Waite full of \u201cexcitement\u201d ahead of crunch clash with Gloucestershire<\/p>\n
Worcestershire\u2019s in-form all-rounder Matthew Waite is embracing the challenge presented by Friday\u2019s pivotal Vitality T20 Blast group game against rivals Gloucestershire, with both teams racing for knockout qualification.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just two games\u00a0remain\u00a0for the Rapids, but tomorrow evening\u2019s date with the Bristol-based outfit is the most important to date in the sprint finish for knockout cricket.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Three wins in a row and just one loss at home in the entirety of the tournament to date bodes well for Worcestershire, but the hosts have not had it easy over the past few weeks, with injury and unavailability disrupting the side\u00a0frequently.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Unfazed, Alan Richardson\u2019s side have stuck to their task with superb discipline, racking up wins over Glamorgan, Kent and Somerset in the last two weeks. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Waite expressed his anticipation for Friday\u2019s clash and explained that the group are aware of the permutations at their respective tables.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think excitement\u00a0is the main thing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, the group is\u00a0very exciting.\u00a0I think there\u00a0are quite a lot of teams in the mix.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels like our group is\u00a0really tough\u00a0and competitive, but the mood upstairs is just excited.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got two massive games in three days, so\u00a0let\u2019s\u00a0see what we can do.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of chat around the group about how it\u2019s looking, and obviously Somerset, they\u2019ve done really well recently and come back into it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo\u00a0yeah,\u00a0I think all the lads\u00a0are aware of\u00a0what\u2019s\u00a0going on. \u2029But then\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0just focusing on tomorrow first and trying to get that job done.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Waite full of \u201cexcitement\u201d ahead of crunch clash with Gloucestershire Worcestershire\u2019s in-form all-rounder Matthew Waite is embracing the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-683153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}