5 | - | 0.0 | 92.9 | 120.5 |
| Fateh Singh | 15.2 | 24 | 64 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 18.2 | 1.9 | 90 | 5.0 | 0.7 | - | - | 59.8 | 77.1 |
| ▾ Full squad projections (13 more) | ||||||||||||||
| George Drissell | 29.7 | 65 | 46 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 27.8 | 1.8 | 94 | 3.4 | 0.7 | - | - | 73.1 | 98.7 |
| Oliver Hannon-Dalby | 5.2 | 23 | 22 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 28.7 | 3.4 | 76 | 2.6 | 0.2 | - | 0.0 | 76.0 | 92.7 |
| Ben Gibbon | 28.1 | 48 | 58 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 21.5 | 1.7 | 80 | 3.7 | 0.5 | - | 0.1 | 66.3 | 92.5 |
| Rob Jones | 36.8 | 70 | 52 | 5.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | - | 52.3 | 78.8 |
| Adam Finch | 12.9 | 35 | 37 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 21.0 | 2.4 | 81 | 3.9 | 0.1 | - | - | 60.6 | 78.7 |
| Rehaan Edavalath | 35.6 | 61 | 58 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 26 | 7.4 | 0.4 | - | - | 49.1 | 78.0 |
| Kashif Ali | 42.2 | 87 | 49 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 7 | 4.8 | 0.2 | - | 0.0 | 45.6 | 76.3 |
| Jack Home | 25.5 | 50 | 51 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 7.4 | 0.7 | 44 | 5.9 | 0.7 | - | - | 46.2 | 67.3 |
| Isaac Mohammed | 28.2 | 22 | 135 | 2.5 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | 38.2 | 57.7 |
| Harry Darley | 6.8 | 33 | 21 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 44 | 6.0 | 0.5 | - | - | 32.4 | 39.9 |
| Sikandar Raza | 10.1 | 8 | 130 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 26 | 7.4 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 23.1 | 35.1 |
| Henry Cullen | 10.1 | 8 | 130 | 0.8 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | 20.1 | 27.8 |
| Usama Mir | 5.1 | 5 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 26 | 7.4 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 18.1 | 26.7 |
| Northamptonshire | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | Ov | Wkts | Conc | Econ | Ct | St | RO | Perf | D11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Vasconcelos | 46.7 | 84 | 55 | 6.6 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | - | 62.6 | 96.3 |
| Nathan McSweeney | 66.8 | 127 | 53 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 13 | 2.6 | 0.0 | - | 0.1 | 72.9 | 118.6 |
| Luke Procter | 52.5 | 108 | 49 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 16.4 | 1.3 | 51 | 3.1 | 0.2 | - | 0.0 | 80.1 | 118.5 |
| George Bartlett | 39.5 | 77 | 51 | 4.8 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.7 | - | 0.0 | 46.0 | 73.5 |
| Justin Broad | 43.2 | 71 | 60 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 15.5 | 1.7 | 54 | 3.5 | 1.5 | - | 0.1 | 92.0 | 123.1 |
| Saif Zaib | 66.1 | 101 | 65 | 7.9 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 0.4 | 18 | 2.6 | 0.5 | - | - | 78.5 | 125.3 |
| Gus Miller | 23.1 | 34 | 68 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 28 | 8.1 | 0.0 | - | - | 33.1 | 51.7 |
| James Sales | 46.3 | 85 | 55 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 24 | 4.1 | 0.4 | - | 0.0 | 63.9 | 99.0 |
| Calvin Harrison | 40.6 | 72 | 56 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 29.0 | 2.0 | 94 | 3.3 | 1.7 | - | 0.0 | 97.4 | 130.3 |
| Harry Conway | 8.3 | 38 | 22 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 33.8 | 5.0 | 92 | 2.7 | 0.3 | - | - | 110.5 | 133.8 |
| Ben Sanderson | 15.3 | 25 | 61 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 32.8 | 4.5 | 80 | 2.4 | 0.1 | - | - | 107.0 | 135.2 |
| Liam Guthrie | 21.1 | 29 | 73 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 26.4 | 3.2 | 99 | 3.7 | 0.3 | - | - | 89.0 | 114.7 |
| ▾ Full squad projections (14 more) | ||||||||||||||
| David Willey | 33.2 | 44 | 75 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 18.5 | 2.6 | 73 | 4.0 | 0.7 | - | 0.3 | 92.5 | 129.5 |
| Rob Keogh | 47.4 | 84 | 56 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 14.6 | 1.2 | 46 | 3.2 | 0.2 | - | - | 72.5 | 108.8 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 6.5 | 7 | 95 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 54.7 | 3.5 | 145 | 2.7 | 0.4 | - | 0.2 | 80.6 | 101.3 |
| Lewis McManus | 36.4 | 77 | 47 | 4.4 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | - | 0.0 | 66.8 | 87.8 |
| Raphael Weatherall | 2.0 | 5 | 41 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 23.3 | 2.9 | 81 | 3.5 | 0.2 | - | - | 61.4 | 73.5 |
| Aadi Sharma | 25.8 | 34 | 77 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 28 | 8.1 | 0.0 | - | - | 35.8 | 60.8 |
| Dominic Leech | 11.7 | 44 | 27 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 25.3 | 1.4 | 101 | 4.0 | 0.0 | - | - | 39.0 | 53.8 |
| Louis Kimber | 21.9 | 24 | 93 | 3.5 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.9 | - | - | 30.6 | 49.6 |
| George Scrimshaw | 7.4 | 21 | 35 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.7 | 1.3 | 78 | 5.3 | 0.0 | - | - | 34.1 | 46.7 |
| Arush Buchake | 26.0 | 20 | 135 | 2.3 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | - | - | 26.0 | 45.8 |
| Nirvan Ramesh | 2.7 | 5 | 58 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 12.6 | 1.3 | 60 | 4.8 | 0.0 | - | - | 29.4 | 38.1 |
| Chris Lynn | 16.7 | 13 | 135 | 1.4 | 0.7 | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 19.7 | 34.2 |
| Stuart Van Der Merwe | 9.3 | 7 | 130 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 28 | 8.1 | 0.0 | - | - | 19.3 | 30.0 |
| Tiaan Cornelius Louw | 4.7 | 5 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | 14.7 | 18.9 |
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- Captain pick: Tom Taylor (142.9 pts) - narrowest of margins over the VC.
- Stacks WOR heavily (7 of 11) - more of their players grade as fantasy-relevant tonight; even out if you fancy NOR's XI to outperform projections.
Small League: safe floor picks.
Grand League: higher-variance ceiling.
All re-run when XIs confirm.
Venue not yet announced
Ground stats will appear once the venue is confirmed
Top performers in this fixture
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Full squads
Who is playing in Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire?
Confirmed XIs are announced around the toss, ~30 minutes before the start. Based on their last matches, Worcestershire are likely to field Daniel Lategan, Jake Libby, Gareth Roderick, Beyers Swanepoel and 7 more, and Northamptonshire Ricardo Vasconcelos, Luke Procter, Calvin Harrison, Nathan McSweeney and 7 more — full predicted XIs and squads are on this page.
Who leads the Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire head-to-head record?
Northamptonshire lead 1–0 from 1 matches.
What is Worcestershire's current form in 2026?
Worcestershire have won 3 and lost 3 from 8 matches in 2026, averaging 310.9 runs per match.
What is Northamptonshire's current form in 2026?
Northamptonshire have won 4 and lost 2 from 9 matches in 2026, averaging 389.1 runs per match.
Where is Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire being played?
Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire is being played on 8 Sep 2026 at 15:30 IST.
Who are the top run-scorers in Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire head-to-head matches?
The top run-scorers in Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire H2H are Gareth Roderick (164 runs), James Sales (146 runs), Ricardo Vasconcelos (115 runs).
Who are the top wicket-takers in Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire head-to-head matches?
The top wicket-takers in Worcestershire vs Northamptonshire H2H are Ben Sanderson (4 wkts), Tom Taylor (3 wkts), Beyers Swanepoel (2 wkts).
Who are the top 2026 run-scorers for Worcestershire and Northamptonshire?
The leading run-scorers in 2026 are Ricardo Vasconcelos (512 runs), James Sales (467 runs), Luke Procter (456 runs).
Who are the top 2026 wicket-takers for Worcestershire and Northamptonshire?
The leading wicket-takers in 2026 are Ben Sanderson (30 wkts), Tom Taylor (21 wkts), Harry Conway (21 wkts).
Where are Worcestershire and Northamptonshire in the standings?
Worcestershire are 5th with 64 points and Northamptonshire are 3rd with 72 points.