RECORD-BREAKING Pears batsman Tom Kohler-Cadmore has insisted getting off to a winning start in the NatWest T20Blast was the main priority for the side.
Kohler-Cadmore smashed an incredible 127 from 54 balls, with eight sixes and 14 fours, as the Rapids achieved a 38-run success over Durham Jets in Friday’s clash at New Road.
In doing so, the popular batsman achieved Worcestershire’s highest individual score in T20 cricket, passing the 116 not out by Graeme Hick against Northamptonshire at Luton in 2004
But despite tearing up the record books, Kohler-Cadmore said: “I’ve started well but just the main thing for us now is our second game and hopefully to kick on and ‘do’ the (Birmingham) Bears at their place.
“It was nice to strike the ball out of the middle but, as everyone knows, T20 is hit and miss and luckily it was my night. Hopefully I can have a couple more nights like that which win some games. The main thing is the two points we got tonight which is awesome for the side.”
Despite notching the highest T20 score by a Worcestershire player, Kohler-Cadmore confessed he ‘should have got more’.
“I got out with six overs left and it should have been more than it was. It is just one of those things,” he said.
“If you are trying to hit most balls for six, you are going to get out at some point aren’t you?”
Kohler-Cadmore admitted his innings was ‘destructive but clean hitting’.
“I think when I try and get ‘funky’ that is when I get myself in trouble and get myself out,” he said.
“I tried to keep calm and hit my areas that I know I hit quite well and luckily it paid off..”
Kohler-Cadmore admitted his hundred rounded off an excellent couple of days with club physio Ben Davies becoming a father and his friend Tom Fell getting the all clear in his battle against cancer.
“It has been a good couple of days really. Our physio had a baby and Felly sent through his news about being all-round which made everyone ecstatic with the news,” he added.
Rapids travel to Edgbaston this Friday to take on rivals Warwickshire Bears in front of the Sky Sports cameras at 7pm.