Warwickshire head coach Ian Westwood says although it was “uncomfortable” seeing Olly Hannon-Dalby play for Worcestershire, the 38-year-old’s short loan at New Road worked out very well.
Hannon-Dalby seamlessly slotted back into the Bears side and took the most wickets in the match as he helped Warwickshire comfortably beat his old side Yorkshire by 377 runs at Edgbaston.
The veteran seamer had been recalled two matches early from his temporary stint with the Pears, where he took 11 wickets in his four appearances, to bolster Warwickshire’s injury-hit attack.
He responded with figures of 4-38 and 3-33 against Yorkshire and Westwood said his move to Worcester worked out well for everyone.
“He’s bowled as well [against Yorkshire] as he ever has done and [as well as] I’ve seen him, so I think as uncomfortable as it was seeing him bowling for Worcester, I think it’s really worked,” Westwood told BBC Radio WM.
“He’s incredibly unlucky not to be playing those first few games [with Warwickshire]. We knew that he’d come back in and we would need him at some stage and he’s just shown the true quality of not just the bowler but the bloke there to come back in and in those circumstances and bowl like that is testament to him.”