Ball's England form leaves Worcestershire bereft
[ad_1] Nottinghamshire 300 for 9 dec (Taylor 50, Tongue 4-81) beat Worcestershire 110 (Clarke 42, Fletcher 5-27) and 149 (Fell 37, Ball 5-59) by an innings and 41 runs Scorecard It is only seven months these sides were promoted together from Division Two of the County Championship but the gulf in class between them was startling in a one-sided affair that was completed in just five sessions. Worcestershire, who went up as Second Division champions, were routed twice in the equivalent of just two sessions by a high quality attack who made expert use of a slow seaming pitch. Stuart Broad, playing his first match of the season, played his part, surviving a mid-pitch collision with Luke Fletcher along the way, but he was not Worcestershire's chief tormentor. Instead it was Jake Ball , another member of England's Ashes attack, who wrecked their second innings by taking his second five wicket haul of the season. Worcestershire have now lost all three matches since they were promote...