{"id":723355,"date":"2026-08-01T20:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T20:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/723355\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T20:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T20:46:09","slug":"worcestershire-sign-seam-bowler-oconnor-on-short-term-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/723355\/","title":{"rendered":"Worcestershire sign\u00a0Seam Bowler\u00a0O\u2019Connor on short-term deal\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                Worcestershire\u00a0Rapids can confirm the signing of seam bowler George O\u2019Connor\u00a0on a short-term deal for the\u00a0remainder\u00a0of the Metro Bank One Day Cup.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After impressing over a prolonged period with the Club\u2019s 2nd\u00a0XI\u00a0since his debut in 2024,\u00a0George has featured heavily\u00a0across 2026,\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The seamer\u2019s impressive form was rewarded with\u00a0an appearance during Worcestershire\u2019s recent National\u00a0Counties\u00a0Showcase match against\u00a0Herefordshire,\u00a0where\u00a0the 22-year-old\u00a0returned figures\u00a0of 2-33.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>George will join the squad ahead of Sunday\u2019s group game against Essex and will be available for\u00a0selection\u00a0with immediate\u00a0effect.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Head Coach Alan Richardson\u00a0commented:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to be able to\u00a0have\u00a0George\u00a0on board after a sustained period of good form with the 2nd\u00a0XI.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a tall, upright action, his experience he is an exciting prospect.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is someone we know well and has been around the squad for an extended period so will slot straight in.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeorge\u00a0adds\u00a0important depth to the options at our disposal during the second half of the competition.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Worcestershire\u00a0Rapids can confirm the signing of seam bowler George O\u2019Connor\u00a0on a short-term deal for the\u00a0remainder\u00a0of the Metro Bank&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-723355","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\/723355","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=723355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}