Championship: Azhar Ali continues high-quality kind after Worcestershire assault skittles Leicestershire

Azhar Ali has hit 92, 88, 60 and 60 not out in his last four Championship innings

LV= County Championship Division Two, New Road (day one)

Leicestershire 148: Barnard 3-45

Worcestershire 159-2: Azhar 60*, Haynes 42*

Worcestershire (3 pts) lead Leicestershire (0 pts) by 11 runs with eight wickets remaining

Match scorecard

Callum Parkinson experienced a testing first day as Leicestershire’s new red-ball captain after his decision to bat first backfired in the County Championship match with Worcestershire at New Road.

The visitors were dismissed for 148 in 52.2 overs, with Worcestershire’s loan signing Matthew Waite picking up two wickets.

They struggled to deal with a disciplined attack who had secured maximum bowling points by the 42nd over.

Jack Haynes and Azhar Ali, with his fourth successive half-century, pressed home Worcestershire’s advantage with an unbroken stand of 106 as the hosts reached 159 for two at the end of the first day of the Division Two fixture.

Parkinson, who has stepped…

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