Mass flooding forces ground change for Australia A

Australia A's 50-over clash against Worcestershire next week has been forced to relocate after mass flooding submerged New Road.

Dramatic images captured the county venue completed covered by flood water, which has forced the 'A' game on Tuesday and Worcestershire's ongoing County Championship clash against Sussex to move 25km north to Kidderminster Cricket Club.

New Road has been the home for Worcestershire County Cricket Club since 1896 and is located in the western bank of the River Severn, the longest river in Britain that stretches 354km.

Australia A head coach Graeme Hick is a legend of Worcestershire having played 25 seasons at New Road and says he is surprised not by the flooding but the timing of the deluge.

"It's a strange time for it to flood," Hick, who played club cricket at Kidderminster, told cricket.com.au.

"This time of year, June/July is a bit rare, I must say. It's normally earlier in the season or, in the year I retired, 2008, it flooded and we missed the whole of the last month at New Road.

"It's disappointing that we're not going there with the 'A' tour but we've got a three-day game there (from August 7-9) during the Ashes."

The Worcestershire match will be Australia A's third fixture of their six-week tour following one-day matches against Northamptonshire on Thursday and Derby on Sunday.

The 50-over leg of the tour concludes with a pair of matches against Gloucestershire in Bristol on June 30 and July 2.

Following the one-day component, Australia A play three four-day first-class games; against Sussex in Arundel (July 7-10), against England Lions at Canterbury (July 14-17) and against an Australian XI in Southampton (July 23-26).

Australia A tour of the UK

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Australia A one-day squad: Travis Head (c), Matthew Wade, Will Pucovski, Peter Handscomb, Mitch Marsh (vc), D'Arcy Short, Kurtis Patterson, Ashton Agar, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Josh Hazlewood (vc), Sean Abbott, Andrew Tye

Australia A four-day squad: Tim Paine (c), Marcus Harris, Kurtis Patterson, Will Pucovski, Travis Head (vc), Peter Handscomb, Matthew Wade, Mitch Marsh, Michael Neser, Jon Holland, James Pattinson, Jackson Bird, Josh Hazlewood (vc), Chris Tremain

One-day fixtures:

June 20: Australia A v Northamptonshire, The County Ground, Northamptonshire

June 23: Australia A v Derbyshire, County Ground, Derby

June 25: Australia A v Worcestershire, Kidderminster Cricket Club

June 30: Australia A v Gloucestershire, Bristol Country Ground, Bristol

July 2: Australia A v Gloucestershire, Bristol Country Ground, Bristol

Four-day fixtures:

July 7-10: Australia A v Sussex, Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel

July 13-16: Australia A v England Lions, The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury

July 23-26: Australia v Australia A, Ageas Bowl, Hampshire