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Worcestershire

a county of W central England, formerly (1974--98) part of Hereford and Worcester. Administrative centre: Worcester. Pop.: 549 300 (2003 est.). Area: 1742 sq. km (674 sq. miles)
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TOMORROW: (12.45 unless stated) ICC Champions Trophy Group B New Zealand v Sri Lanka (08.30), South Africa v England (13.30) NatWest Pro40 Division One Notts Outlaws v Gloucs Gladiators, Somerset Sabres v Durham Dynamos, Worcs Royals v Sussex Sharks (13.00), Yorkshire Phoenix v Essex Eagles NatWest Pro40 Division Two Derbyshire Phantoms v Glamorgan Dragons, Kent Spitfires v Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Lancashire Lightning v Warwickshire Bears, Leicestershire Foxes v Surrey Brown Caps.
Originally the Child Wise Tourism Program in 2006-the advocacy that evolved into the Child Safe Tourism (CST) program in 2014-TourISM WoRCS is the comprehensive version incorporating gender and development concerns and interventions.
One-day internationals: Morgan (captain, Midd), Ali (Worcs), Bairstow (Yorks), Billings (Kent), Buttler (Lancs, wkt), Finn (Midd), Hales (Notts), Rashid (Yorks), Root (Yorks), Roy (Surrey), Taylor (Notts), Topley (Essex), Willey (Northants), Woakes (Warwicks), Wood (Durham) T20 Iinternational: Morgan (captain, Midd), Ali (Worcs), Billings (Kent), Buttler (Lancs, wkt), Hales (Notts), Jordan (Sussex), Parry (Lancs), Rashid (Yorks), Root (Yorks), Roy (Surrey), Topley (Essex), Vince (Hants), Willey (Northants), Woakes (Warwicks), Wood (Durham).
But Neil Franks, of Mid Worcs Green Party, said: "It looks odd."
Losing out in the quarter-finals were Nigel Heydon (Leamington), Luke Woodhouse (Worcs), Mark Hylton (Staffs) and Dave Honey (Worcs).
NORTHERN RAIL CUP FINAL: Barrow 18 Widnes 34 DARTS BDO GOLD CUP, Lakeside Country Club, Surrey, England - men's singles quarter-finals: Paul Brookes (Worcs) bt Ewan Hyslop (Borders) 2-1, Dave Weston (Som) bt Joe Murnan (Lancs) 2-1, Scott Mitchell (Dorset) bt David Smith-Hayes (Derbys) 2-1, Brian Woods (Grampian) bt Glenn Moody (Cleveland) 2-1
First round: * Mark Ferris (Potteries & District) v Roman Hrabar (Yorkshire), Peter Conway (Derbyshire) v Mark Blackmore (North Midlands), * Darren Round (Warwick & Worcs) v John Bailey (Wales), * Neil Bithell (Lancashire) v * Matt Bower (South Yorkshire).
SCHEDULE - Today (pm): Gloucs v Worcs, Warwicks v Staffs.
England A squad: V Solanki (Worcestershire, capt), K Ali (Worcs), J Anderson (Lancashire), G Batty (Worcs), I Blackwell (Somerset), R Clarke (Surrey), A Cook (Essex), J Dalrymple, E Joyce (both Middlesex), A Loudon (Warwickshire), S Mahmood (Lancs), C Read (Notts, wkt), O Shah (Middsx), A Wharf (Glamorgan), M Yardy (Sussex).
ENGLAND squad for the second npower Test against Bangladesh, starting Friday: Test squad: MP Vaughan (Yorks, capt) Age 30, Tests 56; ME Trescothick (Somerset) 29, 59; AJ Strauss (Middlesex) 28, 13; IR Bell (Warwicks) 23, 2; GP Thorpe (Surrey) 34, 99; A Flintoff (Lancs) 28, 46; GO Jones (Kent, wkt) 28, 14; GJ Batty (Worcs) 27, 6; SP Jones (Glamorgan) 26, 13; MJ Hoggard (Yorks) 28, 39; SJ Harmison (Durham) 26, 29; J Lewis (Gloucs) 29, 0.
England under-19 squad: s Davies (Worcs, capt & wkt), M Ali (Warks), J Denly (Kent), M Footitt (Notts), W Gifford (Worcs), D Griffiths (Hants), B Harmison (Dur), A Harrison (Glam), M Lawson (Yorks), S Mullaney (Lancs), M O'Shea (Glam), J Simpson (Lancs, wkt), T Smith (Lancs), M Stokes (Hants).
First Round: Shropshire v Hampshire, Scotland v Worcs, Denmark v Northants, Wales MC v Notts, Berkshire v Gloucs, Devon v Essex, Northumberland v Middlesex, Staffordshire v Surrey, Ireland v Yorkshire, Bucks v Lancashire, Holland v Warwicks, Bedfordshire v Sussex, Wiltshire v Kent, Suffolk v Glamorgan, Durham v Derbyshire, Leics v Somerset.
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