Date-stamped : 02 Jun97 - 14:17
Worcs (262-4) beat Somerset (177) by 85 runs

GRAEME   Hick   responded  to being ignored by the England selec-
tors with an unbeaten  119  from  91  balls  in  Worcestershire`s
85-run  Sun- day League win over Somerset at New Road.

He   hit  six  fours and six sixes on the day he learned he would
miss the first Test of a home series for the first time since his
Eng- land debut in 1991.

Hick`s return to form resulted in his first competitive centu- ry
of the season and his first one-day hundred since he made 102 not
out against Holland in the World Cup in February 1996.

The   packed  crowd  greeted his second 50, from 30 balls, with a
standing ovation. Worcestershire`s score of  262  for   four  was
their highest against Somerset in the competition.

The   best   Somerset  could muster in reply was a league best 67
off 75 balls by Rob Turner, but he was one of five batsmen to  be
run out in an unfortunate collapse for 177.

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

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