Charlie Morris stars as Worcestershire complete Leicestershire win

The 26-year-old finishes with career-best figures of 7-45 at Grace Road as the visitors kick-start their campaign with an innings victory

Grace Road (fourth day of four): Worcestershire 553-6d; Leicestershire 302 & 233 - Worcestershire won by an innings and 18 runs

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Worcestershire needed just one session to take the six wickets they needed to complete a maximum point innings victory in their Specsavers County Championship match against Leicestershire at the Fischer County Ground, Grace Road.

Leicestershire resumed on 132-4 in their second innings, still needing another 119 runs to make Worcestershire bat again, and the end appeared nigh when they lost three more wickets in adding just three runs to their overnight score.

Nightwatchman Chris Wright lost his middle stump to a Josh Tongue delivery which came back and stayed low, Harry Dearden his leg stump to a ball from Charlie Morris which swung back into the left-hander, and Lewis Hill edged his second ball, also from Morris, to wicketkeeper Ben Cox to leave Leicestershire on 135-7.

But Taylor, whom Leicestershire regard as a genuine all-rounder, gave Ackermann solid support as the South African raised his half-century.

The pair had added 59 for the eighth wicket when former Derbyshire all-rounder Ross Whitely, bowling for the first time in the match, had Ackermann caught behind flashing at a delivery pushed across him for 69. 

Ben Mike did not last long, caught at third slip by Tom Fell off Morris, but Taylor continued to bat with aplomb, reaching 57 before top-edging a pull at Morris and being caught at deep midwicket by Whitely, giving Morris first-class career-best figures of 7-45.

Report courtesy of the ECB Reporters Network

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