Worcestershire needed only 20 minutes on the last morning to wrap up a 112-run victory over Hampshire at New Road.

The game only spilled into the final day because Alex Morris smashed 44 from 26 balls to wrecked Worcestershire's ploy in claiming the extra half-an-hour last night.

Play finished at 7.20pm with Hampshire hanging in the twilight at 186 for 8 but they added only eight runs today before their dismissal for 194 - the lowest total of the match.

Andy Bichel applied the finishing touches for Worcestershire by taking the last two wickets for two runs in 17 balls for match figures of 8 for 126, not to mention from 113 runs in his two innings with the bat.

Adrian Aymes got the score moving by bottom-edging Chris Liptrot for four, but Morris was out to a flying catch by wicketkeeper Steve Rhodes from the first ball of Bichel's second over.

Aymes, unbeaten with 28, and James Schofield then picked up two singles each before the last man was caught low down at first slip by Vikram Solanki.

Bichel was the obvious candidate for man-of-the-match after another high-class all-round performance. The Australian has now taken 63 Championship wickets and scored 572 runs as an outstanding successor to Glenn McGrath.

Worcestershire's fourth win of the season is unlikely to lift them into contention for promotion, but Hampshire stay in the top three with every chance of returning to the top-flight if they can put this performance behind them.

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