Worcestershire promoted amid extraordinary drama
Whether from tension, disbelief or joy, some Worcestershire members gathered under the Graeme Hick pavilion on Friday afternoon had tears on their cheeks
09/09Result
LV= County Championship Division Two at Worcester, Sep 9-12 2014
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![Worcestershire]( "Worcestershire")
272 & 350 -
![Surrey]( "Surrey")
406 & 189 (75 ov)
09/09Result
LV= County Championship Division Two at Worcester, Sep 9-12 2014
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![Worcestershire]( "Worcestershire")
272 & 350 -
![Surrey]( "Surrey")
406 & 189 (75 ov)
Day 4
Day 3
The joy of 'Shantry's Match'
They will call it "Shantry's Match" and men reading about it will think themselves accursed they were not there
Day 2
Shantry counters Roy hundred
This is both a cricket match and a poignant reunion. Four Surrey players once sported the pears sable on their shirts
Day 1
Worcestershire's promotion getting nervy
This is the season of bounteous abundance yet Worcestershire's players may feel they have been altogether too generous of late
Others
The route of all good in the English game
Though derided and sometimes ridiculed, county cricket still holds the key for the future of the game in England and if all involved believed in it just a little more, it could produce an even greater harvest