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Worcestershire vs Middlesex, CC2026, Today Match Prediction
WOR vs MID Win Probability
Toss Winner - Worcestershire won the toss and choose to bowl first
Middlesex beat Worcestershire by 141 runs
Can Worcestershire continue the unbeaten run against Middlesex?
- Matthew Waite has 243 runs and 9 wickets in the last 5 games for Worcestershire.
- Leus du Plooy is the third leading run-scorer with 515 runs in 6 games of this season.
- Worcestershire has 2 wins and a draw in the last 3 games played against Middlesex.
We predict that Middlesex will beat Worcestershire.
| Tournament: | County Championship Division Two 2026 |
| Format: | test |
| Venue: | Worcestershire New Road, Worchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
| Weather: | 19.1°C|Partly cloudy |
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WOR vs MID Match Prediction & Analysis
The County Championship Division Two will be restarting after a gap of a month. Seventh-placed Worcestershire will host the Sixth-placed Middlesex at the County Ground, New Road, Worcester, from 12th June at 3:30 pm IST. Both teams have 71 points at the end of 6 games.
Worcestershire hasn’t won a game in the last three attempts. They have lost to Northamptonshire and Durham while managing a draw against Lancashire. Their batting lineup is so weak that only one century has been hit by their batters (Garreth Roderick). On the other hand, their bowlers have managed to take just 26 wickets in the last 3 games. Though the history against Middlesex is strong, they will have a tough task at home.
Middlesex has a similar outcome to that of Worcestershire. They have 2 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws in 6 games played so far. Their victories came against Gloucestershire and Lancashire. They are coming into the game with a loss against Durham by 7 wickets. All eyes will be on Ryan Higgins, who has 244 runs with the bat and has taken 28 wickets so far.
Both teams played against each other in the same season back in April. In a low-scoring game, Worcestershire managed to put 191 runs on board in the first innings, yet managed to take a lead of 8 runs. Jake Libby (79) helped Worcestershire set a target of 262 runs. Tom Taylor then picked up 3 wickets to help Worcestershire win the game by 57 runs.
RECENT PERFORMANCE
WOR
L
L
W
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WOR
148/8 in 20.0 7.4
145/10 in 20.0 7.25
142/4 in 18.5 7.54
141/10 in 19.5 7.11
MID
L
L
L
W
L
MID
HEAD TO HEAD
Last 2 Matches
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371/3 in 48.0
RLODC
Worcestershire beat Middlesex by 183 runs
188/10 in 25.4
TEAMS PREVIEW
Worcestershire Preview
Daniel Lategan will open the innings with Jake Libby. Lategan scored 101 runs in the last game with 53 in the first one. He is their leading run-scorer with 431 runs. He will be the batter to watch out for. But his partner, Libby, is averaging just 23 in 6 games. Gareth Roderick will come in at number three. Roderick is the only centurion from the team. After playing the innings of 164 runs in the 4th game, Roderick scored 55 in the next 5 innings.
Kashif Ali will come in the middle with Adam Hose and Brett D'Oliveira. Hose has 102 runs in the last 6 innings with one half-century, while Ali has 60 in 4. D'Oliveira scored two 40+ innings in the last two games. The middle order’s poor form has cost Worcestershire 2 games, as these three are averaging 16 in the last 3 games. Matthew Waite has anchored his position at number seven, scoring 320 runs with 3 half-centuries, averaging 40, the highest among the batters.
Tom Taylor will lead the bowling attack with Waite, Beyers Swanepoel, and Adam Finch. Taylor is their leading wicket-taker with 22 wickets. He will be the bowler to watch out for. Waite and Swanepoel have collectively taken 21 wickets. The Worcs had bowled out Middlesex in both innings in the last time. Taylor had picked up 5 wickets in that game.
Key Players: Tom Taylor, Daniel Lategan, Matthew Waite.
Worcestershire Predicted Playing XI:
Daniel Lategan, Jake Libby, Gareth Roderick (wk), Kashif Ali, Adam Hose, Brett D'Oliveira (c), Matthew Waite, Tom Taylor, Beyers Swanepoel, Adam Finch, George Drissell.
Worcestershire Key Players From Previous Game Of County Championship Division Two 2026
Worcestershire Actual Playing XI:
Henry Cullen, Ben Allison, Harry Darley , Beyers Swanepoel, Daniel Lategan, Jake Libby, Brett D Oliveira, Gareth Roderick, Matthew Waite, Tom Taylor, Adam Finch, Ethan Brookes
Middlesex Preview
Middlesex are coming with a 7-wicket loss against Derbyshire. Batting first, they scored 177 runs. 4 wickets from Ryan Higgins helped them restrict Derbyshire to 376. Leus du Plooy scored 95 in the second innings to set a target of 124 for Derby. Bowlers couldn’t do much as they lost the game by 7 wickets.
Sam Robson will open the innings with Ben Geddes. Robson has 388 runs with a century and a half-century, while Geddes has scored 270 in the same games with 2 half-centuries. Max Holden will come in at number three. Holden scored 35 runs in the last game to take his tally to 375 runs with 3 half-centuries.
Leus du Plooy will come in the middle with Caleb Falconer, Harry Duke, and Ryan Higgins. Leus du Plooy scored 95 runs in the last innings. He is their leading run-scorer with 515 runs. He has a century and 4 half-centuries. He will be the batter to watch out for. Falconer scored 48 while Duke remained not out on 43 in the last innings. Higgings has been the all-rounder for Middlesex in this season. He has scored 244 runs in 6 games.
Higgings is their leading wicket-taker with 28 wickets. He will be the bowler to watch out for. He will lead the bowling attack with Naavya Sharma and Toby Roland-Jones. Sharma picked up 2 in the last innings. He has 17 wickets in 5 games. Roland-Jones has picked up 20 wickets, including 4 against Worcs earlier.
Key Players: Ryan Higgins, Leus du Plooy, Toby Roland-Jones.
Middlesex Predicted Playing XI:
Sam Robson, Ben Geddes, Max Holden, Leus du Plooy (c), Caleb Falconer, Ryan Higgins, Harry Duke (wk), Zafar Gohar, Eathan Bosch, Toby Roland-Jones, Naavya Sharma.
Middlesex Key Players From Previous Game Of County Championship Division Two 2026
Middlesex Actual Playing XI:
Sebastian Morgan, Caleb Falconer, Sam Robson, Max Holden, Leus du Plooy, Ben Geddes, Joe Cracknell, Zafar Gohar, Toby Roland-Jones, Tom Helm, Eathan Bosch
PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS
Weather Conditions
The weather in Worcester is expected to be cold and clean on match day, with temperatures ranging from 5 to 18 degrees Celsius. Winds will blow from the southeast at 6-10 km/h. It is a bowling-friendly pitch. 61 wickets have fallen in the 7 innings played at this venue in 2 games.
WOR vs MID Pitch Report
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Average Turn
The match will be played at the County Ground, New Road, Worcester, from 12th June at 3:30 pm IST. The average first innings score is 210, 91 less than the second innings. But it drops to 98 in the last innings. Tom Taylor has 10 wickets for Worcestershire on this ground.
Toss: To Bowl
New Road, Worcester, has always seen successful chases. Team Bowling first has won on all 4 occasions at the international level. The same trend has been followed in the 2 games played here this season. The team winning the toss should bowl first.
WOR vs MID
Winning Prediction
Lategan and Libby have scored the only 100-plus partnership against Middlesex that they had this season. But the Middlesex batters have performed well this season. They have 3 centuries and 19 half-centuries as compared to Worcestershire, who have just 1 century and 14 half-centuries. Middlesex's top 3 bowlers have 59 wickets, whereas Worcestershire’s entire team has taken 72 wickets (11 bowlers).
We predict that Middlesex will beat Worcestershire.
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