Worcestershire beat Hampshire by 3 wickets in the final

Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 20 Sept 2025. Worcestershire won the toss and chose to bowl.

Worcestershire won by 3 wickets (DLS method)

Worcestershire won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Worcestershire won the toss and chose to bowl. Hampshire made 237 for 7 in 45 overs, Ali Orr 110 from 130 balls and Nick Gubbins 38 from 45 balls. Matthew Waite took 3 for 60.

Worcestershire reached 188 for 7 in 26.4 overs, Ethan Brookes 57 from 34 balls and Jake Libby 37 from 40 balls. Scott Currie took 5 for 34.

Worcestershire won by 3 wickets (DLS method).

Key performers

EB57Ethan BrookesWorcestershire. 34 balls, 5 fours, 4 sixesPlayer of the match

3/60Matthew WaiteWorcestershire. 9 overs

110Ali OrrHampshire. 130 balls, 10 fours, 2 sixes SC5/34Scott CurrieHampshire. 6 overs

Hampshire innings

237/7(45 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ali Orrc & b MJ Waite	c & b MJ Waite	110	130	10	2	84.62
Nick Gubbinsc HJ Cullen b MJ Waite	c HJ Cullen b MJ Waite	38	45	4	0	84.44
Fletcha Middletonc RP Jones b TAI Taylor	c RP Jones b TAI Taylor	18	33	0	0	54.55
Toby Albertc DH Lategan b BMJ Allison	c DH Lategan b BMJ Allison	13	16	0	0	81.25
BA Mayesb EA Brookes	b EA Brookes	2	7	0	0	28.57
James Fullerc EA Brookes b BMJ Allison	c EA Brookes b BMJ Allison	23	20	3	0	115.00
Scott Currienot out	not out	10*	15	1	0	66.67
Andrew Nealc EA Brookes b MJ Waite	c EA Brookes b MJ Waite	1	3	0	0	33.33
Kyle Abbottnot out	not out	6*	3	0	0	200.00
Extras(w 12, nb 4)	(w 12, nb 4)	16
Total45 Ov (RR 5.27)	45 Ov (RR 5.27)	237/7

Did not bat: Ben Brown, Brad Wheal

Fall of wickets: 82-1 (NRT Gubbins, 16.2 ov), 125-2 (FS Middleton, 26.5 ov), 164-3 (TE Albert, 34.1 ov), 169-4 (BA Mayes, 36 ov), 213-5 (AGH Orr, 40.1 ov), 226-6 (JK Fuller, 43 ov), 231-7 (AJ Neal, 44.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tom Taylor	9	1	24	1	2.67	39	2	0	1	0
Khurram Shahzad	9	0	60	0	6.67	29	8	0	2	1
Ben Allison	9	0	41	2	4.56	23	2	0	1	0
Matthew Waite	9	0	60	3	6.67	21	5	1	0	1
Ethan Brookes	9	0	52	1	5.78	26	1	1	4	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	AGH Orr 43(53) & NRT Gubbins 38(45)	82	98
2nd	FS Middleton 18(33) & AGH Orr 22(30)	43	63
3rd	TE Albert 13(16) & AGH Orr 19(28)	39	44
4th	BA Mayes 2(7) & AGH Orr 3(4)	5	11
5th	AGH Orr 23(15) & JK Fuller 19(11)	44	25
6th	SW Currie 7(9) & JK Fuller 4(9)	13	17
7th	SW Currie 3(6) & AJ Neal 1(3)	5	9
8th	KJ Abbott 6(3) & SW Currie 0(0)	6*	3

Worcestershire innings

188/7(26.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Gareth Roderick †c ? b JK Fuller	c ? b JK Fuller	13	19	2	0	68.42
DH Lateganc †BC Brown b SW Currie	c †BC Brown b SW Currie	18	13	2	1	138.46
Kashif Alic FS Middleton b AJ Neal	c FS Middleton b AJ Neal	25	33	2	0	75.76
Jake Libbyc †BC Brown b SW Currie	c †BC Brown b SW Currie	37	40	2	1	92.50
Ethan Brookesc †BC Brown b SW Currie	c †BC Brown b SW Currie	57	34	5	4	167.65
Rob Jonesc JK Fuller b SW Currie	c JK Fuller b SW Currie	9	14	0	0	64.29
Matthew Waitenot out	not out	16*	5	0	2	320.00
Tom Taylorc NRT Gubbins b SW Currie	c NRT Gubbins b SW Currie	0	1	0	0	0.00
HJ Cullennot out	not out	4*	1	1	0	400.00
Extras(lb 3, w 6)	(lb 3, w 6)	9
Total26.4 Ov (RR 7.05)	26.4 Ov (RR 7.05) · Target 238 from 50 ov	188/7

Did not bat: Ben Allison, Khurram Shahzad

Fall of wickets: 30-1 (GH Roderick, 4.4 ov), 31-2 (DH Lategan, 6.1 ov), 93-3 (Kashif Ali, 16.5 ov), 107-4 (JD Libby, 19.1 ov), 168-5 (EA Brookes, 25.2 ov), 175-6 (RP Jones, 25.5 ov), 175-7 (TAI Taylor, 26 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
Kyle Abbott	6	38	0	6.33	20	4	2	0
Brad Wheal	4.4	47	0	10.07	8	3	3	1
James Fuller	5	41	1	8.20	10	3	2	1
Scott Currie	6	34	5	5.67	17	2	1	2
Andrew Neal	5	25	1	5.00	14	2	0	1

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	GH Roderick 13(19) & DH Lategan 17(9)	30	28
2nd	Kashif Ali 0(5) & DH Lategan 1(4)	1	9
3rd	JD Libby 35(36) & Kashif Ali 25(28)	62	64
4th	EA Brookes 12(10) & JD Libby 2(4)	14	14
5th	RP Jones 9(13) & EA Brookes 45(24)	61	37
6th	MJ Waite 7(2) & RP Jones 0(1)	7	3
7th	TAI Taylor 0(1) & MJ Waite 0(0)	0	1
8th	MJ Waite 9(3) & HJ Cullen 4(1)	13*	4

Commentary

26.44

BTJ Wheal to HJ Cullen, FOUR

26.31

BTJ Wheal to MJ Waite, 1 run

26.26

BTJ Wheal to MJ Waite, SIX

26.12

BTJ Wheal to MJ Waite, 2 runs

End of over 268 runs, 3 wktsWOR 175/71W61WW

MJ Waite 7(2)SW Currie 6-0-34-5

25.6W

SW Currie to TAI Taylor, OUT

TAI Taylor c NRT Gubbins b SW Currie 0(1) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 175/7 (26 ov)

FIVE-WICKET HAUL for SW Currie

25.5W

SW Currie to RP Jones, OUT

RP Jones c JK Fuller b SW Currie 9(14) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 175/6 (25.5 ov)

25.41

SW Currie to MJ Waite, 1 run

25.36

SW Currie to MJ Waite, SIX

25.2W

SW Currie to EA Brookes, OUT

EA Brookes c †BC Brown b SW Currie 57(34) [4s-5 6s-4] · FoW 168/5 (25.2 ov)

25.11

SW Currie to RP Jones, 1 run

End of over 2515 runsWOR 167/4160116

EA Brookes 57(33)RP Jones 8(12)KJ Abbott 6-0-38-0

24.66

KJ Abbott to EA Brookes, SIX

24.51

KJ Abbott to RP Jones, 1 run

24.41

KJ Abbott to EA Brookes, 1 run

24.30

KJ Abbott to EA Brookes, no run

24.26

KJ Abbott to EA Brookes, SIX

FIFTY for EA Brookes (50 off 30)

24.11

KJ Abbott to RP Jones, 1 run

End of over 248 runsWOR 152/40Wd040Wd02

EA Brookes 44(29)RP Jones 6(10)SW Currie 5-0-26-2

23.62

SW Currie to EA Brookes, 2 runs

23.50

SW Currie to EA Brookes, no run

23.5Wd

SW Currie to EA Brookes, wide

23.40

SW Currie to EA Brookes, no run

23.34

SW Currie to EA Brookes, FOUR

23.20

SW Currie to EA Brookes, no run

23.2Wd

SW Currie to EA Brookes, wide

23.10

SW Currie to EA Brookes, no run

End of over 233 runsWOR 144/410001Lb1Lb

EA Brookes 38(23)RP Jones 6(10)AJ Neal 5-0-25-1

22.61Lb

AJ Neal to EA Brookes, 1 leg bye