Worcestershire ready for top flight after winter solstice

It should have been a winter of excitement and expectation at Worcestershire. Promoted last season as Champions from Division Two of the County Championship with a core of exciting, young, homegrown players, the off-season should have been focused on preparing for life back in the top flight after an absence of two years. Instead, come December, the club's plans were in disarray following the unexpected and abrupt departure of Director of Cricket