The Allen and Tavern Stands are next for redevelopment after previous work at the opposite end of the famous ground
Worcestershire resume their season against Kent at Canterbury on Friday, barely a week since the tragic death of their young spinner Josh Baker. “Guys are still trying to process it,” says Alan Richardson, the head coach now trying to shepherd his flock through the worst of times. The first of these came on Tuesday, Worcestershire’s players resuming training at New Road – flood waters now receded – just five days after Baker, 20, died unexpectedly.
The BBC’s Test Match Special has beaten Talksport to the rights for all cricket World Cups for the next four years.