Worcestershire County Cricket Club

Worcestershire County Cricket Club
One Day nameWorcestershire Rapids
Personnel
CaptainBrett D'Oliveira
CoachAlan Richardson
Overseas player(s)Yadvinder Singh
Team information
Founded1865
Home groundNew Road
Capacity5,500
History
First-class debutYorkshire
in 1899
Championship wins5
Pro40 wins4
FP Trophy wins1
VitalityHealth Twenty20 Cup wins1
B&H Cup wins1
Official websiteWCCC

First-class

One-day & T20

Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Worcestershire. Its Vitality Blast T20 team has been rebranded the Worcestershire Rapids, but the county is known by most fans as 'the Pears'. The club is based at New Road, Worcester. Founded in 1865, Worcestershire held minor status at first and was a prominent member of the early Minor Counties Championship in the 1890s, winning the competition three times. In 1899, the club joined the County Championship and the team was elevated to first-class status.[1] Since then, Worcestershire have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England except the 1919 County Championship.

  1. ^ ACS (1982). A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles. Nottingham: ACS.