Warwickshire were the next opponents at home, tough match expected and so it proved. They won the toss but we struck early through Nath and Pickup to leave them 40-3. That was as good as it got, Trevoy Penney and Dom Ostler smashed the CW bowlers to all parts In partnership of 245.To add insult to injury Warren added an unbeaten 50 and although Nath and Pickup cleared the tail, Warwicks reached 401 all out Naths 4-94 the pick of the bowling.
CW responded in the best possible manner, all of the top four got to 50, Steds again falling just short of a maided FC century with 93, Jellett Weber and Ferd the other batsman to put the Brummies to the sword. Age Master and Mr Wright and Nath added useful runs down the order to give CW a 61 run lead.
Thoughts of a victory were snuffed out by Powell, Wagh and MOM Penney;s half centuries and Wariwcks declared their second dig on 315-5.
Sean Bennett just had time to register another 50 before the draw was called - disappointing not to push for the win, the toss was crucial (probably).
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Cricket Web v Warwickshire
County Championship - D1 - 10 Jul 2003
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Warwickshire - 1st Innings
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M Powell c & b Nath 3
D Chambers b Pickup 10
M Wagh b Nath 3
T Penney b Halsey 155
D Ostler b Hall 126
N Warren not out 50
D Brown lbw b Nath 10
K Piper lbw b Wright 13
M Betts b Nath 8
N Carter b Pickup 5
A Richardson b Pickup 1
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Extras (nb8,b6,lb3) 17
TOTAL (all out, 127.1 ovrs) 401
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O M R W
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T Halsey 24 6 79 1
N Pickup 22.1 3 74 3
D Hall 23 4 64 1
M Wright 28 5 81 1
P Nath 30 3 94 4
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1-8 2-12 3-40 4-285 5-325 6-357
7-370 8-383 9-393 10-401
Cricket Web - 1st Innings
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A Ferd c Betts b Richardson 87
S Bennett b Betts 93
D Jellett c Piper b Brown 65
T Weber b Betts 73
S Craze b Carter 0
A Master c Ostler b Betts 43
M Wright b Brown 35
P Nath c Ostler b Betts 20
D Hall c Ostler b Betts 2
T Halsey c Piper b Betts 17
N Pickup not out 1
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Extras (nb16,w4,b6) 26
TOTAL (all out, 127.4 ovrs) 462
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O M R W
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T Penney 9 1 35 0
A Richardson 24 5 79 1
N Carter 34 2 126 1
D Brown 26 4 99 2
M Betts 34.4 2 117 6
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1-175 2-219 3-330 4-333 5-348 6-416
7-420 8-423 9-459 10-462
Warwickshire - 2nd Innings
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M Powell c Halsey b Nath 70
D Chambers lbw b Wright 2
M Wagh c Pickup b Halsey 85
T Penney c Craze b Halsey 59
D Ostler not out 46
N Warren b Wright 15
D Brown not out 4
K Piper
M Betts
N Carter
A Richardson
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Extras (nb8,w6,b13,lb7) 34
TOTAL (5 wkts, 115 ovrs) 315
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O M R W
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N Pickup 20 4 60 0
T Halsey 29 7 50 2
D Hall 18 4 54 0
M Wright 27 2 62 2
P Nath 21 2 69 1
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1-6 2-148 3-232 4-253 5-285
Cricket Web - 2nd Innings
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A Ferd c & b Betts 49
S Bennett not out 53
D Jellett not out 2
T Weber
S Craze
A Master
M Wright
P Nath
D Hall
T Halsey
N Pickup
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Extras (nb2) 2
TOTAL (1 wkts, 35 overs) 106
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O M R W
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A Richardson 7 1 17 0
N Carter 6 0 16 0
D Brown 11 1 30 0
M Betts 11 1 43 1
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1-104
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Match Drawn
Man of the match: T Penney
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Second Team Performances
Nichani(77 & 35), Chaulk(25 & 5), Brad Smirh(22 & 42*), Blewy (53* & 118) BK Smith(6 & 17), Ecllipse(46 & 45), Bluefox (12 & 28), Hoy(37* & 30), Kearsley( 173* & 21, 1-30 & 2-64), Chapman(25 & 38, 1-16 & 1-19), Thomas ( 66 & 8, 4-36 & 1-27), Gray (Injured 2 weeks)
On international duty: Malone, Richards, Cloete, Vimes
England Lost in Final
Malone: 7matches 3inns, 1 not out, 43 runs @ 21.5, HS 18
69 overs, 319 runs conceded, 7 wickets @ 45.57 ER 4.58 BB 2-31
Richards 4 matches, 4 inn, 2 NO, 77 runs @ 38.5, HS 33*
37 overs, 166 runs conceded, 3 wickets @ 55.33 ER 4.39,
Cloete 4 matches, 3 inns, 1 not out, 81 runs @ 40.5, HS 41* - DNBowl
Vimes 7 matches, 7 innings, 1 NO, 289 runs @ 48.17, HS 92* (3 - 50’s)