Alan Richardson has been Worcestershire head coach since November 2022
Worcestershire head coach Alan Richardson says the manner of the defeats in their past two County Championship matches shows the importance of maintaining focus across the whole duration of the game and wants to see it improve.
The Pears crumbled to a nine-wicket defeat by Durham in their last outing, losing nine wickets for 38 runs in their second innings on the way to a crushing loss inside three days.
At one stage on day three Worcestershire were 53-0, a lead of 93, before Callum Parkinson (5-13) and England Test captain Ben Stokes (2-33) ripped through the home batting to dismiss them for 102.
"A session like that really does hurt you," Richardson told BBC Hereford and Worcester.
