Birmingham Mail - Cricket - Warwickshire CCC

Warwickshire CCC: Ian Westwood wants to be an ever-present for Bears

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

IAN Westwood wants nothing more than to be ever-present at the top of Warwickshire’s batting order next season.

Warwickshire CCC: Andy Miller backs Graeme Welch to bring out the best in him

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

ANDY Miller is backing a winter of hard graft under the wing of bowling coach Graeme Welch to re-establish him as a serious contender in the Bears’ seam attack.

Warwickshire CCC: Bears coach praises Barbados tour

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

BOWLING coach Graeme Welch believes Warwickshire will reap substantial benefit from returning to Barbados on their pre-season tour next month.

Warwickshire CCC: Three day match against Nottinghamshire to start defence for Bears

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

WARWICKSHIRE will begin their defence of the Second XI Championship with a three-day game against Nottinghamshire at Barnt Green, starting on May 16.

Warwickshire CCC: I have faith in my tweeters - Ashley Giles

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

ASHLEY Giles has expressed faith in his players to ‘Tweet’ responsibly as the social network causes ever more headaches for coaches and managers in sport.

Darren Maddy wants to extend playing career with Warwickshire

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

DARREN Maddy today outlined his desire to play county cricket for another three or four years – ideally with Warwickshire.

Warwickshire CCC: Boyd Rankin's England ambitions

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

WARWICKSHIRE fast bowler Boyd Rankin today outlined his ambition to play Test cricket for England as he jetted off with Ireland for their tour to Kenya, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.

Warwickshire CCC: Ashley Giles can't wait for new season

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

ASHLEY Giles today insisted that Warwickshire’s players “can’t wait” for a new season in which they intend have a serious crack at bringing the championship title back to Edgbaston for the first time since 2004.

Warwickshire plan to replace James McLaughlin quickly

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

WARWICKSHIRE intend to minimise disruption caused by James McLaughlin’s imminent departure as commercial director by making a brisk appointment of his successor.

Warwickshire Cricket Club: Two key figures set to depart

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:07:00 GMT

WARWICKSHIRE are set to lose two key figures behind the scenes as Phil Macdonald and James McLaughlin head for pastures new.

Warwickshire CCC: Jeetan Patel will be a major asset says Ashley Giles

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:15:00 GMT

ASHLEY Giles believes Jeetan Patel will bring vital experience to Warwickshire’s spin department next season.

The day a Warwickshire amateur bowled England legend Sir Leonard Hutton

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:49:00 GMT

Leonard Hutton, a month short of his 18th birthday, had lodged his maiden half-century on his championship debut for Yorkshire. During the next 26 years he would reach 50 another 307 times in first-class cricket, on 52 occasions for England, on his way to more than 40,000 first-class runs in 513 matches. Frederick Albert Gross, meanwhile, had taken his first wicket for Warwickshire – and his last.

Warwickshire Cricket Club: Ashley Giles challenges players to shine in Barbados

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:04:00 GMT

ASHLEY Giles has challenged Warwickshire’s players to shine on the pre-season tour to Barbados – and stake their claim for a place in the one-day side next season.

Birmingham Mail Sport Review of the Year 2011

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:00:00 GMT

The Birmingham Mail sport writers take a look back at the highlights of 2011

Warwickshire Cricket Club: Steffan Piolet admits looking around before signing new Bears deal

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:19:00 GMT

STEFFAN Piolet admits he did “have a look round” before signing a new two-year contract with Warwickshire this autumn.

Chris Woakes signs two-year contract extension with Warwickshire

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:17:00 GMT

Warwickshire and England fast bowler Chris Woakes has signed a two-year contract extension to stay at Edgbaston.

Stud Marks: How a letter about World War II made the 2011 cricket championship more special for Jim Cumbes

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:59:00 GMT

THE 2011 cricket season ended in heartbreak for Warwickshire after they were pipped for the county championship by Lancashire on the very last day.

Warwickshire skipper Jim Troughton promises better one-day performances

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:35:00 GMT

JIM Troughton admits Warwickshire need to radically improve again in one-day cricket next year – and he insists they won’t "make the same mistake" as they did last season.

Warwickshire Cricket Club: Chopra aims high as he prepares for England

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:27:00 GMT

VARUN Chopra intends to learn from the best as he prepares to join the England set-up in Loughborough next week before flying out to Sri Lanka.

Crowther Charlesworth - one of Warwickshire's most popular cricketing heroes

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:17:00 GMT

When Warwickshire played the Australians at Edgbastion in 1919, the term “absent hurt” next to Crowther Charlesworth’s name on the scorecard harboured a different, perhaps unique, explanation.