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Brian Halford

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England double act return for Warwickshire Cricket Club

ENGLAND coach Andy Flower has ordered his players to focus on on-field matters and not become embroiled in the ongoing furore surrounding opponents Pakistan.Read

Woakes insists Warwickshire are gunning for Nottinghamshire in the Clydesdale 40 on Saturday.

CHRIS Woakes insists Warwickshire “can’t wait” for their Clydesdale 40 decider against Nottinghamshire to arrive tomorrow.Read

Carter and Woakes power Warwickshrie to vital victory against Kent.

WARWICKSHIRE are still in there fighting.Read

Warwickshire captain Ian Westwood salutes the fighting spirit of his team.

IAN Westwood saluted the attitude of his Bears team as “different class” after they boosted their survival bid with victory over Kent.Read

Ashley Giles urges Warwickshire to play without the pressures

WARWICKSHIRE face Kent in a crucial championship match starting at Edgbaston today but Ashley Giles will urge his players not to take the burden of pressure out on to the field with them.Read

Warwickshire score 155 against Essex four times in one season

Warwickshire's County Championship victory over Essex at Edgbaston at the weekend left behind a statistical quirk surely unique in 146 years of the competition.Read

Warwickshire's Great Escape gets under way with victory over Essex

WARWICKSHIRE’S intention to round off their defeat-laden and, at times, depressing championship campaign with a great escape from relegation were bolstered by a seven-wicket win over Essex.Read

Walsall's old captain can't wait for Chesterfield return visit

FORMER Walsall captain Dwayne Mattis is looking forward to renewing acquaintances with former team-mates tomorrow when Chesterfield visit the Banks’s Stadium in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy.Read

Warwickshire Cricket Club: All or nothing now in the battle to stay up

THE equation is simple for Warwickshire as they start their championship run-in against Essex at Edgbaston today: three games left, three wins required to stay in Division One.Read

Warwickshire Cricket Club: Young guns required to step up for Bears

VARUN Chopra will face his former Essex team-mates for the first time this week as Warwickshire pin their hopes on the younger guns to turn round their dismal batting fortunes.Read

Clydesdale Bank 40: Warwickshire's one-day form hits a wobble at Durham

Warwickshire missed a chance to take a giant step towards the Clydesdale Bank 40 semi-final as they lost by five wickets to Durham at Chester-le-Street. Read

Warwickshire Cricket Club: Thrashing by Notts hurt us badly, says Ashley Giles

BEING bowled out twice in a day, as Warwickshire were by Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on Tuesday, is not a unique ordeal.Read

Walsall FC: Hutchings's side desperate to get home season "up and running"

CHRIS Hutchings insists Walsall are “desperate” to show their fans what they can do and get their home season up and running at the third attempt against Plymouth Argyle on Saturday.Read

County Championship: Warwickshire left shell-shocked by Nottinghamshire

VARUN Chopra, Boyd Rankin and Extras provided the high spots of another rather hard day at the coalface for Warwickshire. Read

Bell targeting Warwickshire return - with a little help from Aston Villa.

IAN Bell is aiming to play a part for Warwickshire again this season – with his recovery from a broken toe now being assisted by some Premiership-style medical back-up from Aston Villa.Read

Walsall manager Chris Hutchings admits he shares the fans' disappointment at starting the season with two defeats.

CHRIS Hutchings has assured Walsall’s supporters that he fully shares their disappointment at starting the season with two defeats – and also their desire to see new signings brought into the club as soon as possible.Read

Depleted Warwickshire target crucial Clydesdale 40 win over Nottinghamshire.

WARWICKSHIRE will virtually clinch a place in the Clydesdale 40 semi-finals if they beat Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge tonight (4.10pm) – but must do so without three key players.Read

Walsall 0 Tranmere Rovers 1: Match report

THERE was very little early-season joie-de-vie evident at The Banks’ Stadium last night, save for the 200 Tranmere fans, as Walsall fell at the first Carling Cup hurdle.Read

Walsall 1, MK Dons 2: Match report

SELLING your biggest on-field asset on the eve of the season then losing at home is not the ideal way to open a campaign. Read

Walsall: One to watch

FULL-back is football’s least glamorous position. Strikers hog the headlines, goalkeepers make spectacular saves, centre-backs are heroic, midfielders dominant and wingers thrilling. Full-backs, by and large, just quietly do their unheralded job.Read

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Brian covers Warwickshire Cricket Club and Walsall FC for the Birmingham Mail.