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This match is massive, warns Warwickshire captain Westwood

IAN Westwood believes that Warwickshire’s fortunes against Essex today and tomorrow will have a “massive” influence on whether they can escape relegation trouble.Read

Warwickshire end the second day on top against Essex as batsmen struggle at Southend.

THERE was much scratching of heads at Garon Park at teatime yesterday as onlookers tried to fathom why 20 wickets had fallen for 305 runs in the first 103.3 overs of the match.Read

Walsall striker Alex Nicholls targets home double to start the season

ALEX Nicholls today outlined Walsall’s desire to start the season with back-to-back home wins – and get their supporters “driving” the players on from there.Read

Cricket: Lichfield reach 200 points

LICHFIELD reached 200 points for the season with a haul of 24 from a 69-run victory over Sutton Coldfield.Read

Cricket: Water Orton run Elizabethans close

OLD Elizabethans strengthened their grip at the top but were made to work hard for their victory by visitors Water Orton.Read

Warwickshire need to show some fighting spirit against Essex at Southend

WARWICKSHIRE must evoke the pugnacious fighting spirit of KD Smith when they get back in the saddle in championship action against Essex at Southend today.Read

Cricket: Warwickshire aim to halt the slide

WARWICKSHIRE will attempt to put a desperately-needed brake on their championship freefall when they face Essex at Southend tomorrow – and director of cricket Ashley Giles today insisted all is not yet lost despite the Bears’ ominous position in Division One.Read

Warwickshire: Trott determined to nail down England's number three spot

WARWICKSHIRE batsman Jonathan Trott today insisted he can handle the weight of expectation as he puts his Ashes tour hopes on the line against Pakistan.Read

Warwickshire bowler Naqaash Tahir ruled out for season following surgery.

WARWICKSHIRE bowler Naqaash Tahir will miss the rest of the season after he undergoes ankle surgery next week.Read

Cricket: Birmingham League Three round-up

EASTNOR strengthened their place at the top with a crucial four-wicket win over closest pursuers Fordhouses.Read

Warwickshire cricket league round-up

MATCH of the weekend in the Warwickshire League was a high-scoring Division Two clash between Standard and Knowle Village.Read

More Twenty20 heartbreak for Warwickshire as they lose to Hampshire in the quarter-finals.

WARWICKSHIRE tasted yet more Twenty20 quarter-final anguish as Hampshire triumphed by five wickets with just one ball to spare at Edgbaston.Read

Walsall boss expects a tough match against Aston Villa

CHRIS Hutchings knows his Walsall side will get a “tough work-out” against the big boys from Villa Park tonight – and that’s just the way he wants it.Read

Warwickshire CCC: Neil Carter's ton steers Bears to victory

Neil Carter’s third one-day century kept Warwickshire’s Clydesdale 40 campaign bubbling with a 25-run win over Leicestershire.Read

Career best for Broad against Warwickshire

STUART Broad ran through Warwickshire’s brittle batting with a career-best eight for 52 as Nottinghamshire clinched a crushing 10-wicket win inside three days at Edgbaston.Read

Warwickshire: Dramatic revival inspired by Neil Carter

WITH a little help from the England management, Nottinghamshire were picking up the threads of their LV= County Championship title challenge until Neil Carter dramatically revived Warwickshire at Edgbaston.Read

Warwickshire CCC: We must win says Ashley Giles

ASHLEY Giles has warned that Warwickshire today enter a six-match championship “series” which they must win to preserve their First Division status.Read

Warwickshire looking to overcome Yorkshire

THEIR place in the last eight all but secure, Warwickshire will set about trying to book a home quarter-final when they face Yorkshire at Edgbaston tonight.Read

Warwickshire players still believe they can survive insists captain Ian Westwood

IAN Westwood insists that Warwickshire still believe they can climb away from relegation trouble in the championship, despite being written off by many observers around the county circuit.Read

Stefan Gamble replaces Roy Whalley as Walsall chief executive

WALSALL have announced a reshuffle behind the scenes at The Banks’s Stadium with Roy Whalley’s long stint as chief executive coming to an end.Read

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