Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club, a respected name in the English county cricket circuit, was established in 1882. Nestled in the heart of England, this team has flourished over the years, earning its place among the elite clubs of the domestic game. With its rich history and storied existence, Warwickshire has become synonymous with gritty performances and a fighting spirit.

Warwickshire's most notable achievements include their multiple County Championship titles, with the club first clinching the prestigious title in 1911. The victorious seasons of the 1990s, especially 1994 and 1995, are fondly remembered by fans, as the team, then dubbed 'The Bears', captured not only the Championship but also one-day titles, asserting their dominance in domestic cricket.

The club has been home to some cricketing stalwarts who have left a lasting impact on the game. One cannot mention Warwickshire without talking about the legendary Brian Lara, who scored his iconic 501 not out against Durham in 1994, a record that still stands. Players like Dennis Amiss and Bob Willis have also donned the Warwickshire colours with distinction, contributing to the county's rich legacy.

Rivalries with clubs like Worcestershire, especially in the battle for the Norman Gifford Trophy, have spiced up the cricketing scene, with matches often drawing large attentive crowds. The local derbies with Worcestershire, also known as the 'Battle of the Bridge', take on an added layer of excitement and anticipation every season.

Warwickshire's playing style leans towards a balanced mix of seam and spin, capitalising on the typically English conditions. Known for their resilience, the Bears often showcase a never-say-die attitude on the field, a trait that has seen them clinch close contests more often than not.

Edgbaston, Warwickshire's home ground, is one of England's iconic cricket venues. With a capacity of 25,000, it is renowned for its raucous yet friendly atmosphere, particularly in the Eric Hollies Stand, where aficionados and casual fans alike create a carnival-like ambience on matchdays.

The team maintains several traditions, from hosting the annual Player Awards Dinner to engaging local communities in cricketing activities, reinforcing its cultural significance in the region. Over the decades, Warwickshire has embodied both heritage and progression, making substantial contributions to both domestic and international cricket.

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - April 18, 2025

Warwickshire

93/10 (36.4) & 181/6 (80.4) & 163/6 (60)

Nottinghamshire

367/10 (94.4)

Match drawn

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - April 11, 2025

Durham

387/10 (107.5) & 276/8 (77)

Warwickshire

325/10 (92.1) & 344/9 (92.3)

Warwickshire won by 1 wicket

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - April 4, 2025

Warwickshire

454/10 (113.2) & 104/2 (28)

Sussex

528/10 (136.3) & 313/7 (85)

Match drawn

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - September 26, 2024

Nottinghamshire

487/10 (125.3)

Warwickshire

373/7 (110)

Match drawn

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - September 17, 2024

Warwickshire

78/10 (27.4) & 114/10 (34.1)

Essex

232/10 (65.5)

Essex won by an innings and 40 runs

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - September 9, 2024

Worcestershire

307/10 (100)

Warwickshire

128/10 (42.2) & 252/3 (86.1)

Match drawn

Play Offs, Quarter Final, T20 Blast - September 6, 2024

Warwickshire

124/9 (20)

Gloucestershire

138/10 (19.2)

Gloucestershire won by 14 runs

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - August 29, 2024

Warwickshire

420/10 (107)

Kent

156/10 (39.5) & 243/10 (69.3)

Warwickshire won by an innings and 21 runs

County Div 1, Division 1, County Championship Division One - August 22, 2024

Warwickshire

337/10 (86.1) & 270/10 (89)

Somerset

239/10 (65.1) & 206/4 (35)

Match drawn

North Group, North Group, T20 Blast - July 19, 2024

Warwickshire

194/5 (20)

Leicestershire

122/10 (16.4)

Warwickshire won by 72 runs

Ian Bell
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 43

Jeetan Patel
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 44

Tim Ambrose
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 42

Grant Elliott
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 46

Oliver Hannon-Dalby
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

Colin de Grandhomme
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 38

Sam Hain
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 29

Will Rhodes
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Adam Hose
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Henry Brookes
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25

Ed Pollock
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 29

Dominic Sibley
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 29

Boyd Rankin
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 40

Olly Stone
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 31

Aaron Thomason
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

Chris Woakes
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Josh Poysden
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Age: 33

Alex Thomson
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 31

Rikki Clarke
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 43

William Porterfield
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 40

Keith Barker
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 38

Ateeq Javid
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 33

Alex Mellor
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 33

Mark Adair
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 29

Liam Banks
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 25

Ashton Agar
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 31

Michael Burgess
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 30

Fidel Edwards
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 43

James Wainman
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Chris Green
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 31

Matthew Lamb
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 28

George Garrett
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 25

Tim Bresnan
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 40

Jacob Lintott
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 31

Vikai Kelley
Position: Batsman
Batting Style:
Bowling Style:
Age: 25

Dan Mousley
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 23

Robert Yates
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 25

Liam Norwell
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Carlos Brathwaite
Position: Bowling Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 36

Danny Briggs
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 33

Craig Miles
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Jake Lintott
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 31

Pieter Malan
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

Jacob Bethell
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Age: 21

Ethan Brookes
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 23

Ryan Sidebottom
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 47

Kyle Mayers
Position: Batting Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Chris Benjamin
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 25

Paul Stirling
Position: Batting Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 34

Alex Davies
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 30

Glenn Maxwell
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 36

Ed Barnard
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 29

Moeen Ali
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 37

Hasan Ali
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 30

Dominic Drakes
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 27

George Garton
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast
Age: 28

Zakary Foulkes
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 22

Richard Gleeson
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 37

Aamer Jamal
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 28

Michael Booth
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 24

Tom Milnes
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Toby Lester
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Ben Mike
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 26

Nathan McAndrew
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 31

Brad Wheal
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 28

Mohammad Siraj
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Age: 2025

Jayant Yadav
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 35

Ryan Nathan Sidebottom
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 35

Chris Rushworth
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 38

Dominic Bess
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 27

Mir Hamza
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 32

Kraigg Brathwaite
Position: Batsman
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 32

Michael Rae
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 29

Che Simmons
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 21

Hamza Shaikh
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style:
Bowling Style:
Age: 18

Kai Smith
Position: Wicketkeeper
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style:
Age: 20

Ethan Bamber
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Age: 26

Vishwa Fernando
Position: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Medium
Age: 33

Tazeem Ali
Position: Allrounder
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Offbreak
Age: 18

Edgbaston
City: Birmingham
Country: England
Capacity: 24803

County Ground
City: Chelmsford
Country: England
Capacity: 6500