WORCESTERSHIRE fans face the prospect of being turned away from tomorrow evening's Twenty20 Cup clash at Kidderminster - even though they may have tickets for the match.

The attendance for the game (5.30pm) against Northamptonshire Steelbacks has been capped at 2,000 and, with 2,500 tickets having already been sold, plus the possibility of 1,500 members turning up, admittance has become a lottery.

Supporters will be allowed in on a first-come-first-served basis.

New Road chief executive Mark Newton insists no other solution is viable after the game was switched from New Road to Kidderminster Victoria's Chester Road base after severe flooding at the County's headquarters.

He said: "We are asking everyone to be understanding.

"We know a lot of people cannot make it to Kidderminster and that will help, but we do not know how many of our members will turn up.

"Because of the circumstances and the venue change, I don't think huge numbers of people will turn up for the game, so hopefully not too many people will be turned away.

"We could get caught out, but we'll just have to cross that bridge when we get to it. There could be some disappointed people, but our rain check' scheme still applies to anyone with a valid ticket for one of the Twenty20 games.

"These are extreme circumstances and if you are a Worcestershire supporter, we would ask you to be understanding.

"There was absolutely nothing we could have done to prevent this and it is a major achievement to stage the game at all."

Newton added that the fans who do attend the games at Kidderminster need to be prepared. He said: "If you are intending to watch any of these matches, please take your own garden chairs or rugs.

"There is virtually no permanent or temporary seating at Kidderminster and it will be advisable to arrive early to get a good position.

"Once the ground is deemed full, no other people will be admitted even if they are a member or have a ticket.

"Anybody with tickets who cannot make any of these games can still take advantage of our rain check' policy and use the ticket to gain admission to any other game at New Road this season," added Newton.

"While the no-refund policy on tickets may not please everybody, we do hope that everybody understands why we have to take this stance to save the club's future."

The same circumstances for supporters will apply for Sunday's match against Gloucestershire at Chester Road and the match with Glamorgan next Thursday at Himley.

Meanwhile, Worcestershire will take the same 14-man squad into tomorrow evening's game with Northamptonshire that travelled to Bristol to play Gloucestershire Gladiators.

It seems likely that director of cricket Steve Rhodes will stick with the new opening batting partnership of skipper Vikram Solanki and Graeme Hick after they figured in a 41-run stand in the nine-wicket defeat against the Gladiators.

Worcestershire will be hoping to record their first Twenty20 win tomorrow although the beleaguered Royals will receive a boost when Phil Jaques returns to the fold on Saturday following a trip to Australia for family reasons.

Worcestershire (from): Solanki, Hick, Moeen Ali, Smith, Davies, Batty, Sillence, Kabir Ali, Price, Bollinger, Moore, Malik, Mitchell, Nel.