Date-stamped : 28 Apr97 - 06:19
AXA Life League: Hick batters Notts

By Neil Hallam

Worcs (184-3) bt Notts (183-8) by 7 wkts

THE rising tempo of a stand of 102 in 18 overs  between Tom Moody
and  Graeme Hick saw Worcestershire  to  a  seven- wicket victory
over Nottinghamshire with eight balls to  spare at Trent Bridge.

Notts opener Mathew Dowman  quickly  became  the   first  batsmen
to  perish  run  out  on  the   word   of  the  third  umpire  in
televised Sunday games this  year  as  last  season`s  runners-up
rarely  broke  into  a full stride in reaching 183 for eight on a
slow, seaming pitch.

No television replays  were  required  when  Philip   Weston  was
fatally     sent     back     in    the    fourth     over     of
Worcestershire`s reply but Moody, who holds the record  for  most
runs   in   a  season in this competition, with 917 in 1991, made
full amends.

His 89 came off only 97 balls and contained seven fours  and  two
sixes, one over extra cover, before he sliced  an  off- drive.

Hick was also  severe  on   off-spinner   Richard   Bates,  whose
five overs cost 50 runs, before playing around a full-length ball
from  former   Worcestershire   left-arm-seamer   Chris Tolley.

Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/)

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