Strong start by Worcestershire

Worcestershire 52 for 0 (16 overs). Mitchell 17, Moore 35.

After a curious two-over spell from the skipper, Rankin and Carter are now bowling in tandem. Both forced false shots in their opening overs but Moore is batting with the confidence you would expect from a player averaging 58.09 this season.

No extras yet.

The sun is out and New Road looks divinely elegant, the trees so vividly green, brown, red and grey after this wet summer. This really must be the second most attractive sports arena in the Midlands, behind the magnificent Hampton Road home of Racing Club Warwick FC.