CAPTAIN Joe Leach believes the records will continue to tumble in List A cricket.

The all-rounder was part of the Worcestershire Rapids team who rewrote the record books when they hunted down a target of 377 with 16 balls to spare against Leicestershire Foxes in the Royal London One-Day Cup.

A day to never forget for those present at Blackfinch New Road saw Rapids:

Complete the highest successful run chase by any county in English one-day cricket.

Achieve their highest individual List A score via Callum Ferguson’s 192.

Clock up their best List A team score of 380-4 against first-class opposition.

Be part of the highest match run aggregate in a List A match involving Worcestershire — 756-8 off 97.2 overs at 7.8 runs per over and 94.5 runs per wicket.

Callum Ferguson become only the third Worcestershire player to score a List A century on their County debut after Phil Jaques in 2006 and Phil Hughes in 2012.

Foxes also score their highest team score in List A competition of 376-4 against first-class opposition.

But Leach feels the nature of one-day cricket circa 2018 means such record-breaking days will more become the norm.

He said: “We would have liked a bat first but it is difficult to defend now, the way guys hit boundaries, with only four men out for large chunks of the innings.

“All these List A records just seem to be getting knocked off game by game and when we play on good pitches with good players it is difficult to know what a good score is.

“The way it’s going, the scores seem to be getting higher every year and if you play on flat pitches with these white balls these records are going to keep on tumbling.

“I’ve said all along we will score 400. You look at our firepower and (Ben) Cox didn’t bat, Ross Whiteley only faced a handful of balls, Ed Barnard didn’t bat and I didn’t even have to get my pads on.

“We are very confident we can knock down those big totals now and hopefully that is the belief that will stand us in good stead going deeper into this tournament.”