Worcestershire Rapids have transformed themselves into a leading T20 side and will enter the 2020 T20 Blast with two back-to-back Finals Day appearances behind them.

Last year’s finish: Runners-up

Tournament history: Led by Moeen Ali, Worcestershire won the Blast for the first time back in 2018 and were it not for Simon Harmer and Ravi Bopara, they would have retained their crown in 2019.

Key player: Pat Brown. Moeen is likely to be busy with England and Brown’s availability is also somewhat of a question mark due to his inclusion as a reserve for the Pakistan T20Is. Nevertheless, should he be available, he’ll be playing in the tournament he’s made his name in, having taken 48 wickets across the last two seasons.

2020 T20 Blast Worcestershire Rapids Squad

Moeen Ali (c), Ed Barnard, Pat Brown, Ben Cox​, Josh Dell, Brett D’Oliveira, Tom Fell, Adam Fench, Jack Haynes, Joe Leach, Jake Libby, Alex Milton, Daryl Mitchell, Charlie Morris, Dillon Pennington, Hamish Rutherford, George Scrimshaw, Mitchell Stanley, Josh Tongue, Ben Twohig, Riki Wessels, Ollie Westbury, Ross Whiteley

2020 T20 Blast Worcestershire Rapids Fixtures

August

Thursday 27th v Glamorgan (Cardiff)
Saturday 29th v Northants (Blackfinch New Road)
Monday 31st v Gloucestershire (Blackfinch New Road)

September

Thursday 3rd v Somerset (Edgbaston)
Friday 4th v Gloucestershire (Bristol)
Friday 11th v Somerset (Taunton)
Sunday 13th v Birmingham Bears (Blackfinch New Road)
Tuesday 15th v Northants (County Ground, Northampton)
Friday 18th v Birmingham Bears (Edgbaston)
Sunday 20th v Glamorgan (Blackfinch New Road)

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