WORCESTERSHIRE County Cricket Club coach Alan Richardson praised his team for their performance against Hampshire, saying they were unlucky to draw, having "definitely deserved the win."
The side enjoyed two record-breaking days with the bat, setting Hampshire the huge target of 679.
They bowled Hampshire out for 221 on day three, which meant the side needed only seven wickets for victory. However some staunch defence saw them unable to force enough breakthroughs, leaving them with a draw.
"It was an outstanding effort," said the Worcestershire boss. "I think ultimately, one that we should be really proud of.
"I think just a little bit disappointing that we didn't quite get the breaks, but it won't be through lack of trying of through lack of skill either.
"A really good effort – we played so well over the first three days, it felt like, you know, we definitely deserve the win but just couldn’t quite get over the line.
"The whole idea with the Kookaburra ball is probably that you have to be a little bit more creative and inventive when needed, you know, and it’s it tested the bowlers and certainly the captains.
"They probably have to try and think slightly differently than normally with the Dukes ball, so it’s nice to see, and you see slightly different skill sets.
"We watched Callum Parkinson get through out of a lot of overs for us, Adam Finch bowl with some real hostility and those field settings were just trying to find different ways to take wickets."
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Jake Libby and Adam Hose were electric with the bat, with Libby securing a career-best score of 228, batting for over 10 hours, while Hose enjoyed a record-breaking showing of 266 from just 253 balls.
"Jake Libby and Adam Hose putting on 395, it was quite an exhibition," he said.
"I think on the first day, certainly for me, it was a real honour to be here and watch certainly the way that Adam went about his business, in terms of the tempo that he batted at and then you saw Jake, in a completely different tempo.
"It all set us up to put ourselves in a really strong position for the game. The boys have had it tough this year as a batting group and unsurprisingly there’s been some real questions asked amongst the group.
"They’ve been really trying to work as hard as they can to get some positive results for themselves. It’s been really difficult at times, but they can all play without shadow of a doubt, and they’ve never lost faith in that.
"It’s just been really nice for them to show what they can do."
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