- County to honour late spinner by wearing his squad number
- ‘Josh was a really special person,’ says coach Alan Richardson
Worcestershire resume their season against Kent at Canterbury on Friday, barely a week since the tragic death of their young spinner Josh Baker. The Pears were already among the most resilient of counties – annual floods at New Road, thin resources, often losing their brightest talents to rivals – but this trait is being tested like never before.
“Guys are still trying to process it,” says Alan Richardson, the head coach now trying to shepherd his flock through the worst of times. “A lot of them have never experienced grief before. There is still shock and a lot of sadness that will keep coming to the surface as we hit different milestones along the way.”
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/may/09/cricket-worcestershire-josh-baker-kent-canterbury
Author : Ali Martin
Publish date : 2024-05-09 19:00:18
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