Jameson fires again but Gifford strikes back and this great match is drawn

Spectators flocked to New Road on the morning of Friday 30 April 1976 to see how this great championship match would conclude. At the start of play, Worcestershire, two wickets down in their second innings, led by 50 runs. Their first objective, again an attack led by Bob Willis and, with the pitch starting to turn, including spinners Peter Lewington and Eddie Hemmings, was to get their team safe in the game. That mission was initially in the hands of a pair of batters who encapsulated one of the great charms of championship cricket - team-mates drawn together from backgrounds as different as could possibly be. From a parlous 17 for two the previous evening, the innings has been shored up by Alan Ormrod and Imran Khan.