Warwickshire County Cricket Club
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Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English
and Welsh
domestic cricket
structure, representing the historic county
of Warwickshire
. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor is Gullivers Sports Travel. Its home is Edgbaston Cricket Ground
in south Birmingham
, which regularly hosts Test
and One Day International matches.
v Mitcham game at the Artillery Ground
on 11 August (London won by 1 wicket).
The earliest confirmed reference to cricket in the county is a match announcement in Aris’ Gazette on 15 July 1751.
There was a prominent club in Coventry
towards the end of the 18th century which played two well-documented matches against Leicester
in 1787 and 1788. Reports of both games are included in Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G. B. Buckley. Leicester won both games by 45 and 28 runs respectively.
, Leamington Spa
.
The club developed so well that by the time of the first official County Championship
in 1890 it was playing some of the top first-class
counties such as Surrey
and Yorkshire
. Warwickshire became first-class themselves in 1894 and surprised the cricket world with wins over Surrey at The Oval
and Nottinghamshire. They competed in the County Championship from 1895 but despite being strong in batting, their bowling was, until the arrival of Sam Hargreave
and Frank Field
in 1899, very weak. From 1900 to 1906 they were strong enough to be in the upper-middle reaches of the table, but the decline of their bowling from 1907 returned them to the lower reaches of the table late in that decade.
Frank Foster, who first played as an amateur left arm pace bowler in 1908 but improved greatly in 1910 as a result of slowing his pace to gain accuracy, still stands as Warwickshire's greatest all-rounder
. In 1911 he headed both batting and bowling averages and, along with a fully fit Frank Field
, enabled Warwickshire to take the Championship from the "Big Six" for the only time between 1890 and 1935. Foster and Field took between then 238 wickets, but in Wisden
nobody doubted that Warwickshire's win was largely caused by an abnormally dry summer, and the following three years saw them return to mid-table although Foster in 1914 displayed all-round form equal to that of 1911.
In 1919, with Foster having had an accident that ended his short career, Warwickshire fell to last in the table. They did not improve a great deal until the 1930s when Bob Wyatt's captaincy and the bowling of Mayer, Paine and Hollies moved them to fourth in 1934, but as Paine rapidly declined, they fell away. When Wyatt left for Worcestershire
after World War II
, they declined even further despite Hollies' wonderful bowling in 1946 – with no support at all, he took 175 wickets for only 15 each. The acquisition of New Zealand speedster Thomas Pritchard gave Hollies the necessary support and by 1948 they had one of the strongest attacks in county cricket. It was this bowling power, along with effective if not wonderful batting, that gave them the Championship in 1951. However, as with 1911, they fell off rapidly as their batting became unreliable over the rest of the decade. After Hollies' retirement in 1957, there were some very poor seasons (though they came fourth in 1959 due to Mike Smith's superb batting) until Tom Cartwright emerged as a top-class seam bowler in 1962. The county came second in 1964, but did not establish itself at the top until the late 1960s. In 1971 Lance Gibbs' magnificent bowling enabled them to come second, whilst brilliant batting gave them a clear Championship win in 1972.
Yet again, though, a Championship win was followed by a decline and the next twenty years saw the county almost always in the lower half of the table. In 1981 and 1982, with Bob Willis
doing nothing for them whilst producing match-winning form for England, they averaged over 45 runs for each wicket they took – still a record. Only under the coaching of Bob Woolmer
and captaincy of Dermot Reeve
(with their allowed foreign player being one of Brian Lara
, Shaun Pollock
or Allan Donald
) did the team become consistently successful. Although they had won the NatWest Trophy in 1989, it was their astonishing victory in the same competition in 1993, overhauling a record score posted by Sussex in the final, which launched their most dominant period in English cricket. In 1994 they secured a historic treble
, winning the County Championship
, Axa Equity & Law League (now National Cricket League) and Benson & Hedges Cup
. In that season Lara set the world record for a first-class cricket
score of 501 whilst playing for Warwickshire against Durham County Cricket Club
; the team total of 810–4 declared in that match is also a club record. In 1995 they won the County Championship again, and also won the C&G Trophy
. This was to be the last trophy of Dermot Reeve's captaincy with him stepping down during the 1996 season, Bob Woolmer also having moved on to coach South Africa. 1997 saw them lifting the AXA league trophy once again, but this proved to be a false dawn. Performances for the next few years were poor, including relegation to the second division of the County Championship and National Cricket leagues.
However they have since been promoted in both competitions (though relegated again in the National Cricket League), won the Benson & Hedges Cup in 2002 and strong performances with the bat saw the county reclaim the County Championship
in 2004. Warwickshire were once again promoted in the national cricket league, and played in the top division of both competitions in 2006.
Until the year 2005, the club captain was Nick Knight
, the coach was John Inverarity
, and the Chief Executive was Dennis Amiss
, though all three were stepped down at the end of the season. Heath Streak
was appointed as captain for the 2006 and 2007 seasons, but resigned after one game of the 2007 season on 25 April 2007, and Darren Maddy
replaced Streak as captain. Mark Greatbatch
has signed a 3 year coaching contract and Colin Povey
has been named as their new Chief Executive. Continuing the recent Warwickshire tradition of employing foreign bowlers South African cricketers Dale Steyn
and Paul Harris were signed for the 2007 season.
After the first three games of the 2007 Championship season, they were lying at the top of the county table, following innings victories over Worcestershire CCC and defending champions Sussex CCC, and a draw with hotly-tipped Lancashire CCC. They had a 3 point lead over Yorkshire
in the table. After their defeat of Derbyshire CCC, they were the only first class cricket club not to have been defeated in any competition so far at that point in the season. But this turned to a big disaster for Warwickshire who were relegated to Division two after not winning a single game since being top of the table in early May. They also got relegated from Pro40 league, a matter made worse when local rivals Worcestershire CCC clinched the title.
Since the end of the disastrous 2007 season Warwickshire made several changes to the team and management staff. Controversial coach Mark Greatbatch
was sacked and Ashley Giles
replaced him as Director of Cricket. Former Warwickshire Bear and South Africa international Allan Donald
has joined the Bears' coaching staff. Fans favourite Dougie Brown
also took up an Academy Coaching role.
Warwickshire CCC have also made several player changes for 2008. Alex Loudon
has retired at 27 to seek a job in the city, Vaughn van Jaarsveld made a U turn on his 2 year contract with Warwickshire. The Bears have signed tall Irish international Boyd Rankin to bolster their bowling ranks. After a successful campaign in Division 2, the Bears were promoted back to the top flight after only a season's absence in September 2008.
Maddy stepped down from the captaincy in November 2008. Ian Westwood
was announced as his replacement. In 2009 Indian seamer Sreesanth replaced Jeetan Patel
, who was busy with national duties for New Zealand
, to become the first Indian to join the club.
Westwood in turn stepped down as captain at the end of the 2010 season. Jim Troughton took over as captain shortly after. Pakistan's Younis Khan
will be Warwickshire's overseas player for the 2011 county cricket season.
Warwickshire's first ever game in Twenty20 cricket was against Somerset at Taunton, where the Bears defeated the Sabres by 19 runs. This result was followed by wins over Worcestershire (by 20 runs), Glamorgan (by 68 runs), and Northamptonshire (by 54 runs). Gloucestershire, who finished first in the division, were the only team to beat the Bears when they won by 8 wickets at Edgbaston. This meant that Warwickshire finished second in the Midlands, West and Wales Division behind Gloucestershire, and qualified for the finals day as the best runner-up.
The finals day was held on the 19th July at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Warwickshire met Leicestershire in their semi-final, who they defeated by 7 wickets, with Trevor Penney top scoring for the Bears with 43 runs. Surrey claimed victory over Gloucestershire in their semi-final to set up a Surrey-Warwickshire final. Unfortunately, Warwickshire were unable to perform in the final, and only scored 115 runs. Surrey managed to score 119 runs in just 11 overs, and claimed victory.
2004
With expectations high at Edgbaston, Warwickshire entertained Somerset in the first clash of the 2004 season. The Bears secured victory by 7 wickets. After Warwickshire lost to Glamorgan (by 26 runs), things started to look bad for the Bears. Defeats against Worcestershire (by 3 wickets), and Northamptonshire (by 4 wickets), left the team in danger of not qualifying for the Quarter-Finals, but victory over Gloucestershire (by 2 wickets) on the last day, meant that Warwickshire qualified as one of the best third-placed team.
The Bears drew Glamorgan in the Quarter-Finals. Although they had managed to beat Glamorgan at Cardiff once, Warwickshire were not able to achieve victory again, and lost by 5 wickets to the Dragons, who progressed to the finals day, and eventually went out to the 2004 victors, the Leicestershire Foxes.
2005
With changes to the format for the 2005 season, Warwickshire now had to play 8 games in the group stage to qualify. Their first game of the season was against Worcestershire at New Road, where the Bears lost by only 1 run. This was followed by defeats to Northamptonshire (by 38 runs), and another 1-run defeat to Worcestershire. Warwickshire secured qualification from the MMW division in second after victories over Glamorgan (by 20 runs and by 4 runs) Somerset (by 47 runs) Northamptonshire (by 41 runs), and a no result against Gloucestershire.
Warwickshire bowed out of the competition in the quarter-final to Surrey. After sharing a nail biting draw (Surrey 149 (20 Overs), Warwickshire 115 (15 Overs)), a bowl off followed, with Surrey claiming victory 4–3. Surrey would go on to be defeated in the Semi-Final to Lancashire, who themselves lost in the final to Somerset.
2006
Warwickshire started the 2006 season by playing Northamptonshire at the County Ground, Northampton where the Bears won by 24 runs. This was followed by wins over Somerset (by 7 wickets) Northampton (by 20 runs) Worcestershire (by 11 runs), defeats to Glamorgan (by 6 wickets), Gloucestershire (by 3 runs), Worcestershire (by 4 runs), and a no result against Glamorgan. Warwickshire secured 3rd position in the table, but their record was worse than both Yorkshire and Kent (who both finished third in their respected leagues), and did not qualify for the quarter-final.
The final's day was once again controlled by Leicestershire, who beat Nottinghamshire in a spectacular final that lasted to the last over of the game.
2007
Warwickshire recruited the services of twice winner, and Twenty20 expert Darren Maddy for the 2007 season, and his expertise helped the team to once again reach the quarter-finals of the competition. The Bears started with a victory over Somerset by 7 runs. This was followed by wins against Glamorgan (by 3 runs and by 9 runs) Northamptonshire (by 12 runs), Gloucestershire (by 27 runs), defeats against Northamptonshire (by 4 wickets), Worcestershire (by 13 runs), and no results against Worcestershire. The Bears qualified as the MMW leaders, with 11 points from 8 games.
In the quarter-final, Warwickshire hosted Lancashire in an entertaining game. After Lancashire set the Bears 194 to win, Warwickshire were able to claw back to 187 for 7, and lost by 7 runs. It was Lancashire who would go through to face Gloucestershire, Sussex, and Kent on the Finals day, held at Edgbaston in August.
Qualification – 20000 runs
Most first-class wickets for Warwickshire
Qualification – 1000 wickets
Team totals
Batting
Best Partnership for each wicket
Bowling
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and Welsh
Wales
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domestic cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
structure, representing the historic county
Historic counties of England
The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...
of Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor is Gullivers Sports Travel. Its home is Edgbaston Cricket Ground
Edgbaston Cricket Ground
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, also known as the County Ground or Edgbaston Stadium, is a cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England...
in south Birmingham
Birmingham
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, which regularly hosts Test
Test cricket
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and One Day International matches.
Honours
- County Championship (6) – 1911, 1951, 1972, 1994, 1995, 2004
- Division Two (1) – 2008
- Gillette/NatWest/C&G/Friends Provident Trophy (5) – 1966, 1968, 1989, 1993, 1995
- Twenty20 Cup (0) -
- Sunday/Pro 40 League/CB40 (4) – 1980, 1994, 1997, 2010
- Division Two (1) – 2009
- Benson & Hedges Cup (2) – 1994, 2002
Second XI honours
- Second XI Championship (2) - 1979, 1996; shared (0) -
- Second XI Trophy (1) - 2006
- Minor Counties Championship (2) – 1959, 1962; shared (0) -
Earliest cricket
Cricket may have reached Warwickshire by the end of the 17th century. The Warwickshire & Staffordshire Journal was certainly aware of the sport in 1738 for it carried a report of a LondonLondon Cricket Club
The original London Cricket Club was formed by 1722 and was one of the foremost clubs in English cricket over the next four decades. It is closely associated with the Artillery Ground, where it played most of its home matches.-Early history of London cricket:...
v Mitcham game at the Artillery Ground
Artillery Ground
The Artillery Ground in Finsbury is one of London's most centrally located cricket grounds, situated just off the City Road immediately north of the City of London...
on 11 August (London won by 1 wicket).
The earliest confirmed reference to cricket in the county is a match announcement in Aris’ Gazette on 15 July 1751.
There was a prominent club in Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
towards the end of the 18th century which played two well-documented matches against Leicester
Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket Club
Cricket may not have reached the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland until the 18th century. A notice in the Leicester Journal dated 17 August 1776 is the earliest known mention of cricket in the area.-The original Leicestershire club:...
in 1787 and 1788. Reports of both games are included in Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G. B. Buckley. Leicester won both games by 45 and 28 runs respectively.
Club history
Warwickshire CCC was officially founded on 8 April 1882 at a meeting in The Regent HotelThe Regent Hotel
The Regent Hotel is a hotel in the town of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. In recent times the hotel, like the town, has seen a decreasing number of guests from the celebrity and nobility circles. It has however had a colourful past with many famous guests and interesting events and is still...
, Leamington Spa
Leamington Spa
Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or Leamington or Leam to locals, is a spa town in central Warwickshire, England. Formerly known as Leamington Priors, its expansion began following the popularisation of the medicinal qualities of its water by Dr Kerr in 1784, and by Dr Lambe...
.
The club developed so well that by the time of the first official County Championship
County Championship
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in 1890 it was playing some of the top first-class
First-class cricket
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counties such as Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
and Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
. Warwickshire became first-class themselves in 1894 and surprised the cricket world with wins over Surrey at The Oval
The Oval
The Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...
and Nottinghamshire. They competed in the County Championship from 1895 but despite being strong in batting, their bowling was, until the arrival of Sam Hargreave
Sam Hargreave
Sam Hargreave was the most successful bowler for Warwickshire until the flukish success of Foster and Field in winning the 1911 County Championship....
and Frank Field
Frank Field (cricketer)
Frank Field was a Warwickshire fast bowler who is best remembered for sharing with Frank Foster the bowling honours in Warwickshire's flukish County Championship triumph in the abnormally dry summer of 1911 - the only time...
in 1899, very weak. From 1900 to 1906 they were strong enough to be in the upper-middle reaches of the table, but the decline of their bowling from 1907 returned them to the lower reaches of the table late in that decade.
Frank Foster, who first played as an amateur left arm pace bowler in 1908 but improved greatly in 1910 as a result of slowing his pace to gain accuracy, still stands as Warwickshire's greatest all-rounder
All-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...
. In 1911 he headed both batting and bowling averages and, along with a fully fit Frank Field
Frank Field (cricketer)
Frank Field was a Warwickshire fast bowler who is best remembered for sharing with Frank Foster the bowling honours in Warwickshire's flukish County Championship triumph in the abnormally dry summer of 1911 - the only time...
, enabled Warwickshire to take the Championship from the "Big Six" for the only time between 1890 and 1935. Foster and Field took between then 238 wickets, but in Wisden
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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nobody doubted that Warwickshire's win was largely caused by an abnormally dry summer, and the following three years saw them return to mid-table although Foster in 1914 displayed all-round form equal to that of 1911.
In 1919, with Foster having had an accident that ended his short career, Warwickshire fell to last in the table. They did not improve a great deal until the 1930s when Bob Wyatt's captaincy and the bowling of Mayer, Paine and Hollies moved them to fourth in 1934, but as Paine rapidly declined, they fell away. When Wyatt left for Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
after World War II
World War II
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, they declined even further despite Hollies' wonderful bowling in 1946 – with no support at all, he took 175 wickets for only 15 each. The acquisition of New Zealand speedster Thomas Pritchard gave Hollies the necessary support and by 1948 they had one of the strongest attacks in county cricket. It was this bowling power, along with effective if not wonderful batting, that gave them the Championship in 1951. However, as with 1911, they fell off rapidly as their batting became unreliable over the rest of the decade. After Hollies' retirement in 1957, there were some very poor seasons (though they came fourth in 1959 due to Mike Smith's superb batting) until Tom Cartwright emerged as a top-class seam bowler in 1962. The county came second in 1964, but did not establish itself at the top until the late 1960s. In 1971 Lance Gibbs' magnificent bowling enabled them to come second, whilst brilliant batting gave them a clear Championship win in 1972.
Yet again, though, a Championship win was followed by a decline and the next twenty years saw the county almost always in the lower half of the table. In 1981 and 1982, with Bob Willis
Bob Willis
Robert George Dylan Willis MBE , known as Bob Willis, is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal and England...
doing nothing for them whilst producing match-winning form for England, they averaged over 45 runs for each wicket they took – still a record. Only under the coaching of Bob Woolmer
Bob Woolmer
Robert Andrew Woolmer was an international cricketer, professional cricket coach and also a professional commentator...
and captaincy of Dermot Reeve
Dermot Reeve
Dermot Alexander Reeve OBE is an English former cricketer, best known as an unorthodox all-rounder and, until recently, coach of the New Zealand side, Central Districts....
(with their allowed foreign player being one of Brian Lara
Brian Lara
Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...
, Shaun Pollock
Shaun Pollock
Shaun Maclean Pollock is a retired South African cricketer who is considered a bowling all-rounder. From 2000 to 2003 he was the captain of the South African cricket team, and also played for Africa XI, World XI, Dolphins and Warwickshire. He was also chosen as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in...
or Allan Donald
Allan Donald
Allan Anthony Donald is a former South African cricketer and one of their most successful pace bowlers.In his prime, he was one of the best fast bowlers ever seen in Test cricket, reaching the top of the ICC Test rankings in 1998 and peaked with a top ICC ranking of 895 points the next year, the...
) did the team become consistently successful. Although they had won the NatWest Trophy in 1989, it was their astonishing victory in the same competition in 1993, overhauling a record score posted by Sussex in the final, which launched their most dominant period in English cricket. In 1994 they secured a historic treble
Warwickshire County Cricket Club in 1994
Warwickshire County Cricket Club in 1994 achieved the unprecedented feat of winning three trophies in an English domestic season. The treble included titles in the County Championship, Sunday League and Benson & Hedges Cup while the grand slam was narrowly missed as they lost to Worcestershire in...
, winning the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
, Axa Equity & Law League (now National Cricket League) and Benson & Hedges Cup
Benson & Hedges Cup
The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals....
. In that season Lara set the world record for a first-class cricket
First-class cricket
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score of 501 whilst playing for Warwickshire against Durham County Cricket Club
Durham County Cricket Club
Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...
; the team total of 810–4 declared in that match is also a club record. In 1995 they won the County Championship again, and also won the C&G Trophy
C&G Trophy
The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom.It was one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties compete each season. They were joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland...
. This was to be the last trophy of Dermot Reeve's captaincy with him stepping down during the 1996 season, Bob Woolmer also having moved on to coach South Africa. 1997 saw them lifting the AXA league trophy once again, but this proved to be a false dawn. Performances for the next few years were poor, including relegation to the second division of the County Championship and National Cricket leagues.
However they have since been promoted in both competitions (though relegated again in the National Cricket League), won the Benson & Hedges Cup in 2002 and strong performances with the bat saw the county reclaim the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
in 2004. Warwickshire were once again promoted in the national cricket league, and played in the top division of both competitions in 2006.
Until the year 2005, the club captain was Nick Knight
Nick Knight
Nicholas Verity Knight is a former England cricketer. Knight's middle name was in honour of the 1930s English Test bowler Hedley Verity who was killed in World War II and is a distant family relation...
, the coach was John Inverarity
John Inverarity
Robert John Inverarity is a former Test and first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler in his playing career, Inverarity was also one of the enduring captains in the Australian Sheffield Shield during the late 1970s and early 1980s.-Cricket career:He played in...
, and the Chief Executive was Dennis Amiss
Dennis Amiss
Dennis Leslie Amiss MBE was an English cricketer and cricket administrator.Amiss suffered a serious back injury whilst playing soccer in his teenage years, which entailed him starting each day of his sporting life undergoing stretching routines to loosen up.He played cricket for both Warwickshire...
, though all three were stepped down at the end of the season. Heath Streak
Heath Streak
Heath Hilton Streak is a former Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his Test debut in Zimbabwe's tour of Pakistan 1993/1994 making his mark by taking 8 wickets in the 2nd Test at Rawalpindi...
was appointed as captain for the 2006 and 2007 seasons, but resigned after one game of the 2007 season on 25 April 2007, and Darren Maddy
Darren Maddy
Darren Lee Maddy is an English cricketer who plays first class cricket for Warwickshire. He played three Tests and eight One Day Internationals for England, making one international fifty in his ten innings between 1998 and 2000 before he was finally dropped following the tour of Zimbabwe in 2000,...
replaced Streak as captain. Mark Greatbatch
Mark Greatbatch
Mark John Greatbatch was a New Zealand cricketer. He scored more than 2,000 runs in his 41 Tests for New Zealand...
has signed a 3 year coaching contract and Colin Povey
Colin Povey
Colin Povey is the Chief Executive of Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He was formerly Chief Executive of Carlsberg.Povey was educated at the Lancaster Royal Grammar School....
has been named as their new Chief Executive. Continuing the recent Warwickshire tradition of employing foreign bowlers South African cricketers Dale Steyn
Dale Steyn
Dale Willem Steyn is a South African cricketer who plays in Test and One Day International cricket for South Africa. He is currently the number one ranked Test bowler in the world and achieved the 900+ points benchmark on 13th Nov 2011. Steyn plays domestic cricket in South Africa for Cape Cobras...
and Paul Harris were signed for the 2007 season.
After the first three games of the 2007 Championship season, they were lying at the top of the county table, following innings victories over Worcestershire CCC and defending champions Sussex CCC, and a draw with hotly-tipped Lancashire CCC. They had a 3 point lead over Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
in the table. After their defeat of Derbyshire CCC, they were the only first class cricket club not to have been defeated in any competition so far at that point in the season. But this turned to a big disaster for Warwickshire who were relegated to Division two after not winning a single game since being top of the table in early May. They also got relegated from Pro40 league, a matter made worse when local rivals Worcestershire CCC clinched the title.
Since the end of the disastrous 2007 season Warwickshire made several changes to the team and management staff. Controversial coach Mark Greatbatch
Mark Greatbatch
Mark John Greatbatch was a New Zealand cricketer. He scored more than 2,000 runs in his 41 Tests for New Zealand...
was sacked and Ashley Giles
Ashley Giles
Ashley Fraser Giles MBE is a retired English cricketer. Giles played the entirety of his 14-year first-class career at Warwickshire County Cricket Club where he is now employed as Director of Cricket...
replaced him as Director of Cricket. Former Warwickshire Bear and South Africa international Allan Donald
Allan Donald
Allan Anthony Donald is a former South African cricketer and one of their most successful pace bowlers.In his prime, he was one of the best fast bowlers ever seen in Test cricket, reaching the top of the ICC Test rankings in 1998 and peaked with a top ICC ranking of 895 points the next year, the...
has joined the Bears' coaching staff. Fans favourite Dougie Brown
Dougie Brown
Douglas Robert Brown is a former Scottish cricketer, currently employed as a coach for Warwickshire C.C.C.. He is an all-rounder who has represented both England and Scotland at One Day International level...
also took up an Academy Coaching role.
Warwickshire CCC have also made several player changes for 2008. Alex Loudon
Alex Loudon
Alexander Guy Rushworth Loudon is an English former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he was considered a promising future international player....
has retired at 27 to seek a job in the city, Vaughn van Jaarsveld made a U turn on his 2 year contract with Warwickshire. The Bears have signed tall Irish international Boyd Rankin to bolster their bowling ranks. After a successful campaign in Division 2, the Bears were promoted back to the top flight after only a season's absence in September 2008.
Maddy stepped down from the captaincy in November 2008. Ian Westwood
Ian Westwood
Ian James Westwood is an English cricket player who plays for Warwickshire County Cricket Club.-Warwickshire:...
was announced as his replacement. In 2009 Indian seamer Sreesanth replaced Jeetan Patel
Jeetan Patel
Jeetan Shashi Patel is a New Zealand cricketer of Indian descent. Patel is a right arm off spin bowler. He plays domestic cricket for the Wellington Firebirds and has represented the New Zealand Black Caps in One Day Internationals, Twenty20 matches, and Test cricket.Patel was earmarked as a...
, who was busy with national duties for New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
, to become the first Indian to join the club.
Westwood in turn stepped down as captain at the end of the 2010 season. Jim Troughton took over as captain shortly after. Pakistan's Younis Khan
Younis Khan
Mohammad Younus Khan is a Pakistani cricketer and former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Younus' name is often spelled Younis Khan, but he has been quoted as saying, "My name is Younus Khan...
will be Warwickshire's overseas player for the 2011 county cricket season.
Twenty20 Cup history
2003Warwickshire's first ever game in Twenty20 cricket was against Somerset at Taunton, where the Bears defeated the Sabres by 19 runs. This result was followed by wins over Worcestershire (by 20 runs), Glamorgan (by 68 runs), and Northamptonshire (by 54 runs). Gloucestershire, who finished first in the division, were the only team to beat the Bears when they won by 8 wickets at Edgbaston. This meant that Warwickshire finished second in the Midlands, West and Wales Division behind Gloucestershire, and qualified for the finals day as the best runner-up.
The finals day was held on the 19th July at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Warwickshire met Leicestershire in their semi-final, who they defeated by 7 wickets, with Trevor Penney top scoring for the Bears with 43 runs. Surrey claimed victory over Gloucestershire in their semi-final to set up a Surrey-Warwickshire final. Unfortunately, Warwickshire were unable to perform in the final, and only scored 115 runs. Surrey managed to score 119 runs in just 11 overs, and claimed victory.
2004
With expectations high at Edgbaston, Warwickshire entertained Somerset in the first clash of the 2004 season. The Bears secured victory by 7 wickets. After Warwickshire lost to Glamorgan (by 26 runs), things started to look bad for the Bears. Defeats against Worcestershire (by 3 wickets), and Northamptonshire (by 4 wickets), left the team in danger of not qualifying for the Quarter-Finals, but victory over Gloucestershire (by 2 wickets) on the last day, meant that Warwickshire qualified as one of the best third-placed team.
The Bears drew Glamorgan in the Quarter-Finals. Although they had managed to beat Glamorgan at Cardiff once, Warwickshire were not able to achieve victory again, and lost by 5 wickets to the Dragons, who progressed to the finals day, and eventually went out to the 2004 victors, the Leicestershire Foxes.
2005
With changes to the format for the 2005 season, Warwickshire now had to play 8 games in the group stage to qualify. Their first game of the season was against Worcestershire at New Road, where the Bears lost by only 1 run. This was followed by defeats to Northamptonshire (by 38 runs), and another 1-run defeat to Worcestershire. Warwickshire secured qualification from the MMW division in second after victories over Glamorgan (by 20 runs and by 4 runs) Somerset (by 47 runs) Northamptonshire (by 41 runs), and a no result against Gloucestershire.
Warwickshire bowed out of the competition in the quarter-final to Surrey. After sharing a nail biting draw (Surrey 149 (20 Overs), Warwickshire 115 (15 Overs)), a bowl off followed, with Surrey claiming victory 4–3. Surrey would go on to be defeated in the Semi-Final to Lancashire, who themselves lost in the final to Somerset.
2006
Warwickshire started the 2006 season by playing Northamptonshire at the County Ground, Northampton where the Bears won by 24 runs. This was followed by wins over Somerset (by 7 wickets) Northampton (by 20 runs) Worcestershire (by 11 runs), defeats to Glamorgan (by 6 wickets), Gloucestershire (by 3 runs), Worcestershire (by 4 runs), and a no result against Glamorgan. Warwickshire secured 3rd position in the table, but their record was worse than both Yorkshire and Kent (who both finished third in their respected leagues), and did not qualify for the quarter-final.
The final's day was once again controlled by Leicestershire, who beat Nottinghamshire in a spectacular final that lasted to the last over of the game.
2007
Warwickshire recruited the services of twice winner, and Twenty20 expert Darren Maddy for the 2007 season, and his expertise helped the team to once again reach the quarter-finals of the competition. The Bears started with a victory over Somerset by 7 runs. This was followed by wins against Glamorgan (by 3 runs and by 9 runs) Northamptonshire (by 12 runs), Gloucestershire (by 27 runs), defeats against Northamptonshire (by 4 wickets), Worcestershire (by 13 runs), and no results against Worcestershire. The Bears qualified as the MMW leaders, with 11 points from 8 games.
In the quarter-final, Warwickshire hosted Lancashire in an entertaining game. After Lancashire set the Bears 194 to win, Warwickshire were able to claw back to 187 for 7, and lost by 7 runs. It was Lancashire who would go through to face Gloucestershire, Sussex, and Kent on the Finals day, held at Edgbaston in August.
List of Captains
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| 1882–1883 |  D. Buchanan |
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| 1884–1886 | H. Rotherham |
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| 1887–1901 | H. W. Bainbridge |
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| 1902 | H. W. Bainbridge and T. S. Fishwick |
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| 1903–1906 | J. F. Byrne J. F. Byrne James Frederick Byrne was English sportsman who captained Warwickshire at first-class cricket and was capped in rugby for both England and the British and Irish Lions.-Cricket career:... |
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| 1907 | T. S. Fishwick and J. F. Byrne J. F. Byrne James Frederick Byrne was English sportsman who captained Warwickshire at first-class cricket and was capped in rugby for both England and the British and Irish Lions.-Cricket career:... |
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| 1908–1909 | A. C. S. Glover |
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| 1910 | H. J. Goodwin |
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| 1911–1914 | F. R. Foster |
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| 1919 | G. W. Stephens |
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| 1920–1929 | F. S. G. Calthorpe Freddie Calthorpe Frederick Somerset Gough Calthorpe , styled The Honourable from 1912, was an English cricketer.... |
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| 1930–1937 | R. E. S. Wyatt Bob Wyatt Robert "Bob" Elliott Storey Wyatt was an English cricket player. He played for Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and the English cricket team.... |
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| 1938–1947 | P. Cranmer Peter Cranmer Peter Cranmer was an English sportsman who captained Warwickshire in first-class cricket and earlier in his career represented England at rugby union. After World War II he gave up on rugby and focused purely on cricket.... |
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| 1948 | H. E. Dollery Tom Dollery Tom Dollery was an English cricketer, who played for England and Warwickshire.-Life and career:Born Horace Edgar Dollery in Reading, Berkshire, and playing Minor counties cricket for Berkshire at the age of 15, Dollery joined Warwickshire in 1934, and was a mainstay of the team until retirement in... and R. H. Maudsley |
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| 1949–1955 | H. E. Dollery Tom Dollery Tom Dollery was an English cricketer, who played for England and Warwickshire.-Life and career:Born Horace Edgar Dollery in Reading, Berkshire, and playing Minor counties cricket for Berkshire at the age of 15, Dollery joined Warwickshire in 1934, and was a mainstay of the team until retirement in... |
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| 1956 | W. E. Hollies Eric Hollies William Eric Hollies was an English cricketer, who is mainly remembered for taking the wicket of Donald Bradman for a duck in Bradman's final Test match innings, in which only four was needed for a Test average of 100... |
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| 1957–1967 | M. J. K. Smith |
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| 1968–1974 | A. C. Smith Alan Smith (cricketer) Alan Christopher Smith, known as A. C. Smith is an English former Test cricketer, who appeared in six Tests for England. Primarily a wicket-keeper, Smith was also a capable right-handed middle-order batsman and right-arm seam bowler... |
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| 1975–1977 | D. J. Brown |
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| 1978–1979 | J. Whitehouse |
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| 1980–1984 | R. G. D. Willis Bob Willis Robert George Dylan Willis MBE , known as Bob Willis, is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal and England... |
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| 1985–1987 | N. Gifford Norman Gifford Norman Gifford was an English cricketer, who played primarily as a left-arm spinner... |
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| 1988–1992 | T. A. Lloyd Andy Lloyd (cricketer) Andy Lloyd is a former English cricketer, who played in one Test and three ODIs for England in 1984. His only Test was against the West Indies in June 1984. After making ten runs, and batting for thirty three minutes, he was hit on the head by the West Indies fast bowler, Malcolm Marshall... |
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| 1993–1996 | D. A. Reeve Dermot Reeve Dermot Alexander Reeve OBE is an English former cricketer, best known as an unorthodox all-rounder and, until recently, coach of the New Zealand side, Central Districts.... |
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| 1997 | T. A. Munton Tim Munton Timothy Alan Munton was an English cricketer. He played two Test matches for England in 1992, but struggled to make an impression and was never selected again... |
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| 1998 |  B. C. LaraBrian Lara Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time... |
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| 1999–2000 | N. M. K. Smith |
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| 2001–2003 | M. J. Powell Mike Powell (Warwickshire cricketer) Michael James Powell is an English cricketer and coach who played for and captained Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He also played for Griqualand West in South Africa in the 2001–02 season, and three matches for Otago in New Zealand in the 2005–06 season.He captained Warwickshire from 2001 to 2003... |
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| 2003–2005 | N. V. Knight Nick Knight Nicholas Verity Knight is a former England cricketer. Knight's middle name was in honour of the 1930s English Test bowler Hedley Verity who was killed in World War II and is a distant family relation... |
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| 2006–2007 |  H. H. StreakHeath Streak Heath Hilton Streak is a former Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his Test debut in Zimbabwe's tour of Pakistan 1993/1994 making his mark by taking 8 wickets in the 2nd Test at Rawalpindi... |
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| 2007–2008 | D. L. Maddy Darren Maddy Darren Lee Maddy is an English cricketer who plays first class cricket for Warwickshire. He played three Tests and eight One Day Internationals for England, making one international fifty in his ten innings between 1998 and 2000 before he was finally dropped following the tour of Zimbabwe in 2000,... |
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| 2009–2010 | I. J. Westwood Ian Westwood Ian James Westwood is an English cricket player who plays for Warwickshire County Cricket Club.-Warwickshire:... |
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| 2010 | I. R. Bell |
Captained the side during the last 3 CB40 games of the season, including the victory in the final at Lord's |
| 2011– | J. O. Troughton Jim Troughton Jamie Oliver Troughton is an English cricketer. He is mainly an attack-minded left-handed batsman but also an occasional slow left-arm orthodox bowler... |
2011 squad
The Warwickshire squad for the 2011 season consists of (this section could change as players are released or signed, international players in bold):| No. | Name | Nat | Birthdate | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
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| 4 | Ian Bell | |
11 April 1982 (age 29) | RHB | RM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
England Test, ODI and Twenty20 player |
| 3 | Varun Chopra Varun Chopra Varun Chopra is an English cricketer, and has captained the English U-19 cricket team in series against Sri Lanka in 2005 and India in 2006.... |
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21 June 1987 (age 24) | RHB | OB Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
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| 23 | Darren Maddy Darren Maddy Darren Lee Maddy is an English cricketer who plays first class cricket for Warwickshire. He played three Tests and eight One Day Internationals for England, making one international fifty in his ten innings between 1998 and 2000 before he was finally dropped following the tour of Zimbabwe in 2000,... |
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23 May 1974 (age 37) | RHB | RM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
Former England Test and ODI player |
| 9 | Jonathan Trott Jonathan Trott Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott is a South African-born England Test cricketer. Domestically, he plays for Warwickshire and he has also played in South Africa and New Zealand... |
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22 April 1981 (age 30) | RHB | RM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
England Test, ODI and Twenty20 player |
| 24 | Jim Troughton Jim Troughton Jamie Oliver Troughton is an English cricketer. He is mainly an attack-minded left-handed batsman but also an occasional slow left-arm orthodox bowler... |
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2 March 1979 (age 32) | LHB | SLA | Former England ODI player, Captain Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... |
| 22 | Ian Westwood Ian Westwood Ian James Westwood is an English cricket player who plays for Warwickshire County Cricket Club.-Warwickshire:... |
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13 July 1982 (age 29) | LHB | OS Off spin Off spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket which is bowled by an off spinner, a right-handed spin bowler who uses his or her fingers and/or wrist to spin the ball from a right-handed batsman's off side to the leg side... |
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| Shivnarine Chanderpaul Shivnarine Chanderpaul Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul is a cricketer, and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He is the first Indo-Caribbean in the West Indies team to play 100 Tests for the West Indies and has captained them in 14 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals... |
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16 August 1974 (age 37) | LHB | LB | Overseas player, West Indies Test and ODI player | |
| 10 | William Porterfield William Porterfield William Thomas Stuart Porterfield in Donemana, Northern Ireland, is an Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and the captain of the Ireland cricket team. He has played for the senior Ireland since 2006 and the Under-19s since 2003... |
6 September 1984 (age 27) | LHB | LM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
Ireland ODI player and captain of Ireland | |
| Laurie Evans Laurie Evans (cricketer) Laurie Evans is an English cricketer, contracted to Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He graduated from Surrey County Cricket Club Academy in 2007, but never made an appearance for the county. He played three first-class games for Durham UCCE in 2007, and one first-class game for the MCC against... |
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12 October 1987 (age 24) | RHB | RMF Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| 44 | Ant Botha Ant Botha Anthony Greyvensteyn Botha is a South African former cricketer who played for the cricket teams of Natal B, Natal, South Africa Academy, KwaZulu-Natal B, KwaZulu-Natal, Easterns, Derbyshire and Warwickshire.... |
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17 November 1976 (age 35) | LHB | SLA | |
| 7 | Neil Carter | |
29 January 1975 (age 37) | LHB | LMF Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| 13 | Keith Barker Keith Barker Keith Barker is an English first-class cricketer who plays for Warwickshire. He is an all-rounder.... |
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21 October 1986 (age 25) | LHB | LM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| 34 | Paul Best Paul Best (cricketer) Paul Merwood Best is an English cricketer. Best is a left-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Nuneaton, Warwickshire and educated at Bablake School, Coventry... |
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8 March 1991 (age 20) | LHB | SLA | |
| 81 | Rikki Clarke Rikki Clarke Rikki Clarke is an English cricketer, currently playing for Warwickshire. He was educated at Broadwater School and then Godalming College.-Surrey:... |
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29 September 1981 (age 30) | RHB | RFM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
Former England Test and ODI player |
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| 12 | Tim Ambrose Tim Ambrose Timothy Raymond Ambrose is an Australian born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He commenced his domestic career with Sussex in 2000, although he now plays for Warwickshire... |
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1 December 1982 (age 29) | RHB | Former England Test and ODI player | |
| 16 | Richard Johnson Richard Johnson (Warwickshire cricketer) Richard Matthew Johnson is an English cricketer currently playing for Warwickshire. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.Johnson was educated at Solihull School, an historic school in the West Midlands.... |
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1 September 1988 (age 23) | RHB | ||
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| 35 | Chris Metters Chris Metters Christopher Liam Metters is a professional cricketer who made his first-class debut for Warwickshire County Cricket Club in 2011. He played Minor Counties cricket for Devon from 2008 to 2010. He was born at Torquay, Devon.... |
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12 September 1990 (age 21) | RHB | SLA | Minor Counties – Devon |
| 11 | Andrew Miller Andrew Miller (cricketer, born 1987) Andrew Stephen Miller is an English cricketer. Miller is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Preston, Lancashire.... |
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27 September 1987 (age 24) | RHB | RMF Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| 29 | Tom Milnes Tom Milnes Thomas Patrick Milnes is an English cricketer. Milnes is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Stourbridge, Worcestershire.... |
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6 October 1992 (age 19) | RHB | RMF Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| 5 | Jeetan Patel Jeetan Patel Jeetan Shashi Patel is a New Zealand cricketer of Indian descent. Patel is a right arm off spin bowler. He plays domestic cricket for the Wellington Firebirds and has represented the New Zealand Black Caps in One Day Internationals, Twenty20 matches, and Test cricket.Patel was earmarked as a... |
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7 May 1980 (age 31) | RHB | OB Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
New Zealand, Test, ODI and Twenty20 player |
| 14 | Steffan Piolet Steffan Piolet Steffan Piolet is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who plays for Warwickshire. He was born in Redhill... |
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8 August 1988 (age 23) | RHB | RM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| 30 | Boyd Rankin Boyd Rankin William Boyd Rankin is an Irish cricketer, from Derry, Northern Ireland. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler.William is a tall bowler who stands at 6 ft 8 inches and has a distinctive bouncing action in his bowling... |
5 July 1984 (age 27) | LHB | RMF Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
Ireland ODI player | |
| 20 | Naqaash Tahir Naqaash Tahir Naqaash Sarosh Tahir in Birmingham is an English cricketer. He is a right-arm fast medium bowler playing for Warwickshire County Cricket Club making his first class debut in 2004.... |
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14 November 1983 (age 28) | RHB | RFM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| 19 | Chris Woakes Chris Woakes Christopher Roger Woakes is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast pace bowler who found success at Warwickshire to the extent that he topped Warwickshire's 2008 county bowling averages, and was selected for the England Lions squad as well as the preliminary... |
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2 March 1989 (age 22) | RHB | RM Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
England ODI and Twenty20 Player |
Notable Warwickshire players
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Records
Most first-class runs for WarwickshireQualification – 20000 runs
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| Dennis Amiss Dennis Amiss Dennis Leslie Amiss MBE was an English cricketer and cricket administrator.Amiss suffered a serious back injury whilst playing soccer in his teenage years, which entailed him starting each day of his sporting life undergoing stretching routines to loosen up.He played cricket for both Warwickshire... |
35146 |
| Willie Quaife Willie Quaife William Quaife, known as "Willie", born at Newhaven, Sussex on 17 March 1872 and died at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 13 October 1951, was a cricketer who played for Sussex, Warwickshire and England.... |
33862 |
| Mike Smith | 27672 |
| Tom Dollery Tom Dollery Tom Dollery was an English cricketer, who played for England and Warwickshire.-Life and career:Born Horace Edgar Dollery in Reading, Berkshire, and playing Minor counties cricket for Berkshire at the age of 15, Dollery joined Warwickshire in 1934, and was a mainstay of the team until retirement in... |
23458 |
| Bob Wyatt Bob Wyatt Robert "Bob" Elliott Storey Wyatt was an English cricket player. He played for Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and the English cricket team.... |
21687 |
Most first-class wickets for Warwickshire
Qualification – 1000 wickets
| Player | Wickets |
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| Eric Hollies Eric Hollies William Eric Hollies was an English cricketer, who is mainly remembered for taking the wicket of Donald Bradman for a duck in Bradman's final Test match innings, in which only four was needed for a Test average of 100... |
2201 |
| Sydney Santall Sydney Santall Sydney Santall was an English first-class cricketer who played with Warwickshire. His son Frederick was later a prolific run maker for them while his other son John had a brief career at Worcestershire.... |
1207 |
| Jack Bannister Jack Bannister Jack Bannister is the current Talksport radio cricket correspondent, and was, for many years, a BBC television cricket commentator. He had previously played professionally on the county scene for Warwickshire as a fast-medium bowler, taking 1198 first-class wickets in a career that lasted from... |
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| Tom Cartwright Tom Cartwright Thomas William Cartwright MBE was an English cricketer. He played in five Tests for England in 1964 and 1965. His withdrawal from the 1968-69 tour to South Africa, and replacement in the touring team by Basil D'Oliveira, precipitated the sporting isolation of South Africa until apartheid was... |
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Team totals
- Highest Total For – 810-4dec v Durham at Birmingham 1994
- Highest Total Against – 887 by Yorkshire at Birmingham 1896
- Lowest Total For – 16 v Kent at Tonbridge 1913
- Lowest Total Against – 15 by Hampshire at Birmingham 1922
Batting
- Highest Score – 501* BC Lara v Durham at Birmingham 1994 (current world record)
- Most Runs in Season – 2417 MJK Smith in 1959
- Most Runs in Career – 35146 DL Amiss 1960–1987
Best Partnership for each wicket
- 1st – 377* NF Horner and K Ibadulla v Surrey at The Oval 1960
- 2nd – 465* JA Jameson and RB Kanhai v Gloucestershire at Birmingham 1974
- 3rd – 327 SP Kinneir and WG Quaife v Lancashire at Birmingham 1901
- 4th – 470 AI Kallicharran and GW Humpage v Lancashire at Southport 1982
- 5th – 335 JO Troughton and TR Ambrose v Hampshire at Birmingham 2009
- 6th – 226 TR Ambrose and HH Streak v Worcestershire at New Road 2007
- 7th – 289* IR Bell and T Frost v Sussex at Horsham 2004
- 8th – 228 AJW Croom and RES Wyatt v Worcestershire at Dudley 1925
- 9th – 233 IJL Trott and JS Patel v Yorkshire at Birmingham 2009
- 10th – 214 NV Knight and A Richardson v Hampshire at Birmingham 2002
Bowling
- Best Bowling – 10–41 JD Bannister v Combined Services at Birmingham 1959
- Best Match Bowling – 15–76 S Hargreave v Surrey at The Oval 1903
- Wickets in Season – 180 WE Hollies in 1946
- Wickets in Career – 2201 WE Hollies 1932–1957
Warwickshire facts and feats
- At Edgbaston in 1922 Warwickshire bowled Hampshire out for 15 and still lost the match by 155 runs. Hampshire posted 521 in their second innings and bowled out Warwickshire, who needed 314 to win, for 158.
- Father and son William and Bernard QuaifeBernard QuaifeBernard William Quaife was an English cricketer who played more than 300 first-class matches between the wars. He played first for Warwickshire, but later found much more success at Worcestershire, where he became the usual wicket-keeper...
played alongside each other for Warwickshire. For 10 remarkable minutes, in 1922, they batted together against the bowling of Billy BestwickBilly BestwickWilliam Bestwick was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1898 and 1926. He was a demon medium-fast bowler who took over 1400 wickets for the county, including 10 in one innings...
and his son in a match against Derbyshire.
- Eric HolliesEric HolliesWilliam Eric Hollies was an English cricketer, who is mainly remembered for taking the wicket of Donald Bradman for a duck in Bradman's final Test match innings, in which only four was needed for a Test average of 100...
bowled for Warwickshire from 1932 to 1957, taking 2,323 wickets with his rolled leg breaks and disguised googlies – including Don Bradman for a duck in his last Test innings in 1948. He took 184 wickets at 15.6 that year, including a remarkable 'all ten' against Nottinghamshire at Edgbaston without the help of a fielder. 7 of his victims were clean bowled, the other 3 fell LBW.]
- Brian LaraBrian LaraBrian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...
ended his remarkable run of First Class Centuries scoring the World Record 501* v Durham at Birmingham 1994. His first was the 375 and his last of that particular run was 501*. It eclipsed Mohammad Hanif's 499 and was the first instance of a 500+ score in First Class cricket and it remains a record to this date.
- Legspinner Collins Obuya, who hit the headlines during the 2003 Cricket World CupCricket World CupThe ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council , with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years...
when KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
upset Sri Lanka, became the first cricketer from Kenya to play professional cricket in England.