I'm a Worcestershire fan so have delighted in today! The only thing that could've made it better was Oxford making it a double. Unfortunately we're cricket's yo-yo team and are going to get relegated back to Div 2 of the County Championship, but I'll settle for that with winning the T20 after our 15 year wait to finally make it to finals day!
Pat Brown has certainly excelled in T20 this season. He first broke through last season but to be honest I never saw any sign of the impact he's made this year. As Hussain etc raved about, the control he displays with his variations and the calmness he displayed on the biggest stage of his career certainly was remarkable for a kid who's just turned 20. Interestingly though he's very much on the fringes of the 4 day team, with young seam bowlers Tongue and Pennington really making an impression in that format for us. Joe Clarke is a good young batsman and was mentioned for an England place at the start of this summer but his performances dropped off after making runs in the early part of the season. But he's still only 22 so I think a couple more seasons and more consistent run making and he is one we are very hopeful will make it onto the international stage. As for today's match winner Ben Cox, he's an excellent keeper and he's worked really hard to improve his batting in the last couple of years. Plus he always produces in the biggest games. In the semi final of the 50 over cup he scored a brilliant hundred to help us recover from a poor start to set a decent total. Unfortunately it wasn't enough and Kent chased it down with 2 balls to spare, but we more than made up for that today!
