COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TWO, Cheltenham:
Worcestershire 278 & 339-4 beat Gloucestershire 480 & 136 by six wickets
Worcs 19pts, Glos 7pts
Match scorecard

Mitchell scored a total of 238 runs in the match

Daryl Mitchell hit his second century of the game to guide Worcestershire to an uexpected six-wicket win over Gloucestershire at Cheltenham.

Worcestershire, chasing 339 to win, resumed the final day on 8-0, with Mitchell sharing 96 with Vikram Solanki (64) to get them off to a good start.

But it was his partnership of 181 for the fourth wicket with Moeen Ali (94) that proved the key to victory.

Mitchell, who scored 104 in the first innings, finished unbeaten on 134.

Victory lifted Worcestershire up one place to sixth in the Division Two table, while Gloucestershire remain fifth.

606: DEBATE Fair play to Mitchell for his two centuries redstripe

But getting over the winning line seemed a long way away when David Wheeldon was caught down the legside by wicketkeeper Jonathan Batty off Gemaal Hussain with only one added to their overnight total.

Mitchell and Solanki steadied the nerves before Gloucestershire fought their way back into the game.

Chris Taylor pulled off a stunning catch at mid-wicket to remove Solanki before Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan needlessly holed out to Will Porterfield.

Bit Moeen and Mitchell then came together to put the game out of the hosts' reach, with Mitchell completing his second ton of the match off 218 balls, with 10 fours.

Worcestershire director of cricket Steve Rhodes told BBC Hereford and Worcester:
"To get two hundreds in a game and to be not out in the second one when chasing 339 was just outstanding from Daryl Mitchell.

"He has played well for the last two or three weeks and he maximised what was a good wicket but in some difficult conditions.

"The new ball for one thing made it hard but also the spinners bowling into the rough, but he played admirably."

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