TOM Moody is refusing to wave the white flag despite seeing Worcestershire's one-day hopes crash in Cardiff.

The County suffered a 103-run defeat at Sophia Gardens last night in the top of the table day-night clash and now trail Glamorgan by six points with two games to go in the title race.

New Road's director of cricket, however, is refusing to concede the Norwich Union League Division One title to the Dragons and is determined to battle until the bitter end.

"We will fight until the end," he said. "We've both got two games to go now and it's fair to say we need them to slip up, but their final two matches are certainly not gimmes."

Glamorgan face one-day high-flyers Kent at Canterbury on September 15 and then welcome Warwickshire to Cardiff on September 22.

Second-placed Worcestershire face already relegated Nottinghamshire before the final New Road clash against Leicestershire and Moody believes the title race could still go to the wire.

"It was a disappointing result last night," he added. "We set our sights higher than coming away from Cardiff with a defeat and there is a lot of hard work to do between now and the end of the season.

Pressure

"All we can do is win our games and put the pressure on them."

Once again the team who won the toss yesterday came out on top relatively easily, taking advantage of the humid conditions as Worcestershire batted second. The result again put question marks against the validity of day-night cricket in Britain with the weather conditions again playing a big part.

Moody, though, remains a big fan of the day-night spectacle.

"It would be terrible to take it out of the game," he said. "There is a big advantage in winning the toss and batting first but last night there was a great crowd at Cardiff and New Road has been bursting at the seams when we've hosted the matches."

Worcestershire will now refocus on their Frizzell County Championship Division Two promotion bid as they again go head-to-head with Glamorgan at Cardiff tomorrow.

Moody's men lie third in the table but know that victory would again put them back in contention for number one spot.

"That's what we are looking at," he added. "Obviously we want to win promotion but we still believe we can win the title and that's why victory in Cardiff is so important."

Steve Rhodes is rated 50-50 to recover from his thigh injury and will have a late fitness test tomorrow. Matt Mason will also have to prove he has overcome a hand problem to take his place in the squad.

Meanwhile, Leicestershire held the upper hand on the first day of the Second XI Championship clash with Worcestershire at Kidderminster.

The County were bowled out for 259 in their first innings with Leicestershire replying with 180-3.